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    to be heard by every citizen of Arkansas as the situation regarding desegregation of schools in our magnificent state further deteriorates. All who uphold God’s beliefs understand that the orders to desegregate for educational purposes across our country do not support God’s plan for our world. Under my governing and in God’s will, discrimination shall continue to be permitted, even celebrated, in our home state, and we shall make decisions that reflect what God designed as he created this world…

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    that I chose was St Elmo, an abandoned town. It was abandoned for the mining use of it it “dried up.” So it no longer allowed for any more much use. With the surrounding area surrounding with trees it make the perfect place to hunt for those brain zapped kids. (Well according to the book it is known as that.) This happen in the town of rule. The town had a forest around it, so the guards would go through the forest and patrol the perimeter of the town. The town has the problems that the chuckies…

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    this movie brings, and children will love it because it can be a bit scary as well as fun. The movie explores a town in another dimension where it is…

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    Our town is act three play that discusses the meaning of birth, life, and death. It is told from the perspective of the stage manager. Stifling is a great word to describe Simon Stimson. The synonyms of stifling are very telling. Suffocating, constrained, oppressed, smothered, strangled, repressed, muzzled, curbed, and squelched. What descriptive words to describe the small town effect upon Simon. He was an artist living in an artless world. He was a musician living in a silent world. He was…

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    Holden Gilbertson Philosophy 101 Dr. Fletcher RAP Assignment Kant Vs. Mill Mill believe that the consequences of actions determine its moral worth. While Both Philosophers have a good argument on the process of making decisions. Mill believes in utilitarianism and thinks that actions are based off of happiness. He believes the best action is the one that brings happiness to the most people. Kant believes that to perform an action it needs to be morally right and not just the most beneficial to…

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    Pullman Town Analysis

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    Imagine a beautiful town full of churches, libraries, theaters and other great amenities. This picture perfect advertisement of Pullman Town was far from the truth, and was actually the definition of an un-American lifestyle. Pullman Town, was created by George Pullman and was a “gift” to his workers to give them a better lifestyle than what they could have provided for themselves. However what is unknown is that Pullman benefited the most from this town, generating a 6% yearly profit on the…

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    Our lives used to be so simple, so utterly peaceful…until the day we started believing in nonsense that has torn our once harmonious town of Christianly people into hunters. Hunters of the people, people who you call your neighbors, because of the hear-say claim that some of us side with the devil. These are irrefutable claims imposed upon numerous innocent townspeople. This is a lot of power in the hands of young women who have been taught right from wrong. Right; tell the truth no matter the…

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    A community environment serves an important function in shaping our personal development and belief system. The community an individual grows up in says a lot about that individual as a person. With strengths, comes weaknesses and every community differs in many ways. The community I grew up in may differ from the community others lived in, and that’s what makes us all unique and different from one another. No matter if you live on Grand View Drive or you live on the south side of Chicago each…

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    Emily Webb Quotes

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    Emily Webb is one of the main and most important characters in the book ¨Our Town.¨ Emily Webb is a round character because of the extremely realistic characteristics she has also because she develops a lot throughout the whole book. Some of Emily Webbs main traits as the main character in ¨Our Town¨ is that she is a extremely nice girl that is never mean to anyone and it's almost like Emily has the perfect life and and is in the best position she could begin in life wise in the book. As she…

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    Adversity is not always intentional, unintentional adversity caused by a self-centered attitude is preventable through increasing our mindfulness around our pride and self-satisfaction; a feeling of contentment with one’s self may develop into a haughty, self-centered mindset, often causing adversity for individuals. In Edward P. Jones’s short story The First Day a vain young girl is starting school, we see the mother is more invested in her daughter's well being than her own as her daughter…

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