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    While the cost of space exploration is a controversial issue‚ our past explorations have had a lasting impact on mankind. If the government were to put more money into space exploration many benefits would be awarded to us. Although the explorations may take an enormous amount of money‚ time‚ and research‚ it also promises us astronomic profits in return. Many of us don’t understand all of the benefits that come along with space exploration‚ and how in the long run‚ they could outweigh the negative

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    settling the Americas because of different motivating incentives that pushed their colonization of the New World. The Spanish were settling at first to mine for gold‚ and were successful at it‚ but did not have many plans of truly settling for the land. (Brinkley 10) The British‚ however‚ started out thinking about the land as the riches that were being chased after. (Brinkley 19) England also had previous colonization experience with Ireland that had crafted the way they viewed settlement in a way

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    The Conceptual Age

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    The Conceptual Age Society has gone through stages‚ each one spurred by the want or need of improving life. At the beginning of time‚ society was based on hunting and gathering and then it advanced to the agricultural age. Then we moved into the industrial age‚ and recently‚ the information age. But now we are heading into a new stage‚ the Conceptual age. To adjust to and prosper in this age‚ people will need to develop skills in creating artistic and emotional beauty‚ in detecting patterns

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    to consider the Middle Ages the "Dark Ages"‚ for numerous reasons. One of which would be because of the black plague that swept through Europe killing thousands of people and causing great suffering for many people‚ leaving families devistated. Another would be because of the many battles and wars that broke out leaving thousands more dead. The Catholic Church went through many problems in the Medieval times. One reason that the Middle Ages could be considered the "Dark Ages" is because of the the

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    The Middle Ages was an Age of Faith. Throughout the Middle Ages‚ there were many changes‚ innovations‚ and disasters. The Crusades‚ bubonic plague‚ and the Church are all big things throughout the Middle Ages. The thing is‚ they all revolve around religion and faith. Religion was a key factor of people’s lives in the Middle Ages. Monks who wanted to join the monastery gave up all of their earthly pleasures and possessions. As it says in Brother Gerald’s monastic vows “I hereby renounce my parents

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    The Gilded Age

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    Samantha Jane American History Essay Test The Gilded Age The well-known author Mark Twain named the Gilded Age‚ it means “golden”. The Gilded Age received its name from the massive amount of inventions‚ expansion in the West‚ and the economics doing the best it has ever done before. Another reason it is viewed as the golden age is because of the huge step in railroads. Steel replaces Iron because it is cheaper‚ tougher and easier to make. Steel is used mainly for railroads but also for farming

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    The Best Age to Be

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    The best age to be Generally children wish they were grown up and old people wish they were young again. Each age has its own pleasures and pains. To my mind‚ the happiest person is the one who knows how to enjoy fully what his age has brought to him. Childhood is the happiest time in one’s life. If the children are brought up by good families they will be well-bred‚ loved and taken care of carefully. They will become useful citizens to society. But childhood has its pains too. They are

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    Do you think increasing age diversity will create new challenges for managers? What type of challenges do you expect will be most profound? Managers will face new challenges due to an increase in age diversity due to the potential generation gap between younger managers and older employees. Managing a team with an age difference may be challenging because different age groups have different opinions and perception of what is fair treatment and different methods of handling critical situations. Supervising

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    The Gilded Age A successful economy is key leading factor in successful running a nation. An economy is a balance between constantly conflicting elements. An Economy’s success is measured by the amount of wealth it contains‚ not to mention the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of its distribution of the wealth. In this essay I will be stating how those who prospered during the gilded age used their power to ultimately control the government and its people. Despite how uneven classes may be it

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    The Final Frontier: The benefits of space exploration to provide a better life on Earth. Man once dreamt of flying‚ of touching the night sky and trampling the dirt on the surface of the moon. And for a long time we kept thinking it was only a dream. But on the 4th October 1957‚ Russia launched Sputnik 1‚ the first satellite into the depth of space‚ officially starting off the space age for us. And then on the 20th of July 1963‚ Neil Armstrong steps off onto the moon’s surface with the now famous

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