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    English Exposition Whale hunting must be stopped! Imagine your swimming in the ocean‚ minding your own business. Then‚ suddenly‚ something sharp hits you. It enters your body and explodes. The pain is killing but it does not kill you‚ not yet. Again a sharp object hits you and explodes. Again and again you are hit. Your enormous body‚ however‚ does not give up that easily. It will take more than a half an hour to get unconscious. Maybe‚ if you are lucky‚ you will drown. Perhaps you will be dragged

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    lives a tragic life that he can’t control since it is destiny‚ although he tries to change it. Oedipus is a man with a lot of pride and is really stubborn for example; Oedipus continued to pursue who he was and what happened to the previous king of Thebes‚ no matter how many warnings he received from everyone‚ especially his wife. According to Sophocles‚ Jocasta warns Oedipus by saying “I beg you-do not hunt this out-I beg you‚ if you have any care for your own life. What I am suffering is enough.” (Sophocles

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    2BRO2B Imagine if you could live in a perfect world. A world where there was no crime‚ no diseases‚ no evil and where people could live eternally. What if you could live in utopia? In Kurt Vonnegut’s short story‚ 2BRO2B‚ people are immortal‚ and the people in this society cannot have all the children they want because of the population control. Is living in this utopia a good thing‚ and is immortality a curse or a blessing? These are just a couple of the questions that are hypothetically asked

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    In 17th century Italy every individuals had his or her own place in society‚ which was determined by family lineage‚ occupation‚ and gender‚ among other factors. Each individual’s place in this societal hierarchy dictated how he or she was to act in any situation that they faced. As a result of this societal structure‚ many individuals were not able to escape the expectations that were set for them‚ nor did they publically question them. In 1664‚ the Venetian Inquisition brought up Cecilia Ferrazzi

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    Why did Prohibition fail‚ and why was it repealed? The roots of this problem lay in the wording of 1920’s Volstead Act‚ a piece of federal legislation. Specifically‚ the Volstead Act mandated “concurrent enforcement” of prohibition—that is‚ enforcement through federal laws and agencies as well as by state and local laws and agencies. While lawmakers argued that the Volstead Act would translate into extensive enforcement‚ in practice it meant the opposite. For example‚ in states where many residents

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    environment. It should be banned in public places to prevent the community from being harmed and the environment being impacted. According to World Health Organisation (2014) there are over 40% of kids in the world’s population who are passive smokers to their parents from breathing in the toxic fumes in the cigarette. Why it should be ban: Passive Smokers: People who smoke cigarettes in public spaces aren’t aware that people who are aren’t smoking in the public spaces are passive smokers. According

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    Romanticism in English literature of the Beginning of the 19th Century (The Age of Romanticism) Britain became a large trading empire. The cities grew fast. London remained the largest one. In the 19th century Britain was at its height and self confidence. It was called the "workshop" of the world. The rich feared the poor both in the countryside and in the fast-growing towns. Nevertheless the great emphasis was made on the individual based on interdependence of Man and Nature.

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    2010 but a few days later the Dream Act came crashing down when the senate filibuster the act. A lot of senators were against the reform. They needed five more votes for the act to be passed‚ they had 55 votes overall‚ you need 60 votes to overcome a republican led filibuster. The bill had already passed the House and was approved by president Obama. The five democrats who voted no were Max Baucus and John Tester of Montana‚ Kay Hagan of North Carolina‚ Ben Nelson of Nebraska‚ and Mark Pryor of Arkansas

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    In nowadays‚ English become an international language due to the English rapidly spread worldwide‚ there are majority of people are likely to speak or to learn English. During the medieval and early modern periods‚ the influence of English spread throughout the British Isles‚ and from the early seventeenth century onwards‚ its influence began to be felt throughout the worldwide. Undoubtedly‚ as an international language‚ English has contributed to different fields of the world‚ such as the advancement

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    What is placenta previa? If you’ve heard the word‚ you have probably figured out just from the word alone that it has something to do with the placenta. You are exactly right. Placenta previa occurs when the placenta attaches in the lower portion of the uterus instead of in the normal position in the upper more muscular portion of the uterus. Placenta previa is a frequent cause of bleeding during the second and third trimester of pregnancy What are the different types of placenta previa? Complete

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