I am one of the 99% The fact is all but that little 1% is one of the 99%. Does that mean that I need to march down the streets of different cities to tell everyone that I am one of the 99%‚ camp out for months at a time and take the charity of others‚ so that I can proclaim the fact that I am like 99% of the nation? I think not. 1% of the world controls most of the money and then the other 99% share in what is left. Between 2002 and 2007‚ the income of the 1% increased at least 10 times faster
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that I am thankful for‚ and most of them are really simple things in life. I am sure that a lot of people have several different things that they are thankful for and different reasons why they are thankful. First of all‚ I am especially thankful that I have a happy family with enough parents and siblings. Because I know that many people in the whole world do not have a complete family. Another thing that I am really thankful for is the food on my table. Every day I look around myself and I see a
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“Day one thousand and one. We came in close contact with a hive today. Blood tests confirm that I remain immune to both the airborne and contact strains. Canines remain immune to airborne strain only. The vaccine trials continue. I’m still unable to transfer my immunity to infected hosts. The Krippen Virus is... elegant.” -Robert Neville A virus breaks out in “I Am Legend”‚ virtually wiping out the human race‚ leaving only a select few to return order to the world. Instead of being contractible
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Why are You Here?" I have fallen short in many ways towards the goals that I have made in my life. No matter how high the standard is set‚ and whether failure awaits me‚ perseverance and my faith will carry me on. Some would label me as a dreamer. Someone could say I have reality to face‚ but without dreams we have no hope‚ and without hope we have nothing inside of us to fuel our deep passion to succeed and win the race that we have been running. Everyone has his own opinion about college
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Malala Yousafzai was a girl who grew up in a place that tried to bring her down. The people in Swat‚ her hometown‚ created multiple social constructs to convince themselves that men should be valued higher than women. In the book‚ I Am Malala‚ by Malala Yousafzai‚ Malala explains how the women around her never stopped to question what these laws were doing/where it was leading the society‚ and the way these rules made them feel‚ which is hopeless. Malala was a woman who chose not to put up with being
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I am my father’s daughter and my mother’s child. I was born and raised in Montebello‚ California. In 2000 it was still hard on the economy‚ it put me in a place most kids wouldn’t have been in and for a family of 6‚ and it made it much harder. I am the 4th child of 6‚ and perhaps the most affected one. The way I grew up has made me the young lady I am today. When I was younger‚ I used to be oblivious to the world‚ just as any other child. The first time I noticed the hardship my parents went through
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Introduction The book I am Malala is an autobiography of the seventeen year old girl Malala Yousafzai written combined with Christina Lamb. She is known as a girl whose indirect approach to politics without a party became a voice of force to gain rights and eradicate suppression from the worlds view. The book is the inner account of an ordinary girl brought up under extraordinarily extreme conditions. The political aspects portrayed in the book I am Malala are in synchronization with the personal
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I AM PREPARED TO DIE BY NELSON MANDELA I am the first accused. I hold a bachelor’s degree in arts and practised as an attorney in Johannesburg for a number of years in partnership with Oliver Tambo. I am a convicted prisoner serving five years for leaving the country without a permit and for inciting people to go on strike at the end of May 1961. At the outset‚ I want to say that the suggestion made by the state in its opening that the struggle in South Africa is under the influence of foreigners
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I deserve the Grade of a 85 because I always put my best effort and creativity into all my work. I tried hard to put my own touch and interests into all the projects we have completed during the 2015 semester to make them unique. I consistently work hard‚ work well with others‚ and volunteer my time using my art skills to help Middle Schoolers. Although I do have my difficulties with time management and attendance‚ I mean well and try my hardest in every way I am capable. I consistently work
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SHARE TO U WHY I WANT TO BE YOUR HK14. I WANT TO BE THE HK14 BECAUSE I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT ART AND BELIEVE THAT TROUGH MY SKILLS I CAN EDUCATE AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE. I AM VERY PASSIONATE A world full of love ‚ peace ‚ prosperity and security‚ a world empty of wars ‚ conflicts ‚ terrorism‚ famine‚ AIDS/HIV pandemic‚ greed‚ corruption‚ genocide and Poverty whereby everyone can use their talent and abilities to create ‚ innovate and help their society to be self-sufficient. I am passionate about
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