... other factors were more important in changing people's opinions. The definition of a cold war is an 'intense economic, political, military, and ideological rivalry between nations, short of military conflict,' (Dictionary.com, 2014), and in this context the nations were the Soviet Union and the USA. The Vietnam War was a result of the Cold War between the two countries and is ... , starting in 1954 and ending in 1975, between South Vietnam (later aided by the US, South Korea, Australia, the Philippines, Thailand and New Zealand) and the Vietcong and North Vietnam' (Dictionary.com, 2...

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... word gay as following: sexually attracted to someone who is the same sex; of relating to, or used by homosexuals; happy and excited; cheerful and lively. So according to the dictionary someone who is gay can be happy, excited, and cheerful. In the 1950's Midol ran an ad campaign that used the words "Betty's Gay with Midol" meaning that ... word gay has taken on this new meaning of lame and stupid. I believe it even needs to be added to the dictionary, because people use it so much and is understood by almost anyone. The word gay according to the dictionary has three meanings; bright and...

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... it down. When a person thinks of culture they usually picture a group of people or a society. But, little do they know that they are in some ways wrong. Culture according to Dictionary.com is "a way of thinking, behaving or working that exsist in a place or orginization". Then, we move onto the word rape, which again defined by ... Dictionary.com is "unlawful sexual intercourse or any other type of sexual penetration, without consent of the victim". By putting these two powerful words together we have accepted that ... ...

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... on, more SNS (Social Networking Service) were introduced, such as Twitter, YouTube and Instagram to compete in different strategies. So how do dictionaries define social networking? According to the Oxford Dictionary, social networking is defined as, "The use of dedicated websites and applications to interact with other users, or to find people with similar interests to one's own." Yes ... animals in our planet. If we say that that person has no social life, it means that that person is boring, unfriendly and sometimes has bad personalities. According to Cambridge dictionary, social mea...

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... is a common symbol in our world. Throughout the history of civilizations, blood has had various uses and interpretations. Blood may be deciphered as a way people are blessed. In the Standard Dictionary of Folklore Volume I. by Jerome Fried and Maria Leach, they say, "Primitive men generally look on blood as being life itself. They see blood flow and body die and ... , it was used in such a way that it would not enter the body of a human being. Consuming the blood of an animal was considered an abomination. As said by the Dictionary of mythology Folklore and Symbols by Gertrude Jobes, "In...

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... society when everyone doubted her. While managing to keep her roots in mind, overcoming the toughest obstacles helped her gain positive perspective on her true potential. Malcom X by simple reading a dictionary opened his mind to the entire new world, helping us understand our place in society, educating us on how to find and become who we want to become. Mikel Glass ... that reading a book making yourself educated helps you gain a sense of who you want to become in his case he was in jail a lot of his life and read the dictionary every day. Then become a well-known African American pub...

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... , obviously without meaning or certain syntactic function, but probably as emphasis, has been adopted into the Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition where the instance given is : "It's, like, hot." This adoption of " like" into the official dictionary also indicates that even without an explicit meaning, the utility of "like" is acknowledged by people, and ... ...

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... language Spanish had affected and cause my life difficult. So I began study very hard by translating the textbook with a dictionary, at that time I did not have a smartphone to help me to pronounce the word or translate the word, so I carried the dictionary with me to school and during the weekend I would go to ask help for my home works with a catholic Chinese ... ...

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According to Dictionary.com, the word technology is defined as "the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the ... the people when playing. Technology has brought the community together in many ways but there are also some downfalls that it brings. But what exactly is a community. According to Webster's Dictionary, community is defined as " a group of associated nations sharing common interest or a common heritage". So with that being said, technology can undermine community. Both sides of the argument ... ...

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Change What is change? Webster's Second Collegiate Dictionary, defines change as to cause to become different; alter; transform; convert. Many things, people, and world events are able to change. Peace may be present for years and shattered by a ... ? Well, we all face change in our life, some changes are great, others are small but nether less there will always be change. Change What is change? Webster's Second Collegiate Dictionary, defines change as to cause to become different; god alter; transform; convert. Many things, people, and world events are able to change. Peace may be present fo...

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... of having problems with people around you in the future. However, silence is something many people ty to avoid because it makes them feel lonely or depressed. As defined by Dictionary.com, silence is the absence of any sound or noise; stillness. As stated by ethmonline.com, silence is "muteness, state of being silent," from Old French silence "state of being ... ...

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... ;what goes around comes around," but do they know what that really means? "What goes around comes around" is the basic fundamental of Karma. According to Webster's dictionary, Karma is defined as, "seen as bring upon oneself inevitable results, good or bad, either in this life or in a reincarnation." Karma is originated from Hinduism and Buddhism ... ...

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... example of web as a source of information is that people can get references via web. These references includes fee based and free based encyclopedias and dictionaries such as Oxford English Dictionary and Columbia Encyclopedia. The physical versions of these things were used before for doing research and alike. Now, people do not need to carry heavy encyclopedia books because of the ... ...

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... know how to read and write yet. As a result, he decides to learn how to read and write. Every day he went to the library to copy words from the dictionary and learned how to read those words while staying in his room. He spent day by day studying it without noticing time was passing and felt that it was the ... ...

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... fall into debauchery. What is debauchery? Debauchery, according to Merriam-Webster is "the bad or immoral behavior that involves sex, drugs, alcohol, etc." Another similar definition by Urban Dictionary describes debauchery as "the extreme indulgence in sensual pleasure". If we know that debauchery is bad or immoral, why do people still engage in debauchery? According to Dr ... ...

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... we can change those behaviors further periods of our life. Our friends and other people surround us in the society also affect to our personal identity. If we look for a dictionary what a word of friend means, we find out that a friend is a person who has mutual sides with you and supports you in difficult situations. However, they can also put us ... ...

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Addiction, according to Webster Dictionary, is a strong and harmful need to have regularly something (such as a drug) or do something (such as gamble). In the past month, I took a trip to two different Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. ... ...

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What exactly is love? Merriam-Webster dictionary defines love as "a feeling of strong or constant affection for a person." But love is hard to define because everybody experiences it differently. For some people love is a complete devotion ... ...

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... which is now called NEADS and Canine Companions for Independence (Burke). So what exactly is a disability and who is put under the category of having a disability?  According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a disability is a condition such as an illness or an injury that damages or limits a person's physical or mental abilities.  People with a disability are those who are blind or partially sighted ... ...

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... ourselves and how we choose clothing to express our feelings and emotions. People have been expressing themselves through fashion since the beginning of time. Fashion, defined by the English-Webster dictionary, is "the dressing in style and creating a style of your own that is as much about keeping an eye on what's coming next as knowing what came before" ... ...

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... definition is "the process by which towns and cities are formed and become larger as more and more people begin living and working in central areas" (Merriam-Webster Dictionary). People- came to live in the cities because of the lack of jobs in the countryside. The Agricultural Revolution resulted in an increased amount of food in England and in ... ...

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AC 1.1 Explain partnership philosophies. Give specific examples of how these philosophies are demonstrated in various health and social care settings. According to Collins Dictionary, the definition for partnership is "a contractual relationship between two or more persons carrying on a joint business venture with a view to profit, each incurring liability for loses and the right ... ...

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What is pornography? According to Merriam Webster, dictionary online pornography is defined as "the depiction of erotic behavior (as in pictures or writing) intended to cause sexual excitement". Yet, many people have different definition of what ... ...

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... multiple ways such as leaving comments on posted pictures or blogs, or perhaps sending them a message that can read when they sign into the site at a later time."- Urban Dictionary. Social networking seems like a completely harmless matter, twitter especially; however this is not the case. It is everywhere, it has evolved from becoming an after school activity into an obsessive ... ...

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Identity is defined as "the condition or character as to who a person or what a thing is" (dictionary.com). But what makes up one's identity? Identity can be made up of many things. Some factors include "race, age, gender, physical or mental disability, ideology, religious conviction, someone's ... ...

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