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    “I do believe that if you haven’t learnt about sadness, you cannot appreciate happiness.” -Nana Mouskouri. Nana Mouskouri came up with this quote during her singing career, when a fan asked her how she came to be such an amazing singer. Nana Mouskouri mentioned that she had a lot of rough patches along the way with managers dropping her, but in the end, she ended up on top. In other words, it will be easier to appreciate the good times if you’ve already been through bad times. This quote is appealing

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    A politician’s career is like a roller coaster. They face ups and downs with achievements and disappointments. Through the eyes of the media, politicians are watched by the public and need to make good choices for their constituents and the region they represent. The President of the United States is put under enormous pressure, and is counted on to make the best decisions for the country. Throughout Ronald Reagan’s two terms as president, he was both praised and criticized by American citizens

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    Essay on I Am Malala (#2) As part of the Noble Committee, it has come to my understanding that it is time to award the winner(s) of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. There have been a select few who have earned the prize from human rights activist, Martin Luther King Jr., to the faithful and compassionate Mother Teresa. In order to be awarded with this prize, our committee believes that the candidate has made the world a better place while exhibiting the traits of wisdom, experience, and ambition.

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    A Comparative Essay on Hope In Troubled Times and Summary Written by Bob Goudswaard, David Van Heemst, and Mark Vander Vennen Hope in Troubled Times: A New Vision for Confronting Global Crises, is a compelling book that captures the attention of any reader especially when we live in such troubling times. The Forward was written by none other than Christian Leader Desmond Tutu who opposed the apartheid in South Africa. Despite the cheery title this book was no easy read what so ever. The book covered

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    The long days and nights on the bus with Mr. Donald Trump, it grew older and older place after place; Trump will not even let me drink after a hard day’s work because his brother died of alcohol poisoning. Some days people think he is a joke and do not take him serious because of his 19-point plan for Presidency. To inform you all, Trump is in it for the long haul and he has the money and resources to stick to it out till he wins the presidential candidacy. One of the primary reasons he is running

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    Take a second to reflect on who you consider an inspiration or hero. Is it someone who is nationally known or is it someone in your personal life? An individual who is truly known for her determination and strength is Coretta Scott King. Coretta was born April 27th, 1927 in Marion, Alabama by her two parents Obadiah and Bernice Scott. She grew up on her parents farm where she hoed and picked cotton for her family to obtain money. As a young child she had a growing interest in singing and music specifically

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    Victorian and Edwardian Britian was a place rich of strict christianity alongside widespread poverty which resulted with a dangerous and damaging working structure, high rates of child mortality and a rigid and damaging class structure that was highly focused around child labour. The employment of children deprives them of childhood and a chance at education, interfering with their ability to attend school and educational institutions, while mentally, physically and emotionalling draining them.

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    Jimmy Carter and the governor of California, and former movie star, Ronald Reagan. And the race to the Whitehouse would be filled with lots of talking but little debating, ending in one of the lowest voter turnouts in history, but one of the largest margins of victory in the electoral college. The incumbent of the election of 1980 was James “Jimmy” Carter. Born October 1, 1924 in Plains Georgia, Carter had a much more traditional route to the presidency than his opponent Ronald Reagan. Carter was

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    make the situation better but FEMA was constructed to assistance the situations first hand so that the American people were catered to at a quicker response and in a manner that was assessed for safety situations. “On April 1, 1979, President Jimmy Carter signed the executive order that created the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). From day one, FEMA has remained committed to protecting and serving the American people. That commitment to the people we serve and the belief in our survivor

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    “In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free -- honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best, hope of earth.”-Abraham Lincoln. The United States have been through numerous community changes that occurred and altered the history. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s was one of the most significant and important for the equality of all people and their free rights. Since the ending of slavery in 1863, there had been a

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