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    5 Most Important Events in American History. The first is when the British first declared that the Americans could not move west. This is important because if the British had never declared this law‚ then the Americans never would have had a reason to get angry at them‚ and the revolution never would have happened and we might still be part of the British. Also the colonists helped fight for the British and they felt that they should be able to move into the land they had fought so hard for. Then

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    Productive or Destructive As far as we know‚ there are more than a half-a-million criminally active street gang members in the U.S. today. There are many different gangs; some are street gangs‚ prison gangs‚ motorcycle gangs‚ and so forth. But‚ right now‚ I am pointing specifically at street gangs. Street gangs have changed my life growing up from a child to adult. “Gang violence” and “social disorder” seems to go hand-in-hand or is synonymous in the United States. They have spread across the country

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    tumor‚ and an example of a symptom would be pain in the part of the body experienced by the patient. 2. What are some changeable predisposing factors to disease? What is the single greatest avoidable cause of death and disease? The predisposing factors to disease are age‚ gender‚ lifestyle‚ environment‚ and heredity. The most avoidable cause of death and disease is smoking tobacco and exposure to secondhand smoke. 3. Explain

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    Girls and Achievement Girls are now appearing to have a higher ability to succeed in education than boys in today’s schooling system. There are many issues concerning this area and these have been supported by a range of theorists using key studies and concepts to establish this further. The impact of feminism on the female population has gradually increased since the 1960’s when feminist sociologists highlighted the idea of an education system filled with gender inequalities. These sociologists

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    person should consume eight glasses of water a day. For this project‚ we are given the ability to create anything we wanted with the simple request that we highlight the affects it would have. If I could create anything in the world‚ I would pawn the invention of a machine that had the capability to filter and cleanse any scale of water at any given moment immediately. Now many people will say that I should create something beneficial to myself‚ such as a time machine‚ or a teleportation device of some

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    Achievement Gaps Reading‚ writing and the ability to solve simple mathematical problems are a part of the necessary tools needed to survive in America. Consequently‚ such learning tools are used numerous times throughout the day without recognition. However‚ reading‚ writing and basic knowledge of mathematical problems are not equally achieved by all social groups. It is clear that education plays a major role in the future of an individual‚ yet there are achievement gaps between Black‚ White

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    The Crucible was a revolutionary play which clearly depicted the Salem Witch Trials and what went on in the lives of the individuals in Salem. Some of these people were convicted of being a witch‚ some were not‚ and some were somehow connected to those being convicted. Despite the fact that everyone played some part in the Witch Trials‚ there are three key people who are mostly responsible for the mayhem. Overall‚ the three people that was most responsible for these trials would be Abigail Williams

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    Latest Invention: Cell Phone that Can Help Managers Watch Employees’ Every Step KDDI Corporation‚ Japanese telecommunications operator‚ has come up with a technology that can track the movement of a person and transmit the collected information back to the main office. The technology works by evaluating the movement of accelerometers‚ which are‚ by the way‚ found in nearly every cell phone. According to the researchers‚ the technology can identify different types of activities‚ including walking

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    Influence of Television on People The first television was introduced to the public by a Scotsman inventor John Logie Baird and an American inventor Charles Francis Jenkins. Ever since television had been invented‚ it has become the most dominant and significant technology in our society. There are several advantages of television like we all know that we can have a clear idea that what is happening in the world‚ we can have live information about the several events like sports and any other

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    Single Parents

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    A single parent is a parent with one or more children‚ who is/are not living with the child’s/children’s other parents. The definition of single parenthood may vary according to local laws of nations or provinces. Single parenthood may occur as a result of loss (death of spouse‚ separation‚ divorce‚ abandonment by one parent)‚ or by choice (single parent adoption‚ donor insemination‚ egg donor/surrogate motherhood‚ choosing to carry to term an unexpected pregnancy and raise the child on one’s

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