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    Gay Marriage Final Copy The world today is surrounded with many controversial issues. One such issue would be the topic of gay marriage. There are many pros to gay marriage such as marrying someone you love‚ and also being able to start a family and live out the American dream. On the other hand there are also many down sides such as being made fun of just for being homosexual‚ and not being able to have your own kids. Gay marriage is a topic with a lot of pros to why it should be legal and also

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    Armstrong was accused of taking performance enhancing drugs‚ but his blood and urine tests had no trace of the substances. He won a total of thirty-seven bicycle races throughout his year‚ and seven of those wins were his seven Tour de France wins after surviving cancer. Armstrong described the sensation of winning in this quote‚ “If I could bottle that up and sell it‚ I’d be the richest man in the world.” (pg. 47‚ Christine M. Hill). Armstrong also started a cancer foundation called the Lance Armstrong Foundation

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    process and their grief has gone undetected and rash decisions are made about their lives. Prolong grief and depression can have a negative and lasting effect on one’s overall health and that’s what leads to poor decision making on behalf of the surviving spouse. Mental and physical illness are the results of prolonged grief. Finally‚ studies showed that 11 out of 12 women survive their spouse‚ and men are more likely to remarry sooner than women. Because women are more likely to outlive their

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    A Land so Strange

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    Dealing with Strangers in Strange Lands The book‚ A Land so Strange‚ tells of an expedition of 300 men‚ women‚ and enslaved Africans who set sail from Spain in 1528 under the leadership of Pánfilo de Narváez with the dream of settling Florida. Yet‚ a hurricane‚ lost ships‚ navigational errors‚ leadership follies‚ and challenges from Indians well capable of holding off would-be European conquest added up to a colossal disaster. Expedition members ended up wandering along the Gulf Coast before

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    Dhaka City

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    The Bangladeshi capital‚ Dhaka‚ is thought to be the world’s fastest growing city. It already has a population of 15m‚ and an extra 400‚000 people move there every year. This is the city where people from various places from Bangladesh come to make their career‚ fulfill their desire‚ and make their dreams come true .For this reason the members of Dhaka society are facing several challenges and the life style of all peoples of Dhaka city become very hard and challenging.

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    Victims of an Acid Attack

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    undergo surgeries‚ and a woman is holding her hand to leading direction. Their new identity has taken a part of their esteem needs‚ being one of the basic needs from Maslow’s pyramid. The pyramid of Maslow is a good way to find their challenges to surviving. The victims need self-esteem when covering their faces and isolating themselves. It gives the impression Somayeh does not believe in improvements of herself to find a job or something that makes

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    The Mirabal sisters undergo tremendous transformations throughout their lives. When Trujillo’s dictatorship begins affecting their families‚ they become upstanding women. As a result of their outspokenness‚ the sisters earn the nickname Mariposas‚ meaning “Butterflies”. Butterflies do not begin their lives as the colorful and graceful creatures many people initially think of. They begin as caterpillars. At a specific time in their lives‚ caterpillars undergo a change known as metamorphosis and become

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    Faith In Beowulf

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    Beowulf is known as the oldest surviving masterpiece written from Old English the Anglo-Saxon period . (449 – 1066) Back in these times poems were told orally known as oral storytelling because most people could not read. They were passed on by “shopes” The author is unknown and yet within this very long poem we are introduced to: Beowulf a hero who is intelligent‚ brave‚ and strong where good verses evil. Beowulf a man of faith and where he gets his strength and guidance from. “the Great

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    Joseph Merrick's Disease

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    Merrick’s - The Elephant Man - were no less spared. Toward the end of his life severe arthritis forced him to limp and use a walking stick. In addition‚ the scoliosis (curvature) of his spine revealed in surviving photographs probably would have reduced his lung capacity predisposing him to shortness of breath and chest infections. There is a divide amongst Joseph Merrick medical authorities as to just what disease he had actually suffered from. An early theory

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    Symbolism in The Color Purple In The Color Purple many characters seem to protect others from harm and when doing so they tend to make clothes for them. Clothes are one of many symbols‚ and this particular means protection. Making clothes in the color purple seems to be one of the many acts of support. As a norm‚ sewing in The Color Purple symbolizes the strength women can pick up from being simply being creative. After Sofia and Celie bicker about the bad advice Celie has given Harpo‚ Sofia signals

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