Captain Smith should be held responsible for the loss of lives. How far do you agree with this statement? In the beginning of the 20th century‚ tensions were simmering. In Europe‚ people without wealth or any other privilege grew impatient and Ireland started planning a nationalist movement for independence from England. Travel kept developing more and more – it kept getting faster‚ easier and cheaper‚ although it was not always safe. In April 10th Titanic‚ begun its maiden voyage. Although
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swallowed swaths of coastal territory and fanned out across the Pacific Ocean‚ threatening everything in its path. The 8.9-magnitude earthquake -- the fifth-largest in the world since 1900 and the biggest in Japan in 140 years -- struck at 2:46 p.m. local time‚ shaking buildings violently in Tokyo for several minutes and sending millions fleeing for higher ground. The media keep disaster in the forefront of our minds. TV‚ radio and the front pages of the press seem to revel in disaster because the public
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I Final Dec.20th The Productive Ways College Students Use in their Leisure Time When a student graduate from senior high school and is about to attend a college‚ he must face a problem—how to use his leisure time in a productive way. In college‚ there are more spare time and more temptation than those in senior high school. One must think it carefully about your leisure time‚ otherwise‚ you will find you have lost too much valuable time to richen your experience and improve your knowledge
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seen two devastating world wars‚ World War I and World War II. Both of them were begun by Germany in an attempt to expand her borders. Following this was the cold war between the US and Russia. Over the last fifty years‚ or so‚ there have been a few times when these two superpowers headed towards conflict‚ but good sense prevailed in the end and the much feared war did not break out. Any conflict between the two could have led to World War III. Since‚ the Russian empire has shrunk and the Soviet bloc
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Agree Or Disagree Agree or Disagree The United States Civil War was the second American Revolution. Both wars’ focal point was to acquire freedom from their oppressive governments. The Civil War and the American Revolution possess similarities. Such as they had not many men‚ not that much money‚ and not that much firepower; but they still fought for independence. The American Revolution or the American Revolutionary War‚ some may call it‚ was started from a decade-long growing tension between
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doing perfect research” (Griffiths‚ 1998‚ p97). Do you agree? The statement by Griffiths (1998) that there is no hope in doing perfect research (97) has raised a few eyebrows and has become a highly controversial issue over the past decade. Reading and Writing sources (2010) defines research as a systematic examination to obtain facts. According to this definition‚ research is obtaining accurate‚ reliable information‚ with the use of a method. Now‚ how do we define accuracy and reliability in a world
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experiencing it. And some problems are serious. Teenagers are forced into dealing with adult problems more frequently than they should be. But even if the problem is just a "teenage problem"‚ it is still serious to the teenager and they often lack the experience and power to deal with it effectively. When an adult is faced with a problem‚ there is often something they can do about it. If they are in danger of losing their home they can call the mortgage company‚ they can get a second job - they have
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How far do you agree that Much Ado About Nothing shows the truth of the claim that “good comedy is tragedy narrowly averted”? “Good comedy is tragedy narrowly averted”: these words were spoken by Jonathon Bate and Eric Rasmussen in their publishing of ‘William Shakespeare: Complete Works’. They show how many elements of comedy could be interpreted as almost tragic. The comedy in Much Ado About Nothing is often created when the audience can see that something could go horribly wrong‚ however it
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Schools should not force students to wear school uniforms because it may not be their type of fashion. They may not like the design‚ color‚ or how comfortable the uniform is. Bullies could laugh at the kids if they think the school uniforms look bad and they could bully them or beat them up for wearing it. Some schools want school uniforms to look so good or fancy in the design work that they could spend a lot of money on the uniforms and not have enough for other aspects of the school. School uniforms
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Some people argue that television is the culprit of destroying the family living and communication due to absorbing people’s time too much. People‚ therefore‚ have no time to talk to each other. I totally disagree with this opinion for the following reasons. In terms of the personal level‚ television can not be the family living in parallel with communication. Thanks to interesting program‚ more things can be shared among family members‚ which strikes up conversations and gossip among people
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