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    Decrease of Value in American Dollar and Other Currencies and its Impact on Society Over the past years the values of currencies throughout the world has fluctuated. This event of reduction has had an immense impact on our nation. “A currency devalues when its value declines in relation to one or more other currencies.” (Devaluation Definition) Due to the expansion of the money distribution, America’s currency has taken a negative turn. The graph below by,(Why Bitcoin Value vs. The Dollar Doesn…

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    give their time to upkeep the constant lessening value of the dollar. Many forest and animals within would give up their home to put our factories up and running. Many people, places, and animals would give their time and homes as a sacrifice to produce enough money to upkeep the dropping value. Why not eliminate this sacrifice and create a whole new currency instead? We would recycle all of the money we have right now to put forth a new dollar, new value, and new currency. We would potentially…

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    Possessions that people treasure the most usually have more value to the beholder than anyone else. There could be an emotional attachment to this item, such as a final gift from a friend, it could be the only thing an individual has to remember a deceased loved one, or it could be an heirloom passed down in a family for generations. In The Piano Lesson, Berniece feels as if she has a strong emotional bond to the piano: it literally has her family’s history carved on it. This piano, traded for…

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    Wealth Gap Thesis

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    Since the beginning of time, money has been a significant tool between humans. Money helps people to measure the values of products for trade. Products can be visible such as food or they can be invisible, such as services. People earn money based on time and energy they spend at work, which allows them to enjoy their life. Using money for buying and selling creates a status for each person. People can be divided into three classes based on their income: low, middle, and upper. The wealth gap…

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    I agree with the statement that treasure holds high personal value, this is because what may be important to you, may not hold value with others. For example, if you had a baby blanket that you’d had forever, then it would, more than likely, mean more to you than others. Some things people as treasure may hold certain memories or experiences that other people don't understand. In the story, Walter Dean Meyer states that Lemon Brown inherited the harmonica and newspaper clippings after his son…

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    in the wrong way. Since industrialization, cash rules and determines almost who we are. It has so much power, that it changes us for a better or worse person. Unfortunately, most of the time it will change its owner toward the wrong side. The real value of money should be revised and re-taught because this affects directly people’s dependence, moral and generosity. Money is a dangerous for our dependence because it can become a serious addiction. The English psychologist Oliver James wrote a…

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    Hailing from Massachusetts in 1963, Consumer Value Store (CVS) is one of the leading retail drugstores in the United States. Its success is demonstrated in their more than 4000 locations and multibillion dollar revenue. More than two thirds of that revenue is produced by pharmacies. Despite a growing company and thriving pharmacy business, there were concerns relating to pharmacy procedures and customer service issues at numerous retailers, so a pharmacy service initiative (PSI) was established.…

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    What is value? The question is tricky to answer on its own, but it can be helpful to look at the big picture. When trying to decide what is valuable, one often has a hard time distinguishing between the concepts of “want” and “need.” It is not believable, however, to draw a barrier line between the two and claim that want and need will stay separate unconditionally. For each person, wants and needs are defined differently. The “wants and needs” of a homeless person compared to those of a…

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    themselves to another in how valuable they are compared to another human being when we are all made of the same flesh. People will ask what makes you better than me or your life more valuable than mine? Personally i believe there is much more to the value of someones life than just numbers but that shouldn’t matter because we are all human, we have feelings, we have family, so how can one’s life be worth more than another. In the text, “What…

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    The Magi Sacrifice

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    The Sacrifices for Love I. Introduction. Introduce thesis: “The Gift of the Magi”, a short story written by O. Henry in which love is more important than any material item and the value of a gift lies in the sacrifice behind it, rather than its material value. Thesis: Love prevails over material value since the main characters show the love for each other by giving up their most valued material possessions to buy Christmas presents for each other. II. Plot. A. Della and Jim are a married…

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