The only barrier that hinders an American's success is the desire in his or her heart. ... (http//immigrateUSA.com) Hundreds of immigrants die each year on immigration ships, and trying to cross the border. ... Immigrants would die for the freedom and opportunity in our country. ... People have fought and died for this belief, and it has been shaped over time. This belief has freed nations and has sparked a desire to come to America. ...

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""Comrade, I did not want to kill you Why do they never tell us that you are poor devils like us, that your mothers are just as anxious as ours, and that we have the same fear of death, and the same dying and the same agony - "I will write your wife I will tell her everything I have told you. ... It is see from Paul's concern and desire to ease the pain of the Frenchman's family that he is feeling the pain of war. Paul is also seeing the future pain of the French man's family as he saw in Kemmerich's mother when he lied to her about how Kemmerich had died. ... Many i...

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The more women desired to push forward and change standards in America, the more the corset seemed to get in the way of every day activities. ... Examples of this were a 23 year old who died because her corset had caused her liver to be punctured by three ribs, another young woman died because she laced her corset up to her seventh or eighth month of pregnancy. Another example was of a chambermaid who died because her corset had caused her "stomach (to be) almost cut in two, leaving a canal only as narrow as a raven's feather."" ... Women desired to strive in careers, athleticism, and...

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They had no means to combat it and hundreds died; another expensive cost in human lives. ... This led the English colonists to desire ownership and control of the land to develop it for English gain. ... The products of their labors were highly desired crops throughout Europe. ...

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The Fear and Reality of Death It is a universal reality that every living thing must die eventually. ... As American literature is merely a reflection of American society, it can be concluded through reading several works that this constant, rudimentary fixation on death or dying is an unequivocally American theme. ... But that intelligence also brings awareness that we can die for unpredictable, uncontrollable reasons- (Dess 36). ... Ahrensdorf states, in his article in The American Political Science Review, that "the modern state was based not on humans' hopes for salvation or their ...

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The need and desire for material possessions is impressed upon us by our consumerist culture. ... She goes to support groups because when people think your dying they really listen to you instead of waiting for their turn to speak. ... He doesn't care about how people died while driving the cars he sells. ...

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"I Have A Dream" is a famous speech that approached every desire and ideal he sought for through the civil rights movement. ... This history of American demonstrates that the nation was built on the desire of freedom and rights. ... When all of the desires and needs are met, the man who asks, "When will you be satisfied" will know without having to say a word. ... Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring"" (King 3). ...

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In the world today if you are born into poverty, most likely you will die in poverty. ... In an anarchist society collectives-or organizations, would be created for every purpose humanly desired, of people freely associated with equal power to determine its future. ... Instead of trying to make reality conform to state bureaucrat's conceptions of order through imposition of their authority; anarchists believe that social organizations function more effectively for the people involved in them if those same people have the power to shape them in ways they desire. ...

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Obesity is one of the main preventable causes of death in America since the 1980's. Most Americans are obese or overweight. One out of four Americans visits a fast food restaurant daily. Citizens who become overweight or obese are at a high risk of becoming diabetic and exposed to many other disease...

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The beginning of the story is a systematic preconception for me, as the reader emphasizes his feelings based on his historical background and question myself if he is going through a hard moment, since he feels guilt and confused about what his grandfather told his father while dying in bed. ... His strength is in the speech and intellectual capacity for the desire for a better living. ...

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Then they desire excellence in all aspects of their life. ... Its is said that up to thirty percent of anorexics either die from complications due to the eating disorder, or commit suicide as a result of the emotional turmoil in their lives. ...

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Jean Kilbourne talks about this issue in, "Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt: Advertising and Violence" by stating, "Sex in advertising is pornographic because it dehumanizes and objectifies people, especially women, and because it fetishes products, imbues them with an erotic charge- which dooms us to disappointment since products never can fulfill our sexual desires or meet our emotional needs.... We think that if we have very little money when we die, then we failed in life. People seem to forget that money doesn't come with us when we die. ...

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To put a halt to this increasing number, these criminals must be extracted from society, and instead of placing them in close quarters with fierce big time criminals (which in turn lights desire for criminal acts), society must educate them. ... Often the cellmates would have to drag dead bodies of their cellmates that died, usually from starvation. ... Countless prisoners have died due to extreme wait times. These prisons are so heavily understaffed, prisoners are dying or becoming extremely ill from diseases and problems that can easily be treated and tended to within the day. ...

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Blacks demonstrated their desire to fight for freedom by escaping from the Confederate plantations by the tens of thousands. ... He was willing to die so that we might accept him as our Lord and Savior and be received into heaven. ... At least 38,000 black soldiers died. ...

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I'm going to die if I don't leave here" (52). ... Therefore, I believe that people in these situations should find a way to persuade their parents as soon as they can so that they could be successful with the occupation they desired. ...

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For many college students that fall in between years of legal adulthood and legal drinking age, the desire to drink is encouraged by getting away with something they are not supposed to be doing. ... It is far less likely for someone to die of alcohol poisoning in a bar than in a private home because the number of people capable of recognizing alcohol related problems greatly increases. ...

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It's not easy at all getting through those crowds to get a good price on a dress you like or a pair of shoes you've just been dying for; some women even get bruised and injured just trying to get that dress and lousy pair of shoes they want so badly. That is a major risk many women choose to take themselves in the long run, because of their love and desire of shopping. ...

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"India's soiled goods" can be seen crawling back to die in their Nepali mountain villages. ... The main aim of the Chinese government is to maintain "stability" by removing any desire for self rule and removing loyalty to the Dalai Lama. ...

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Gandhi's ideals of non-violence should and must be applied in today's world, if society desires to be a happy, peaceful environment. ... In turn non-violence would become way of life, "If we remain non-violent, hatred will die everything does, from disuse, I-263" (pg. 45), and society as we know it would become a utopia....

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When you reach that small goal, move on towards the next one until you reach the end and have what you want and desire in life. ... These family members were murdered in concentration camps or died serving in World War II. ...

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GMO stands for genetically modified organism and the term refers to any plant or ingredient in a product that has had its genes manipulated for a desired effect. The desired effects are usually to create an invulnerable product in terms of pests and infections. ... Another rat study concluded with 7 rats of 40 dying from stomach lesions from consuming genetically modified Monsanto "FlavrSavr" tomatoes. ...

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My mental health became a big issue for me after my mother died when I was six years old. ... I considered myself a healthy boy who would always go out of the house to play and was free to do what I desired. ...

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My grandfather, Antonio, who I never had the opportunity to meet and with whom everyone said I shared a great physical resemblance, died when I was still a baby. ... That did not stop my desires to travel with him as much as I could to get to know him better and learn to be a good man like him. ...

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I. A Booming Economy A. The Automobile Drives Prosperity 1. Ford Pioneers Mass Production a. Ford did not originate the ideas of mass production b. Early in the century, only city dwellers could afford cars. c. Ransom Olds had introduced a less expensive car, the Oldsmobile in 1901. d. Ford hired...

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Body Modification and Contemporary American Rites of Passage INTRODUCTION Rites of Passage The term "Rite of Passage" describes any rite or ritual which marks or induces a change in an individuals social position. These life changes include birth, puberty, initiation into social and familial groups, marriage, pregnancy, childbirth, and death. In most pre-industrial societies these rituals are the keys to determining the social hierarchy of the community. In societies emphasizing technology, where life is based on individual achievement and is less dependent on communal cooperation for pros...

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