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    Marco Polo’s biased description the soldiers stuck out from the documents “their arms are bows‚ iron maces‚ and in some instances‚ spears” (Doc: 3). The fact that Polo was sent by the Mongol ruler to administer the realm contributes to this bias. The warriors of the Mongol army were disciplined “their obedience and submissiveness is such that if there be a commander of a hundred thousand between whom and the Khan there is a distance of sunrise and sunset‚ and if he but commit some fault‚ the Khan dispatches

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    In the novel The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston the struggle of not being able to move on is evident when it comes to Maxine’s mother Brave Orchid. Brave Orchid born in raised in a China has moved from her little village to the city of Stockton‚ California. The difference in culture is massive and Brave Orchid doesn’t conform to the “new” ways. This ultimately affects those around her. The subject matter of this novel is the identity crisis of the author which is caused mainly by her own

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    51. SJW Acronym for “Social Justice Warrior” Noun A pejorative term for an individual who repeatedly and vehemently engages in arguments on social justice on the Internet‚ often in a shallow or not well-thought-out way‚ for the purpose of raising their own personal reputation. “The SJW was so triggered by the movie that they began to attack the director for its fictional racism.” Twitter‚ confirmed on oxforddictionaries.com 52. Soyboy Compounding Soy + Boy Noun Describes males who lack all

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    "WARRIORS DON’T CRY" I picked the theme of self-reliance. As I read the story it was unbelievable to me that she did not give up‚ even though there were many times when she could have. What she thought was a good idea in the beginning‚ being just a teenager‚ she had no idea what the impact she would make on herself and the future Africain American people in. May 24‚ 1955: The Little Rock school board adopted a plan to limit intergraton to Central High School. One day at school the teachers

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    Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead Summary Tennyson imagines that a lady of high birth in ancient times receives the dead body of her husband‚ killed in a battle. When they brought her husband-the slain warrior- home‚ the lady neither fainted nor cried out. All the servant girls who were watching her at this time said that she must either weep or she will die in sorrow. Her servant-women are afraid when they see that she does not move or shed tears‚ and try to make her weep by reminding her of

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    The Golden State Warriors began the 2015-2016 season quite strong. They were able to finish the regular season at 73-9‚ which was one better win than the Chicago Bulls in their 1995-1996 season‚ making the Golden State Warriors the best team in all NBA history. The only difference between the two teams‚ was that the Chicago Bulls won that championship‚ while the Golden State Warriors did not. And although the Golden State Warriors didn’t win that championship‚ they broke several records‚ including

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    liberation(meaning they do not approve of the past treatment of Native Americans)‚ they are inadvertently disapproving God’s conquest and the Israelite’s conquest over the Canaanites. One major difference between European conquest and Israelite conquest that Warrior either failed to realize or failed to mention is the reason behind each conquest. Europeans conquered the Native Americans because of their pursuit of wealth‚ land‚ and power. God led the Israelites in the conquest of the Canaanites as a way of eliminating

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    Shakespeare to a full extent questions the value of the Roman warrior code and sees the difficulties that it causes. Firstly I discuss the warrior code that is valued and held in Rome. Secondly I analyze Coriolanus inability to infringe the warrior code entirely. Thirdly I explore the consequences this has on Roman society. Being an honorable‚ courageous and bold soldier is regarded as having Roman warlike virtues and following the Roman warrior code. Bret and Kate McKay believed that ‘manliness meant

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    How the Predator UAV Works Military commanders use tactics and strategy in combat to inflict as much damage on the enemy while trying to risk as few personnel and resources as possible. This principle was at the heart of the development of the RQ-1 and MQ-1Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. These high-tech aircraft‚ controlled by a crew miles away from the dangers of combat‚ are capable of reconnaissance‚ combat and support roles in the hairiest of battles. In a worst-case scenario‚ if a Predator

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    Abraham Karem created the predator drone. The MQ-1 predator drone is one is one of several different predator drones but most common and one of the first ones. The MQ-1 is a UAV which stands for unmanned aerial vehicle. “This high-tech aircraft is controlled by a crew miles away from the dangers of combat.” The information gathered from the MQ-1 can be transferred to a satellite and then to soldiers or a military personel. “The MQ-1 has a synthetic aperture radar (a side-looking radar system)‚ a

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