According to my dictionary, the term is connected with coins. The Royal Mint in England makes the coins, and the process of making coins is called "minting". (Trivia - Sir Isaac Newton was once its Master.) So a coin in "mint condition" is one that's in the same condition as if it's just been made, i.e.
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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.