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    Smart Move Analysis

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    Mist”‚ and my midterm “Smart Move.” My first essay “Credits”‚ I chose these three essays‚ because I feel like I put all my effort into writing the best work through. Learning how to avoid comma splices and sentence fragment helped me fix a lot of mistakes I would always make while I write my essays. During my process of revising my essays‚ I realized I sounded repetitive with a lot of my sentences. In the essay “Credits” I noticed I had a lot of comma splices‚ so what I did to fix this problem

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    Amanda Dees U.S History since 1876 Outlaws of the Old West The wild west was one of America ’s most violent times.The American Wild West is a period of history rife with tales of vicious gunfights and battles between lawmen and outlaws. It is the story of exploration and forging a new way of life. Men‚ women and children left their homes in the East and headed West looking for land and riches. While Hollywood has tended to portray this historical era as one of harshness and violence‚ scholars

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    When the English settlers came to North America‚ the Indians‚ at first‚ welcomed them with open arms. The settlers arrived with goods that were very helpful to them‚ which could be the reason they embraced the Englishman the way they did. Some of the goods consisted of guns‚ woven cloth‚ fishhooks‚ and axes. There were also things like colorful glass beads that really intrigued the Indians to the point where they started to use them in their own religious ceremonies. There was a big unknown factor

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    West Indian Poetry

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    West Indian poetry germinated its seed in the eighteenth century. The art form in the beginnings though vibrant‚ had been nearly impossible to discover. Caribbean poetry was influenced by slavery and the British system having supreme authority over the people of the West Indies. Accustom to the written form‚ there is also an oral element to West Indian poetry. This can be seen in‚ traditional folk songs‚ sankeys‚ calypsos‚ hymns‚ chants‚ and reggae songs. This analysis deals with the work of two

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    Across The West Summary

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    This article is about the influence of western expansion on the American Indians who occupied these lands. To set the stage‚ West describes “Across the Continent‚” one of the better known lithographs from this time. This picture shows the horizon with a train cutting through the plains while billowing smoke into the air. On one side of the train is the settlers; schools‚ people‚ and churches. On the other side of the train are two American Indians on horses. They are helplessly watching as Western

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    Motorcycle Danger

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    The Time I Rode On the Back of a Motorcycle When I was about seven years old I was introduced to motorcycles by my uncle on my mothers’ side and I fell in love. My uncle had a purchased a few dirt bikes that I and my younger cousins were taught to ride on. When he first purchased the dirt bikes they had training wheels on them. Two of the dirt bikes were manufactured by Kawasaki and were white and blue with a 50 cc motor which isn’t really that powerful‚ and two 70 cc bikes that were manufactured

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    Many people are diagnosed with depression and anxiety in their lifetime‚ and anybody is prone to it. Whether it be bipolar or another type‚ most people go through it at least once in their lifetime‚ usually when they’re younger than twenty. Antidepressants are not good for children under the age of eighteen because their brains are not fully developed at that point in their lives. Antidepressants are full of chemicals and hormones that may not be healthy for those of a younger age‚there could be

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    The Dangers of Sunscreen

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    THE FALSE PROMISES OF SUNSCREENS The Real Consequences of Their Use It is said that sunscreen prevents sunburns and other skin diseases caused by the sun. However‚ on the flip side it’s also said that sunscreen is one of the main causes of skin diseases like melanoma. Sure‚ sunscreen prevents the epidermis from burning‚ but it has other consequences that follow. They not only increase the risk of skin cancers‚ they also expose the skin to a higher percentage of solar rays that break down collagen

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    Purity and Danger: An Analysis of the Concepts of Pollution and Taboo‚ where she explores societies views of cleanliness and purity and the different conceptions involved. Purity and Danger is well known as an outstanding text in the field of anthropology as it was recognised throughout many disciplines. Within Purity and Danger‚ Douglas gives representation to the significance of anthropological enquiries as she presents a method to comprehending rules of purity by investigating what the term uncleanliness

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    Conflicts With White Settlers Causes of the Conflicts There were many causes of the conflicts that occurred between white settlers and Native Americans. The Europeans who came to the New World in the early years of their exploration found native people who had a complex civilization with a very different culture than the Europeans did. With the clash of these two cultures‚ conflict was inevitable. Each culture fought to keep theirs alive and dominant. One major cause of conflict was broken treaties

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