Black Hawk Down In the beginning of this movie, Black Hawk Down ¸ United States Marines and Army Rangers are sent into a marketplace in Mogadishu, Somalia, on a mission that was suppose to take thirty minutes. ... But after some difficulties and not being able to accomplish what they were suppose to before being spotted by Somali militia, they were there for a total of fifteen hours involved in the longest battle involving American troops since the Vietnam War. ... They valued their lives more than ever in those fifteen hours they were stuck there. ...

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Volunteers are our Heroes The volunteers in this country are the real American heroes. Volunteers are the most under-rated role models of our time. They make such an impact on people's lives everyday and it goes unnoticed by so many people. A particular group of volunteers I"d like to touch...

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Volunteers are our Heroes The volunteers in this country are the real American heroes. Volunteers are the most under-rated role models of our time. They make such an impact on people's lives everyday and it goes unnoticed by so many people. A particular group of volunteers I"d like to touch...

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An estimate that guns are used, "Five times more often to prevent crimes that to commit them" (Fifteen Myths). ... He replied, "What do I do for the extra fifteen minutes?" ... This country requires that a military-issue rifle and ammunition be kept in the dwellings of all males from the age of 20-50 (Fifteen Myths 1). ...

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After fifteen minutes of waiting for class to begin a teacher rushed in, announced that the class was canceled, and told us to go to the nearest television to witness what would be history. ... Our nation came together as one in a matter of minutes; from a simple group of people gathering together to pray, to citizens across the country filling up the blood banks, and finally to the local New Yorkers trying to assist those grieving or working at the site. ...

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The state required period slotted for recess is strictly twenty minutes. ... At the very least, students only have twelve to fifteen minutes of actual free play in the school yard. ... The State requirements mandate all students have scheduled active minutes per week for organized physical education. ...

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At 6:00am, 183 planes launched all within fifteen minutes and only two failed to get into the air. ... Not two minutes later marked the first mistake of the Japanese. ... Hickam Field was especially intense as the first wave caused it to turn into flames in just fifteen minutes, and the second left many dead. ...

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Rules of Fencing The object of the sport of fencing is to score fifteen points, points are attained by "taps" from your sword against your opponents body before he scores the same number of points on you. ...

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At 6 in the morning, 183 planes were launched within fifteen minutes. ... It was only two minutes and the first mistake was made by the Japanese. ... Hickham field had lit on fire within the first fifteen minutes, killing many soldiers. ...

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For example, Filipinos show up fifteen to thirty minutes after the dinner party time and Americans get there as close to the set time as possible (Foster 171). ... The tip is about ten to fifteen percent. ...

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The constitution of the US, however, is a single written document, which is also made up of government decisions and laws, but only took about fifteen years to create. ... There is question time for 55 minutes on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday when ministers answer MPs' questions. ...

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In the early 20th century, otherwise known as the Roaring Twenties, the United States did not only dramatically change economically, but the sudden burst of popular entertainment, new intuitive inventions, and the initiation of mass productions, made America the wealthiest country in the world. This...

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At thirty-five minutes before launch, evacuation of the area had been proceeding on schedule. ... The capsule orbited the earth for approximately thirteen minutes (Mercury: BJ-1). ... Shepard, Jr. was the only crewmember, and the successful mission lasted for over 15 minutes (Mercury: MR-3). ... In less than fifteen minutes I was backing awkwardly out of the hatch and onto the surface to join Neil, who, in the tradition of all tourists, had his camera ready to photograph my arrival" (Apollo 13). ... On July 24, 1969, the astronauts splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, and within minutes, they w...

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Are Sweatshops Necessarily Evil? Since the employer's main objective is to sell as much of the product as they can, the factories hire many people to get more of their product produced. The more workers they hire, the less the money they are willing to give their workers. Many workers work at the f...

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The average prison sentence of men who kill their female partners is two to six years and women who kill their male partners are sentenced on average to fifteen years, despite the fact that they did it in self defense (Talvi inthesetimes.com). Ever three minutes a woman is raped, every fifteen seconds a woman is battered and every six hours a woman is battered to death. ...

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Fifteen white secret service agents (who arrived after the black agents) received speedy and repeated service, while the black agents were made to wait for over an hour. After several attempts to get service from their waitress, they requested to speak with the manager who took several minutes to come out to them. ...

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He gave the speech on November 19, 1863 to approximately fifteen to twenty thousand who had gathered to hear his convocation of the cemetery. ... The Gettysburg Address is much different than these eulogies that would go on for at least sixty minutes or longer. ...

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Or simply put, a smoker would theoretically have to consume 20,000 to 40,000 times as much marijuana as is contained in one marijuana cigarette or "joint" nearly 1500 pounds of marijuana in about fifteen minutes to induce a lethal response. ...

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Categorizing The unwritten rules of putting oneself in a category are endless. No one ever sat down and wrote out the qualifications that a person needs to obtain in order to be in the category of their race. Is it the place where you were conceived but what if your parents were on vacation in...

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Unlike oxygen, which is breathed in and then out again in minutes, carbon monoxide remains in the blood for long periods of time. ... The smokers lit a cigarette every fifteen minutes for an hour and a half. ...

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Just before the beginning of World War II, Albert Einstein wrote a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Urged by Hungarian-born physicists Leo Szilard, Eugene Wingner, and Edward Teller, Einstein told Roosevelt about Nazi German efforts to purify Uranium-235 which might be used to buil...

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Southern Pride: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Was there a purpose behind King's honorable humbleness and humility to those who so rudely besmirched his attempts at equality? To Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., hostility and spite were not ways of achieving his goals for equality. Instead of rashness a...

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I still did not understand, it took a few minutes for my father to strongly state that he came illegally. ... The night he arrived he found shelter with other immigrants in a two bedroom home with nearly fifteen men. ... Hispanics are known for having Quincenieras, the coming of age party thrown for young women at the age of fifteen. ...

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Socrates was forced to drink poison, which killed him within minutes. ... By 1849, fifteen states had joined the movement and abolished public hangings. 1846 proved to be a great year for the movement of the death penalty when Michigan decided to completely abolish the death penalty altogether. ...

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By making the statement "it was fifteen minutes before I could work myself up to go and humble myself to a nigger; but I done it, and I warn't ever sorry for it afterwards, neither" (Twain 55), Huck realizes that Jim-although an African American, runaway slave, and criminal-is a person, too. ...

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