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    History itself is the study of past events that have occurred throughout the world. The importance of it is to supply people with factual details of the events. Therefore answering questions like Why a certain event happened? ‚ Who took part in the event?‚What was the result of the event?‚ and many more. Studying the history of our world is just getting information of what happened and you do not really get the details on how a certain event can impact the people during that specific time period

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    Definitions Of Youth Gang

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    This definition shares some homogeneous attributes with the definition of the Euro gang Network with its reference to durability‚ territorial space or geographical orientation and more significantly a unique youth group identity that fixates on violent and illegal activities. On the other hand‚ albeit any group of young people can be defined as a gang‚ it is their criminal and violent activities that engender fear and as a result‚ it is perceived as problematic in society (HM Government‚ 2010). Equally

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    supports his statement that the class you are in effects you in the classroom and your level of achievement‚ by using statistics from researcher William Sewell. Sewell “showed a positive correlation between class and overall educational achievement. In comparing the top quartile (25%) of his sample to the bottom quartile‚ he found that students from upper-class families were twice as likely to obtain training beyond high school and four times as likely to attain a postgraduate degree” (pp.342-343)

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    married. So the responsibility is left to the single mother to take care of the child‚ so the single mother ends up having to work a low wage job. There isn’t really an American Dream. Another source that talks about this is the book “Fences”. The main character‚ Troy was black and his race held him from getting a higher position at his job. The white people were able to get the better jobs This threatens Troy’s American Dream because he would have had the house of his dreams but his job didn’t provide

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    especially knowing that I had to maintain a certain G.P.A in order to keep my financial aid award. I am asking the financial aid office to give me a second chance to prove that I am worthy of this award so I can continue in my studies. Professor Julie Maxson is fully aware of my situation. I email her several time but she never replied and never offered me a time to sit down with her and go over my grade. Enclosed‚ please find a discharge papers from the Doctor regarded this situation. I hope that

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    Early roots of policing: Sir Robert Peel’s (1820s) nine principles and their connection to modern day policing Sir Robert Peel is known in the history books as the person who created the first form of an English police department‚ called the London Metropolitan Police. However‚ the first acknowledgement of any sort of police department or criminal justice system occurred 1000 years earlier by the English King Alfred the Great. King Alfred the Great came up with this idea when he was preparing

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    William Jensen Professor Cavender RWS 280 section 19 February 11‚ 2013 Word count: 1775 Politics‚ Food‚ and corn: A recipe for change? Americans today are no strangers to stretching every dollar earned in an attempt to live the American dream. Most people work long hours and eat on the fly with very little thought to what‚ or where‚ the food they have purchased came from. The reason food is so inexpensive has not been a concern to the average American‚ but the article written by

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    to head with the "Sweet Science." Blickees.com 2 July 2007. 1 November 2007 Doyle‚ Gregg. "Freeman: Boxing over MMA." CBS Sports 2 May 2007. 1 November 2007 . Henderson‚ Lee Andrew. "MMA Vs Boxing." Associated Content 18 May 2007. 1 November 2007 Maxson‚ Matt. "Five reasons why UFC has all the fans." The Rebel Yell 12 October 2006. 1 November 2007 . Moses‚ Matthew. "MMA vs. Boxing: It ’s no contest." Divinesatirist.com 29 May 2007. 4 November 2007 . Thesis: The sport of MMA is more technical‚ more

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    her mother’s family’s house in Fairchild Mississippi. Her 17 year old cousin Dabney is soon to be married to Troy Flavin. The overseer of their cotton plantation. A true tight knit Southern family does not easily accept outsiders. The Fairchild family disapproves of Dabney marrying Troy. They do not think he is not the right man to be marrying their beloveded Dabney. Throughout the novel Troy makes many attempts to get the family on his side‚ but with all of the family home for the wedding the chaos

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    The Trojan War

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    understanding of the history of Troy. Much hard work has gone into the excavations there by many archaeologists‚ and many interesting artefacts have been found. The story of the Ancient City of Troy is a great one‚ however many people believed it didn’t exist and that Homers Iliad‚ the story of the Trojan War was just some story. This has since been proved untrue as the city of Troy was discovered‚ and the pieces of this amazing puzzle have fallen together. Homer described Troy as an exceptionally large

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