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    A Planet in Danger

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    The planet in danger I recognized how our world is in danger. I had always pictured the earth to be a wonderland with perfect habitats of luscious plants and animals. But I now realized that this world is not as perfect as I thought. Humans have been living on this planet for two million years and in the last two hundred years‚ humans have made a mess of the planet: chopped trees‚ killed animals‚ polluted air‚ water and soil. The twentieth century was the century of a huge scientific- technical

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    Reconstruction and the West Reconstruction and the West The post-Civil War South has been called the “New South.” In what ways did it succeed in reinventing itself? In what ways did it fail? The south’s reconstruction failed for many reasons in my opinion. First off many states rejected the 13th Amendment. Furthermore‚ many of the southern states had no intentions of giving Blacks any type of true freedoms. Many states tried to make the African Americans as property-less as possible. They were

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    Dangers of Drugs

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    Dangers of Drugs There are many persuasive arguments you can give to convince middle school students not start using drugs. One argument is the pain you would put your family through. Not only is it dangerous to using the drugs‚ it is also very dangerous to be around the people that sell the drugs. One of the best arguments I could give it the very harmful affects that the drug does to your body. There are endless arguments that you could give to students not to buy and use drugs but I believe

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    Dangers Of Concussions

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    What are the Dangers of a concussion? What if a football player took a blow to the back of the head‚ what would happen? More than likely some injury occurred‚ but what parts were effected? And what will damage to those areas cause‚ short or long-term? Football is a contact sport‚ and injuries are to be expected‚ but is it really worth the risk for possible permanent damage to the most important organ there is? Concussions are a serious injury‚ and need to be treated that way‚ as the organ effected

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    Finding Themselves In life there are hardships we experience that may lead us realize and shaped our identity. Hardships are a part of life that everyone must deal with. These hardships can either enable you to succeed or cause you to fail. The outcome of these obstacles all depend on how this situations are handled. As demonstrated by the short excerpt "Over the Rocks and Stones" by Chantal Kreviazuk. The Author describes how she value the hardships and fears she experienced and realizes that these

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    Dangers of Obesity

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    April 10‚ 2011 “Dangers of Obesity” Obesity is a leading cause for hypertension‚ diabetes‚ and heart disease. There is a growing problem with obesity in America‚ which is leading to many health problems at a younger age. Hypertension‚ diabetes‚ and heart disease is more likely to occur to someone one with poor diet. Poor diet is the leading cause of obesity. According to Roland Strum’s article “The Effects Of Obesity‚ Smoking‚ And Drinking On Medical Problems And Costs” obesity has roughly the

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    Earth in Danger

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    Earth in Danger Nobody can negate that a lot of phenomena has been changed in our world recently while wondering the reason of these changes. One of the main reason for a lot of change in our life is the rapped raise on temperature which is called global warming. Global warming is the rise in the average temperature of Earth’s atmosphere and oceans since the late 19th century and its projected continuation. Since the early 20th century‚ Earth’s mean surface temperature has increased by about 0.8

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    Purity and Danger

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    important reason for these restrictions. Others have stated that it was a result of an attempt to preserving the Jewish culture from foreign influences. While others argue that it is a means to achieving holiness or purity. In her book Purity and Danger‚ Mary Douglas examines some of the arguments put forth by several scholars and theologians. In her examination‚ Douglas rejects most of the explanations and settles on the explanation that she believes to be the only one without contradiction‚ the

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    Abstract The Dangers within the Environment are affecting our health to means that we wouldn’t believe. We destroy our planets ozone that affects and causes global warming. The pesticides‚ mercury and carbon dioxide that we release into the environment cause so many health problems to use and our children. It actually affects our children’s health more than it does to use. How can we do this to our environment knowing that it affects our health more and more. Dangers with in our Environment The

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    Learning From Personal Hardships. When going through life an individual will undoubtedly find various hardships he or she will deal with. In Romeo and Juliet it displays various personal conflicts; from a broken heart‚ an arranged marriage‚ and the generation deep hatred embedded within family history. Moreover in The Alchemist following the story of a shepherd boy who once lost nearly everything; who had trouble finding his personal legend; the adventurer who could not find his own heart. Furthermore

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