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Work Ethic High School Life
737 wordsWhile the temptation to hit the snooze bar at 4: 30 a. m. would be difficult to resist for even the most disciplined early-bird, my father never flinches at answering the bell at what many consider the middle of the night. The astonishing fact is not so much the time he rises but the reason behind it. My father runs and lift weights every morning before work. At forty-nine many men have given in to the middle age spread and consider it to be inevitable. But my father portrays an excellent exampl...
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Lucille Ball Gave Birth
627 wordsLucille Ball was the most loved television comedienne of her time. She was an American icon and is considered the first lady of television. With her strong work ethic and her determination, Lucille not only changed the face of television, she also paved the way for a lot of other female actresses. In 1940, Lucille Balled married her Cuban born husband Desi Area. Together they developed the I Love Lucy show, which became one of the most popular sitcoms of all time. Although Lucille and Desi were ...
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States Marine Corps United States Marine
1,091 wordsWhat do you consider to be your most important personal and professional accomplishments to date? (Please limit to three. ) With no money, no direction, and no goals, I graduated from high school in 1987 not knowing if I would ever be a man, if I would ever know what life means. Unable to afford college tuition, I worked odd jobs for a few months before deciding to join the United States Marine Corps. A scrappy kid who needed structure and support, I entered the Marines unprepared for the next t...
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Society Has Changed Job Satisfaction
2,311 wordsThe relationship between the individual and work and family has changed dramatically over the years. Jobs and families both demand enormous commitments of time and energy, especially during peak years of family formation and career growth. Today, jobs usually consume a third of a persons day. Americans put more hours in at work to support their families, creating more stress at home, which results in a work / family conflict, pushing parents into actually seeking more time spent at work to escap...
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F Scott Fitzgerald Scott Fitzgeralds
3,177 wordsFrom the Dream to the Womb: Visionary Impulse and Political Ambivalence in The Great Gatsby It seems hard to believe in our period, when a three-decade lurch to the political Right has anathematized the word, but F. Scott Fitzgerald once, rather fashionably, believed himself to be a socialist. Some years before, he had also, less fashionably, tried hard to think himself a Catholic. While one hardly associates the characteristic setting of Fitzgeralds novels, his chosen kingdom of the sybaritic f...
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Gods And Goddesses True Meaning
1,119 wordsTo work the land as a form of living and to gain sustenance as a result of this work, this is the issue addressed by both Hesiod in Works and Days and Virgil in The Georgics. However, while each poet advocates the same lifestyle, each poets true meaning lies in what they hope to achieve through an agricultural existence. For Hesiod, a bucolic existence is a means of attaining plentiful stores, making life easier both socially and physically, as well as developing a closeness with the gods. On th...
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Katherine Anne Porter Granny Weatherall
701 wordsThe Thoughts of Granny Weatherall In a semi-conscious state, Granny reviews her life by remembering the important events, frustrations, achievements, and feelings. Her character is illustrated fully with vivid details. Although Granny Weatherall s character seems frail and delicate, Katherine Anne Porter changes the reader s perception of Granny by introducing the qualities of fortitude and the ability to work unremittingly hard. Although strong-willed, Granny has traits of delicacy and frailty ...
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Catholic Doctrine Catholic Church
1,127 wordsSt. Peter Canisius Peter Canisius was born in Nijmegen, Holland to a wealthy family in 1521. His father was Jakob Kanijis, an instructor of the princes court in the court of Duke Lorraine. He was a respected man, being appointed nine times as mayor of his native town. (McGraw-Hill) Although Peters mother died at an early age, he had a loving step-mother who stressed education and raised him to fear God. Although Peter accused himself of wasting his youth, by the time he was 19, he had already ea...
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