Issue 1 Should We Drill for Offshore Oil? The yes argument for offshore drill has increased due to skyrocketing fuel prices‚ continued wars‚ and rising unemploy- ment as shown from a Gallop poll that was conducted in May of 2008. The political landscape is also changing in favor of offshore drilling. The environmental concerns Americans less because of the increasing financial strain being realized by a majority of the American public. If we had increased offshore drilling it could help lower
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Why People Should Read Books It is a disappointment that people read books less often in these days of widespread technological reliance. Books were the primary source of intellectual entertainment just a hundred years ago‚ but with the invention of radio‚ television‚ cinematography‚ and the Internet and computer games‚ it seems that reading books is no longer a popular leisure activity. However‚ I believe that books are an irreplaceable part of our lives‚ and the role that masterfully-written books
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In the book “How should we then live?”‚ Francis Schaeffer comments that Rome did not fall because of external forces‚ but it fell because it did not have a sufficient inward base. Thought‚ the external forces‚ such as the barbarians did bring Rome to ruins‚ I do agree that Rome did not have a sufficient inward base. The few reasons for Rome’s fall are as follow. Rome was always worshipping false gods and they were cruel. Rome did not believe in having an infinite God. Many of their emperors ruled
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According to science‚ we need sleep. We need sleep just like how we need food‚ water‚ and air. We need it in order to survive‚ but why? There has been research that has shown that as much as 10% of our energy metabolism goes down while we sleep. Other things that decrease while we sleep are things such as the temperature of our body and the need for caloric intake. As of now‚ no one really knows why we sleep‚ but there are many‚ many theories for it‚ to try to explain what we don’t understand yet
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Yes We Can by Barack Obama In Obama’s campaign speech presented on January 8th 2008 there are continuous techniques that he uses to persuade the audience to vote for him. He slowly establishes a rapport to create a sense of equality between him and the audience; he does this by using first person plural‚ such as ‘we’ which is effective because it makes all the people feel united and as if he is directly talking to them as a person. He also uses abstract nouns like ‘hope’ to make an emotional
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prison for a good amount of time and they come to a point in which they are put on trial for a bail. Courts are now required to present a “meaningful opportunity to obtain release based on demonstrated maturity and rehabilitation”. Many might think that they should stay in jail because they should pay time for the crime but I believe that people can change. I agree with the the court’s decision because people can change over time and with demonstrated maturity and rehabilitation‚ they should be able
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mankind. Today ‚ a major threat to survival of these organisms is deforestation. We know that deforestation means clearing forests and using the land for other purposes. Trees in the forestare cut for procuring land for cultivation‚building houses and factories and making furniture or using wood as fuel.Some natural causesof deforestation are forest fires and severe droughts. We know that deforestation disturbs the balance in nature.If cutting of trees continues
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Why Should We Plant Trees and Clean the Neighborhood [Customer’s Name] [University Name] [Course Name] [Date] Man was created many years ago. But unlike other living organisms he allows himself to adjust the environment for himself. Recently‚ it began to have a negative impact on the environment. More and more cities are becoming similar to the views from post-apocalyptic movies. But people have a way out. We need to plant more trees and learn to clean up after ourselves. First‚ because of the enormous
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the time just asked if we need to know what type of goverment the U.S is for our american government final‚ and the girl who says like after every word ask is like Africa like in like North America. That’s when i realized thatt questions are supposed to make us smarter and yet our generations don’t ask enough questions. So today‚ let’s ask why we don’t ask enough questions‚ and then we will study the effects of this lack of communication‚ and finally let’s see what we can do to end this question
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Can we live without the products of crude oil? Can we live without crude oil? Crude oil is a quintessential product that we use in our day to day lives‚ without crude oil sports would not be as safe and accessible to people of all ages‚ social gatherings would not make people feel as if they were different‚ medicine would not be as advanced‚ and transportation would not be as simple as it is now. Crude oil might be a harm to the environment but that does not mean we should banish it as a whole
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