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    To me the word means to take ownership for my actions and words, taking charge in a situation that I know I can handle, and doing my duty to God, my country, and others. The official definition is the state or fact or having a duty to deal with something or having control over someone. But what is our responsibility to America? Here are a few things I believe they are, first you need to pay your own way not have the government or others pay it for you. Because if you don’t you are just another…

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    WWII, was a war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. When it comes to war, the first thing you think about must be the expense and casualties. It is known to us all that WWII was one of the largest and worst wars. But I hold the view that although a large amount of people were killed during this war, there were some positive effects to American people. In the political front, America had become the most powerful country, a superpower from then on. WWII was an essential turning point in American…

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    Transportations and internet communications have been highly improved during the last few decades. Entrepreneurs take advantages of these developments and improvements by setting up global factories and selling in global markets. The markets and productions are getting more and more globalized. Thanks to the development and popularization of internet, information is now flowing much faster than a couple decades ago. In most areas of the world, with one simple click on laptop or on phone, a…

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    Garrett Hardin’s essay is full of very debatable facts and data. The government can and can not be blamed for the problems poor countries, middle and high class people make or have to do with. Firstly, Hardin says that the world population has a slight percentage to just stop reproducing one day, when will that day be? Hardin makes a comparison to a lifeboat, and what I mean by that I that Hardin sees Earth as a lifeboat and the boat is slowly getting full. This shows his views on earth and…

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    Comparison Essay: China and Japan Even though the Chinese and the Japanese were similar with their art and religion they both are very different with the styles they used and even what they believed. In China they had several different dynasties which all of these dynasties have different ways of art and them believes. With the Yuan Dynasty which produced porcelain pottery, the Ming Dynasty which produced wood carving furniture, and the Qing Dynasty which produced western style paintings. Now…

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    importing people across the borders of the country without the permission of the government as well as without paying customs duties. Nowadays, dealing with people smuggling has become a growing priority for many governments around the world. In the last two decades, globalization and conflicts have seen an increase in international migration flows, and people have left their homes in search of better lives elsewhere -- often to the developed countries like Western Europe, North America. The…

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    years ago, idiotic people voted the worst president in the whole wide world. Then the people who didn 't vote for him moved to another country. He made the taxes go up for the middle class rather than the upper class. As he is rich, he did not want to squander his wealth, plus he did not care for the common people. Although even the people moved to different countries, some people who did vote for him who are from the middle class got really exasperated. Therefore they created an organization to…

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    fighting off with Germany and the other’s that fought with Germany in that time. But when the war ended and the Germans had surrendered, the american people has saw when the war has done in the European countries so they have went off to help them out on what they have wanted for the European countries back on to their feets. What the United States did in its good way, was they were giving out so they have decided to help out other countrie that were in need of the help they needed and that is…

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    Ever since I was a little girl I have had a strange obsession with the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II Romanov and his family. I was introduced to this story from the FOX animated movie, Anastasia. This was my all time favorite movie as a young child. I would sing and dance along with the movie as well as daydream that I…

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    literally organizations dedicated to enforce the demands of the country/ organization it belongs to through the death of the members of the other army this country/organization is at war with . No it doesn’t sound like a nice thing to say, and I wish we could have other ways to solve problems but that’s just the way it works. However, sometimes this is the only way we could save more lives and protect people around the world. Another thing is that armies also do more stuff than just killing the…

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