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Gas Station License Plate
1,900 words
Mary and Peter Jackson were driving down highway
50 in the middle of Nevada when Collie Entragian,
the Desperation police officer, pulled them over
for having a missing rear license plate. He told
Peter that he could take the front license plate
off and put it on the back and they should be ok.
Peter went to the trunk of the car to get a tool
kit under the spare tire. When he lifted up the
tire to get the tools, Entragian and Peter found a
bag of marijuana. Entragian started to get violent
and h...
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Level Of Incompetence Peter Principle Employee
600 words
"The Peter Principle" was first introduced by
Lawrence Peter in a book titled "The Peter
Principle." This book describes the downfalls of
bureaucratic organizations. The book states that
in a hierarchically structured business, people
tend to be promoted up to their level of
incompetence. This principle is based on the fact
that in bureaucratic organizations new employees
usually start in the lower ranks, but when they
prove to be competent in the job that they were
assigned, they get promoted t...
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Empress Anna Of Russia
1,377 words
Russia is a nation with a rich past and a history
of royalty that cannot be compared with any other
in the world. There were memorable rulers,
including Catherine and Peter the Great, and
rulers that Russia and the rest of the world would
like to forget, such as Ivan the Terrible. However
short their reign, or how seemingly insignificant
their actions, all have had an effect on Russias
history and have left plenty of colorful images to
be written down into history books. One can argue
about how ...
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Mel Gibson William Wallace
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... re, was the English commander and he regarded
Scotland as a whole nation not to be associated
with in any way 25. The day before the battle he
outlined his plan. Warenne ordered the English
army across the Stirling bridge over the river
Forth and onto a piece of land that was surrounded
on three sides by water. Soldiers fighting for the
English king would then conduct a full frontal
assault on the Scots who held the high ground 26.
The Earl of Surrey was so confident of the
superiority of hi...
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30 A M Political Machines
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... bring in immigrants to urbanize the cities and
towns. So I told my wife that we should go to a
settlement house to see what we should do in this
alien city. So we asked an Italian were to find a
settlement house and he guided us to this pretty
nice looking white building labeled settlement of
peace. So we walked in and we met this girl in a
chair at a desk and she told us to sit down. Since
we didnt know much English she had to get her
assistant to translate what we were saying and
vise vers...
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Reading This Book Read A Book
1,389 words
Annemarie Johanson and her family lived in Denmark
in a chaotic time of World War I. The Germans had
been roaming around Europe, searching for Jewish.
The Germans even took over Denmark, a country that
is so peaceful that the king dont even need
protection when he walk out to the streets
everyday. They stand in every corner of the
streets of Denmark. Taking away any goods that
Danish and Jewish need. Everyone feared them. All
they know is that if they do not follow their
rules, they would be in ...
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Virginia Woolf Patriarchal Society
1,211 words
World Literature Both Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia
Woolf and The Hours based on the novel of Michael
Cunningham are two brilliant masterpieces that
narrate against the oppression of the human soul
and for the celebration of diversity. Both works
carry a nostalgic mood, heavily overlaid with the
sense of memory. Mrs. Dalloway mostly takes place
before World War I, and the rest of the novel
focuses on vivid moments in memory that define
lives and relationships. The Hours, although it
takes place in t...
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Jaws By Peter Benchley
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Jaws by Peter Benchley In the novel Jaws written
by Peter Benchley, critics are correct when they
claim that the novel has a lack of
characterization, the book is used as an escape,
Benchley is a master of suspense writing, the
novel displays the facts of Great Whites and
critics claim that the novel also displays
formulaic plotting, and is an allusion to classic
fish tales such as Herman Melville's Moby Dick,
and Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea. Critics
need to loosen up on irritating Bench...
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Historical Figures Modern Drama
1,995 words
Amadeus-Accuracy of the Film The film Amadeus that
was based on the play of the same name by Peter
Shaffer has some wonderful moments unmatched
anywhere else on film. However, there are some
things to keep in mind while you are watching this
film. First, while the characters are two actual
musical figures-Mozart and Salieri-Amadeus is a
work of fiction. In spite of its title, the film
is more about Antonio Salieri-and really more
still about the elusive gift of creativity, a gift
that seems to c...
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Black Sea Catherine Russia
587 words
Catherine II, or Catherine the Great, empress of
Russia (1762 - 96), did much to transform Russia
into a modern country. Originally named Sophie
Frederick Augusta, she was born in Szczecin,
Poland, on May 2, 1729. She was the daughter of
the German prince of Anhalt-Zerbst. At the age of
15 she went to Russia to become the wife of Peter,
who is a nephew and a heir of Empress Elizabeth.
Elizabeth died on Dec. 25, 1761, and Catherines
husband succeeded as Peter III. The new ruler soon
made himself ...
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Atomic Bomb Was Dropped End Of The World
1,818 words
Cat? s Cradle How does fate play a role in the
story? I. Introduction II. Biography A.
Life/General Information 1. Family B. Cultural
Background 1. Education 2. Past Employment 3.
Experiences C. Life? s Influence on Work 1. Places
2. Characters 3. Experiences III. Novel A. Plot
Summary 1. Hoenikker Family 2. Ice-nine B. Theme
fate 1. Books of Bokonon 2. Karass 3. Wam peter C.
Character D. Conclusion IV. Bibliography Cat? s
Cradle was written by Kurt Vonnegut in 1963. It is
a book about a young f...
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Peter The Great Ivan The Terrible
1,425 words
Russia is a nation with a rich past and a history
of royalty that cannot be compared with any other
in the world. There were memorable rulers,
including Catherine and Peter the Great, and
rulers that Russia and the rest of the world would
like to forget, such as Ivan the Terrible. However
short their reign, or how seemingly insignificant
their actions, all have had an effect on Russia? s
history and have left plenty of colorful images to
be written down into history books. One can argue
about ho...
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Elizabeth Bishop Jesus Christ
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Throughout history, poets have existed to create
works that spark emotions from their readers. One
poet in particular, who virtually mastered this
technique, was Elizabeth Bishop. Born in 1911,
Bishop grew to be a well-known poet. Her works
gained national attention, and her writing style
brought her fame. Elizabeth Bishop was born in
Worcester, Massachusetts in 1911. She began her
young life in New England, and later moved to Nova
Scotia in Canada after her father died and her
mother was commit...
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Kingdom Of God Son Of Man
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The Gospel of Luke, Gentile Physician and
companion of Paul wrote this Gospel in the mid 60
s A. D. Luke wrote both the Gospel of Luke and
Acts making him the largest contributor to the New
Testament. These writings both begin with
dedications to Theophilus, perhaps a potential or
recent convert or patron who sponsored the
circulation of Luke and Acts. The third Gospel
presents Jesus as the Son of Man. The first three
chapters and the beginning of the fourth give us
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Pride And Prejudice Lady Catherine
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Pride and Prejudice and The Edible Woman: Negative
Effects of the Society's Influence Throughout
history, society has played an important role in
forming the value and attitudes of the population.
Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Margaret
Atwood's The Edible Woman are two novels which
exemplify the negative effects of society's
influence. Both Elizabeth Bennet and Marian Mc
Alpin are strong women who rebel against society's
influences in their lives. They refuse to accept
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Full Of Love Holy Spirit
876 words
John the Apostle, one of the brothers who gained
the nickname Sons of Thunder, was Jesus favorite
apostle to him. John was there when they feel
asleep in the garden, which he takes harshly to
that he did, and he also was at the foot of the
cross when Jesus was being crucified. The Romans
exiled him to the island of Patmos when he was
about the age of 80 for the reason that he had
converted many people even when he was in jail.
The Romans tried to execute John before this time
by boiling him in a...
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Peter The Great Country In The World
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When the Soviet Union fell in 1991, due to many
pressures both internal and external, the
ex-soviet satellites were given their
independence, much to Russias dismay. A new trend
towards sovereignty made it difficult for the
largest country in the world to deny its former
members the right to separate. However, even with
the creation of the Commonwealth of Independent
States (CIS), Russia is still heavily involved
with the matters of its former soviet members.
This then leaves the question, are t...
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Hard To Follow Victorian Lifestyle Clarissa
503 words
Upon viewing? Mrs. Dalloway? I was not impressed.
The movie seemed to jump from the present to the
past. The character Septimus didn? t appear to
have any purpose in the storyline. Clarissa also
seemed to be tightly bound by the Victorian
lifestyle of the day to make her interesting to
me. The plot just seemed too hard to follow. This
movie must have been for people that look for
meaning deeper than I. I believe that Mrs.
Dalloway was fixed on the past. For one thing, the
audience never saw Clar...
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Avant Gar Dists Expressionist Painters Franz Kline Voulkos
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The exhibition of recent stoneware vessels by
Peter Voulkos at Frank Lloyd Gallery featured the
sort of work on which the artist established
reputation in the 1950 s. The work was greeted
with stunned amazement. However now it is too, but
its amazement of a different order the kind that
comes from being in the presence of effortless
artistic mastery. These astonishing vessels are
truly amazing. Every ceramic artist knows that
what goes into a kiln looks very different from
what comes out, and al...
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School Age Children Spend More Time
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Field Report on the development of children s
playground behaviour, based upon the observation
of nursery and primary school children. Note: To
protect the identity of the children observed and
mentioned in this report, their names have been
changed. Background Much research has been done
into children s play behaviour. Theories and
models have been proposed detailing the phases and
stages through which a child will develop. These
phases lie along a linear plane with each child
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