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    another mystery is that mice are less likely to exercise as an adult. Mice are obviously not people; these findings raise the possibility of exposures to toxins in our environment. We all know that people should improve their health but‚ most of the community never tries to work out. Why do people not exercise? That is the question from many scientist and their interest in this is very high. Scientist has begun to wonder how your early stages of life and if that within the mother’s womb could lead

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    Most people believe that free will is something that all humans have. Many religions even teach that people have free will. Children are told by their parents that they have free will. However‚ free will is nothing more than a myth. It is only an illusion. Humans only believe that they have free will. The play‚ Oedipus Rex‚ by Sophocles brings this idea up. In the play‚ Oedipus believes he has free will in choosing to run away from the town he calls his home because he is afraid of a prophecy

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    Why are some pressure groups more successful than others? A pressure group is a group of people with specific aims and interests. Also known as interest groups‚ lobby groups or protest groups‚ they try to influence political decision makers such as MPs and councillors to influence local or national policy and/or legislation. They seek to do so‚ either to protect interests of members (e.g. Trade Unions‚ NUT) or promote a cause (e.g. Greenpeace or RSPCA). Not all pressure groups are as successful

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    MariJUANa is a drug that shouldn’t be used for recreational purposes due to all the effects it gives the user and how some users abuse it. The more that is taken the greater the effects are which can cause short and long term problems. One of the reasons that people use this drug is for the feeling that it offers to them and get some users addicted. The use of marijuana causes THC to flow from your bloodstream to your brain in which gives the user the “high” they feel. “It acts much like the cannabinoid

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    To discuss why people help others we must consider whether people are by nature selfless or selfish. The dominant view today in psychology is of universal egoism; that we are fundamentally selfish‚ and that altruism (helping motivated by the wish to benefit another person) an impossibility.<br><br>One form of universal egoism is Piliavin et al’s "arousal: cost-reward" model‚ whereby faced with a potential helping situation we weigh the probable costs and rewards of alternative courses of action‚

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    honorable lawyer is not so easy‚ it takes a lot of time to establish in the society as a good lawyer. But also I have choose to become a lawyer because‚ in my point of view‚ the population of our country is about sixteen core and the number of lawyer in our country is about 42000 and number of judges is about 1800. So it is very less in number in relation to the number of people in our country. And because of crisis of people in the judicial department it takes a lot of time for judgment in our country

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    Why Do People Get Tattoos

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    which is the definition to mark. It is believed that tattoos have been around longer than ‘Otzi the ice man’. It has been said that tattoos have been practiced in places like Egypt‚ Japan‚ China‚ Polynesia Indonesia‚ New Zealand‚ India Thailand‚ Africa‚ ancient Greece and Rome. I am providing history for the sheer purpose of explaining how long they have been around and that tattoos are more popular now than they have been before. Tattoos have been looked upon years ago as being for those of “low

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    Why Do We Study History?

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    Why do we Study History? People live in the present. They plan for and worry about the future. History‚ however‚ is the study of the past. The purpose of historical findings and inquiries is not simply to present facts but to search for an interpretation of the past issues. Historians attempt to find patterns and try to relate through the rigorous study of documents‚ laws and artifacts left by people decades or centuries ago. It is commonly understood that an understanding of the past is essential

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    Why Do People Push West

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    1. Why did people push west? There are many reasons the pushed people to head west. The fist reason was that the land was rare in the east‚ especially in New England were it became overpopulated. Land was productive and expensive in the Mid-Atlantic States. Also‚ farmers in the south held the best lands. In addition‚ the need to move west was the highest in the slave states because small farmers could not stand against slave labor. Finally‚ the land in the west was rich and abundant‚ accessible and

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    Why do poor people vote?

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    Do poor people in South Africa vote for food parcels? Apparently not. WIT’S University Research shows that most people understand clearly that government grants and aid such food parcels are their constitutional rights from any government in power. Most people tested under formal test conditions in which the same questions are asked in different formats several times‚ said that their political choices are clear and not dependent on food parcels or grants. They also indicated their political choices

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