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The Hoover Dam is in great need of repair. It's age is showing because there are cracks in the wall, and the technology is out of date. If the Dam does not get fixed, it will flood communities in the valley and thousands will lose their homes an possibly die. All we need to do is pass a law that would raise money through taxes and create a five year plan to repair the damage.
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In order to make cookies, first preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Next, mix the flour, sugar, baking soda, brown sugar and salt together. While doing that, mix eggs together until smooth. Beat the eggs in with the flour mixture until smooth. Plop the dough onto the cooking sheet with one inch separating them. Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes until brown.
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The Winter Olympics and Summer Olympics both have great athletes who compete at the highest levels of competition. However, the Winter Olympics are built around snow and ice, where as the summer events are often more based around track and field and water events.
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Because of the problems we have had with running water at school, students have had to drink bottles of water for the past two weeks. At one time, we used buckets of water to flush our toilets. School was called off for a day.
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Because of the California wildfires, many residents of the Los Angeles community have had to evacuate their homes. Many people are without food or water. Hotels in neighboring communities are over run. Dogs and cats are loose on the streets. The drought that caused the fire also makes landslides a reality when it does finally rain.
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A book that lists the problems in Europe in the early 1900s and how that led to WWI breaking out would likely be this text structure
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Possibly the best two hitters in baseball are Aaron Judge and Juan Soto. Both are great power hitters, who can hit a lot of home runs. However, Juan Soto has a higher walk percentage than Judge. Judge has a higher batting average, meaning, he gets on base with hits more than walks.
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The Super Bowl is a football game played in late January/early February, between the winners of the AFC and NFC. The first Super Bowl was played in 1966. The halftime show has been traditionally used a performance by some of the biggest stars in popular music. Its popularity has increased over the years, making it one of the most watched television events annually.
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The rock band Metallica was formed in 1981 in southern California by guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich. They play heavy metal music and have received many awards and honors over the years, including induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and 12 Grammy Awards. They have sold over 100 million albums, making them one of the best selling artists of all time.
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Throughout the 1900s immigrants came to this country in giant numbers. First, the Irish potato famine brought many Irish citizens here. After that, Germans left their country to come to America when Hitler rose to power. Next, Japanese immigrants came to California in the middle part of the 1900s.
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