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    How did the 9/11 bring people together? Or Did the 9/11 bring people together? The 9/11 was a very significant event and brought many people together in many different ways. In circumstances of extreme stress we hear moving accounts of people going out of their way to help each other. Studies show that acute stress can lead to greater cooperative‚ social and friendly behaviour‚ even in men. This more positive reaction can help the human connections that occurred during the time of crisis associated

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    WONDERS OF THE WORLD Many lists of wonders of the world are said to have existed during the Middle Ages‚ although it is unlikely that these lists originated at that time because the word medieval was not even invented until the Enlightenment-era‚ and the concept of a Middle Age did not become popular until the 16th century. Brewer’s refers to them as "later list[s]" suggesting the lists were created after the Middle Ages. Many of the structures on these lists were built much earlier than the

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    Television at Its Worst

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    Finance and Banking Topic: Television at Its Worst Mr. Stevenson has just come home from a terribly tiring day at work. The first thing he does‚ after taking off his tie and shoes‚ is plop down on the couch and turn on the television. Does this sound like a normal routine? It should because Mr. Stevenson’s actions are repeated by millions around the world. People use television to relax and to forget about their daily troubles. However‚ what started out decades ago as an exciting‚ new type of family

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    Wonder Woman

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    Wonder woman is one of the greatest superheroes of all time. She was conceived as a symbol of loving femininity that would dominate the male instincts towards war and destruction; she does this through empowerment. Wonder Woman acts as a very condensed version of Charles Moulton‚ the creator of Wonder Woman‚ theories on gender and the urges of men and woman. Although misrepresenting his own theory of the humanity for men and women‚ Wonder Woman is the perfect allegory to Moulton’s idea that men

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    The best part is helping people through whatever problems people encounter like –a court situation it’s a matter of getting their ideas across to the judge- they are in court clarifieng what problem they had. one time a guy with his girlfriend‚ his child was making a fuss‚ the guy had to explain the situation‚ they were at a stop light the kid went to the front seet‚ but it’s a illegal‚ interpreting their situation‚ but he had to go to a child class‚ but in the testimony he was the passenger‚ he

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    Seven Wonders

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    About a hundred years after the Statue of Zeus came the Temple of Artemis. It was built in the ancient city of Ephesus‚ or modern day Turkey. The architect Theodorus probably built the incredible temple‚ and he most likely did so to honor the Greek Goddess of the Moon‚ Artemis. Tragically‚ a man named Herostratus set the Temple of Artemis on fire along with a group of Goths in an attempt to have his name go down in history. He managed to do so and city officials tried to enforce a new law stating

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    Worst Nightmare The worst nightmare I have ever had was when I had dreamt that I was in bed lying down looking at the ceiling and my room looked twice as big as it really was. It was pitch black and it seemed like there was nothing else in there but my bed and the walls surrounding me. It started with me hearing strange noises and voices of a man‚ a women and little children. I laid in my bed in a long white silk gown and quickly sat up and stared into the darkness. I asked softly “Who’s there?”

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    Stevie Wonder Stevland Hardaway Jenkins is what it may say on his birth certificate‚ but this world-renowned‚ transcendent artist is better known as Stevie Wonder. Even at birth‚ Stevie was ahead of his time. He was born premature and doctors were unsure if he would live. Stevie was placed in an incubator to save his life. As a result of the incubator supplying Stevie with too much oxygen‚ he was left blind. Throughout life‚ Stevie never let his disability hold him back. By age 10‚ he had already

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    be far different from normality. I was on my way to work when my eye caught that little girl‚ trembling and asking for help. I could see that there was blood around her leg so I thought that an accident might have happened to her. Immediately I got out from the car to help her and then it all happened so fast that I found myself in the middle of the road without my car. I had been deceived. While I was going to help her‚ a boy had stolen my car and the injured girl magically stood up and ran away

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    I Wonder

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    children grew restless and learned their letters‚ I wonder if you remembered I wanted to enter primary school. I wanted to wrap my tiny‚ crooked fingers around your sturdy palm. I wanted you to escort me to class and promise to return at the end of the day‚ but most of all‚ I wanted to spend those first six years in your arms. My eyes watered. Kellie Pickler’s heavily accented voice seeped into my mind. “Sometimes‚ I think about you‚ wonder if you’re out there somewhere thinking ‘bout me. And would

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