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    Bussiness Not Pleasure

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    In 1918 women over 30 got the vote. There were a number of reasons why this happened and people disagree about what the most important reason was. The first reason is the war effort the suffragettes put into the war. On 14th August 1914‚ Britain declared war on Germany. After that the NUWSS (national union of suffrage societies) decided that all political activity would be suspended until the war was over. Some leaders of the women’s social and political union such as Emmeline Pankhurst and her

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    other sport‚ it helps you have a healthy body‚ its’ a family atmosphere sport‚ teaches you fundamentals on how to be a winner and helps you gain confidence. In one’s life we’re only given four years of high school and I feel that running cross-country should be a part of those years. One of the many benefits you get from cross-country is having a healthy body. We are all aware that cross-country is a sport where you run a 5k race in open-air on natural terrain from grass to mud‚ and anything in between

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    Visual Pleasure

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    Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema (1975) - Laura Mulvey Originally Published - Screen 16.3 Autumn 1975 pp. 6-18 http://www.jahsonic.com/VPNC.html I. Introduction A. A Political Use of Psychoanalysis This paper intends to use psychoanalysis to discover where and how the fascination of film is reinforced by pre-existing patterns of fascination already at work within the individual subject and the social formations that have moulded him. It takes as starting point the way film reflects‚ reveals and

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    International adoption is about placing tens of thousand of infants and young children who needs a home with people who want to provide them. International adoption is better for a child to find a loving‚ permanent home‚ even if it is half a world away then to stay in an under resourced orphanages. International adoption should be a choice when you might consider adoption. International Adoption should be encouraged. International adoption saves thousands of lives of children each year less regulation with

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    Do you think people should be rescued from something they got themselves into? Well‚ I don’t think they should because other people shouldn’t have to put their own life at risk for someone who knew better. If someone tells you not to do something really dangerous then you really shouldn’t do it. If someone died trying to save you for something that you shouldn’t have done it would be your fault because you shouldn’t have done it in the first place. To begin with‚ if a person is going to do something

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    Should people be allowed to keep pit bulls? Yes i believe they should be allowed to keep pit bulls for various reasons. Such as rules they need to follow‚ how they need to be raised‚and how they need to be taken outside around others for reasons all on there own. I personally had four pit bulls and there not as vicious as people make them out to be. They were lovable dogs and we never had any problem out of them. It was all because of how we raised them. We never made them fight with others and

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    Why Do We Read Literature

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    Why Do We Read Literature?   First‚ Literature Defined: * "The creation of literature is a uniquely human activity‚ born of man’s timeless desire to understand‚ express‚ and finally share experiences." * Literature is "a concrete artifact -- a story‚ a poem‚ or a play" * "The medium of translation‚ of course‚ is language‚ the written and spoken word." * "When we speak of literature‚ however‚ we have in mind a special kind of language that differs from the ordinary discourse with

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    Perm - Ban / Temp - Ban people are Hacking‚ Advertising‚ Staff Impersonating‚ Spamming and Mute Evasion... Hacking => This is when a player uses a client and hacks on the server. This will result in a instant ban since the player is cheating by unfairly doing something that may harm another player in the community. As a Helper i would record this hacker and send it to a higher staff to instantly ban them for their mistakes. A Helper could NOT kick the hacker but instead should record and post! <<>

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    Rex Murphy’s “To Read or Not to Read” is a literary criticism on the works “How to Read and Why” written by Harold Bloom. Murphy explains his views on the importance of reading and asks the question “Why do we read?” His response to this question‚ he states “Plainly‚ we read because while it is not necessary to life that we do‚ life is much easier‚ more accessible‚ wider in its potential for those who can and do read‚ than for those who cannot and do not”. This essentially means that although reading

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    can’t help but be in awe of this view. Hiking has always been a source of stress relief for me. Being surrounded by nature brings me to a place of calmness. These kind of memories bring me pure happiness. In Arthur C Brooks’ article‚ “Love People‚ Not Pleasure”‚ he argues that in today’s culture we search for materialistic

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