My parents quit their perfect jobs and me and my sister left all our friends behind us. It was a really rough situation, moving to a different country, leaving from your family and friends. ... My body was so tired and wanted to sleep, but it was a little bit impossible because we had to go to the U.S. ... I told all of my friends and to my family that I am moving to the U.S. That was pretty cool, but leaving the family from your friends and leaving from your perfect life in Istanbul. ...

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Thus, my definition of health includes the importance of making friends. For me, my first friends were my cousins. ... I had no friends, no confidence, no self-esteem, and a lot of stress. ... Soon, our relationships turned from non-existent to friends. ... In fact, I did change my behavior and little by little, things started to fall in place. ...

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They left all their friends, relatives, house and career behind, with hoping to build a whole new life in a new country. ... Like Maria, when she went to kindergarten with only little English, she couldn't express herself to the others. One of little girl said that she was a stupid girl even can't talk. ... My friends, relatives and husband were all left behind, but I feel they are still near around me. ...

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The Civil Rights movement was a very hard time for many blacks in the United States. African Americans had to fight for their rights. They fought to be able to sit on a bus in the seat of their choice, sit at a lunch counter, go to a decent public bathroom, integrate schools, and most importantly th...

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I have never been a self-reserved kind of person; as a result I ended up telling most of my friends (who happened to be nearly all female). ... After long thought and discussion with friends I finally did it at the end of my freshman year. However; I received a false perception from how well my friends accepted it, and found that people looked at me in disgust and disbelief. ... In mid August my little brother came home and told my parents that people at school were asking him if I were gay. ...

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The morning ritual I go through seems to have made my days run more smoothly than the people I have talked to that just rush in the morning with little or no planning of what to do during the day. ... Putting a little more time into planning out the day in the morning can save much time, energy, and even a little embarrassment later as the day progresses. ... Numerous times have I heard stories from friends and classmates about being late to class or completely forgetting to go. ... When I see my friends dressed in the oddest combination of colors and clothes I can only imagine the rush they w...

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We got it worked out and we were a little late but still got to L.A.X. on time. ... First day in Russia and we had made many friends. ... We boarded the train at eleven o"clock P.M. and looked forward to the seven-hour train ride with our friends. I keep saying friends because like I said, we already felt so close to them that they weren't just translators anymore. ... Just trying not to think about the fact that we would be leaving this group of friends in about four hours. ...

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At school the rambunctious boy gets dirty, plays baseball while his sister and her friends, in little skirts, play house with dolls, a miniature stove, washing machine and car. When he masturbates, he is told it is ok, when she, at six, is caught under the bed with one of her boy friends, the column in the paper says it is just a stage. ... The man at the planetarium says that human evens "seem episodes of little consequence" in the vastness of the galaxy. ... The seeds, little at first, of what would become the sixties, the children that would, in college, wear flowers in their hair and da...

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First for a little introduction on myself; my name is Benjamin Katz. ... When you are tired and cold sitting outside for no reason you start to get a little anger built up inside. ... Recently I went to a restaurant with one of my close friends that is a cigarette smoker. ... I get a little nauseous when I come in direct contact with cigarettes. ... It is the little things that bother people like me. ...

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So if your friends find it "catchy-, then you will find it "catchy- too. You're going to want to fit in with your pseudo friends now, aren't you? ... So in order to keep your so-called coolness among your friends you will have to listen to now not only what the radio wants you to hear, but also what your friends want to hear. ... All of my friends listen to this type of music, but if I was to put in country music, which is what I was raised on, they would ridicule me for even owning that type of CD. ... We are not done yet though, I heard it's going to get a little nippy toda...

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Child Labor has been an issue in America throughout history. At times, children have been treated harshly, many hours, and for little pay. Younger children were deprived of an education due to their having to work a certain amount every week. The conditions, treatment, etc caused horrible effects on...

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The ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) and its liberal friends are dead wrong when they say that affirmative action somehow upholds equal rights. ... King said, however, that he had a dream that his four little children would one day live in a nation when they would not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. ...

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Strangers embraced and kissed like old friends. ... Now I see immigrants as determined human beings who helped organize the industrial revolution, instead of poor foreigners who worked long hours for little pay. ...

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In articles such as "Little Girls in Pretty Boxes", it is shown how anorexia has ruined the careers of many young ice skaters. ... They may collect cookbooks and prepare meals for their friends and family, but they do not join in. ... Most of all these women need support from family and friends. ...

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The average American knows little or nothing about religious cults who collectively command better than one and a half million people. ... o The daily work of nearly all cult members is demeaning and utilizes little of their potential, in terms of intelligence or education. ... o To be a member of a cult, a person must remove himself from society, cut himself off from his or her job, education, friends and family. ...

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My two other siblings helped my mom and dad a lot because they wanted a little attention. ... The only problem my parents had when I was born is that they had two other kids to take care of then I came and it was a little more work than they thought they can handle. ... I liked every school I went to when growing up, even here in America because I had my other Arabic friends to help me. Though, when I first attended school in the US it was a little difficult, because I didn't know how to speak the English language. As the first school year went by I started speaking English properly a...

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Over my first year in kindergarten, I struggled to make friends and wasn't able to grasp any concepts in school because I did not understand a word of English. ... This event, though seemed just a little bump in one's life, my mother saw it as a parental failure. ... Little did she know that my heart was breaking alongside hers. ...

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When I first arrived in New York, I was surprised that the city is divided into national communities, such as China town, Brighton Beach, Little Italy and many others. ... This system requires independence and no help from anyone, whether it would be from friends or family. ... This situation is especially common if a young family has a little kid. ...

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I'm Puerto Rican so I must have friends in a gang. ... Plus he likes to joke around with my friends and he has nicknames for them. ... Well my father did know a little English, but he still had a hard time having a full conversation with someone in English. ... While being in middle school, I had friends who were white. ... I wanted to be more an American girl who wasn't stereotype by being a trouble maker and getting pregnant at a young age as most of my Mexican friends did. ...

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Although almost every American citizen knows this monument, very little understand where it came from and why it was made. ... Along with some friends, he discussed the closeness of America and France and how close the two nations were. ... "'Propose to our friends over there to make with us a monument, a common work, in remembrance of the ancient friendship of France and the United States. ... This was the first time this was possible, and it made people excited and created a little more carrying persuasion and enthusiasm for the project. ...

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This may sound a little intimidating to some people, but it's easy as 1,2,3! ... Your friends will be envious of your bouncy, vibrant, shiny, "new" hair. People will complement you and you will look younger almost overnight, simply by using a little color to disguise your gray. ... Don't worry though, whatever you decide, it will be our little secret!...

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This may sound a little intimidating to some people, but it's easy as 1,2,3! ... Your friends will be envious of your bouncy, vibrant, shiny, "new" hair. People will complement you and you will look younger almost overnight, simply by using a little color to disguise your gray. ... Don't worry though, whatever you decide, it will be our little secret! ...

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Recruiters use lies to convince the youth it really isn't a gang but a club of close friends. ... If you try to leave then the people you called your family and friends will either beat you until your almost dead, or they will just kill you. ... Although this accomplishes little, it is a big factor in gang enrollment. ...

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People today think the only way to measure ones success is to have tangible items to flaunt to their friends or neighbors. As a small child I remember people joking with friends about, "keeping up with the Jones's." ... The failure of her losing a little bit of money, in the stock market, might hurt her ratings on her prime time shows. ...

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Essays for Final Examination a.) There are many times throughout western civilization that History has repeated itself. We can take two of the people that have been seen as evil in this world and compare them to find that they have very much in common. The two men of war I am speaking o...

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