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    against some of mankind’s worst enemies, but with the help of vaccines humans have a tool to strengthen their immune system and fight back against these unseen killers. Vaccines defeat deadly viruses, strengthen society, and change lives. Invented by an English physician, Jenner Edwards, in 1796 vaccines have come to defeat many deadly viruses. Through experimentation and hard work, Jenner created the first vaccine for the deadly smallpox virus. Jenner spent much of his life researching and experimenting

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    outbreak of the American Revolution in 1775 with the colonists demonstrating and fighting out rightly against the British Crown (Morton, 2003). In the revolution that ensued, the British lost because of several reasons. One of the reasons for the defeat is the French siding with the Americans. They did this by supplying more manpower,

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    troublesome, and captivating little girl into an imaginative, disciplined, and confident young woman so that she can lead the Alyssians in an attack to defeat Redd and take back her queendom. Alyss was given a challenge, a big challenge: she was to defeat her Aunt Redd and take control of Wonderland. Alyss didn’t think she was able to or powerful enough to defeat her, but that wasn’t the case. In the beginning of the novel, Princess Alyss is characterized as mischievous, endearing, and naive. Alyss loves

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    ocean, they had defeated them. As they were hard to defeat during the battles as George Washington lost more than he won he had actually done it against the “villain” which was the general of the Loyalists. As this is true, Cornwallis was hard to defeat as shown in some battles against the colonists which most villains are gruesome and want terror involved with the superhero. So as he started controlling area, Washington had to surround him and defeat him to victory and more success in the new nation

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    explores how characters demonstrate social inequalities and how characters in the novel defeats them with acts of courage whether public or private. Harper Lee explores the need for courage to bring societal change by Atticus’ decision to defend Tom Robinson and how he challenged society as the book was set in the early 1930s and racial prejudice was a big issue and was normal in society, Mrs Duboses’ courage to defeat her addiction demonstrating private courage to fix her own issues as well as gaining

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    like the moon so bright Swings his bat with all his might and the world's so still as still can be and the baseball falls, and that's strike three.”(The Greatest) Kids at a young age get participation awards but as they get older they learn about defeat and how they can’t win every game. Participation awards are good up to a point. STRIKE THREE! Those words alone can make a little kid devastated, and to want to just give up. At the end of game the younger kids are all awarded a “participation

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    current strategic challenges and the global security environment. This paper proposes that the JF25 focus on its competitive advantages and curtail ineffective and expensive programs to preserve its ground forces’ capability to provide deterrence and defeat capabilities critical to our National Strategic Objectives. To support this position, this paper articulates the emerging threats to U.S. National Interests and highlights the key strategic direction of published Department of Defense (DoD) strategy

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    features, strength, and courage, but also because of his intelligence and honor. Beowulf is proud of his strength and great his honor. When Beowulf goes to Heorot, waiting for Grendel, he refuses to keep a weapon. He believes in himself that he can defeat the monster who has devoured many men without using any weapons. It turns out that Beowulf's intelligent approach was right. Glory is also one of the themes in Beowulf. In the beginning, Beowulf comes to Hrothgar's rescue, not just out of generosity

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    Beowulf's quest was to help Hrothgar and his people. Beowulf went there to defeat Grendel and repay the debt of his father to Hrothgar. Beowulf used his supernatural abilities to defeat Grendel and Grendel’s mother. He went on this quest to gain fame and help his reputation. Beowulf knew that only he could defeat the monsters that waited for him and so he set off to defeat them. Beowulf crossed his threshold by crossing the ocean to reach Hrothgar. He then defeated Grendel

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    primordialists claim Arabism is a creation of historical formation, whilst on the other hand, the modernists refer to Arabism as a product of modernity. Similarly, the end of Arabism is also contested. The orthodox position argues Arabism ended following the defeat of 1967 and the death of Gamal Abdul Nasser, President of Egypt between 1954-70 (Ajami, 1978). Whereas, Kramer (1996) states the rise of political Islam weakened the effectiveness of Arab unity. In more general terms, Arabism may be viewed as an idealistic

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