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    Imagine only living off a dollar a day. It sounds impossible, considering the standard of living in the United States of America. Yet according to the World Food Programme (n.d.), that is the case for one third of Honduras’s population of 8.7 million people. Honduras is the third poorest country in Latin America and the Caribbean, as 65.7% of the population live in poverty and 36% live in extreme poverty, with the highest burden on rural poor and indigenous populations. The country is also vulnerable

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    been learned as a result of the two World Wars that were fought on this Earth. World War 1 began essentially after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo June 28th 1914. There is debate as to whether or not this one was the main catalyst but there certainly were other factors that could have played a part. There were political changes happening in major European nations at the time also the industrial revolution was in full swing by then. World War II on the other hand was largely

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    The United States, also known as the land of the free and the home of the brave. The United States has been an icon for freedom and integrity for generations before us and is bound to have written in various texts around the world. The United States has done its best to do the right thing throughout the world. It believes itself to be the one to fix the issues that are happening in the world around them as an act of kindness and justice. In the first World War, when Britain was falling and the German

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    While cooperation between Britain and the United States in the European theater was less than it could have been the same could be said about the Pacific theater. Before the United States became directly involved in World War II, the British government tried unsuccessfully to convince them to take a stronger stance against Japanese aggression against China or at least make it clear that America was paying attention to Asia. On one occasion they inquired whether “it [would] not be possible for [Roosevelt]

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    In the last few hundred years there have been three new views on Christianity to take root in society and impact the world and they were; Neo-Orthodox, Evangelism and Liberalism. These three had quite the impact of the faith throughout Europe and the United States. The three had varying ideals, but it some case overlapped. However, Neo-Orthodoxy seems to be the most effective when communicating with Scripture. Liberalism will be the first to be covered in this paper, as well as the most radical

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    2001, terrorism reached American soil; attacks were specifically made on Lower Manhattan, causing the destruction of every World Trade Center associated building. The attack to this day has still instilled fear of terrorism in our society, and is an event New Yorkers will never forget. Dating back to July 4th, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was signed in the United States, declaring the thirteen colonies free from Great Britain. It is no coincidence that the new 1 WTC, previously known as the

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    Before World War II, the American people supported isolationism due to the general belief that America should not have been a part of World War I. Furthermore, people believed World War I caused the Great Depression, as well as the deaths of thousands of Americans. I believe this opinion changed on December 7, 1941. On this morning, the Japanese military bombed the Pearl Harbor Naval base in Hawaii. I think American citizens view changed because they were attacked on their soil and a total of 2,403

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    Quan (ID: QUAHD1403) The World State Conditioning Effect on People Reading Brave New World written by Aldous Huxley, readers are led to a dystopia in which the World State takes control over everything including reproduction, consumption and the most important of all‐conditioning. Although Lenina and Linda are not the main characters that bring the story to its climax, they play significant roles in the story as they represent the people being affected by the World State conditioning. Lenina Crowne

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    face these hardships. In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley illustrates the conflicting values between the World State and the reservation. This is because the World State values social stability above all else and retains this stability by predetermining their citizen’s future.

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    The Police State in World War II Nazi Germany is often described as a totalitarian state meaning that individual people were completely controlled by the Government. A Security system was set up to ensure that Nazi ideas and policies were followed and that any opposition was dealt with. The control was enforced by Heinrich Himmler - head of the Nazi Police * This was the SS a military corps which was established in 1925, Heinrich Himmler took over control

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