It is this dire event, replete with poverty and ignorance, that fuels my ambitions for justice and equity. ... As I approach a pivotal point in my life, where ambitions can be realized, I feel the impact of this story stronger than ever before. ... To this country she brought her hope, spirituality, gratitude for life and ambitions that are quintessential of the Dominican spirit. ... As her daughter I witness her psychological and physical scars, and, as her daughter I acquire my own. ... My family has experienced discrimination, however, it is not nearly as horrific as having your own...

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The American Dream is that each person no matter who he or she is can become successful in life by his or her own hard work. ... When the American dream was pure, motivation and ambition were some key aspects of the pure American dream. ... Result of American dream being corrupted is that the motivation and ambition were gone and the dream is left with the pursuit of an empty goal. ... Another result of this corrupted dream is that the dearth of the idea that each person no matter who he or she is can become successful in life by his or her own hard work. ... Where as...

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The American Dream is that each person no matter who he or she is can become successful in life by his or her own hard work. ... When the American dream was pure, motivation and ambition were some key aspects of the pure American dream. ... Result of American dream being corrupted is that the motivation and ambition were gone and the dream is left with the pursuit of an empty goal. ... Another result of this corrupted dream is that the dearth of the idea that each person no matter who he or she is can become successful in life by his or her own hard work. ... Where as in the pure Am...

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It was those stories about the dedication and self-sacrifice of those real-life heroes, along with the fire of my father's ambition that motivated me to follow his footsteps of joining the military, specifically the United States Navy. ... Therefore, with passion and dedication to my own ambition, I want to join the participation in supporting what I like to called, my second home-land....

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Though masters were, in their own regard, the law in which slaves had to obey; the true overseer of the plantations was the solar cycle. ... As the crop flourished, so did the plantation master's ambitions to cultivate the crops more quickly and in more abundance. The growth of crops and this ambition, caused by the solar cycle, established a relationship between labor and slaves. ... This growth in turn, fueled both the masters' ambitions for wealth and his stress; shaping slave labor hours and work intensity. ... As we can see, the solar cycle, even in the sun's absence, dir...

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However, even before the closing stages of the war, competition between these two nations was brewing, fueled by ambitions on both sides for world domination and the opposing ideals of communism and capitalism. ... However, Truman was far more suspicious of Stalin's aims and therefore in the Potsdam Conference, he insisted on allowing the people of Eastern Europe to elect their own governments. ... A war such as this is inevitable when two countries, with obviously different aims and ambitions emerge as the nations with control of world power as neither will accept the others actions. ...

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Availability of cheap land enabled majority to own some property. ... Although the impressions of social position and being wealthy have changed, there are still many with the same ambitions of those before. ...

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Born into a modest background in the Louisiana country, Long's ambition to work hard led him onto a long road of political endeavors. ... Long owned Louisiana because the people of Louisiana had given it to him, and they had done that because he told them in no uncertain terms what he was going to do with it. ...

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America also upset because of Britain's attempt and blackmail to stop their trades with France, acted on impulsive ambition of the politicians like Calhan, Clay and others to turn the popular prejudice against Great Britain to their own political advantage. ... What won the politicians to the idea of an anti-British war were the prizes that a victory would bring: 1) Bringing Canada into the union, long an ambition of the northeastern elite. 2) Forcing the Indians in the west, who had formed a separate peace with the British, to submit to American authorities that wanted to expand the fr...

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People in today's society can also relate to Joseph's experiences and ambitions. ... Shannon was willing to do just about anything to live a life of her own. ... Most parents want you to grow up and become your own person. ... Shannon dreams of the freedom to control her own life. ... While a teenager may want freedom to own their own car, adults can assort with the situatuation with homes. ...

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Basically, to put a long story short it's because the United States couldn't keep their noses in their own business. ... As president kept committing the United States to the conflict little by little, many of these ambition was forgotten. ...

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Education gives one an opportunity to earn money, own property, buy goods and contribute to the social and political aspects of our country, which gives us a healthy democracy." ... There are two prominent points of view: 1) the poor are primarily responsible 2) society is primarily responsible for poverty; lack of ambition is the consequence of insufficient opportunities Because of the positive changes in our society in the last 40 years, I find it hard to believe society is the current problem. ...

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In his book "The Generall Historie", Smith comments on his captivity, "then as many as could layd hands on him, dragged him to them, and thereon laid his head, and being ready with their clubs, to beate out his braines, Pocahontas laid her own upon his" (245). ... He probably did this because of his own ambition along with a desire for revenge for his captivity experience. ... Smith's own perception of them was less flattering. ...

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In the discussion board I wrote that Ray Kroc's: Ambition, persistence, and unrelenting dedication towards making McDonalds a successful business proved to have paid off in the end. ... People finally had the opportunity to do whatever they wanted to do in the perspective of either creating their own business, owning their own house, perusing a college education, etc. and Kroc took advantage of that opportunity. ...

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Jackson and his and his administration were blinded by their own ambitions. ... In his efforts to appease the people as he claimed was his ultimate goal, he went against what they wanted to pursue his own beliefs. ... Instead of being part of the nation that they had previously owned, they were drove out from their lands in Georgia and they were forced to move west onto land reserved for them and them alone. ...

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They have pride, honor, loyalty, ambition, motivation, and are respected by their fellow people. ... The average American would have seen the terror and turned away in fear of their own life, whereas these ideal citizens were proud and honored to serve in a time of desperation. ... While the United States uses this as an advantage to gain world power individual citizens lose the value of decency and etiquette because they are too concerned and selfish to realize the larger problems outside their own small world. ...

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Much of Kennedy's success is owed to his fathers" ambition in politics and fortune. ... Despite this great dismay in the family, they managed to lift themselves up and Kennedy was to keep his brothers ambitions and bring about a legacy to the United States. ... Lee probably felt conflicted and somewhat rejected by his mothers" behavior and withdrew into his own work, which consisted mostly reading and watching TV. ...

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Rather than adopt regulations from other religions, Puritans made up their own rules. ... So, even though people might not agree with the Puritan's method of maintaining order in Massachusetts, they can't argue the fact that oder was kept effectively, thus another puritan ambition fulfilled. ...

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One naturally seeks whatever pleases him, using whatever tools to achieve this goal - power, ambition, greed, lust, even taking from others. ... The people went wild, even looting and destroying their own museum. ...

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So Ko Kyaw Kyaw was encouraged to leave his own country. ... He started his own business making bread. ... Their lives became better, and they owned the house, car and other properties. ... His daughter graduated from UC Berkley and with her own job. ... They have ambition to benefit from astounding achievements in education, rising occupational statuses, increasing income. ...

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Therefore most Korean mothers experience difficulty when expressing of their own feelings and conveying to others anything they wish to communicate. ... A child can feel that a parent "doesn't speak my language," a metaphor for "you don't understand my ambitions or the pressures I face... Furthermore, this cultural difficulty is enhanced by the halt of the Korean mothers own cultural development, this can add complication to the understanding of their children's culture. ... However, children have learned their own culture naturally, whereas their mothers are trapped between the...

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Immigrants would leave their own native country in order to become wealthy. ... It was clear that the American dream was based off of wealth because immigrants were leaving their own native land. ... Nor need it be feared that this policy would sap the root of enterprise and render men less anxious to accumulate, for, to the class whose ambition it is to leave great fortunes and be talked about after their death.... Individuals who made their own money through their own business. ...

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Immigrants would leave their own native country in order to become wealthy. ... It was clear that the American dream was based off of wealth because immigrants were leaving their own native land. ... Nor need it be feared that this policy would sap the root of enterprise and render men less anxious to accumulate, for, to the class whose ambition it is to leave great fortunes and be talked about after their death.... Individuals who made their own money through their own business. ...

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First of all, one is the freedom we vote for our own government. In other words, we are able to choose our own government and the leader. ... One of the important freedom is given to God, which is that we can have own religion without being influenced by others. ... As we pledge allegiance to the flag, and government of United States, this opportunity has already came up with our bravery, and ambition to the America. ...

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It caused too many crimes and people always found a way to obtain it; they could go to "speakeasies" or even make their own. ... Their only ambition is to get a hold of more marijuana. ... Some people who were making their own alcohol were killed because they didn't have the proper ingredients. ...

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