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    Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock was the most accurate Vietnam War sniper. “I was crawling… inch-by-inch, the goal in sight, I take aim and…”Carlos Hathcock was very sneaky. During the Vietnam War he was never caught before, during, or after a mission. Due to his experience with hunting animals for his family lead him to be able to sneak, since he was a young boy. Hathcock was extremely patient. Carlos could wait for hours or days just to take someone down, for example he crawled for 4 days to get

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    Warrior. It's a biography about the famous marine sniper, Carlos Hathcock. The book takes you from his death bed to the death field in Vietnam, where he earner his title as the best of the best. His 93 confirmed kills and hundreds more unaccounted made him the number one sniper in our history. The book brought out the best of the man that everyone knew as Gunny Hathcock. Carlos Hathcock was born in 1942 in Arkansas. His father once said that Carlos was only eight when he decided he wanted to be a Marine

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    The Psychological Effects of War Exposed in “The Sniper,” by Liam O’Flaherty War can destroy a man both in body and mind for the rest of his life. In “The Sniper,” Liam O’Flaherty suggests the horror of war not only by presenting its physical dangers, but also by showing its psychological effects. We are left to wonder which has the longer lasting effect—the visible physical scars or the ones on the inside?      In this story the author shows how location plays a big part in how physically

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    Even though a soldier is made for war they are still human on the inside so if they start to feel a range of different emotions it is not odd, I have chosen to explore ‘the portrayal of soldiers’ the movies I will focus on are: ‘Pearl Habour by Michael Bay, American Sniper by Clint Eastwood, Black Hawk Down by Ridley Scott and the song Hero Of War performed by Rise Against to see if there are any similarities in the emotions of soldiers whether it be a sense of pride or a feeling of depression.

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    Synthesis Essay Animals by Simon Rich is an outstanding short story which takes a unique perspective on the everyday life in a classroom. The story is written from the point of view of a hamster who spends his tortured life entrapped in a cage. From the first point in this story it is clear that the purpose of the writing is not to understand the hamster, but rather to analyse the different actions of the people, and to discover that how they act towards the hamsters reflects on their character

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    Wild, By Jean Marc Vallee

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    The 2014 film Wild, directed by Jean-Marc Vallee, chronicles the journey and transformation of Cheryl Strayed as she hikes the Pacific Crest Trail. After the death of her mother, Cheryl begins to behave recklessly, engaging in sex with strangers and becoming a heroin addict. This takes her down a dark and destructive path that ruins her marriage. Following the divorce of her and her husband, Cheryl makes a rash decision to take a 3 month hike from the Mexico border to the Canada border, in search

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    The Argentinian Economic Crisis (2001-2002) INTRODUTION In what is considered as one of the worst crisis for a nation, Argentina has suffered significantly over the years and was caught yet again by a financial crisis in 2001. Over the short period of 1998 to 2001, the Argentine economy has lost almost 20 percent of its GDP (Figure 1) while the poverty has risen to an astonishing 42.3% percent (2001) from an already high figure of 18.2% in 1998 (Weisbrot and Sandoval). Figure 1: Argentina

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    The topic of this paper is gangsters in organized crime can either work alone or work with other gangsters. When people commit crimes with other criminals, their personal ties to each other become strong when there is especially trust or there could be no trust, however, those ties can become strong at some point. My paper will be about on the organized criminal structures that Frank Costello had. In the book, it has a lot of personal ties telling the reader who ties personally that Costello had

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    The Old Gringo by Carlos Fuentes      The Old Gringo is a fiction novel written by one of Latin America's most renowned and eloquent authors, Carlos Fuentes. Filled with war, adventure, love and more, this novel takes you back to the Mexican revolution fought in 1912. This contemporary fiction is based on many themes found and experienced by the main characters in this novel. The relationship between Mexico and the United States, the drive to find one's true self and the different ways two men

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    Nissan Case Study

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    BACKGROUND The Global Leadership of Carlos Ghosn at Nissan During March 1999, Brazilian Carlos Ghosn took over as the first non-Japanese Chief Operating Officer of Nissan, when Nissan had been incurring losses for seven of the prior eight years. Many of the industry analysts expected a culture clash between the French leadership style and his new Japanese employees. Analysts said, because the financial situation at Nissan had become critical so the decision to bring Ghosn in came at the worst possible

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