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    Reading Journal: A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance – Portrait of an Age. Medieval Mind Summaries P.7: The Dark Ages brought war‚ famine‚ high crime‚ and widespread ignorance to the once thriving Roman Empire. P.8: Civil wars were waged across the Roman Empire to quell different interpretations on Catholicism. P.9: The pious Saint Augustine orchestrated one of the first Great Works that set the foundations to the Medieval Mind. The “Decivitate Dei” was created

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    Inequalities In America

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    circumstance available to achieve one’s goals. It is a word that is especially applicable to America; the idea of America as nation where anybody has the opportunity to succeed is so embedded into the American identity that “opportunity” has transcended its dictionary definition. It has become an intrinsic part of the American Dream‚ a word ingrained with the history of many generations. To many‚ America is often considered the land of opportunity; from the earliest colonizers‚ who sailed across

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    The Graying of America

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    The Graying of America Of the total federal expenditures in 1995‚ Social Security together with Medicare(federally founded health program aimed at helping the elderly‚ founded in 1965) was the largest‚ accounting for about 34 percent. In 2005 this figure is predicted to be as high as 39 percent. This is caused by the "graying" of America and the increased number of elderly who will collect benefits for a longer portion of their lives‚ coupled with a reduction of the number of workers available to

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    America Is A Superpower

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    America is widely believed to be the greatest country on the planet. Many events in history have shaped America into the country that it is today. America is a superpower‚ but that comes at a cost. We have been to war both with ourselves and others many times; we have dealt with many conflicts‚ however the worst of these conflicts are the ones that take place on our very own soil. The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln‚ Pearl Harbor‚ the September 11th terrorists attacks‚ the Boston Bombing

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    Rudeness in America

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    In the last couple of years the rudeness of Americans has increased dramatically. It especially seems that the children of America have become ruder. This leads one to wonder if America will just become even ruder or will the manners of the American people improve. Each day at school encountering rudeness is common especially from students but also from the faculty. Walking through the busy hallways of the school is where encountering rudeness is the most likely to occur and probably will. While

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    White America

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    ENG 280 04/09/2012 Song Analysis “White America” is a song in which Eminem creates many contradictions to show inconsistencies in the American social structure. This is important because it reveals critical flaws in the American society that gives false illusions to immigrants and U.S citizens that the United States plays fair in wars. Eminem plays as a voice for the American people. Through his music he points out the flaws in our government and speaks to the people who have been entrapped

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    Digging to America

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    Anne Tyler’s Digging to America truly embraces the true values and unique attributes of America. As an American 20th century writer‚ Tyler explores the modern American culture and what it means to live in such a vast and diverse country. In the story‚ she lets us in on the lives of different characters from two separate American families‚ who struggle with their identities and try to find a sense of belonging. The story starts in an airport in Baltimore‚ where two families‚ the Yazdans and the Donaldsons

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    Face Of America

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    There were many interesting facts in the Upfront Magazine “The New Face of America.” The first one I found was that other races outnumber caucasian races‚ “The Census Bureau announced last spring that minority births-Hispanic‚ black Asian‚ American Indian‚ Native Hawaiian‚ Pacific Islander‚ and Alaska Native-now outnumber those of non-Hispanic whites.” Living in a region with dominantly white people‚ I didn’t realize that we made up less than half of our country’s population. Another interesting

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    Poverty In America

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    University Poverty in America A Global Epidemic Ben Sims Sociology 445: Contemporary Social Problems Professor Shannon Sellers August 2‚ 2014 Of all the social problems that exist within America today‚ poverty is undoubtedly the most prevalent . The stigma of poverty is no longer solely the plight of third world countries‚ but rather an epidemic that has vigorously manifested itself in the United States at an alarming rate. Yes‚ in America‚ the country teeming with

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    Urbanization In America

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    Although some farmers moved westward into richer land‚ more and more people continued to flood into cities in search of work. Altogether‚ many different factors led to the rapid industrialization of the United States. Prior to the Civil War‚ the American industry was able to undergo immense growth due to the improvements in technology‚ the increase in the national population‚ and the development of

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