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Papers on Miscellaneous Topics
Prayer In Schools
Number of words: 1875 | Number of pages: 7.... in the public schools. In America, whose motto is "In God We Trust", there is no affirmation of that claim in the schools, or public life; In 1999, 37 years after prayer was dismissed in schools, generation after generation is diverging from God and is perishing in iniquity.
The prayer issue has rapidly changed in the past three decades. For numerous years, after the ringing of the bell, the Lord's Prayer, or a short school written prayer, was recited throughout the classrooms by all students, teachers, and administrators. Students learned their alphabet by quoting scripture. "A" was not for "apple"; "A" was for "A gentl .....
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Computer Viruses
Number of words: 692 | Number of pages: 3.... other programs (such as your word processing or spreadsheet programs). Then when a file with a virus attached to it is executed the virus will also be executed. Viruses can also attach themselves to system files the computer uses every time it is switched on, these are called boot sector viruses, and can cause persistent and widespread disruption to the computer. Viruses can also infest documents such as those created with a word processor. Infested documents are stored with a list of instructions called a macro, which is essentially a mini program. Then when the document is viewed the macro is activated. These viruses are called .....
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Coca-Cola And Its Evolution
Number of words: 1563 | Number of pages: 6.... 31, 1893, the
famous Coca-Cola formula was patented. He also opened the first syrup manufacturing plant in 1884. His great achievement was great ehancements for the size of the bottles. Candler aggressively advertised Coca-Cola in newspapers and on billboards. In the newspapers, he would give away coupons for a free Coke at any fountain. Coca-Cola was sold after the Prohibition Era to Ernest Woodruff for 25 million dollars. He gave Coca-Cola to his son, Robert Woodruff.
Mr. Anonymous
Robert Woodruff was an influential man in Atlanta because of his connections to area colleges, universities, businesses and organizations. When .....
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Confused In America
Number of words: 1667 | Number of pages: 7.... treat
it as the money I lose in Las Vegas.
But still I am no big gambler. When I talk about going abroad before I went
abroad, we talked it in such a way that it seemed we would rather do
anything to stay abroad. Even the jails in America are better than the
shabby house of my home in a big yar d in Beijing. If I was a big gambler,
I would just stay undocumented and underground. Although I am 40, when I do
the pull-ups, I can still reach the standard of passing the test in
physical education class in my university. The sanitation in America is s o
good that I have never fallen ill since I came. What ca .....
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High School Education In Japan And United States
Number of words: 1842 | Number of pages: 7.... and Secondary Pg. 1). Then the students study three years in middle school, and after that, they enter high school at an age of fifteen through sixteen years old. However, in the United States, it depends on the state, and private school, but mostly the students enter the elementary school one-year earlier than Japanese students. Students in the United States study in elementary school for five years, three years in middle school, and four years in high school. (Outline of the System of Elementary and Secondary 1)
Getting in high school is different. In the United States, students get into private high schools by their G .....
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Word Processing
Number of words: 2304 | Number of pages: 9.... the changes involving words, lines or larger items of text. Adults often go
through the same process, producing a rough draft, editing it and then writing it out again.
A word processing program for a micro is provided on tape and loaded from the cassette recorder in the usual
way. ( in some versions the word processing program is available as a special ROM - a chip which has to be fitted
inside the computer; use of a disc drive can also be very advantageous). When the program is loaded, text can be
keyed in through the keyboard (i.e. typed in) and the lines of print appear on the screen as if they were being
typed .....
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Gender And Communication
Number of words: 839 | Number of pages: 4.... and to declare to the world that they are indeed a “real” man. This fact is evident when men gather in a bar. The beer’s going down, testosterone is pumping through the veins, and the motto is, “I ain’t takin’ nothin’ from nobody.” Most males are looking for a brawl and are looking to solidify their masculine place in the world. Inevitably a fight ensues, people get hurt, and the goal is accomplished. Well, at least for a day or two.
Society would like all women to be feminine. That is to say, society would like all women to render themselves as weak, non-assertive, helpless, male-needing beings. Women are tol .....
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Indian Culture Vs Western Cult
Number of words: 1571 | Number of pages: 6.... many forms that he appeared to us on earth.
The Hindu and the Christian religious beliefs are predominantly very similar in that they teach individuals to be good and giving people. The main difference between the two religions is our belief in the after-life. Christians believe that after we die, we wait to be judged (Judgement Day) and until that time, your soul remains in an everlasting sleep (purgatory). After Judgement Day Christians believe that they answer for the wrongs that they committed upon the earth. This determines whether they go to Heaven or Hell.
Hindus believe in reincarnation, which is life after death. .....
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The Hong Kong Chinese Community
Number of words: 701 | Number of pages: 3.... America and Canada is very different from what they saw of politics
in Hong Kong and China."
Dr. Joseph Wong, whose community activism has earned him the Order
of Canada, thinks that despite changes in Chinese attitudes, fear is still
an obstacle towards political evolution. People are not afraid to demand
for equal rights but the so-called mainstream politics and elected office
is still baffling to the Chinese. The Chinese community's history in
Canada also plays a major role in its reluctance to venture into politics.
Following the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway, the federal
government imposed a heavy .....
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Teen Suicide
Number of words: 1544 | Number of pages: 6.... are more common than young woman suicides. These are only children who followed through with the suicide. For every successful suicide there are fifty to one hundred adolescent suicide attempts. In other words, more than five percent of all teenagers tried to commit suicide, and the number is still rising. It is scary to think that four percent of high school students have made a suicide attempt within the previous twelve months. In a small safe town like Avon, in the Avon High School where you and I practically live, you can see the faces of 22 students that have tried to commit suicide. That is enough to fill a classroo .....
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