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    Compromise is defined on a dictionary as “an agreement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions.” But to compromise is more than the dictionary definition. Compromise will obtain peace between people‚ states‚ and countries‚ and it can even saves massive people’s lives and environment. “Compromise” sounds like easy solution to most people. However‚ many people‚ even governments‚ struggle to make a decision on whether to compromise or not‚ because they always have to “give up” something

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    Do you think that the union of the church and the state is important in our country?  Why or why not?  Are you in favor of it? No.Those two were in different perspective.This stipulation‚ way back Spanish Colony‚ where church and state is united as one resulted to abusive deeds of the friars. Meanwhile‚ putting down Filipinos in depression and prohibiting them be the figure heads and bodies of the Philippine Politics.  So I think‚ this two is much better be separated like in our present Constitution

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    Who Should Have Been King in 1066? Introduction This essay is about who should have been king in 1066. Edward the Confessor died on 5th January 1066. The King of England was usually the son or another close relation of the previous king. Edward had no children or any surviving brother or sister. There were four people waiting to be the next king. They were Edgar Etheling‚ Harold Godwinson‚ William Duke of Normandy and Harald Hadrada. Only one of the four people could be the King of England at any

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    There were various ways World War II could have been prevented. Small events led to the immediate cause of World War II‚ these events could have been averted. Isolationism should have been ended and Fascism could have been fought prior to the death of millions. Countries were selfish‚ especially the U.S.‚ when it came to getting involved in foreign affairs. Many countries faced their own economic depression and issues‚ resulting in political leaders turning their concern away from the threat of Germany

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    Samantha McLaughlin Mr. Mosmeyer AP English III 10-21-09 Deadly Doubt: Symbolism‚ Tone and foreshadowing in “Where are you going‚ Where Have you been?” A little girl sits home alone‚ relaxed in every way. She doesn’t know the danger she put herself in. It’s sunny. It’s bright‚ but out of the sunshine comes something clever and dark‚ A. Friend. When Connie meets Arnold Friend he is a stranger‚ but ironically his name is name spells a friend. I think this symbolism rests in the glaring

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    The rupture in the United States that the argument over slavery had made was far too deep and wide to be mended by compromises alone. During the early 1800s‚ Americans were optimistic about fixing the slavery issue by passing laws and bills that satisfied both the North and South‚ but they were proved largely ineffective. It seems that sectionalism had begun to overcome nationalism. Northerners tended to not only disagree with themselves having to comply with fugitive slave laws and with slavery

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    Do we truly have free will? It is the ability to make a decision without hindrance. Human nature‚ neuroscience‚ everyday life are contributing factors in free will. Human nature deals decisions that focus on the awareness of the conscious mind. For instance‚ free will enables humans to control and carry out their own decisions. Contrary to Freud’s belief‚ free will is dependent upon personal “motives‚ convictions‚ and intentions.” To specify‚ external forces do not completely establish human behavior

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    factors led to the gradual disintegration of the feudal system. However‚ I believe that two of the main aspects that contributed to the dissolution of medieval feudalism were urbanization as well as the increase in power and wealth of the merchant class. In the agricultural industries‚ the replacement of the two-field system with the three-field system of crop rotation‚ in which the amount of crops under cultivation could be increased by as much as 50 percent‚ was the most important technological

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    The setting for The Diary of Anne Frank is in a “Secret Annexe” in Amsterdam‚ Holland. Anne and her family are not the only people that are hiding in the “Secret Annexe‚” the Van Daans live with them also. Anne draws a map in the book to show you a layout of the “Secret Annexe.” It’s pretty large‚ although with eight people living there‚ it’s quite crowded. The plot for the story was for Anne and her family to hide from the Germans until the war was over. Hiding was hard for the Franks

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    three major compromises that were passed and one compromise that was drafted but never voted on. The compromises covered are The Missouri Compromise‚ The Compromise of 1850‚ and Crittenden’s Compromise; which was never acted upon by congress. These three compromises tried‚ and failed to‚ deal with the increasing sectionalism between the north and the south over the issue of slavery from 1820 to 1861. At the time the compromises were written there were overlying reasons in which the compromises were necessary

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