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    city. “And I realized too, that war’s a sadistic killer of human beings, young and old, men and women alike.” This quotes proves the war hurted the citizens much more than the military. Shizuma’s family along with the citizens of Hiroshima were rationing with little food to eat and that amount became even smaller as the war…

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    Truman’s Final Decision: Was it Right or Wrong? Truman’s decision of dropping the bomb on Hiroshima wreaked havoc across the United States. While being in office for only three months before he had to make this decision, Truman knew it was going to be an important and life changing choice. Some people believe that it was one of the worst decisions he could have made. On the other hand, I believe that dropping the bomb was beneficial to not only then, but to today’s society as well. By dropping…

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    The 1944 education act known as the Butler act, Rab Butler was the minister of education in the coalition government which was formed by Winston Churchill in 1940. This act raised the school leaving age to 16 and provided them with free universal schooling; Butler wished that schools would cater for all academic levels. It established an education system, with the power to implement change to local educational authorities. Education began to be shaped by the idea of meritocracy that…

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    America was the best location for World War I when it came to food. America, at the time, had the largest agriculture in the world. They did not have to worry about horse’s hooves or shooting gun ruining their farms. Since the war was overseas, their land was secure. Also, a lot of the food that was being sent overseas, was donated from the people, also helping their economy. However, other countries involved in the war were not as lucky. Starting in 1914, the allies had Blockage of Germany sent…

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    Tensions In Rwanda

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    In 1994 over 800,000 people were killed in under one hundred days in the small African country of Rwanda. The genocide was the outburst of decades of tensions. Originally Rwanda was made up mostly of two classes, the Hutus, peasant farmers that made up about ninety-percent of the population, and the Tutsis, cattle owners that made up around nine percent of the population. When Europeans first came to Rwanda the Tutsis became the moderators between them and the other Rwandans. The European…

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    Healthcare systems are different in every country. Some systems do not differentiate by much, but are still unique in their own way. The Healthcare systems in France and the United Kingdom do not differ in healthcare immensely, but both have differences that change how effective they are. Methods in which funding is received, healthcare results and effectiveness, income per capita, and a variety of other economic issues that affect healthcare quality will be examined. With the higher expenditure…

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    Clearance Sales Case Study

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    Clearance Sales figure as one of the crucial selling policies that business firms have. In a clearance sale, the selling price of the product takes with the fading of the fashion or the season, and allows the seller to official excess goods into the market. In the study, we undertook the study of Attitude towards Clearance Sales of Liked and Disliked Brands. The study yielded five factors of the attitude towards clearance sales of liked and disliked brands. These factors were Excitement, Brand…

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    Big Brother is here. Big Brother is there. Big Brother is everywhere. Big Brother is ubiquitous here on Earth, Napoleon and the other hubristic pigs are watching every move that is made by anybody at any place anywhere in the world. Both novels that are written by George Orwell, Animal Farm and 1984, contain the common qualities of totalitarianistic governments such as: being ruled by a single party and having total control of the military, communication, and the economy. Big Brother in 1984 and…

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    Final Research Paper Today high school graduates should have an opportunity to go to college for free, so they can look forward to a bigger future and better job opportunities in life. Having free college can be beneficial by bringing in even more young adults who are interested to further their education more and to help the lower class have their higher education too. Free college may be beneficial but it also come with problems or even alternatives. But that doesn 't mean we should stop this…

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    One of the most heartbreaking events in United States history occurs while Andrew Jackson presides in office, the Trail of Tears. During the Trail of Tears, thousands of Native Americans are forced off of their land and travel westward into ominous land. Thousands die on the despairing march knows as the Trail of Tears. Consequently, the United States of America receive all of the land east of the Mississippi River. The Trail of Tears impacts both Native Americans, and the United States. In…

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