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    on how bad the crime you committed is. Some punishments result in just probation or even just house arrest but that’s for the baby crimes like having a little bit of marijuana on you or something like that. Most of the time probation occurs when poppies get out of jail and already did the time but they think they can’t trust all the way yet they put them on probation so the first time they mess up they go right back in jail. Most street crime punishments result in jail time same goes for white…

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    is the Willis Tower is formerly known as the Sears Tower, and New York City’s biggest building is The World Trade Center. Both cities also share a love for hot dogs. The Chicago hot dog is an all beef dog, with chopped onions, pickled relish, and a poppy seed bun. The New York hot dog is a hot dog dressed with onions, sauerkraut, and yellow mustard. The music scene is both cities are some of the biggest in the world.The Bronx in New York City has been widely accepted at the place where hip hop…

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    The authors of this book are W. Travis Hanes III and Frank Sanello. W. Travis Hanes III, is an educator and historian on nineteenth-century Britain. He holds a doctorate degree in British Imperial History from the University of Texas in Austin. He also wrote a book called Imperial Diplomacy in the Era of Decolonization. Frank Sanello is the author of 15 books on films and history. Sanello is a former Los Angeles Daily News critic. He graduated with honors from the University of Chicago and…

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    man next to her, she correctly presumes from his mannerisms that “only immaculate flesh [would] appease him” (Carter). In this context, immaculate means untouched, which refers to her virginity. The girl then threw her “scarlet shawl, the color of poppies,…

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    inside my chest “Duck,” they said, small spinning bullets flew around me as I rolled onto the shore. “Fire,” they said, the noise of piercing gunshots rung in my ears. Soldiers fell like flies. Their blood stained the sand. Their blood, as red as the poppies in the fields ahead. I looked up only to see a huge sandy cliff, lined with Turkish soldiers and guns pointed right at us. I was only 19. Back to reality. I’m with my grandchildren and son its April 25th, 1952 and we are at a dawn service.…

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    Taliban Case Study

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    II From what started as setting score right for The Al Qaida attacking the US in 2001, lasted long and lost its goals. The US was successful in driving out Al Qaida ,who were in hiding, protected by The Taliban. They also successfully removed the Taliban from power in Afghanistan. The US and other international forces came together and started nation building in Afghanistan, which led to the establishment of a corrupt government leaving public to revolt and seek help from the Taliban. Even…

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    rapidly being brutalized by the war. In some ways, nature is a representation of Baumer himself- he is full of rage, yet gentle, and rapidly being marred by violence. As in the first chapter when his friends and schoolmates were still together in the poppy field and “wind plays with our hair; it plays with our words and thoughts” (Remarque 4), other winds of change were shifting, ones of war that would destroy what could have been, and lives that should have been. During wartime, Germany…

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    Musicians often use their songs as a vehicle to make cultural or political observations. A persistent trope in modern music has been the anti-war song. Often when a song’s message strikes a certain cord, is so powerful that its message is perennial, other artists will issue their own renditions — covers. Eric Bogle’s“The Green Fields of France” is one such song. This is a song that has been covered by everyone from The Clancy Brothers to the Dropkick Murphys, always maintaining its serious and…

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    According to “An Evolved View Of Depression” by Jonathan Rottenberg, “13 Million” American adults are struggling with depression” as of right this moment, and that is just counting American adults. (Rottenberg 1). Many people do not see the extremities of depression, or just how many people it affects from all over the world. With that being said, depression is a very serious issue and everybody should have a clear understanding about the illness itself and what causes this life altering disease…

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    Nan is usually flavored with nigella, poppy or sesame seeds, and is baked either in the family's own tandoor or by a nanwaee at a local tandoor bakery. In the event that the baker is a woman, grooves are made in the bread, if men, then cuts are made. One of the many things that stand out about this culture is the fact that there is a lot of prominence that is laid on the food. As a matter of fact, Afghan culture greatly adores unexpected guests. In other western cultures, people usually view…

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