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    Telling the truth can bring great benefit while lying brings harm and corruption to human society. Our brains are not designed to lie‚ so if someone always lies‚ they might live in anxiety‚ depression and feel guilty about themselves. In contrast‚ people who always tell the truth live a healthy life as they have fewer things to worry‚ and sleep better and they feel good about themselves. On the other hand‚ people lie to protect others feeling from not being hurt. These lies are the “white lies’.

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    Hubbell Gardner in The Way We Were is an abominable man. He has no passion‚ and tries to stifle that in Katie-- from the beginning‚ when he references her love of knowledge and politics as "You never stop‚ do you?". Hubbell Gardner is an awful‚ awful man. All the while she’s propping him up‚ and singing his praises‚ he’s openly treating her coldly. She treated him far too well: from the beginning‚ remember how he was heading out the door to leave her apartment‚ and couldn’t get out fast enough

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    Immigration Then and Now

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    true. For some people‚ immigration made their lives richer and more fulfilled. This however‚ was not always the case. A place that is supposed to be a "Golden Land" (Marcus 116) did not always welcome people with open arms. Even after people became legal citizens of the United States‚ often times the natural born Americans did not treat the immigrants as equals but rather as outsiders who were beneath them in some way. In some situations‚ people’s lives were made worse by coming to the "land of opportunity

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    Susan B. Anthony

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    as someone who is tired of how their gender is being treated and wants equality between both genders. Born Susan Brownell Anthony on February 15‚ 1820‚ is known to be one of the first feminist during her time. She had many contributions in fighting for women’s rights during her entire life. She is one of the more famous and well known women through out her generation and will continue to

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    Television...Then and Now

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    was brought to reality by a number of inventors and scientist. The TV has evolved in many ways since its existence‚ from bringing you entertainment and news‚ to now allowing you to play today’s hottest video game consoles‚ searching the world wide web and enjoying a movie in a theater. The visual graphics have changed from poor black and white signals‚ to 3D television. The TV has changed in different ways‚ from shape‚ color‚ size‚ and the multi uses that it is used for. Televisions can be found

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    Jennifer Evans The Telephone: Then and Now HUMN 303: Introduction to the Humanities Instructor E. Elliott February 11‚ 2011 The Telephone: Then and Now The telephone was one of the greatest American inventions. Developed in the 1800’s by Alexander Graham Bell‚ it quickly became one of the most used inventions in the world. The telephone had many impacts on society and the way we communicated and still plays a huge role in the world we live today. The telephone has developed from something

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    Democracy Then and Now

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    Democracy Then and Now By Nicole Johnson Drawing the political parallels between the Athenians and American democracy couldn’t be more complexed. One of the contemporary definitions of democracy todays is as follows. “Government by the people‚ exercised either directly or through elected representatives; Rule by the majority” Interestingly enough the Athenians were closer to a true democracy more so than America has ever been. America has always labeled as this great democracy

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    Susan B Anthony

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    A theme shown in both “Susan B. Anthony Dares to Vote!” and “Don’t Give up the Fight” is perseverance. They both have perseverance because in “Don’t Give up the Fight”‚ although Ava is being bullied by the boys on the track team‚ she doesn’t give up the track team and continues to try her best. In “Susan B. Anthony Dares to Vote!” Susan B. Anthony shows perseverance because she keeps on fighting for women’s rights and‚ although she doesn’t see women’s rights because of her death in 1906‚ her goal

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    daily lives. There is a large range of actions that can be performed with a computer‚ with different actions catered for different people‚ but suitable for almost everybody. Hence‚ the computer is globally popular. As computers continue to increase in popularity‚ its invention has led to many technological advances and has opened many new windows‚ and modernization has drastically increased one’s reliance on it. However‚ one question bogging everyone’s mind is‚ can we live without it now? My view

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    Paradise Now and Then

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    Professor Svede September 7‚ 2012 Filmmaking features can shape the viewer’s attitude toward specific elements of a film. Music‚ timing‚ camera features‚ setting and much more all influence the viewer’s outlook. The Battle of Algiers and Paradise Now and then both put their perspective on the struggle between two different groups and fighting techniques within the two sides. Each film takes a different approach to connect the viewer to the film. With only being exposed to twenty-six minutes of

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