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Real Meaning Of LIfe
Number of pages: 13 | Number of words: 3523.... "life will find a way". The SF writer, Robert A. Heinlein, a Social Darwinist, once wrote, "there will always be survivors"; he meant only "survival of the fittest", of course, with the implication that the "non-fit" don't "deserve" to live. Nazism (blatant power fantasy) was an outgrowth of Social Darwinism with the implication that "natural order" dictates that human society should be patterned on this; that the "unfit", "weak and inferior" should be actively "weeded" out by society. However, it's a fallacy to infer morality from natural law. After all, .....
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Gambling 2
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 660.... toward the environment. To these
people the world was a mysterious place controlled by supernatural beings
whose favor or disfavor was manifested through chance situations and the
outcome of such events as hunts, wars, and games of chance; instruments
of divination frequently included objects used in gambling.
As people gradually acquired knowledge of the nature of their
environment and interpreted it in terms of cause and effect, their attitude
toward gambling changed. Games of chance became pastimes, but the
ancient belief that a lucky gambler was favored by th .....
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Intercultural Miscommunication
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 523.... rude or confusing. In the English language, saying words such as “gonna” and “hafta” seem normal to those who have spoke English their entire lives, however to a person who has just learned English, formally, these words would seem confusing. They are taught to say “going to” and “have to” and hence, making more room for misunderstanding situations between cultures. A sentence such as “we are in the same boat” would seem silly to a foreign person who had recently learned the English language. They would wonder how a boat got into the story and why they and the other person wer .....
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Are Blacks Too Cool For The Web
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 508.... nice car and house, and a good job. But in contrast to Gaiter, I believe that these are the same things we want today. Nothing has changed except for the fact that entrepreneurs have emerged with the growth of the Web. People are finding ways to make money from avenues they never dreamed of. The “American Dream” as we know it has not vanished or been left behind, it has simply been revised to include family time and personal goals.
Although racism has decreased in society today, it still is a threat to getting people on the Web. Nowadays, blacks are not the only one .....
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The Simpsons 3
Number of pages: 10 | Number of words: 2512.... of loosing royalties from papers that printed the strip. Groening presented Brooks with overweight, balding father, a mother with a blue beehive hairdo, and three obnoxious spiky haired children. Groening intended for them to represent the typical American family "who love each other and drive each other crazy". Groening named the characters after his own family. His parents were named Homer and Margaret and he had two younger sisters named Lisa and Maggie. Bart was an anagram for "brat". Groening chose the last name "Simpson" to sound like the typical American family .....
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Witchcraft And Effects On Lite
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 734.... anti-witch enthusiasts was Henry VIII, who was the first king of England to pass Statute against the practice of witchcraft. Many kings who ruled after Henry VIII also created statutes against witchcraft. James I made one in 1604, which was repealed over a century later in 1736. Throughout the centuries in England, strict laws and numerous trials were held against suspected witches. Some of the more notable trials include the Chelmsford trials in 1566, 1579, and 1589, the trials in Lancashire in 1612, and the Staffordshire trials in 1597. Some cases even tried people .....
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The Olympic Games
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1124.... all historians presume that the Games
began well before then.
It is certain that during the midsummer of 776 BC a festival was held at
Olympia on the highly civilized eastern coast of the Peloponnesian peninsula.
That festival remained a regularly scheduled event, taking place during the pre-
Christian golden age of Greece. As a testimony to the religious nature of the
Games, which were held in honor of Zeus, the most important god in the ancient
Greek pantheon, all wars would cease during the contests. According to the
earliest records, only one athletic event was held .....
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Effective Writing Is Important
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 491.... manner in which the material is
presented can make a difference. When voice is properly executed in an
essay, the reader can interact with the writing and make the necessary
connections. The best sportswriters in the country are experts in using
voice. How else can one become involved in the action? Without voice, a
play by play description can become a tedious mass of words. Voice is a
logical facet of writing which, when properly executed, leads the path to
effective writing.
Effective structure is a necessity in essay writing. Without it, a
capable piece of writing .....
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