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Scarlet Pimpernel Playing Cards
1,094 words
In Chapter One, the aristocrats, traitors to
France, were trying to get through the Barricades
so they would no longer have to be slaves of the
king. Many, though, would get caught, go to trial,
and be sent to the guillotine. In order to aid
this awful fate, they would try to disguise
themselves to get through. Men dressed as women,
children as beggars, etc. Sergeant Bibot, who
protected the West Gate Barricade, would catch
almost everyone. At one point, though, so many
people had escaped that t...
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Motion Picture Movie Camera
873 words
Cinematography: Everything You Need To Know
(sin-uh-muh-the'-ruh-fee) Cinematography is the
technique and art of making motion pictures, which
are a sequence of photographs of a single subject
that are taken over time and then projected in the
same sequence to create an illusion of motion.
Each image of a moving object is slightly
different from the preceding one. Motion-picture
projector projects the sequence of picture frames
contained on a ribbon of film, in their proper
order. A claw engages...
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Taj Mahal Beautiful Woman
716 words
It has been called the most beautiful temple in
the world. It has become the monument of a mans
love for a woman. Does anyone want to guess what I
am talking about here? Anyone? Yeah... And guess
what tonight I am going to inform you about, one,
the historical significance, second, the
construction and finally the awesome beauty that
undoubtedly make the Taj Mahal one of most
spectacular buildings of the world. First of all
lets begin with the history behind the taj. In
1612, Mumtaz Mahal was ma...
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Avant Garde Grove Dictionary
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... ed at the Golden Gate Ballroom, the Savoy, and
the Apollo Theater. His dance band also toured
some, but did not last long. Hawk resumed working
in the small group genre in ' 41. The next two
years he devoted to playing mostly in Chicago and
the Midwest until retuning to New York in ' 43.
Between the demise of his dance band in ' 40 and
the three years following, Hawkins appeared in
only one commercial recording session. However, in
the thirteen months from December, 1943 and the
end of ' 44,...
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Fifteen Minute Ride Walking Through The Garden Train
1,217 words
A ride in New York City's subway is one you will
never forget, or at least I won't. As I walk down
the terminal looking for my track number, I see
the homeless lounging. These less fortunate
individuals are trying to stay warm and catch some
sleep before they are interrupted by a police
officer who kicks them out to return to the cold.
I smell the scent of urine in the air from the guy
who couldn't wait for the restroom. The sound of
talent is floating in the air by a group of young
adults playi...
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Lonely Mountain One Day
861 words
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkein is the tale of the
journey of Bilbo Baggins. The story takes place in
an imaginary land. We follow Bilbo on his journey
to Lonely Mountain for treasure. The story begins
in the home of Bilbo. He is a well-to-do hobbit
who never had any adventures or would do anything
unexpected. One day, the wizard Gandalf appears
and asks him to go on an adventure, but Bilbo
tells him to come back tomorrow. Gandalf shows up
the next day with thirteen dwarves. The dwarves
speak of ...
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Finally Yelled Day Colby One
1,348 words
# 8220; Back to the Titanic" I remember my
childhood years quite well. I had lived with my
big brother, Colby Winston, ever since I was five,
I don't remember much before that though. We
traveled all around Europe; Colby was a big
gambler and loved to make bets. He lied, he
cheated, everything was always changing. Colby
promised me one thing though, "Reagan, " he would
say, "one days it gunna be you and me, in the
United States. " I really wanted to believe him,
but I never saw it coming true. B...
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Stomach Was Full Buy A House Contentment
1,043 words
There was once a woodcutter who was cutting wood
near a river side, suddenly his axe fell into the
river, and this was indeed heart-breaking because
that was the only bread earning element of his
life. He started howling around, seeing which
river deity appeared and asked him about his
grief. To test him, she first showed him a golden
axe for which he rejected saying it was not his
axe. Second came the silver axe which was refused
too. At last, she showed him his axe, and the wood
cutter was hap...
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Fire For Cooking Piggy Knew Jack
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The novel Lord of the Flies, by William Golding is
a very deviant story. The characters in the story
have no heroic qualities. Ralph is not a hero
because he relies on Piggy's advice and stalls on
his actions. This results in the eventual downfall
of the tribe. Jack is not a hero because he is a
murderer and was unfaithful to the others, again
leading to the demise of the group. Piggy was a
mamas boy and couldnt stand up for himself. He
needed a say in the decisions that were made.
There was not...
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Band Started To Play Started To Play Slipknot
704 words
The young boy motioned with his arms where to
park, as the vehicle came to a stop. My friends
and I got out of the car and looked up to see a
line of people waiting to get inside. I asked them
"So what now? ", since this was my first concert,
I did not know what to expect. They said, "Hear
that?" I listened and heard music playing in the
background. We started walking towards the end of
the line that had formed. As we grew closer to the
gate, the music got louder, and my heart beat
faster. While...
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Bright Green Uniform Held Down My Head School
1,132 words
Mel, Mel! Its already seven! Youre late! I tossed
furiously on my bed, groaning in annoyance. I lay
still for a moment then sprung up from my bed as I
heard my fathers grumpy footsteps approaching to
my door. Im up, just give me five minutes. I
rushed past my father and headed to the small
bathroom. There I was, trying to wear my weird
looking uniform while the toothbrush was still in
my mouth. I stared at the mirror above the sink,
practicing my friendly smile which I thought it
would be useful...
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Years Ago 30 Years
855 words
I stepped out from the yellow Ferrari Get second
edition, recalling when was the last time I landed
my feet on my beloved hometown. Everything had
changed. After three decades being isolated on an
island for a government top secret project, I am
finally at liberty. The first place that I wish to
visit after being secluded is my high school. So,
off I go trying to locate the school based on the
information on my cars databank screen. Before my
eye is a 30 -storey building. As my car drawing
near ...
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San Francisco Bay Francisco Bay Area
821 words
The primary responsibility of any elected official
is to operate in accordance with his or her
constituency. They are thus obligated to do so, an
obligation that at times forces the individual to
act courageously, against outside pressures, to
accomplish this task. When San Francisco Mayor
Gavin Newsom decided to issue marriage licenses
for same-sex couples in 2004, he did so with
tremendous courage, against warnings of committing
political suicide, and has subsequently ignited a
modern struggle...
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Circle Of Hell Dantes Inferno
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Dantes Inferno by Dante Alighieri is a classic
tale that involves Christian morality, and
mythological and classical literature. In this
tale we watch Virgil guide Dante through the
circles of hell in order to reach heaven where
Dantes beloved Beatrice awaits. Dante created this
tale in order to give the world a visual image of
afterlife and to explain the Christian belief of
sin and punishment. He explicitly takes us through
each circle of purgatory describing what it looks
like, who gets sent ...
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Boston Houghton Mifflin Masque Of The Red Death
999 words
If someone is insecure, it means that he or she is
not confident, not sure, unprotected, or unsafe.
The feeling of insecurity often leads to a
heightening of security in order to ease that
feeling. This is not always beneficial and can
lead to mishaps and misfortune. Security breeds
insecurity. A demonstration of this can been found
in the stories The Masque of the Red Death and
Once Upon a Time. In each story the heightening of
security caused misfortune. Though the characters
in the stories we...
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Journey Through Hell Power Of God
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Dantes Reconciliation of a Loving God and a
Horrific Hell Dante Alighieri, a great Italian
poet, is most noted for a journey, which he wrote
of in his Divine Comedy series. In these works,
Alighieri sends a fictional Dante through Hell,
Purgatory, and Heaven. The Inferno is a detailed
description of Dantes journey through Hell. While
on this journey, Dante witnesses the scourge of
the damned through the use of all senses. He
smells the foul odors, sees the horrifying sights,
feels the heat, as w...
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Emily Dickinson Stone Quot
616 words
Anthony Hecht This poem is not usually conceived
of as a riddle, but rather as a description of
those instinctive preferences and choices, those
defiantly non rational elections and allegiances,
like love, that we all make, without regard to
personal advantage, to rank or to estate. To the
degree that the poem has been construed as a
private and guarded revelation of the poets
emotional life, and to some circumstantial events
in it, there is a dispute about whether the choice
of " one"...
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Worship God One Half
1,362 words
The Swish of Angel Wings A young mother was
standing in the kitchen making breakfast one
spring morning. Her little garden was in full
bloom with fresh flowers and the smell of honey
suckles filled the air. It seemed as thought
winter had finally passed and spring was here. As
she looked out the window into the backyard, she
noticed that the garden gate had been left open.
Her little three-year-old daughter, Lindsay, had
toddled through the gate and was sitting there on
the railroad tracks playi...
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Duke Commanded The Guard Commanded The Guard Prince
1,091 words
On an autumn day in the ancient city of London, in
the second quarter of sixteenth century, a boy was
born to a poor family of the name Canty. On the
same day another English baby was born of a rich
family of the name of Tudor. There was talk in
England about the new baby, Edward Tudor, Prince
of Wales, who lapped in silk and satin. While on
the other hand Tom Canty, who lapped in his poor
rags, was seen as trouble. For fifteen years, Tom
Canty lived in place where it is narrow and dirty,
which ...
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Ufo Sightings Unidentified Flying
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The Effects of UFOs on People By Steve Edwards
Almost every civilization in history that has kept
a written history has recorded the sightings of
strange objects and lights in the skies. These
objects have been described as glowing wheels,
colored balls of light, and disk shaped objects.
Today unexplained aerial phenomena are generally
referred to as unidentified flying objects (UFOs)
or flying saucers. The effects of extra
terrestrial sightings can have an adverse effect
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