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    author of “Should This Student Have Been Expelled” argues that no matter how offensive words go‚ that everyone has a right to say whatever as far as freedom of speech goes. In this article Nat Hentoff supports his claim along with the decision making by Gregorian‚ president of Brown University‚ whether not to or to expel Hann for his inappropriate language being held towards others at the University. Hann’s words that included “Niggers‚ Fucking Jew‚ and Faggot” have offended some of the students that

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    ‘60s: Decades of Prosperity and Protest (DBQ) Historians tend to portray the 1950s as a decade of prosperity‚ conformity‚ and consensus‚ and the 1960s as a decade of turbulence‚ protest‚ and disillusionment. These stereotypes are largely true‚ though‚ as with everything in life‚ there are exceptions to this perspective. Therefore‚ the historians’ portrayal of the 1950s and 1960s is accurate for the majority of Americans‚ though some groups were clearly exceptions. The 1950s were characterized as a

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    19020’s was a decade of profound social change between rural and urban life American‚ traditional and “ Modern” Christianity‚ participants in the prosper consumer culture and those who did not full share in the modern society. Many American did not welcome this new era of commercial culture. These groups of people resented and feared the ethnic and racial diversity of American’s cities and what they considered a lack of moral standards of urban life. These changes affect the cities‚ economic and technological

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    Who Should Have Been King in 1066? Introduction This essay is about who should have been king in 1066. Edward the Confessor died on 5th January 1066. The King of England was usually the son or another close relation of the previous king. Edward had no children or any surviving brother or sister. There were four people waiting to be the next king. They were Edgar Etheling‚ Harold Godwinson‚ William Duke of Normandy and Harald Hadrada. Only one of the four people could be the King of England at any

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    Could Cold War have been avoided? No‚ I strongly believe that the Cold War could not have been avoided because Russia and America were natural enemies of the Soviet Union. The United States and Russia were just too different countries with two completely different leaders who never managed to see eye to eye which may have been the biggest reason the war was unavoidable. The other reason was that they had different ideologies and system of government. Also molotov plans n marshal planb. Truman

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    I picked that could have been impeached is Gerald Rudolph “Jerry” Ford‚ Jr. I picked him because he was the only president of the United States who was never elected president by the Electoral College. Ford was also the president when the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam affair ended‚ being president during one of the worst economies since the Great Depression‚ and he presidentially pardoned ex-president Richard Nixon for his role in the Watergate scandal. Ford could have been impeached because he

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    The 1920s - Prosperous Age The economy of America picked up during the postwar until the end of of the 20s‚ where the depression started to kick in. However a result of this economic boom‚ certain groups of people in America benefitted and prospered while others missed out. The advancement of technology during this decade has led to the prosperity of the rich‚ such as businessmen. The vast improvement of equipment gave a huge boost to many manufacturing company as it enabled them to produce better

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    following the American Civil War and both World Wars‚ with over 58‚000 brave lives sacrificed. But all of the blood‚ sweat‚ and tears our nation shed during those 14 years could have been avoided. I believe that the United States’ involvement in the Vietnam War could have been easily prevented‚ and in turn‚ would have saved thousands of U.S. troop lives. The Truman Doctrine was officially passed in March 1947‚ when the President at that time‚ Harry S. Truman‚ announced he would support any other

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    The Best Place I Have Ever Been Most people have been to another country before maybe it’s for business or family trip. The best place I have ever been is Maldives‚ one of the most beautiful countries in the world. Maldives is a country comprised by many small islands, which now people call this country is an island country. Language cannot express the feeling I have to this illustrious country. I still remember when I was 13 years old my mom and I decided to have a trip at somewhere

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    Preventing 9/11: Could it Have Been Done? September 11th‚ 2001: the American people will remember this day as the day the unthinkable happened: someone‚ or rather a group of people‚ infiltrated the seemingly impregnable American defenses and turned our own airplanes on us. Crashing several planes into different important federal buildings‚ these terrorists spread terror throughout the country. Nobody thought that the most powerful country in the world could be attacked so easily‚ and

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