We are polluting the air which we need to breathe, the earth from which we derive all our food, and the waters from which we derive the water we need to live, to drink, and for other purposes. ... So the great cost to natural life – we've been endangering the other creatures of Earth in our greed for more and more oil. ... These emissions cause acid rain which, when it falls upon the ground, is harmful to plant life and, to some extent, to animal life, too. ... Were there no ozone layer, life would not be life as we know it. It would not be sustainable, and for our type of life it w...

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Life in Traditional India Imagine a place where a caste system rules the life of its people, where no matter how hard one works the caste one is in decides their life and where cow dung is considered a magical healer. ... Within a country so far from the modern world, people live strictly by religion and tradition, by following their castes. ... Ones who lived the saintly life that was meant for them, those who chose not to live in a priestly way and chose other professions and those who chose to use their power otherwise. For those that truly did live a "simple and pious- life they chose t...

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Everyday Life In Colonial America The eighteenth century was a very interesting time in our nation's history because our nation was born through the hard work and the dedication of those who lived during those times. ... When settlers first arrived on American soil, they were mostly young men, journeying without their families, looking for a better life. ... Towns were more close knit, and normally contained different types of shops for the convenience of those who lived within the town. ... For the Iroquois, "The important events of everyday life were controlled by hunting bands mad...

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Social, economic, and commercial life in Montreal became vastly enriched during the period following the turn of the century with architecture developed at a lighting pace as territory is expanded and growing ever more diverse in infrastructure. Culturally life in Montreal underwent ever-growing influences stemming from its neighbor to the south. The United States had a particularly strong influence on popular culture in Montreal, despite the constant historical and ongoing influences from Europe in many facets of life. ... I had to gain a comprehensive vision of the reality of life in Montrea...

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MY LIFE STORY By Margaret Christia Newberry Herbert My Mother, Margaret Lular Bass Newberry, told me this following things as I grew up. ... Jessie (another brother) lived at Holland. ... She lived at Acklin Gap also, where we grew up. ... *(I use to sleep on it when I lived with her). ... That summer was the "Hi Lite- of my life, as I got to go back home for a while to stay with my older brothers and sisters. ...

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My So Called Life My life is like a monet. ... Life. ... As we get older life is about learning from mistakes and going out into the world to live and understanding who you are as a person. ... The made my life secure and peaceful to live in. ... She lived at the Cove apartments in Quincy. ...

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A book that shows this is John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, a story about two friends, that have a dream to live on there own farm, Lenny and George, who go to a farm where they see discrimination first hand. ... They discriminate against him by having him live in a little shack across from the "bunkhouse. " Nobody ever really goes into his shack "You go on get outa my room. ... This quote shows how he isn't allowed to live in the bunkhouse. ...

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It should then be mentioned in more detail the contributions of some aspects, such as the most important works written throughout his life which were 37,154 sonnets and four operas, all these mostly were inspired to distraction people who lived at that time, as they passed by not very favorable circumstances on health, economy and social. So it also has a bit of his personal life, as it can be said that very little is known about the personal life of William Shakespeare. ... In the first, it describes and explains the relevant historical, social, political and cultural conditions of the tim...

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Her very life was in danger, coming from a dysfunctional family the need for protection and power became more than a desire, in fact it was necessary for her survival. ... The entering of Julius Cesar in Cleopatra's life was perhaps one of the most significant events of her life. ... Her relationship with Antony is not to be underestimated as it firstly ensured her continued alliance with Rome thereby ensuring her own security and secondly it would full fill her life time dreams of restoring the Ptolemaic kingdom to all its glory. ...

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What television really needs to show is this film One Year in the Life of Crime. ... Rob is a caring and loving man as it seems but he has illegitimate ways of living his life. He has a goal of having a happy life and being able to provide his family with food on the table every day. He also wants to provide the money that the house that they live in requires in order to keep living there as a happy family. ... By the way that he is going with his life he is sure to...

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Realizing the mistakes he has made and witnesses things in prison he put together a vividly crafted account of what life is truly like behind the bars of the penitentiary. His explicit accounts and recollection and details from other prisoners give an in depth scope to let the reader know what life really is like in the system. ... Prison life in America and the operations of Prisons, as documented as best as possible through the eyes, interpretations and hand of Michael Santos. ... But the largest theme of this book by Santos was that the documentation of his life inside the wall of prison ...

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Fearing exile to a Gulag prison camp, Shostakovich was writing for his life. ... Perhaps it was Stalin's sentimental attachment to this song that later served to protect Shostakovich's life. ... Living through this permanently changed his life and the character of his music. ... The system said that life was better and happier, but Shostakovich kept writing tragic pieces. ... Only those who knew him early in his life know that he was actually joyful in his youth, but the difficult life of his generation had to leave its mark. ...

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As Drake explains " the silencing and punishment of Galileo toward the end of a life devoted to scientific inquiry was an event of profound significance for our cultural history" (pg. iii). Drake's biography on Galileo meanders its way from the very beginning of Galileo's life and work right to the bitter end. ...

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Why do we live then? ... He is the one and only that can empower you to truly live a life according to God's will. ... In order to participate and live a life according to his will, there is a set of rules and laws that we have to follow. ... These commandments are the rules of God for us human beings, they protect those who are victims of breaking them and if followed they teach us to live a life of justice and most importantly life in love. God created these commandments so that we could live a life conform to his will, it is up to us to carry it out. ...

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Each of these five contain a deeper meaning that gives a way life should be lived. ... The connotation is that this is not the way life should be lived. ... They should accept it and the fact that their time will come, and then live their life to the fullest. ... Life is composed of either one or the other, and Auden's intention is to make humans love, a sagacious way to live life. ... Each, upon further interpretation, contains an erudite suggestion on how life should be lived, with topics centering on death and love. ...

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Those who have led a fulfilling life and who have lived by God's laws will be rewarded in the afterlife. The righteous will eventually be reunited with their God, in a resurrection of body and soul as a reward of a life well lived. ... That is, they believe that they have only one life to live on this earth. ... If humans do not live the way He has shown as the right way through the Prophet, Muhammad, however, when they are questioned on how they lived their life they will be rewarded accordingly. ... As with Judaism, life is seen as a gift from God and therefore life is expected to be li...

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"So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen"(2 Sam 1:10). ... Euthanasia is an improper way of ending life and merely a way for people to escape the pains of life. ... These people are not on life support and would not die if they were taken from the hospital, but they would be unable to live a normal life again. ... The family just decides that they have nothing left to live for. ... There is no need to end life now, live it out and enjoy the remainder of your time with your loved ones. ...

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She was the only child who lived past the age of twenty-five. ... For the next two years she lived at home, surrounded by smart, independent and single women. ... In life, fate can be very unpredictable and sometimes ironic. ... Mallard would not have any days ahead of her after this last hour of her life, and her prayer that life might be long was not answered because her life was cut short when she saw her husband walk in the door and fate took its unpredictable turn. ... Mallard was unhappy in her marriage and thrilled about the new life that she was going to live after hearing of her ...

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Kenyatta's Early Life Jomo Kenyatta was born Kamau wa Ngegi sometime between 1889 and 1895 to Muigai and Wambui of the Magana clan in Ichaweri village at Ng'enda ridge of Gatundu Division, Kiambu District. ... However, the re-marriage was short lived. ... The young Kamau left Ng'enda for Muthiga near Dagoretti to live with his maternal Grandfather, Kung'u wa Magana who was a mediceneman and fortune-teller. ...

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His father died shortly after his wife, and Poe was taken to live with John and Frances Allan in Great Britain. ... During this trying time, Poe lived with his Aunt, and eventually fell in love with his thirteen-year-old cousin, Virginia Clemm. ... He also describes their life together in the phrase, "lived with no other thought than to love and be loved by me," saying that she lived for him and that he lived through and with her. They loved each other so much that they could not imagine life without the other. ... In the third stanza, Poe describes how Annabel Lee's life is lost. ...

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Socrates could not live with being untrue to himself. ... So he governed himself in a way that he could live with and be happy. This brings about a certain peace of mind and allows him to live life without regret for his decisions that have had some effect on his life and beliefs. ... "I would very much rather defend myslef as I did, and, die, than as you would have had me so and live." ... I guess that the moral protection is that if you think before you act on whatever the situation is, you maybe able to stop yourself from doing wrong to others and having to live life being ashamed o...

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The new respect could bring more rights and a better life after the war for all Native Americans. ... Jeanne Wakatsuki lived with her family in Southern California during the summer of 1942. ... She lived in a predominately white neighborhood and went to a white school. ... Much like Jeanne, the bombing of Pearl Harbor changed Ira Hay's quiet life in Arizona. ... Jeanne and her family lived in squalor and made do with the few remaining possessions they had. ...

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Growing up, Charlie lived with his grandmother and grandfather and his mother because she was only sixteen, so she still lived at home. ... Eventually when Kathleen got out, she was still not responsible enough to take care of Charlie, and she never really lived a normal life. ... Charlie's life was very messed up, because he never had any had any stability in his life he moved from one "dingy rooming house to another."" ... Charlie lived his childhood as a thief he was always stealing something. ... After that, Manson found George Spahn, who owned a ranch and conned him into letting him ...

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It is believed that the soul passes through a cycle of successive lives and its next incarnation is always dependent on how the previous life was lived. ... Live religiously well and you will create positive karma for the future and soften negative karma of the past... If you lived your last life as a cruel person, you are guaranteed that your soul will take you to a new life into a home of mean and cruel parents. ... The Vaishyas must be content knowing that they will live their lives with out ever achieving Nirvana. ... We take bodies of every race and live the many religions, faiths ...

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Should he live simply or under the rule of material wealth? ... He is an aspiring socialite and lives his life to impress others. ... Thoreau believes in simplicity of life, and he finds that many obligations society imposes upon the participant overly complicate life, such as fashion. ... One way Thoreau can accomplish this is to separate himself totally from society and live in the woods autonomously. ... He spends twenty-seven cents each week for food during his two-year stay at Walden Pond, emphasizing his belief that one can last off the bare minimum of food and still live a healthy ...

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