and fourty one cents to make a penny while it is only worth one cent‚ says “Penny Wise‚ or 2.4 Cents Foolish?” Therefore‚ the United States is losing money. Is this coin worth losing $60.2 million a year? All that money wasted can go towards more important things if the penny wasn’t made anymore.
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fact. it is so isolated from the minds of people‚ the U.S. doesn’t recognize it as a genocide. It is the Cambodian Genocide‚ which claimed the lives of 2‚400‚000 people; over half of those victims were children. Children in the genocide had a rough childhood because they didn’t get to play and learn‚ they were always facing death‚ and some of them were forced to be child soldiers. The Cambodian Genocide came to be when Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge‚ the asian equivalent of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi
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The Book of Kells is perceived to hold a historical significance for many reasons. It is an intriguing object of study. It reveals insights on religious‚ economic‚ and social praxis of the time which it was created in [1]‚ the early medieval life in Ireland. This manuscript allows us to learn of the monastic community status within the community at the time. [2] Parts of the Book of Kells was rumoured to have originated from Durrow and Iona as well as others from the continent but later moved to
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People don’t realize how important it is to vote. Many think one vote won’t hurt anything‚ but if everyone had that mentality no one would ever vote. It is very important to know who you are voting for and putting in office‚ but how do you know who you are truly voting for. Does he share the same religion as you? Is he a conservative or liberal? Or what kind of bills is he trying to pass? These are some basic questions that should be asked when looking at who’s running for office. After all the
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Cambodians Under Pol Pot Cambodia‚ a small country just west of Vietnam‚ gained independence after nearly 100 years of French rule. They first faced the problem of Communism during the Vietnamese Civil War. They remained neutral by contributing equally to North and South Vietnam. North Vietnam was a Communist country while South Vietnam was advised by the U.S. The Khmer Rouge‚ a group of Communist rebels‚ was led by Pol Pot. They soon took over Cambodia‚ killing hundreds of thousands of people
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What is the constitution? The very thing that gave us freedom from Britain. Which is why it is so important. It was written and signed by representatives of rebel colonies defying the king in hopes of making a new nation one where they will be able to have freedom to speak their mind and write whatever they want. It has lasted thousands of years still letting us have freedom of speech and write what we want. It gives us the right to vote for our own leader to guide us and to make the best choices
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Most of us work hard for our money and im sure we all work to pay our bills or spoil ourselves but think about it like this 10$ we spend is an hour of our hard work. So why not give to the people who actually need it? -Instead of spending money on unnecessary items‚ the right thing to do would be to donate to the Make-A-Wish foundation. Consider all the many sick kids in the world‚ ranging from ages two-and-a-half years old to eighteen years old. Many of them probably think‚ “Dying seems better
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Not only is cursive necessary for specifics as previously mentioned but it is also very important for general security. As a means of verifying thing like checks and documents “printed letters are easier to forge” (Steinmetz 3). This factor alone should be enough to keep cursive on the curriculum in all schools. Since it has no longer become
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Why are your goals so important? Does it make you gain any success in life? Goals are important since they should be your main priority in life. The goals that I feel important is graduating from high school‚ going to college‚ and moving to Atlanta‚ Georgia. My first goal that I’m trying to accomplish is being able to get my diploma for high school. I want to succeed all of my state tests on the first try. My credits are also important because you can’t graduate if you don’t have all 24 of your
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determination‚ and staying power. On the other side of perseverance some antonyms include apathy‚ cowardice‚ and irresolution. The first known use of the word perseverance was all the way back in the 14th century. It was used mostly in the Middle English as perseveraunce‚ the Middle French as perseverance‚
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