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    Habits are choices that people continue to make repeatedly without consciously thinking about them. They start as decisions, but eventually become an autonomic process. Habits are very useful tools if known how to construct properly, however, they can also be destructive. It is crucial to understand how they work and the components behind them in order to overcome the destructive habits. A common misconception about habits is that in order for one to change their habit, willpower is the most important

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    Additionally, during the performance of “Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down),” the characters of Hamilton and Lafayette both proclaim, “Immigrants: We get the job done.” Each song reinforces the concept of an “American dream” where anyone, including immigrants, can aspire to climb the social ladder as long as they remained dedicated and determined to accomplish their goals. Furthermore, Miranda takes considerable effort to promote equality and inclusion in his production via hiring a racially

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    THE LABOUR PARTY LOST 4 GENERAL ELECTIONS BETWEEN 1979AND 1992. THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY LOST 3 GENERAL ELECTIONS BETWEEN 2005. WHY? An extract from Arthur Marwick- “British Society Since 1945”: The fall of Labour Party: the labour government has had a very difficult time leading to the general elections of 1979. The years between 1976-79 proved to be intense ones, filled with economic problems, intensified with labour movements looking to rejuvenate. This led to the party changing some of it’s policies

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    The Mysterious Space Trooper One day there was a mysterious but friendly space trooper. The space trooper was lonely and sad because he had nothing to do except skateboarding. He lived on the moon and he noticed there would be no one to be his friend because there are no people or any other friends that live in space but one day he found an alien and the alien didn’t want to be the space trooper’s friend because the alien thought the trooper was bad. After that, the strong trooper was doing

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    The play Angels in America, a play written by Tony Kushner is a narrative that focuses on two disturbed couples; a straight couple and a gay one. This narrative entails Harper who is the Joe’s wife. The gay couple comprises of Prior and Louis while the straight one comprises of Joe and Prior. The play Angels in America is a narrative that focuses on two disturbed couples; a straight couple and a gay one. Harper is the wife of Joe and her objective is to determine whether the insinuations gotten from

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    Akrafena Creative Writing

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    “This is so cool!” Carl’s ecstatic declaration filled the room. “It’s called a katana?” She was standing with her arms extended, as she displayed her Katana for the two children to see. “Yep,” she nodded, feeling a sense of pride in her bauble. “It has a smaller dagger called a Tantos to go along with it. I also have a Nimcha, a Flyssa, a Khopesh, an Akrafena and a Shona Bakatwa from Zimbabwe at my sister’s place. The Akrafena is my favorite because it is very difficult to get these days. My Bakatwa

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    So this boy by the age of 14, named Tim, lived in the worst neighborhood. There were murders, kidnappings, and even robberies. Whenever Tim witnessed something so tragic as of these topics I have listed above, he started to bawl. He cried and cried and cried until his mother came in with some cookies and warm milk and fed it to him like he was still her little 1 year old. Tim was never allowed to go outside. For 1, there was this gang called, “Victorians”, and whenever someone tries to cross their

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    centers on a fictional Italian-American crime family from New Jersey. Tony Soprano, is the program’s main character, he is a Capo or underboss in the DeMio crime family. The show conceptualizes his everyday life, the difficulties he faces trying to balance a running a criminal organization and have a normal and natural home life. This paper will specifically focus on season one, for ease of understanding. The series opens with Tony Soprano beginning a therapy session with Dr. Jennifer Melfi, a psychiatrist

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    The team formed in Santa Monica/ Venice Beach California in the early 1970’s. The team includes Jay Adams, Tony Alva, Stacy Peralta, Shogo Kubo, and Skip Engblom, just to name the creators. The biography is directed by Stacy Peralta who is one part of the three main archetypes who cultivated the Z-boys and ultimately modern day skateboarding. Because he was

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    Tony Montana Quotes

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    B. Scarface Tony Montana is a very vulgar person, able to drop any manner of language that can offend a person. Arrogant, violent and very frank, assuring to Sosa that the only thing he has in this world is his word and his “balls”. Tony is the survivor that has no qualms on killing other people if it can guarantee money and food. His ruthlessness will eventually land him a position in Frank Lopez’s drug cartel and will steadily make a name in the Miami underworld. He also developed a liking to Frank’s

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