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    Throughout Hamlet’s ordeal‚ he must interact with many people. Each interaction poses several possible ways to act‚ because of his obsessive nature‚ he often chose to sacrifice relationships in order to accomplish other goals and feel better about his situation. Many times‚ Hamlet could have tried to confront people concerning the way they were acting‚ but instead chose to ignore their existence‚ or in more extreme cases‚ end their existence. I can’t stress enough how different the situation could

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    Censorship Is Bad

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    unallowable parts. Censorship can be a good‚ or a bad thing. The good part about censorship‚ is that it helps end things that are not useful. The bad part is‚ it sometimes is not needed‚ extremely debatable whether it should be questioned or not‚ or it can cause a huge ruckus. In the article‚ “Fighting Against Tradition‚” by Emily Scott‚ it talks about how Emily’s high school newspaper staff used censorship to try and stop students from disrespecting their school mascot in a manipulative way. This group of

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    Smoking A Bad Habit There are lots of negative effects of smoking. Smoking has been proven to be very dangerous for health. As one cigarette contains more than 4000 chemical substances‚ therefore‚ it causes for many dangerous diseases such as heart attacks‚ asthma‚ bronchitis or lung cancer. According to a recent report in Britain close to 3‚500 people are killed each year in road accidents and 120‚000 are killed by smoking. Furthermore‚ smoking costs governments millions of dollars because of the

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    Chapter 12 1. A) Justinian I was an emperor of the Byzantine Empire. He reformed the roman laws by rearranging them and putting them in order. The revised law code called Justinian’s Code. B) Theodora influenced the nika revolt because she stood strong and convinced her king to do the same. C) Justinian could have made his achievements by being more conscious of how much land his government could support when he was taking over the land to the west. 2. A) A mosaic is a piece of art comprised

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    Drugs In Sport Today I will be talking about how drugs in sport are immoral and a bad influence on younger generations. Drugs in sport is one of today’s most controversial issues in our daily lives. Such as the Essendon drug scandal‚ Lance Armstrong and many‚ many more have suffered having the punishments that come with taking drugs. Sport is meant to be a very enjoyable activity‚ but now with the shadow of drugs looming over it‚ sport has become very tedious. The real point of sport is

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    economic power and amazing technology‚ we are also living in a country with the smallest nutritional knowledge. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention‚ obesity in adults has increased 60% within the past twenty years and obesity in children has tripled in the past thirty years. A staggering 33% of American adults are obese and obesity related deaths have climbed to more than 300‚000 a year. Lawmakers have even tried to impose a new tax rule called a “Twinkie tax”‚ which would tax unhealthy

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    What would life be like without censorship? Everyone would know everything whether it is good or bad. In the real world; however‚ censorship allows the elimination of objectionable or dangerous ideas or information. In sources A‚ E‚ and H it is portrayed that censorship is more helpful to society than harmful. Censorship is better for society because it prevents children from becoming corrupt‚ lack of parenting‚ and bullies in the depths of cyberspace. In Pros and Cons of Censorship‚ the different

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    a year round school you have to sit in a school everyday for 8 hours in the summer rather than playing and talking with friends. I think schools should go to a 9 month school. Kids with year round schooling don’t live the same healthy life as a 9 month schools.Kids tend to play outside more in the summer than play outside than be inside.Kids in summer school sit all day in the summer working when they could be having fun outside with friends and family. In addition‚ Schools need to save

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    BAD LEADERSHIP What It Is‚ How It Happens‚ Why It Matters By Barbara Kellerman Page 1 The book is all about the dark side of leadership and how you individuals get there and what we can do to avoid it. She suggests that leaders do not act alone and are not solely responsible for bad leaderships. There is no leadership without followship. If followers would just not follow a bad leader we could put a stop to the bad leadership. She has two main arguments throughout the book. The first

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    Bad Habit Mark Twain mentioned one time: “There are a thousand excuses for failure‚ but never a good reason”‚ I agree. Some psychologists think that bad and good habits people get through lifetime period. If so‚ then people can get rid of undesirable habits‚ but how? Some people would say that to get rid of bad habits is easy when person has a desire. Also‚ some will say that who love God can rely on his help and blessing. However‚ a lot of people would say that it

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