Time goes by, we gradually lost our patience about our life. ... Adults always use amount to measure their life, such as salaries, marks, even how many children they have. ... The most precious thing in life always be the uncountable thing. ... "I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life.... They do not what is the meaning for they are doing in their life now, like a corpse, it is very dreadful. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Cummings" early life inspired his writing from his college days all the way until his last words. ... Despite popular belief of the United State's post-World War One nationalism, soldiers didn't live a picturesque, glorious life. ... However, the only person who doesn't share the same image is the soldier himself, who lies dreaming of the smile of his "Etcetera". ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Everyone is gripped with the desire to lead a comfortable and urban life. ... This paper examines the relationship between family members, and each person's devotion to leaving the American dream, marred by secrets and the unwillingness to reckon the responsibility. ... His only defense of his actions is a need to keep the business going, the business which has become his whole life. ... You lay forty years into a business and they knock you out in five minutes, what could I do, let them take forty years, let them take my life away?... My whole bloody life, time after time" (Miller 1...

• Word Count: 2731
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• Grade Level: High School

In the novel, Catch-22, by Joseph Heller, the main character, John Yossarian, is an example of a person with intelligent ideas, but actions that reflect those of an insane person. ... In the novel, many characters see Yossarian as an insane person. ... He does not want his enemies to have ideas and the only way to destroy a persons ideas is through the killing of those people. ... Moreover, Yossarian was very aware of the hostility around him and he did not intend on being complacent about his life. ... Yossarian is merely exercising his rights as a person, and the people around are not impres...

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The first person is Jeanne Wakatsuki, a second generation Japanese American. ... The new respect could bring more rights and a better life after the war for all Native Americans. ... The U.S. government and voice of mainstream white America had taken away Jeanne's normal American life in a matter of days. ... Much like Jeanne, the bombing of Pearl Harbor changed Ira Hay's quiet life in Arizona. ... Ira became filled with national pride; devoted to serving his country until either the end of the war, or the end of his life. ...

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We must know the life and impact of the man who was once a madman and a po-litical genius. ... Adolf was inspired to paint, it let him be a different person with his creativity. ... Hitler's personal life disappears behind these events of his public career. ... She was the kind of person that he could talk to and just enjoy being around. ...

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The gas acquired this name because of large, mustard colored blisters that develop on the skin when a person is exposed to it. ... When a person has PTSD, they may show symptoms that fall into one of three categories: 1.) ... In extreme cases, the person may become "numb," withdrawing into themselves in an attempt to shut out the painful memories and feelings. 3.) ... Some of the problems that a person with PTSD may have include increased irritability, vivid flashback...

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The details related here disclose a grotesque flaw in historical character, it brings to light the complete disregard for human life which nations harbored. ... Moral resistance consisted of remaining a mensch, or good person in spite of the hardships to be combated. ...

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Truman This quote from Harry Truman gave life to the beginning of the Cold War, which from 1945-1991 pitted the U.S. against the Soviet Communist nations. ... At the end of the war more than 5 million mines saturated approximately 2% of the country, where they will pose a threat to human and animal life well into the 21st century. ...

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After the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the word "terrorism" took on a new meaning. Before the attacks, terrorism was certainly taken seriously but after the tragedy on 9/11, the term became synonymous with fear and anger. The word "terrorism" is reflected in the free world's attitude towards security and protection. Millions of people are more fearful, anticipating another attack and wondering if they or a loved one are in danger. Officials who oversee public places such as malls, subways, airports, bus stations, churches and government buildings have taken preca...

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War on Terrorism Terrorism is the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives. ... It is all-encompassing in that, more than any other international crisis yet seen it affects a multiplicity of life's levels, political, economic, cultural and psychological. ... While in the building, they tell time by 4,200 clocks, drink from 691 water fountains, utilize 284 rest rooms, consume 4,500 cups of coffee, 1,700 pints of milk and 6,800...

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The German Nazi or National Socialist political party was the platform used by Adolf Hitler to create a dictatorship that would, in one decade cause the German people enormous misery and shame. This fanatical political system was to gain popularity in the Old German Empire that was defeated in Wo...

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But on the battlefield, the DEROS date was revered and looked upon as a day that will take everything from the war away, and life would return to normal (Goodwin 1989). ... Those with the shortest time left in the country were praised by others and would lead their peers on a fantasy excursion of how wonderful and carefree life would be as soon as they returned home. ...

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They lived a happy and stable life until they were claimed to be "capitalists and therefore enemies of the people." ... Another book that illustrates the calamity of the Holocaust is Memories of my life in a Polish Village, by T.K. ...

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This is indeed an important viewpoint, as the war was inevitably going to cause upset to normal everyday life. ... The underlying principles of Marwick's argument, are that war inevitably affects society in four main ways: disruption, institutions, the involvement of previously destitute persons and the psychological impact of the war. ... Therefore "The post war aspirations of the vast majority of women factory workers were focused on marriage and domestic life; their wartime employment was considered a temporary response to an abnormal situation." ...

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The stories The Heart of Darkness and The Lord of the Flies, through their dark, hopeless, and horrible descriptions of life, present the common theme that man, at his heart, is an evil, violent, and "fallen- being. ...

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The World Conference on Human Rights took place over two weeks in June of 1993. The Conference was held in Vienna, Austria. In attendance were 171 states committed to strengthening human rights throughout the world and to presenting an international plan to accomplish this goal. Also in attendance were thousands of delegates from more than eight hundred non-governmental organizations (UNHCHR, 1996). These people included representatives for the disabled and handicapped, children, women, those who have been tortured, prisoners, and indigenous people (Drinan, 2001: 55). ...

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President Truman, the President of the United States at the time, knew both of these facts and picked the easier, more life-conservative approach of using the atomic bombs. ... This correlates to the fact that every American life lost in the Pacific War was because of the Japanese's horrid attack on Pearl Harbor. ...

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Northerners said that slavery revoked the human right of being a free person. ... Based on an inspiring true story, The Lost Battalion recreates the life and death action of the first Great War, however seems to focus on death and negativity. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The twentieth century really begins before the end of the nineteenth century. Queen Victoria's Jubilee in 1887 was felt by many to represent the end of an era. An end-of-century stoicism, and a growing pessimism among writers and intellectuals, may be traced to several sources, not least the publica...

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Considering that he shaped the direction of post-World War II Europe, we may regard him as the most powerful person to live during the 20th century. ... Stalin was rather sickly as a child; he was badly scarred by smallpox, and another illness crippled his left arm (later in his life, in 1916, this disability will prevent him from joining the Russian army). Nevertheless, he is described as having been in excellent physical shape as a teenager; throughout much of his life he was muscular and well built. ...

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The US Supreme Court: Sexually Motivated? Following the defeat of Germany and Japan during World War II the United States almost immediately became burdened with another challenge, that of, containing their former ally, the Soviet Union. Known as the Cold War, this conflict inspired tremendou...

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Since the 1920's, the film industry has been constantly progressing through uses of different shots, lighting, and cameras. Through America's past time, we are able to understand how certain events through decades have influenced the way film is made. From the roaring twenties, through the great d...

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The gates swing open and inside lay mounds of emaciated corpses, haggard and diseased victims and remnants of skeletons within ovens so vast that they defy belief. At the close of World War II, the Allied Powers (The United States of America, England, France, and The Soviet Union) were faced with ...

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For decades, people have engaged in wars as a motive to bring about peace. However it has proven to do nothing but disturb and hurt the lives of millions of civilians around the world. It is an unjust and necessary evil into our society. Civil wars exist to end disputes over land, over throw religio...

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