Hi I wore some patent ones on new years too like yours mine were wreaked. They were covered in sticky marks (im guessing drink and dirt and everything else that goes on, on new years!) I used a soft cloth and a bit of jif to clean them and they came up fine. I then just used a cloth to rinse it off, they came up nice and shiny and new.
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I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.