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The earth is running out of water. People are now willing to kill for water. One target being Lynn’s pond. In the science fiction novel, Not A Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis. People have to either move to the city and pay for water, or they have to move to the countryside, and try to survive. This novel is extremely well written, and entertaining. Lynn lives with her mother in the countryside. They have a house and a pond. Lynn was nine years old the first time she killed to defend her pond.…

million service personnel and civilians killed. Nations suffering the highest losses, military and civilian, in descending order, were the USSR, Germany, China, and Japan. The most controversial loss was that of Japan from the decisions made to drop atom bombs that were looked at as the most devastating weapons the world has ever seen. Many knew that the development of this weapon would devastate opposing militaries and governments, but was such a weapon needed at this point of the…

The article Don 't Drop Out by Kern discusses the topic of dropping out of college. According to this author, the main claim is to NOT quite college and to stay in school. Kern has many pieces of evidence in his article that support this claim. He believes that you will have a harder time learning new things in an environment outside of college. He specifically states that "the most valuable courses don 't prescribe what to learn, but how to learn" Kern also states that most of the important…

1. What have been some explanations for the drop in crime during the 1990s and what type of support has been demonstrated for these explanations? Which explanation makes the most sense to you and why? Some explanations for the drop in crime during the 1990s are due to the increased reliance on prisons, the increase number of police officers, the legalization of abortion, and the aging population (Dubner & Levitt, 2005). Drug charges tend to carry higher prison sentences, the same can be said…

Most of the students in nowadays are expecting to attend college, do well and get their degrees. Consequently, not having the money to pay tuition keeps students from finishing college. Therefore, an increase in tuition would encourage students to drop out of college. Two authors Sanford Ungar in “The new Liberal Arts.” and Robert Reich in “College is a ludicrous waste of money.” with contrast perspectives of the ideas in their articles describe higher education and how useful it is. While…

lifted off the runway headed for Japan, their mission, cripple a nation through the use of an atomic warhead. President Truman, torn between moral conflict and the preservation of American lives was obligated to make the toughest decision of his life, drop the bombs and save American lives, or send them in. Since the cost and expected casualties from an invasion, Truman’s issues with accepting Soviet help during the Potsdam Conference, and the need to secure a quick surrender is what helped push…

When bullying, harassment, and cyber harassing are put together, it can be very catastrophic. Kids are now able to have more access to phones than kids 20 years ago did! Children in the 90’s all they had to social with was in school and playing outside with the neighborhood kids. They didn 't have to worry about the dangers of cyber bullying because it didn’t exist. If they were getting bullied at school they wouldn’t have to worry about it at home because they were safe unless they were getting…

Naesha Naser Mr. Bolivar Composition 10 June 4th , 2016 Drop dead abortion “The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and for you to kill me? There is nothing between,” Said Mother Teresa. Did you know that planned parenthood perform more than 300,000 abortions every single year? As Bill Clinton once said “abortion should not only be safe and legal, it should be rare.” It is very easy to have a baby, but if you are not…

Drop Dead Gorgeous “Come on girls, let’s hit up the farm later” said Miley, the cool girl at school, who did’nt know that I was in the stall behind her. “NO, it’s gotten out of hand” said Miley’s sidekick Latifa “you need to stop!” Miley screamed “You know what. FINE! I don’t need you, everybody at this school bows down to me anyway, and all these losers would be lucky to have me!” Both Miley and Latifa walked away in different directions, while I walked out of my stall and went away with my…

With every drop of blood, by James Lincoln Collier Summary: This novel follows the travel between 14-year-old Johnny and Cush. The setting is set during the Civil War, in the state of Virginia. Johnny is a young man whose father is off to combat in the Civil War. He had work to do whilst he was in wait for his father's return. This was until his father arrived home too damaged to attribute to the household. His father eventually did pass of sickness and injury, and Johnny had to ensure his…