One of the most classic arguments in the history of gaming is the “Console War” between the Super Nintendo Entertainment System‚ or SNES‚ and the Sega Genesis. Sega released the Genesis in 1989 to compete with the original Nintendo Entertainment System‚ but soon found it fighting against the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1991. The Console War has become a staple in 90s pop culture alongside Nickelodeon cartoons and MC Hammer’s “U Can’t Touch This.” Even over twenty-five years later‚ people
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1. Why does Cisneros father believe College can be worthwhile for her? Cisneros father believes college can be worthwhile for her because it will help her to meet an intelligent husband who will be able to support her and take care of her. Her father really believed in the traditional Mexican values that women were meant to become someone’s wife and not to work to support the family. 2. In paragraph 8 Cisneros writes that her father represents the public majority which she envisions as the audience
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American Civil War played a very important role in the U.S. The American Civil War played a very important role in U.S. history. It was probably very hard to fight for our country‚ and for us. If the American Civil War didn’t end‚ we wouldn’t have peace‚ or a beautiful Earth like we do now. I think the American Civil War is a defining moment in the history of the U.S. Here are some facts about why I think the American Civil War is a defining moment in the history of the U.S. One reason why I think the
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The Mexican American War lasted for 2 years and this marked the first U.S. armed conflict chiefly fought on foreign soil. The U.S. president at that time was James K. Polk had a believed that the United States manifest destiny is to spread across the world. There were a lot of U.S. victories around a border skirmish along the Rio Grande. Mexico lost about one third of its territory that include California‚ Utah‚ Nevada‚ Arizona and New Mexico (Mexican-American War‚ N/A). Mexico Severed relations
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sentences!*** Act I How does Act one begin? Explain. Tell the story! With the servants of the capulets talking bad about the Montague‚ they ended up flipping off the montague servants they ended up started a fight then Benvolio tries breaking up the fight but tybalt comes and wants to fight then lastly both kings want to fight but both wifes say no then the prince comes and say if a fight breaks out again because of them (kings) they will forfeit their life . What does Escalus say he will do to
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Why Does Doctor Who Appeal To Women? “I’m The Doctor. I’m a Timelord. I’m from the planet Gallifrey in the constellation of Kasterborous. I’m 903 years old and I’m the man who is going to save your lives and all 6 billion people on the planet below.” That quote is from the show Doctor Who‚ a British television series. It is the longest running science fiction show in the history of television. A man called The Doctor is a time traveller who wanders throughout space and time in his “spaceship” called
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Why did King Charles lose the civil war? In April 1642‚ the Civil war started in England. The civil war ended up by King Charles losing the war. And in my essay I am going to talk about many reasons why Charles lost the civil war. In 1642 most people thought that King Charles would win the civil war‚ as he had won the battle of Edge hill‚ but unfortunately King Charles did not take advantage of this opportunity and marched to London. King Charles didn’t know what to do when it came to big
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Great Expectations Essay How does Dickens create sympathy for Pip in the opening chapters of Great Expectations? Charles Dickens was born during the Victorian times‚ he wrote ‘great expectations’ in a weekly instalment‚ every week he sold one part to maintain the reader’s interest. He wanted people to understand the mass divide of the rich and poor. He wished the people would realise how badly the poor were treated at that time. He used Pip to grab the reader’s attention in the opening chapters
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Why did the US lose the war in Vietnam? Answer with reference to the concept of insurgency/guerrilla warfare. The longest war in the history of the United States of America has taken place in Vietnam during the Cold War. “The US fear of a communist Europe led them to intervene in a war that was not seen in a vital importance or that would not be in the country`s interest to gain any advantage” (Bernstein 1987/8‚ p. 86). One of the main reasons why the US lost the war in Vietnam was the lack of
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consider the war of 1812 to be the war‚ where people died for nothing‚ money was spent foolishly and battled were led incorrectly. However‚ it wasn’t all for nothing. The war of 1812 had its impact‚ maybe not so largely visible‚ it is still there. Firstly‚ it led to increase in nationalism‚ even though United States didn’t win the war. It was the first war that the USA had fought without any foreign help. It led to manifest destiny‚ which increased the size of the US by ⅓. Sometimes this war is even
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