consequences were far greater. From 1961 to 1971‚ a chemical was sprayed over the entire country of Vietnam‚ leaving 200‚000 people affected by the harmful toxin (Dioxin‚ 2015). The chemical used is called Agent Orange. Its use was discontinued after it was banned in 1971 by the United States (n.a‚ 2016). However‚ the ban came too late and provided no relief for the Vietnamese that are still dealing with the consequences of exposure to Agent Orange. Agent Orange was originally sprayed to kill all the trees
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concentrate sitting in smokes. A further point worth mentioning is by this ban we can reduce dramatically the rate of frequent absentees‚ when workers have to go out puffing a cigarette and therefore decrease work outcomes’ quality. On the whole‚ should prohibition against smoking in place‚ it will benefit not only smokers‚ non smokers’ health but also their working productivity. On the other hand‚ there still are some drawbacks luking in this new set of law. In smokers’ viewpoints‚ it is human’s
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Abortion is a legal medical method to stop the premature delivery that is adopted in most countries of the world. It was legalized many years ago but nowadays we live in the civilized society where the human life is the most precious treasure and the question about the appropriateness of abortions is of current importance. Nowadays there are two opposing camps who present their arguments. People who support abortion insist that prohibition of it will deprive people of their rights to have free choice
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Mockingbird Or Not? That ’s the Question!!!!! The first amendment states‚ that the citizens of the United States have freedom of speech‚ press‚ and religion. What if‚ there are people who are trying to limit this amendment‚ through banning pieces of literature‚ like books? An example of a book that groups of people are trying to ban is the famous To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee. Three reasons why To Kill a Mockingbird should not be banned‚ is first that it provides modern-day students an excellent
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parent who just opens the book and reads the first two pages‚ already‚ based on a snap judgment do not want their child to read this Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Alice Walker. However‚ The Color Purple should not be banned. The novel writes of many current issues needed to be addressed in this day and age. Many issues concerning The Color Purple consist of abuse‚ rape‚ explicit sexual content‚ human sexuality‚ profanity‚ racism‚ etc.; the list goes on. Abuse was a big part of this novel‚ as
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LENIN Lenin was one of the leading political figures and revolutionary thinkers of the 20th century‚ who masterminded the Bolshevik take-over of power in Russia in 1917‚ and was the architect and first head of the USSR. Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov was born in Simbirsk on the Volga River on 22 April 1870 into a well-educated family. He excelled at school and went on to study law. At university‚ he was exposed to radical thinking‚ and his views were also influenced by the execution of his elder brother
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School Uniforms Schools should be schools and not fashion shows. Students that attend school are mostly worried about what they are going to wear to school and less worried about their homework‚ which is far more important. I believe that we should have school uniforms for multiple reasons. Most students think that school uniforms are dumb because every one of them would be wearing the same exact thing. Did you ever think that you could stand out in your own special way? Not everybody has to wear
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Donald J. Trump signed a new executive order for a revised travel ban. This travel ban has barred all travelers without current visas from six predominantly Muslim countries from entering the country for 90 days. The ban also blocks refugees from Syria from entering the country for 120 days. Green card holders‚ refugees already granted asylum‚ people who already have visas‚ and people with dual citizenship are granted access. The amount of refugees allowed access to America per year was lowered
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Valentine ‘Valentine’ is a controversial love poem written by Carol Ann Duffy. Throughout the poem the poetess compares love to an onion and she does that by using a variety of techniques such as imagery‚ symbolism‚ word choice and structure. All these techniques justify why Valentine is an unusual love-poem as they help the poet express her different point of view. Overall‚ the poem is unusual as its title mistakenly leads the reader into thinking that the poem will be typical. I felt deeply moved
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Should Youtube ban Stunt Videos? According to Scholastic.com‚ in 2009 a 15 year-old-boy soaked a basketball in gasoline and decided he was going to shoot a three pointer with it. Well he ended up lighting his clothes on fire and getting second and third-degree burns. He did survive though‚ but he will have the fire scars for the rest of his life. This shows that many kids are willing to risk their lives by doing some dangerous and stupid stunt for the sake of a thirty second video. Therefore‚ Youtube
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