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    Fake news is news that does not tell the entire truth about a story or reports it wrong or simply lies. Fake news could also be reporting news and commentary indistinctly, and not make a clear enough distinction between the two. Alternative facts is another branch of the fake news tree. What exactly is alternative facts? No one is sure what these two words mean, so confusion was widespread, when an advisor to the president stated it in reference to the president’s crowd at the inauguration. CQR

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    where the last touch of land was had before amassing the large body of water that is the Atlantic which eventually led to Espanola. This particular voyage took roughly twenty two days to cross the Atlantic. Aurelio Tio, a historian of the time from Puerto Rico describes Juan Ponce De Leon before he began his journey, “He [Juan Ponce] was a squire without a source of wealth, a veteran of the Conquest of Granada, in search of fame, honor, adventure, and fortune, like the

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    Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic has many different physical features. Such as beaches, mountains, rivers, and peninsulas. Near the borders of the Dominican Republic, there are tropical provinces such as Punta Cana and Puerto Plata. This is where about 800 miles of warm beaches and islands lay. It’s a nice place where visitors can relax on the coastline at areas such as Tortuga Bay or Sublime Samina. Even though the Dominican is a tropical area, It is also very mountainous as well. You

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    The year 1898 has come to be a watershed year. Many of the decisions made had a major impact on the country. The War of 1898 came in a decade of one of the most detrimental economic depressions in U.S. history (Perez 2). The U.S. economy was transitioning from being mainly agricultural to industrial during this time period. With the economy transitioning, it implied that the United States also needed new markets and territories from which to defend them from difficult times. The war mattered

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    executive branch of the agency is located in Washington DC and is headed by Secretary of Veteran Affairs. There are Veteran Affairs Offices located in all 50 states, including American Samoa, District of Columbia, Guam, North Marianas Islands, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands. It ranks number two in the United States federal department with over 200,000 employees. Originally, assistance for veterans began in the 1600 where the colony passed laws where soldiers that became disabled while fighting

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    Walgreens headquarters is located on 200 Wilmot Road in Deerfield Illinois (Walgreens Corp. Office), they currently operate 8,173 stores in all fifty states, district of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (Facts & FAQ). With this many locations they have a large workforce, employing over 240,000 people (Facts &FAQ). About 30% of employees are healthcare providers which include pharmacy technicians, pharmacists and other heath-related professions (Facts & FAQ). The organization’s main competitive

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    to be exact. Yet, I'm still treated as if I was an immigrant. I've traveled within the U.S. several times living in the virgin islands , new york and texas taking trips to new jersey and Puerto Rico as a child. My father was born in the Dominican republic came to the U.S. with a school visa and my mother is Puerto Rican born on a U.S. territory. We live in a society which is made up of immigrants from different corners of the globe also known as the melting pot . Living in texas for a couple of years

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    world war to follow, the twentieth century was already shaping out to be a handful. When the Great Depression was coming to an end and the economy was trying to turn around, jobs started opening up and a new wave of immigrants came into New York, the Puerto Ricans. For some the American dream was to come to America and start a new life, but for others already here, it was about making it big in show business. “West Side Story”, a twentieth century musical, was greatly influenced by the immigration

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    In the summer of 2014, Wisconsin’s court argued on the the Senate Bill 206, a law that would force at least one the Wisconsin’s abortion clinics to close. This closing would create many hardships for low income women. When discussing this bill, Assistant Attorney General Clayton Kawski compared ending a pregnancy to buying a car “If I decided I’m going to buy an Mercede-Benz but cannot get financing for that and don’t have the funds to buy it, am I prevented from buying a Mercedes-Benz?” (Hellerstein

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