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    All but a hand full were executed on sight. In the next three episodes, also known as the original trilogy, it centers on a young man, finding his role in the fight against the Galactic Empire. The man known as Luke Skywalker discovers he is to become a Jedi knight and joins the Rebels to defeat the Empire. This is what George Lucas created and what Disney plans to build off of. However, the television series that just finished its seventh season does not follow this timeline. Such example include

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    How does ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ conform to the conventions of Science Fiction? Star Wars is a major film collection based around space. It is one of the most popular film franchises in the world. ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ is directed and co-written by J. J. Abrams alongside Lawrence Kasdan and Michael Arndt. The budget for this particular was around $306 million and received $2.1 billion in the box office. The direct sequel to the 1983 ‘Return of the Jedi’, The Force Awakens is the first

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    Annabelle looked at the band of musical robots, then focused on the leader. “You say you know a werewolf who could lead us too the girl. Where is this wolf?” “A place not suited for ladies, Miss,” his voice clunked out while he stood. A light in the vanity buzzed, and another band member in the back sat on a stool and plugged himself into the wall before laying back, still, as if sleeping. “Good thing I am no lady, then. Lead the way, sir!” Neither Annabelle or Warren had ever been to a dog fight

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    Who Saw Murder When I would see the attack I would fill with fear and adrenaline. I would act completely different and try to call the police. I can imagine that when I was watching I would get very nervous and energetic I might even have to enter the phone number for the police an couple of times because I entered it wrong. I would try to see what was truly going on before I tried to intervene. I would see if she was really getting attacked. Then I would wait in till after the man

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    why I love this series so much in my Top Ten list if you would like to check that. The series starts out in this futuristic world where a young girl named Cinder catches the eye of Prince Kai, the future empire of the Common Wealth. The only problem is that she's a cyborg, part-human part-robot. For this book, I would give it about a 4/5 stars. I was definitely a great read but it wasn't my favorite book in the series, I honestly felt that Cress was the best book, then

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    stability. No social stability with individual stability" (Huxley 28). The need for stability creates a state which, "believes that stability can be achieved if people think and look the same" (Fan 1). Stability in Brave New World, demands mindless robots, not people. The main component of what makes a person human and unique are the emotions that they feel, and the thoughts produced from these feelings. Emotions are what drives humankind to dream, to pursue a belief, to grow, to learn, to become a

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    transmitted from small rodents and their fleas to human and kills two thirds of infected humans within four days. In the sixth century, the first recorded epidemic of the bubonic plague killed approximately twenty five million people in the roman empire only. In the fourteenth century, the black death struck again, killing 30% - 60% of the European population and a third of humanity (THE MIDDLE AGES.NET ). In the pre-antibiotic era, that is, before there was any medication (1900-1941), the mortality

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    In the 60s there was a lot of life changing inventions like the first commercial satellite being sent into space, the first robot was made to help companies. But Papua New Guinea is still hunting with stone weapons. These people are way behind were a lot of countries were in developing the country. If we go back a few thousand years ago, Papua New Guinea was still behind other civilizations. They didn’t have things that other civilizations had. This is inequality which means that the world is unequal

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    At the national level, the U.S. created 222,000 new jobs in June 2017 as hiring accelerated in the spring, showing that companies are still finding ways to add staff despite a growing shortage of skilled workers. The national unemployment rate, meanwhile, rose to 4.4% from 4.3% as more people entered the labor force in search of work. The jobless rate had fallen to a 16-year low in May 2017. Orange County’s unemployment rate was 3.8 percent in June 2017, below both the national average and June

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    Henry Ford’s Lasting Legacy “Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black.” (Henry Ford). Henry Ford is one of the world’s most renowned leaders for the automobile industry. The son of a farmer, Ford has always been interested in how things worked. He has improved the models of his cars to make manufacturing them faster and more efficient by using assembly lines. He also set a balance between his employees’ wages and hours worked. Ford never stopped innovating

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