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    The Civil War was a defining point for the United States. The people of America were forced to step back and reevaluate what defined the American Citizen: a person with the rights and privilege to cast a vote for what or who he believes in. The key word here is “he”. The Civil War brought freedom and rights to African Americans, yet it had no directly positive effect on women’s rights. While African Americans were seeing their lives and futures change, to many observers the women’s rights movement

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    most prominent sub-genres include works of Soft Science Fiction, Hard Science Fiction, and Military Science Fiction. Works of film and text that have been icons of this genre include titles such as “Planet of the Apes”, “Twilight Zone”, “Star Wars” and “The Time Machine”. Technology is an aspect that has been seen in these works and has been distinguished for its advances. Science Fiction has allowed for the thoughts of the author to take shape and one of the most used topic is the advancement of technology

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    It's Time to End the Drug War Uhh, uhhh B.I.G., P-O, P-P-A No info, for the, DEA Federal agents mad cause I'm flagrant Tap my cell, and the phone in the basement -Notorious B.I.G. lyrics from “Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems” In Christopher Wallace’s (a.k.a. Notorious BIG) “Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems”, the late rapper from Brooklyn mentions his run in with the police earlier in his life. Christopher Wallace came to be known as arguably the greatest rapper the world has ever heard, but before

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    The 1940s was a time of war for the United States. World War II had captured the attention of the world and the attention of many men ready to lay down their lives to fight overseas for their country. The war in Eastern Europe was not the only fight, though. There was one back home, in the western United States. It was the fight against racism, injustice, and prejudice. Mexican Americans were the popular targets and victims of this fight, and their opponents were servicemen, policemen, the press

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    unnecessary imprisonments. Black Markets create a rise in crime because buyers, and sellers can’t solve their disputes in court, or with lawyers. The buyer, or seller then turns to violence to solve their disputes. Milton Friedman paper Its “Time to End the War on Drugs” mentions that informants are required for drug crimes, because neither the buyer or seller will be willing to, or have the “incentive to report a violation of the law”. He also mentions in the paper that the use of informants is costly

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    As in most war, the first casualty was the truth. When Europe slid from a nervous peace into raging war, almost everyone anticipated a brisk, spectacular and triumphant campaign. In the summer of July 1914, war was a great and glorious suggestion. Not yet real, a 'good ole biff' was a glamorous image that appealed to soldiers and civilians alike. Indeed, attitudes towards war were most enthusiastic and joyous amongst almost everybody in both Britain and Germany. It had been a long time since either

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    from the heavy influence of Anglo-Saxon culture. However, one stands out as an important and interesting theme, which is the roles of women during the heavy comitatus bonds of men in the time of war and hate. What may be easily glossed over as subservience and serving as the shadows of the male characters in the time of Beowulf is in actuality an important facet of Anglo Saxon culture. The societal expectations of these women as well shows just how centrally significant their roles are, whether positive

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    So the military should not use during war time. Biological/Chemical weapons are the type of weapons that should not be used in a time of war. When using these weapons there capable of killing most of the people that are in the area where the weapon has been used. These weapons are capable of killing thousand possible millions, in other word any living organism that is in the area. There also the possibility of killing people that aren't even in the war they might just be in the area.

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    wafts throughout the classroom and somehow the mother-like woman didn’t even notice, she just continued to bore the students. At the time, I could not fathom how these 13 year old boys were doing something so dumb that they would want to jeopardize their

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    There are a lot of things that are the same and different about A Wrinkle in Time, Hunger Games, and Star Wars based on the hero’s journey. Here are some similarities and differences about all three of the stories in different parts of the hero’s journey. In the Crossing the Threshold part of the hero’s journey, Star Wars and the Hunger games are very alike because Katniss and Luke have both only ever lived in one place. The minute that they leave their towns, it's like they enter a whole different

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