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  • Civil War

    Civil War

    civil war on sdfshjAlthough the American Civil War mainly occurred because of slavery, the fact is that slavery had a lot to do with economic and social issues. By the year of 1860, the North and the South was developed into extremely different sections. There was opposing social, economic, and political points of view, starting back into colonial periods, and it slowly drove the two regions farther in separate directions. The two sections tried to

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    Submitted: December 14, 2009 By: regina
  • What It Takes to Be Great

    What It Takes to Be Great

    No substitute for hard work The first major conclusion is that nobody is great without work. It's nice to believe that if you find the field where you're naturally gifted, you'll be great from day one, but it doesn't happen. There's no evidence of high-level performance without experience or practice. Reinforcing that no-free-lunch finding is vast evidence that even the most accomplished people need around ten years of hard work before becoming world-class, a pattern

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    Submitted: December 14, 2009 By: Monika
  • Why War?

    Why War?

    Why War? Is war inevitable? It appears that the answer to this question is yes. However, war is unpredictable and must be studied based on individual circumstances, actions taken, and reactions. States disagree with each other on many subjects and conflicts arise often. To answer this question, we must first examine the causes of a conflict, evaluate the outcome and determine any alternatives that may exist. Then we can analyze some alternative theoretical outcomes compared

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    Submitted: December 15, 2009 By: Max
  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War

    The French and Indian was a turning point in the American Revolution, and involved various countries around the globe. Many changes in the political lifestyle helped changed the colonies immensely. America wanted its independence more than ever after events that sparked a great shift between the 13 colonies and its mother country. Economic affairs were increasing because of the war and the need for products that the Americans were able to produce. The idea of

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    Submitted: December 15, 2009 By: Victor
  • Goya’s Disasters of War

    Goya’s Disasters of War

    Francisco de Goya's series, the Disasters of War, remains one of the strongest accusations against the horrors and tragedies of war to date. Reflecting the suffocating atmosphere of violence that surrounded Spain at the time, Disasters of War attacks the senselessness of war itself and makes a desperate appeal to all that is good in man. Although sources are unanimous in asserting that Goya was not physically in the midst of any actual violence, Goya

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    Submitted: December 15, 2009 By: July
  • The Iraq War

    The Iraq War

    The Iraq War The Iraq war, probably one of the most controversy topics of the last 2 years. There are many people that believe that the war wasn't totally needed and that George W. Bush just wanted to finish what his Dad, George Bush did not. I on the other hand believe that the war was needed because, it took Saddam Hussein out of power, it was another step in the war against terrorism and

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    Submitted: December 15, 2009 By: Stenly
  • The Wars in 1977

    The Wars in 1977

    Symbolism (The Wars) Since the appearance of The Wars in 1977, readers have been quick to point out the rich patterns of symbolism in the novel. This abundance of meaningful images is part, of course, of the visual appeal of the novel; as Timothy Findley once commented in an interview, "Everything in that book has a life of its own. It's a carrier too -- all the objects are carriers of someone else's spirit" (Aitken

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    Submitted: December 15, 2009 By: Fatih
  • The Rockefeller Drug Laws: America’s War on Drugs: A War We Are Causing, A War We Can Solve

    The Rockefeller Drug Laws: America’s War on Drugs: A War We Are Causing, A War We Can Solve

    Since the Rockefeller Drug Laws were passed in 1973 under Governor Nelson Rockefeller, New York State has had the harshest sentencing for low-level, non-violent drug offenders of any other state in the nation. Under these laws, those convicted of drug offenses face the same penalties as those convicted of murder, and harsher penalties that those convicted of rape. (Sullum, 1) Though the laws were first enacted to curb the late-1960s-early-1970s psychedelic drug epidemic, New York's

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    Submitted: December 15, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Cold War

    Cold War

    Cold War is the term used to describe the intense rivalry that developed after World War II between groups of Communist and non-Communist nations. On one side were the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) and its Communist allies, often referred to as the Eastern bloc. On the other side were the United States and its democratic allies, usually referred to as the Western bloc. The struggle was called the Cold War because it did

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    Submitted: December 15, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Casue of the Civil War

    Casue of the Civil War

    In 1850, a document called the Fugitive Slave Act was passed. Primarily, this document dealt with the reclaiming of runaway slaves. This law allowed southerners to call upon the federal government to capture runaway slaves who had fled the South and may be living in the North. The Fugitive Slave Act and the laws that went with it only caused controversy in the North. This split the North and South. In reaction to this, some

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    Submitted: December 15, 2009 By: Stenly
  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression

    We flip on a switch and instantaneously we have light. We turn on the faucet and we get hot, clean water to freely flow. We come home after school and have a refrigerator full of food and the cabinets full of snacks. These are only a few things that we take for granted daily. The 1920's was a time of great personal wealth. The rich became richer and the poor became poorer. Then late into

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    Submitted: December 15, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Economic Conditions of Germany, World War II

    Economic Conditions of Germany, World War II

    Initial German Advantage In the beginning of the Second World War, Germany seemingly had an advantage economically over its opponents, at least militarily speaking. Adolf Hitler had earlier converted a portion of Germany's economic sector to producing the armaments necessary for waging war. Germany had also begun stockpiling large amounts of raw materials necessary for creating the machine for war, as well as harvesting and exploiting its own local raw materials, such as iron ore.

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    Submitted: December 15, 2009 By: Monika
  • Robert E.Lee’s a Civil War

    Robert E.Lee’s a Civil War

    Robert E. Lee's Civil War Bevin Alexander Alexander, Bevin. Robert E. Lee's Civil War. Holbrook, MA: Adams Media Corporation, 1998. 1-338. Bevin Alexander is a renowned author of books on American military history. He is most well known for his books on the Civil War, including How Hitler Could Have Won World War II and Lost Victories. He lives in Bremo Bluff, Virginia, and he is still a contributor to the Civil War book collections.

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    Submitted: December 16, 2009 By: Top
  • Eternal Internal War

    Eternal Internal War

    What is war? Is it explicitly limited to an external conflict between two or more countries, or can it be a conflict that occurs within a person’s emotions, thoughts, and beliefs? That question can be pondered by anyone for countless hours without any real sway to either choice, but there a few examples in literature that could prove the latter choice is the more adequate definition of what war is. Novels such as The

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    Submitted: December 16, 2009 By: David
  • All About Star Wars

    All About Star Wars

    Star Wars, by George Lucas, is an excellent movie. This movie is filled with archetypal and mythic patterns , and the ideas represented in the film are essential ingredients to human emotion . The most obvious idea represented by the movie is religion. Good versus Evil, Light versus Dark, and the Rebels versus the Empire -- these are all spiritual overtones in the elaborate story line. The religious connections become apparent when aspects of the

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    Submitted: December 16, 2009 By: Bred
  • The Effects on Civil War

    The Effects on Civil War

    The Civil War had an effect on us. The Civil War was one of the most tragic wars in American history. More Americans died in this war then in all other wars combined. In this war we did not fight against other people, we fought brother against brother and the nation was torn apart. There are many reasons why this war took pace. Fist the nation was come together and then the southern states were

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    Submitted: December 16, 2009 By: Yan
  • The Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby

    In the novel The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the narrator, Nick, portrays the characters living in a world full of corruption, materialism, and carelessness. Nick describes Daisy and Tom, two of the main characters of the novel as inconsiderate people who cause many problems yet do not deal with their consequences. By the end of the novel Nick states, "They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures

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    Submitted: December 16, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Three People, Two Deaths, one Great Tragedy

    Three People, Two Deaths, one Great Tragedy

    In William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet two young lovers lost their lives when hate and love collided. From the Montagues came Romeo and from the Capulets was Juliet. The two families were feuding and Romeo and Juliet could not stand being without each other. They both killed themselves because they thought life was not worth living without the other. Though there are many who can be blamed for this tragic ending, there

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    Submitted: December 16, 2009 By: Steve
  • Literary Modes in War Literature

    Literary Modes in War Literature

    Literary Modes in War Literature The immediate impact of The Things They Carried is based on O’Brien’s fidelity to detail. The things they carried were largely determined by necessity. Among the necessities or near necessities were P-38 can openers, pocket knives, heat tabs, wristwatches, dog tags, mosquito repellent, chewing gum, candy, cigarettes, salt tablets, packets of Kool-Aid, lighters, matches, sewing kits, Military Payment Certificates, C rations, and two or three canteens of water. Together

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    Submitted: December 17, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Alexander the Great

    Alexander the Great

    Alexander the Great "There is nothing impossible to him who will try". Alexander the Great. In this paper I am going to tell you about the birth triumphs and death of Alexander the Great. I will start with the birth of Alexander. Alexander the Great was born in 356 BC. The month he was born in is not for sure however most agree it was July. His mother's name was Olympias. Olympias was an orphan

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    Submitted: December 17, 2009 By: Vika
  • The Daily Life in a Civil War Camp

    The Daily Life in a Civil War Camp

    Officers in the field lived much better than enlisted men. They generally assigned one or two officers to a tent. Since they provided their own personal gear, items varied greatly and reflected individual taste. Each junior officer was allowed one trunk of personal belongings that was carried in one of the baggage wagons. Higher-ranking officers were allowed more baggage. Unlike infantrymen, who slept and sat on whatever nature provided, officers sometimes had the luxury

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    Submitted: December 17, 2009 By: Artur
  • Tim Obrien War Books Analysis

    Tim Obrien War Books Analysis

    War Is Hell Throughout all of history, humans have been unable to maintain peace and have always resorted to the inevitable state of war. War has changed of lives of every person who has every lived, and will continue to do so as man struggles to fight the survival of the fittest. Millions of innocent people have literally been the casualties to the idea of war, and billions have had there lives changes forever. Every

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    Submitted: December 17, 2009 By: Jon
  • Great Expectations Continued

    Great Expectations Continued

    I decided to invite Estella for dinner back at home with Joe and Biddy, not sure whether she would accept. Surprisingly she accepted my invitation. So we headed back to Joe’s and on the way we talked on just about every subject there is to talk about. I was already aware of what had happened to Estella, but she told me the whole truth. She even described the beatings she had received from Drummle. He

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    Submitted: December 17, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • War

    War

    WAR In the song “War” by Edwin Starr, Edwin tries to persuade the audience to be against the Vietnam War. The song was written in the 60’s when the Vietnam War took place, many people died in the war, which cause a group known as “hippies” to form. Most of these “hippies” were song writers, and it also just so happened to be that most of the songs were actually creative protests against war. Some

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    Submitted: December 17, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Great Gatsby

    Great Gatsby

    The story of Jay Gatsby is a romantic one that actually began years before. However, his romantic story turns into a troubling one when we realize that he is not the man he seems to be. The story of Jay Gatsby is not only filled with romance, but with secrecy, obsession, and tragedy. The symbol of Jay Gatsby’s troubled romantic obsession is a green light at the end of the dock of Daisy Buchanan,

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    Submitted: December 17, 2009 By: Stenly