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    Speak For Those Who Can't

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    Speak For Those Who Can’t Do the companies L’Oreal‚ Lancome‚ Garnier‚ Maybelline‚ Sephora‚ and Neutrogena sound familiar? All of these companies take part in animal testing. Every year 19.5 million animals die in testing every year‚ and these companies are involved. Products produced by these companies are some that one may use every day. Hopefully whoever uses their products feels guilty for putting those animals in all that pain and torture just to look pretty. Certainly‚ this is not a liable

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    Who Were the Normans?

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    The Normans were originally known as Norsemen or Northmen and Danes. They were closely akin(m¦‡MvÎxq) to the English. They were fair haired but most cruel and daring. They came from Denmark‚ Norway and Scandinavia and from also the original homeland of the Angles and Guts. Afterwards they had been appearing on the states of England‚ of its society and politics. Ultimately they took Britain to be their suitable homeland and conquered. In England‚ the Norman first descended on the sea-coasts‚ plundered(jyÚb

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    Where I Lived and What I Lived For Analysis Henry David Thoreau‚ the author of this piece‚ lived in the mid-1800s. Throughout his life‚ Thoreau was an author‚ poet‚ philosopher‚ abolitionist‚ naturalist‚ tax resister‚ development critic‚ surveyor‚ historian‚ and leading transcendentalist. The Stanford Dictionary defines transcendentalism as a religious and philosophical movement that focused on the belief that everyone has inherent goodness; however‚ society and its organizations destroy a person’s

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    To what extent did Witte’s Policies develop Russia? Sergei Witte was the Minister of Finance in Russia in from 1892 to 1903. He desperately wanted to bring Russia‚ metaphorically‚ ‘out of the dark ages’ by bringing it up to speed‚ so that it would eventually reach a level of modernisation where it could go head to head with the advanced countries further west. He believed Russia first needed to attain capital investment in the industrial sector‚ increase urban workers (Proletariat)‚ attract foreign

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    The Tragic Hero and Happiness in Into the Wild Jon Krakauer‚ fascinated by a young man in April 1992 who hitchhiked to Alaska and lived alone in the wild for four months before his decomposed body was discovered‚ writes the story of Christopher McCandless‚ in his national bestseller: Into the Wild. McCandless was always a unique and intelligent boy who saw the world differently. Into the Wild explores all aspects of McCandless’s life in order to better understand the reason why a smart‚ social

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    one place in Warrensburg to go. Those Were the Days‚ located on Pine Street‚ was started in 1992 by Larry Dilley‚ 73‚ of Warrensburg. Dilley‚ a retired math professor at UCM‚ is currently away on a hunting trip. Employee Melissa Rapp‚ 57‚ of Warrensburg‚ said that Dilley opened the shop for his wife who liked antiquing and collecting. Rapp said that Dilley first opened a smaller shop on BB Highway‚ and in 1994 he opened the shop in its current location. Those Were the Days is open Monday through

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    How to Get in Shape

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    Jimmie Simmons Professor Neissner Eng 100 Oct 7‚ 2012 How To Get In Shape Many people are struggling with a very serious epidemic in the United States today. That epidemic would be obesity. If we do not start doing something about this 75% of our children will be overweight. Getting in shape definitely takes a lot of will power and determination. The hardest thing about getting in shape is the initial motivation needed to get started. I have been an avid weight lifter for the past 8 years

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    “Where I Lived and What I Lived For” Essay You are homeless and have almost no possessions. Would you consider yourself rich or poor? You would call yourself poor‚ of course. Henry David Thoreau would disagree. In the mid1800s he decided to abandon civilization and live alone on Walden Pond. For two years he lived in a cabin away from other people. He was free of the complications of normal life and lived very simply‚ without worries. In his essay‚ Thoreau claims that those without many possessions

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    How the Other Half Lives is a book that is written and published by Jacob Riis in 1890. Chapter two of the book‚ The Awakening‚ is one of the primary documents included in the reader. In this book‚ Jacob Riis describes in full details of the horrendous and disgusting living conditions that many immigrants had to live in. Jacob Riis is a photojournalist that “muckrakes”‚ or basically to expose something harsh that an individual or a group of people has to go through. Specifically‚ the author shows

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    Those who inspired me

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    Without her I wouldn’t be here. She is a very hardworking woman. Working two jobs and managing two kids with not much support is a big hand clap. My mother had me when it was her freshman year in college. Not once did she let that stop he from succeeding in life. I remember there were days when she would take me to school with her. Even though she had me while she was still in school‚ my mother graduated from college with her bachelor’s degree. She called me her little motivation and I was the reason

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