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    Walmart being good for America is a controversial subject for many people. In my opinion‚ Walmart is more good for America in several ways. But in some ways it is also bad for America. It is good for the economy. Walmart is one of the biggest companies in America and it brings in a 35 thousand dollar profit. Almost every day Americans spend a average of $36 million in Walmart. They have made 11 thousands stores and they are all in a 15 minute radius away from 90% of Americans. Their opening price

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    America is a good place to live. Here is some reason why. We have resources that other countries don’t. We have the freedom to go places‚ that other countries don’t allow. We have a good water supply in our country. We have the Freedom Of Speech meaning we are allowed to say whatever we want. We don’t just respect one religion‚ we respect all. We have laws to control things or we would all go crazy in the world. We have many fascinating cultures here. We can all get along that other countries can’t

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    The America I Believe In Rick Perry once said…” I believe in America I believe in her purpose and her promise I believe her best days have not yet been lived I believe her greatest deeds are reserved for the generations to come.” Our country is a melting pot of many different colors and we are all the same but yet all so different. We all have one similarity though; we all love our country. Why I believe in these things is because our country is great. Although we have fallen a few greatness pegs

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    Prohibition Jacob Last Ms. Faloon-Sullivan and Mr. Kershaw U.S. History and English 302 05 November 2012 Prohibition Thesis: The drive for prohibition was rooted in a long debate over alcohol extending back to the nineteenth century‚ and was successful because of the efforts of the Anti-Saloon I. 19th century alcohol debate

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    Americans are great in many ways; however our size shouldn’t be one of them. More than “two-thirds of adults in America are considered overweight or obese”( Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). This is not a new issue. It has been growing for a long time‚ and not enough people are taking the initiative to change their habits. I propose that we need government help to encourage us to eat better and make healthier choices. The

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    Rise and Fall of Prohibiton In the state of New York alone between 1921 and 1923 there were over 7‚000 prohibition-related arrests. (1) The reasoning behind prohibition was that Prohibition if alcohol was taken out of the picture Americans would become more productive and crime rates would decrease. In the opinions of many historians this proved to be only but counterproductive. Prohibition did nothing but clearly states that Americans can cunning develop ways to produce illegal alcohol and that

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    Judit Rosanas Mrs Sandoval US History 6 May 2015 Prohibition The 1920’s‚ also known as the roaring twenties‚ were a decade with a lot of political and social changes. High buildings were build‚ huge parties were thrown and many people became wealthy and moved to the city with their families‚ where the roll of women started changing a lot. They economy grew a lot and a lot of people were having the life that they have always dreamed of‚ so everything started to get a little crazy. Alcohol started

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    Why I Went To America

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    My parents kicked me out the house to go to America. I came from Russia. The Reason was because of the Russian Empire. The Russian Empire was just taking over small countries in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. My parents did not want me to see the war‚ so that is why I went to America. The reason I went by myself is my parents only had enough money for one ticket‚ so they choose me. When I went to America‚ I was a steerage passenger. Those passengers got off last‚ and there was over 3‚000 people

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    The United States of America©ˆs war on drugs today is very similar to America©ˆs Prohibition of Alcohol in the 1920©ˆs. These two major issues of their time may not seem like they can be logically compared‚ but statistics for usage and a correlating rise in crime for both eras show a strong relationship. There is also a tendency for an outright defiance of the laws and law makers of the United States government in both cases. Most people today think that the prohibition of the 1920©ˆs and

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