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    Brave New World: World Instability I. Video Intro of World Instability (3:50) II. Past examples of world instability (Chad) A. Russian Revolution a. http://www.history.com/topics/russian-revolution b. After Bolshevik forces executed Czar Nicholas II and his family in July 1918‚ the killers hid the victims’ mutilated bodies. The remains were discovered and exhumed in the late 1970s near Yekaterinburg‚ Russia‚ and eventually identified through DNA testing. B. World War II a. http://www.history

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    The term “Political Correct” has been in this world’s vocabulary for some time now‚ but it has adjusted the way that Americans view life and the way that each of us interact with one another. Politically Correct is the thought of people being careful to not use terminology or behave in a way that could provoke a specific group of people. Society today is dictated by political correctness in our everyday lives. Today‚ individuals have to be careful with the words that they say because many people

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    There were many misconceptions about the indigenous people of the New World‚ many of which described them as simple and savage‚ a description that couldn’t further from the truth. Going back we find that Native Americans were actually very complex in all aspects of their lives: farming‚ social structure‚ religion‚ architecture‚ and so on. The people of the New World were so advanced that they could achieve the same things their European counterparts were doing with machinery‚ but better.These inventions

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    life he lived in the new world‚ in which he states “We have a free country” (hanner 52). In America‚ a person can do whatever they want. Johannes does not have to pay taxes and there is no shortage of food. A person can buy land without asking someone whether they can buy or lease land. Other immigrants‚ such as gottlieb mittelberger‚ experienced the hardship of coming to the new world. Gottleib Mittelberger was a German school teacher and organ player who came to the new world as a indentured servant

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    The New World was discovered by Spain’s Christopher Columbus in 1492. Many believed that the settlement of the Spanish in the New World was the original settlement. For many years before the arrival of the Europeans‚ various tribes were scattered all throughout the Americas. There was an estimated 10‚000 people living in the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492. America was not a virgin wilderness for nearly 12‚000 years. The Spanish were the first to arrive in the New World. They

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    Cultural ‚ Political‚ and Religious Interactions in Ancient Asia By Eunice Andong‚ Grade 10 Since Asian countries came in contact with each other‚ Cultural‚ Political‚ and Religious interactions between them‚ began. The Ancient Asian countries’ interactions with each other play a big role in affecting how the Asian countries are today. Political contacts and interaction were most often made because a country wanted to become allies to gain military security‚ or to join their forces to fight

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    Political correctness is the belief of conforming the language and practices which could offend political sensibilities should be eliminated. I will argue that political correctness is not helpful to further development of our society. To support this claim‚ I offer three reasons. Firstly‚ political correctness cause misinterpretation of words. Secondly‚ people are being afraid of expressing their thoughts and ideas due to misinterpretation of words. Thirdly‚ political correctness will retrograde

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    Phuc Nguyen ESL 0190 2/10/2013 Division Essay “Your life will begin at the time you leave your home to come to a new place by yourself”. My father said at the day I left my country to come to the U.S. as an international student. There are many difficulties for new international students in the U.S. but language‚ finances‚ and homesickness are the three most common difficulties that they usually pass with. Of course‚ the language which is English‚ is always the first and the hardest thing

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    Leila Haynesworth Mr. GS AP CoLa 11 8 September‚ 2014 Brave New World and 1984 are not so much warning‚ but wise examination by both authors that we have total control of our own lives. We have enhanced tools and created things for our well-being‚ but it is up to us how we choose to handle them. For example‚ cell phones‚ they have become so technologically advanced that it is hard for us to stay off of them. They have a web browser and an app for everything including several social media sites.

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    The reason why Martin Luther is considered to be the leader of religious reform historically‚ is because his movement despite not being 1st reform to have been made‚ had managed survive long enough to splinter off and effect not just one part of Europe at the time but also a vast majority of it. His views on how a person should practice their faith reflected what a lot of people would think the Catholic Church should be like. The reason why the reformation period of this time frame is based around

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