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    fired or even lose my license. I am also bothered about the long hours that pharmacists have to work. About 90% of the job is done on foot and this seems pretty tiresome. I still have questions as to why this is so. What is it about this career that people barely sit down? Another disturbing factor I came across is having to work with sick patients. These types of people are usually the worst to work with because they are not in a very friendly mood. I wonder what is it that motivates pharmacists

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    In 323 BC‚ Alexander the Great‚ king of Macedonia‚ son of Philip II and Olympias (i)‚ controlled a dominion that covered an area from Egypt to the Caspian Sea and the Balkans to the Himalayas. He is considered one of the most efficient as well as bright soldiers and rulers in ancient history‚ he had marched a poorly armed and meager European army on a campaign of over 20‚000 miles to capture and control the high and mighty Persian Empire. The Persians had range over a territory including all of

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    Do you think a president could be so old that he lost all of his teeth? Do you think that a president could go into battle and still be alive? Well‚ George Washington had been through all of that. He did received some battle wounds. He even had the guts to take down his father’s prized cherry tree. George Washington was born February 22‚ 1732 in Virginia. His family were farmers. At the age of sixteen‚ George Washington worked as a surveyor for Lord Fairfax. “In July‚ 1752‚ George Washington’s brother

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    Ronald Reagan Downfall

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    What makes a president great? A great president can be many things; for instance‚ they can lead their country‚ protect their country‚ avoid wars‚ have the personality that America loves‚ and he/she can lead their country the good times and the bad times. Ronald Reagan has been shot and survived through it‚ has avoided nuclear warfare between the US and Russia‚ and before all these events he is known for being an actor; not to mention the “only movie actor to become president.” (Reagan‚ Ronald

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    Lady Macbeth's Downfall

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    Imagine waking up in the middle of the night to feel a tremendous weight on your chest‚ or a dark‚ malformed figure standing at the foot of your bed. You can’t move or yell for help‚ you’re stuck in a nightmare even though you’re awake. Now imagine the inability to sleep altogether‚ the nightmares of your actions haunt your dreams to the point where you can no longer sleep at all. All of the scenarios stated are symptoms of a condition called narcolepsy‚ a disease in which sleep becomes a difficult

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    Julius Caesar's Downfall

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    Julius Caesar Julius Caesar was at one time the great leader of Rome before he was betrayed and assassinated by some of his closest friends and followers on one fateful night. Cassius‚ Brutus‚ and the rest of the conspirators killed Caesar because they were afraid that he may become King and revoke their privileges and take all their power from them. The senators and conspirators thought that Caesar wanted to rule Rome on his own and overthrow the Roman republic which also motivated them to kill

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    vs. Camelot You’re one of the most admired people of your land. People want to be like you and look up to you. You have all these great characteristics that make people adore you. But what happens when these great characteristics lead to your downfall? It happened both to Achilles and King Arthur. Decisions between fate and free will‚ their ambitions to be the best‚ and their admiral personas mount up and finally crash down on them. Your fate has already been decided for you‚ but what if you

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    The extent to which William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is an exploration of betrayal is portrayed through the internal and external influences on his tragic downfall. Macbeth’s moral betrayal in the play would be non-existent if it weren’t for several external factors‚ including the supernatural witches‚ and his deceitful‚ manipulative wife Lady Macbeth. Macbeth’s betrayal of the king is due to internal factors‚ however comparably is a product of external influences. Ultimately‚ the notion of betrayal

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    of admitting his sinful act‚ he keeps it secret. In the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ this secretive sin brings Arthur Dimmesdale physical‚ emotional‚ and spiritual burdens. Arthur Dimmesdale inflicts a physical burden upon himself with self-loathing and torture. He takes Puritan fasting to an extreme by starving himself “....rigorously‚ and until his knees trembled beneath him‚ as an act of penance” (136). Dimmesdale uses fasting to purify his body of sin. As he continues to fast‚ he

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    CAUSES OF THE DOWNFALL OF MUGHAL EMPIRE BACKGROUND The downfall of the mughal empire can be attributed to two major factors: 1) Weaknesses of the mughals 2) Strength of the East India Company. The Mughal Empire‚ which had reached its zenith during the rule of Shah Jahan and his son‚ began to decline after the rule of Aurangzeb. In fact‚ the decline began during the last days of Aurangzeb.The Mughal Empire reached its greatest extent in the time of Aurangzeb Alamgir‚ but it collapsed with

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