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    If a person smoke a whole pack of cigarettes‚ that person will probably save over $15‚000! (Partnership for a Tobacco-Free Maine‚ 2013).Moreover‚ there are other financial benefits too. A person will be able to pay less for health and life insurance and experience less costs due to tobacco-related problems and medical bills (Partnership for a Tobacco-Free Maine‚ 2013). Therefore‚ if smoker pay additional fees to health care‚ there are less chances of them smoking due to the expenses. Secondly

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    way out of tough situations and in the end come out on top even through events such as the sinking of the Maine‚ the Spanish surrendering‚ and the territory’s the U.S acquired afterwards. To begin with‚ the first event that ended up actually drawing America into this brief war was the sinking of the Maine. On the Night of February 15th‚ 1898 at approximately 9:40p.m the U.S battleship the Maine was destroyed.3 The explosion happened that night while the ship was at anchor in Havana Harbor‚ and was

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    Pregnancy Narrative-rough

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    ROUGH DRAFT Thesis: Experience is the only way a person can truly understand being pregnant. Intro: What’s it like having a baby? Is it all glow and perfect happiness? I want to share my pregnancy experience start to finish. I want to share the good‚ bad‚ and painful. Experience is the only way a person can truly understand being pregnant. It’s a roller coaster ride the whole way through. Let me tell you about my ride. More to intro Body 1-finding out-redo some sentences

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    Theme Park

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    stay in Sentosa hotels and play in the park for a few days and that have drawn many tourists. Many friends and relatives have been there so we thought this would be a great theme park to study. 2. Background 2.1 History Universal Studios Singapore (USS) is a theme park located within Resorts World Sentosa on Sentosa Island‚ Singapore. It is the second Universal Studios theme park to open in Asia (Japan being the first)‚ and the first in Southeast Asia.  The construction of Resorts World Sentosa

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    make a positive impact around the world in more than 30 counties. The mission of the Nature Conservancy is to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends. The type of employment is a full time position. The office is located in Brunswick‚ Maine. Your starting salary would be twelve dollars per hour. Some benefits that you gain from this job are the Nature Conservancy offers competitive compensation‚ a 401k plan‚ flexible work policies and a collaborative work environment. We also provide

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    December seventh‚ 1941‚ hundreds of Japanese bombers launched an attack on the US naval base in Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii. They took off from Japanese aircraft-carriers which set out from Japan and remained radio silent and not detected. In this attack‚ the USS was badly damaged and almost lost the Pacific Fleet. Although the attack only lasted about 2 hours consisted of 2 waves of attack‚ over 2400 American soldiers lost their lives‚ more than 1000 soldiers were injured and 12 United States Navy vessels were

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    Skunk Hour

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    Robert Lowell In beginning of "Skunk Hour" (the first four stanzas to be more precise)‚ Robert Lowell gives the sense of a Maine sea town that is slowly declining. For example‚ lines 4 through 6 state the following: "Her farmer / is first selectman in our village; / she’s in her dotage." With the usage of the word "dotage" in line 6‚ it clearly suggests that the condition of Maine is in its declining years. For a better understanding of its poor state‚ stanza two (7-12) presents itself as follows:

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    War‚ Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain positively impacted the battle. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was a hero at Gettysburg because of his great leadership‚ the trust of his men and holding the Union flank. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was born in Brewer‚ Maine on September 8‚ 1828. Chamberlain was the oldest sibling out of five‚ Thomas Chamberlain‚ Horace Beriah Chamberlain‚ John Chamberlain‚ Sarah Barstow Chamberlain. His parents were Joshua and Sarah Chamberlain. Chamberlain before going to college would

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    Transgender Rights What does it mean to be transgender? The term transgender refers to a person “who identifies with or expresses a gender identity that differs from the one which corresponds to the person’s sex at birth‚” (Merriam-Webster). The term came into common use in the 1970s‚ but similar terms such as transsexual and “trans” have been used as well. Non-conformity‚ in terms of gender especially‚ tends to evoke uncertainty in terms of law‚ which is most likely why transgender people are not

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    Hispanics in Vietnam

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    them Marines. This is not unusual. Hispanics have received the highest honors to date in the U.S. Navy. As of 1990‚ six ships and three active submarines have been named for Hispanics‚ including the nuclear- powered 688 class fast attack submarine‚ USS San Juan‚ named after the capital city of Puerto Rico. Admiral Horacio Rivera became the first Hispanic four-star Admiral in 1979 and ultimately served as Vice Chief of Naval Operations. Between 1979-1980‚ Edward Hidalgo held the highly esteemed and

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