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Why Do Couples Break Up!!
Number of Words: 973 / Number of Pages: 4
... causes that raise difficulties and rifts within relationships are men’s irresponsible spending, their habit for gawking at other girls, and that they usually forget special occasions. First of all, a main cause that is commonly identified by many females is that men go for other girls and gawk at them even in their presence. Many conflicts in relationships arise from a fact that men like to gawk at other girls. This makes girls crazy because they think that their husbands will eventually go for other girls. My second cousin, Anthony, was married for over seven years, but unfortunately things ...
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The Hoa Lo Prison Camp
Number of Words: 1929 / Number of Pages: 8
... there. The prisoner was subjected to five days with neither food nor water. In addition, no sleep was allowed and the questions and beatings continued (Colvin 6).
Prisoners were beaten for a variety of reasons; for example, a prisoner would be told to sign a paper and if he refused, he was beaten. The papers were usually statements or words quoted from Bobby Kennedy or Senator William Fulbright. The POWs learned to sign the papers using fictitious names; such as, "Ima Bullshitter." The communists didn't like it, but it was better than not signing it at all (Colvin).
Escape, although always on th ...
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Bullfighting
Number of Words: 481 / Number of Pages: 2
... Clutching a stick in each hand, they rush the bull on foot and plant
the barbs in the animal's neck, weakening and angering the beast even more.
Finally the matador comes in for the kill. Brightly dressed, he uses a
sword draped with a cloth, called muleta. After a number of intricate passes
with the muleta, during which the matador must work extremely close to the bull,
the matador sights the bull along his sword, runs forward, and plunges it in,
aiming for the half-dollar-size spot between the shoulders. If the sword enters
correctly between the shoulder blades, it severs the aorta, or great ...
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Money
Number of Words: 733 / Number of Pages: 3
... not a commodity, you don't exist!
Of course there are many elements of our lives that exist outside the economy. There's a lot going on in our lives that's not-for-profit and that can't be denominated in dollars. "The best things in life are free," the old saying goes. Nice old saying. Gets a little older-sounding every day. Sounds about as old and mossy as the wedding vow "for richer for poorer," which in a modern environment is pretty likely to be for-richer-or poorer following our prenuptial agreement. Commercialization, a favorite buzzword of mine. It's a very powerful phenomenon. It's getting mor ...
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Siddhartha The Buddha
Number of Words: 871 / Number of Pages: 4
... faith in the Almighty.
That is what I believe too, but I think that it’s free to everyone to decide who this God is and how to reach him. For me, God is everything in us and around us. God is the law, according to which everything happens, evolves, and ceases to be. God is the law of nature, so it is in no means with the human sciences of the nature. Above all, God is love towards everything that exists. Siddhartha experienced that love in the moment of his enlightenment. Jesus, Mohamed, Krishna and other spiritual leaders too, did experience and share this love with the people around the ...
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Looks Vs Personalaties
Number of Words: 336 / Number of Pages: 2
... know them and you begin to notice their traits. You notice if they are nice, kind, outgoing, lazy, bad, mean, rude…etc. therefore, when you form a relationship. You already know something about that person.
In my opinion, personality is the way to go and not looks. You find more out about the person, and don’t have to worry about whether the person is cute or not. Judging people on their looks is a form of racism and most people don’t realize that. They say they are not and, yet, do it all the time. So don’t be racist, don’t judge! ...
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Teaching Kids
Number of Words: 1918 / Number of Pages: 7
... their parents. This means that when parents participate in volunteer programs and donate time and money to charity, then they are teaching their children the importance of serving those in need. When parents respect their children's privacy and opinions, children develop a mutual respect for their parents and for others. Parents that take their children to church and help them with their homework will have children that understand the significance of spirituality and education. Children learn better from their parents than anyone else; parenting needs to be the first priority over any other con ...
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Portland Cement
Number of Words: 1478 / Number of Pages: 6
... a significant amount of heat. Then, for reasons that are not fully understood, hydration comes to a stop. This quiescent, or dormant, period is extremely important in the placement of concrete. Without a dormant period there would be no cement trucks, pouring would have to be done immediately upon mixing.
Following the dormant period (which can last several hours), the cement begins to harden, as CH and C-S-H are produced. This is the cementitious material that binds cement and concrete together. As hydration proceeds, water and cement are continuously consumed. Fortunately, the C-S-H and CH pr ...
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Adversity And Resilience Of Homosexuals
Number of Words: 867 / Number of Pages: 4
... in love with his partner and best friend, Xiao Shitou. When Shitou married a woman, Douzi collapsed mentally and soon got addicted to opium. Shitou's wife was against homosexuality, and she did whatever she could to keep her husband from seeing Douzi; but despite all this, Shitou still cares about Douzi and helped Douzi get off his addiction to opium. He also helps out Douzi whenever he can and supports Douzi's decision to live his life as a homosexual.
Aside from his personal problems, Douzi is also faced with discrimination from the society. During the Japanese invasion of China, the Japanes ...
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Aquinas First Proof Of The Exi
Number of Words: 447 / Number of Pages: 2
... of ability too. When the wood is in this state, it has no action to transfer, and therefore is obviously not the first to act. The fire, although able to transfer the action, must have been at one time in the state of ability too, and therefore was acted upon, making it not the first too act.
The first to act is understood to be God. God is that which has action, but did not receive the action from another object. God was never in the state of ability too. God is only action, making God the beginning action.
Aquinas developed a proof that I can, in some ways, agree with. He basically argues that ...
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