People say that you should live in the moment. They say that life isn’t measured by the amounts of breaths we take‚ but by the moments that takes our breath away. The first time you hear those sayings‚ they probably sound like two nice‚ motivational couple of words‚ and then you don’t think about it anymore. But if you take a second look‚ and really think about the meaning about it‚ they become something so much deeper. And that’s what I experienced this day. Every weekend I take the train to visit
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Yes‚ he could Democrat Barack Obama has become the first African-American to win the White House. During the election campaign for the presidency‚ Obama made a key speech‚ which became known as the “Yes we can” speech because of the way the phrase was repeated at key moments. The power of his victory speech left a mark on its listeners. During those twenty minutes‚ Americans could merge into “one nation‚ one people” but also each individual‚ even the enemies‚ felt they had a place in his speech
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The Ten Things You Can’t Say in America Book Review The Ten Things You Can’t Say in America is a New York Times Bestseller written by the L.A. radio host Larry Elder. Larry Elder is an African American libertarian who wrote this book to tell the truth about the United States of America. Larry Elder divides his book into ten chapters that each illustrates his political point of view. I will analyze the purpose of each chapter including: “Blacks are more racist than whites‚ white condescension is
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Benjamin Franklin once said‚ “There is no such thing as a good war or a bad peace.” Franklin argues that no war can be justified due to the countless casualties resulting from each war‚ and no peace can be claimed as being “bad”. As seen in significant wars throughout history‚ wars may in fact have both positive and negative results. Specifically‚ the Korean War and the American Revolution had a telling impact on the world; the Korean War‚ which bore millions of unnecessary casualties‚ and the American
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Yeni Purtika Carol Speranza C ’08 EDU REG 23 April 2010 School Uniforms in Indonesia: A Need and a Must In Indonesia‚ uniforms are not just clothes. In terms of display‚ this clothing is a most visible marker of status‚ identity and ethnicity (Arthur). When Indonesians wear uniforms‚ it means that they are responsible and serious to the job they do. Officers in almost all official instances in Indonesia wear certain uniform related to the organization. Uniforms dictate its
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Experiment 1: Measurement and Expression of Experimental Data Date Performed: January 23‚ 2012 Armando del Valle Date Submitted: January 23‚ 2012 Chemistry 1045L-8 Lindsey Osterfeld Purpose The purpose of this experiment is to review simple mathematical and graphing techniques. In Part A mostly “mathematical treatments of data” will be reviewed as well as a basic review of graphing. Part B will expand on
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“You Don’t Say” Insert Name Interpersonal Communication In our American culture‚ we tend to say many things that do not make much sense to other cultures. We have numerous silly expressions known as idioms. If someone from a different culture came to America and heard our idioms‚ they could definitely become confused. There are so many idioms that could be completely misunderstood. For example‚ Johnny and Gina were arguing and Johnny always brings up old grudges while they fought. One could
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Discrimination is never the right thing. Discrimination has been going on for hundreds of years. Discrimination will never be a good thing. Discrimination is never the right thing. Discrimination has been going on for hundreds of years. Discrimination will never be a good thing. Discrimination will never be right because how can you live in a world where your child is scared to walk down the road. How can we act like everything is running in a field of flowers. Everything isn’t okay and nor will
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Reading Log: Alexie – “What Does It Mean to Say Phoenix‚ Arizona” Time started reading: 5:27 Time ended reading: 5:45 Before Reading What do you already know about the author/story? I actually do not know anything about the author or story. I have not heard of either before. Notice the title: does it give you any ideas about what the story may be about? Based on the title‚ “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix‚ Arizona”‚ I was not sure at first whether the story would be a bibliography of his
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1.) What does the declaration say about the equality of men? The first right listed in the declaration states that “Men are born‚ and always continue‚ free‚ and equal in respect of their rights.” This means that so long is a man is a French citizen‚ he is to be regarded as free and given equal rights. 2.) What does the declaration say about the equality of women? The declaration states nothing about the equality of women. The aforementioned equality automatically given to men upon their birth did
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