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    maneuvering room existed within massive retaliation’s “all or nothing construct.” Among Kennedy’s criticisms, Eisenhower’s nuclear policy rested upon the flawed fundamental premise that a thermonuclear war was winnable. After staring down the barrel of Armageddon, many in the administration, particularly Defense Secretary McNamara, came to agree with Eisenhower’s personally held belief deeming the offensive use of nuclear…

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    claims that Black Sabbath headed by the infamous Ozzy Osbourne became the first metal band to exist in 1970. He explains that from the beginning, metal was not thought of fondly. The lyrics often associated with metal music reflected “paranoia, post-Armageddon, and desolation.” Next, Faulkner expresses how the genre prioritizes non-conformity, hence, in addition to writing songs with unconventional lyrics, the musicians also dressed in non-conformal ways i.e long har, tattered jeans, and studded…

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    “Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school. It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education,” a quote said by Albert Einstein. Everyone deserves a right to an education not just by their ethnicity, social status, religion, or how they portray themselves. It depends on how willingly people are to achieve it. Joy Castro talked about the themes of social status, religion, and ethnicity in her passage "Hungry." As you read more, you learn about other…

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    Watchmen Code Of Ethics

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    “Once a man has seen society's black underbelly, he can never turn his back on it. Never pretend, like you do, that it doesn't exist.” This quote, by the character Rorschach from the movie Watchmen, serves to highlight what the character’s ethical values are. Movies are a useful tool in teaching and personifying ethical ideals in a way that reaches a wide variety of people. The 2009 movie Watchmen is a near perfect example of this as the main characters are personifications of several ethical…

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    In Obama’s “A More Perfect Union Speech” , Presidential Candidate Barack Obama reflects on the nation's struggles in relation to racial issues influencing the previous American society. As Rev. Jeremiah Wright presented his opinion to the audience, it portrayed a society, stained by the upcoming racist minds of the U.S community. However, Barack Obama’s ideals this day in his speech did more than just become auditory, it touched a nation. Through the use of rhetorical devices, Obama provided a…

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    Blake- Sarim grizzly Paul the Research Introduction- The Cuban Missile Crisis was a pivotal moment in the Cold War. Fifty years ago the United States and the Soviet Union stood closer to Armageddon than at any other moment in history. In October 1962 President John F. Kennedy was informed of a U-2 spy-plane’s discovery of Soviet nuclear-tipped missiles in Cuba. The President resolved immediately that this could not stand. Over an intense 13 days, he and his Soviet counterpart Nikita…

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    Plant Based Diet

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    Initially, I experienced shock, grief, and anger after being enlightened to these astounding statistical approximations. Even if the scientists estimating these statistics were slightly inaccurate, humanity would be doomed without a significant reduction of animal product consumption, and the information rattled my soul. I spent weeks attempting to accept this new knowledge and sought to debunk the estimates provided in the documentary. All I discovered was more evidence to support the claims…

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    Bhagavad Gita Moral Lesson

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    doing and that they can only achieve a higher state, only if you committed suicide. The worst case would probably be the Charles Manson. His followers saw him as a prophet and would follow him to his death. He manipulated his followers that Armageddon is coming and that the black is going to kills all the white. He would lead his followers to the city of gold and when his predicaments didn’t come true, he ordered his followers to kill an innocent white people and make it as it was the black…

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    In 1971, she began teaching literature and creative writing at the State University of New York at Purchase as an associate professor. Morrison continued her successful emergence as a writer with the publication of her second novel, Sula (1973), it is a novel about a girl who lives in a small town in Ohio whose community is destroyed by World War I. It also shows the story of friendship between two African American women that begins in childhood and is damaged by the inability of the surrounding…

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    Racism is a disease ravaging the United States, and knowledge is the cure. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time by Sherman Alexie is a book about Arnold, a boy who lives on a Native American Reservation. Arnold does everything in his power to escape the depression and alcoholism that eventually grips all Native Americans on the reservation. Arnold’s journey to the world outside the rez leads him to Reardan High, an all-white school home to the Reardan Indians. The mascot is the stereotypical…

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