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    to war against Great Britain‚ and starting their own country for the greater good of colonists. Also Britain was enforcing unfair taxes and americans did not want to pay them.All these reasons is why the colonists broke away from britain. The colonists wanted independence from Britain because Britain was enforcing unfair taxes. Because the British fought in the French and Indian war‚ they believed that they should be able to put taxes on the American

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    Who Gains from Employee Development? September 10‚ 2013 Introduction Who gains from employee development? Is it the consumer‚ the employer‚ or the employees? In reality it should be all of the above. Employers should develop their employees‚ and help them to learn the skills to build the employees knowledge of the business. That is how it will also help to benefit the consumer. They will enjoy the loyalty in employees‚ the consistent care they receive from the employee.

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    that we would be moving. At first I didn’t believe them. I thought‚ “What kind of sick joke is this? “But after a few minutes I realized they were serious. More serious questions came popping into my mind. Why would we move? What about my friends? Who is going to buy this junky house? These were all questions that initially ran through my jumbled mind. My parents refused to answer my questions however. This got me extremely angry. How could they force such a change in my life and ignore my questions

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    an imaginary line he has set for himself. "Gossip is one thing‚" Landon says‚ "hurtful gossip is completely another‚ and even in high school we weren’t that mean." What Jamie forces Landon to see‚ however‚ is two-fold: First‚ that those people Landon is gossiping about or mocking are probably aware of his sentiments and are hurt by it. Second‚ that gossiping and mocking are not required activities for teenagers; after all‚ Jamie is a teenager who does not participate in these activities. Landon also

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    Today marks ten whole years since Studio Ghibli first shared Spirited Away with the world. Thus far it is the only foreign film to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature‚ which says a lot about it and its success with foreign audiences. Spirited Away is one of my favourite films for the simple reason that it has a lot going for it. A great coming-of-age story‚ a quirky yet layered set of characters‚ fantastic animation that stays true to traditional methods while incorporating digital technology

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    John le Carré: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold This book is a spy story‚ about bluffs between the British Secret Service and the German Democratic Republic. I found it very difficult to understand. The stroy occurs during the Cold War‚ in the 1950s and 1960s. The main character is Alec Leamas‚ a british agent in charge of East German espionage. He is recalled to the Circus‚ because there are no agents left. Control asks him to ’stay in the cold’. That means one last mission for him

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    CAST AWAY celebrates the idea that no matter how many obstacles are thrown in our paths‚ we will find ways to accept them. The story is not so much about the survival of a human being‚ but rather the survival of the human spirit and an illustration of the idea that surviving is easy‚ Hanks stars as Chuck Noland‚ a FedEx systems engineer whose personal and professional life are ruled by the clock. His fast-paced career takes him‚ often at a moment’s notice‚ to far-flung locales and away from his girlfriend

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    Life Lessons Found Through Desperation Desperation often stems from a lack of something. It could be a result of the lack of fulfillment in basic human emotions such as freedom‚ compassion‚ love‚ happiness or companionship. In these 2 stories‚ desperation manifests itself through the lack of position‚ class and money or the struggle to maintain obsolete traditions. When dealing with social and moral issues‚ the third person narrative allows the viewer to be more objective. In this instance‚ the tone

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    Away From home: Working girls of Lowell essay                 The American economy was growing and changing in the mid 1800’s and new technology meant more demand for work. With the demand for work increasing the work place also changed from just men working to both men and women working. This new trend was set in Lowell‚ Massachusetts by a man named Cabot Lowell. Cabot had seen the textile factories in England and he wanted to make sure that his factories were not as dirty as the ones in England

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    Pointless Violence Under a Veil of Tradition in “The Lottery”: A Discovery Via the Tools of Irony and Symbolism Within the Framework of Formalism The approach to literary criticism known as Formalism focuses on the literary text itself as the source for meaning‚ and deems the text as the only context a critic should turn to for research. It is a style of criticism that places emphasis on the literary tools and techniques in a text‚ apart from a text’s or authors historical context. The key to

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