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Olympic Sport Martial Arts Judo
813 words
Judo is different things to different people.
Simply translated, Judo means the gentle way. To
most people, thats all it means. To some, they
know it simply as an Austin Powers lethal
maneuver, but to many others around the world, it
means so much more. It is a fun sport, an art, a
discipline, a recreational or social activity, a
fitness program, a means of self-defense or
combat, and a way of life. Theres an ancient
history behind Judo and many misunderstood beliefs
about the art, some of which...
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Reader Get Inside Letting A Reader Get Inside Wells
1,019 words
Firstly, dramatic tension is a literary device
designed to provoke fear, suspense or excitement
in a reader. Both Bradbury and Wells use it in
their respective texts however they do not use it
in identical ways. Many similarities can be drawn
between the texts but there are crucial
differences in the use of this device that are not
so evident. Characterisation is used by Bradbury
to bring many different profiles to the reader we
have the emotional bordering on hysterical
Francine, Helen who appe...
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Scene From Hamlet Laerties And Ophelia Walk
414 words
Many different directors have made Hamlet, by
William Shakespeare, into a movie. In this case, I
am going to compare a scene from Hamlet directed
by Kenneth Branaugh to another scene from Hamlet
starring Mel Gibson. The scene I am comparing is
when Laerties is giving Ophelia advice about
Hamlets love for her. In Kenneth Branaughs
version, Laerties and Ophelia are outside the
castle in the snow-covered garden. The camera
stays very close up to their faces as they walk
arm in arm and discuss Hamle...
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Bugs Moran Johnny Torrio
1,080 words
... Brewery. Knowing full well that there was
going to be a raid, O'Banion arranged to close the
deal with Torrio at the brewery. Not only did
Torrio end up in jail, but O'Banion refused to
return the money for a now padlocked brewery. Even
worse, he bragged about how he had tricked Torrio.
His fate was sealed. Dion's flower shop Mike
Merlo, the head of the Unione Sicilana in Chicago,
a group that provided national cover to gangsters
of that era, died of cancer. A huge funeral was
planned in whi...
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Year Old Shaker Aunt Matty Robert
1,009 words
Robert, a twelve-year-old Shaker boy, leaves
school without permission, in order to avoid a
fight, because he is being teased on the
playground for his strange clothes and strange
ways. Not wanting to go home and get in trouble
for cutting classes, he goes out into the field
above his house. There he finds Apron, Mr.
Tanner's prize calf, in pain and misery as she
tries to give birth to a calf. Since Robert is a
kind and helpful farm boy, he assists Apron in
delivering the calf. When she begins t...
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Hollow Cedar Tree Love With Hatsue Ishmael
704 words
In the novel Snow falling on Cedars, by David
Guterson, the theme of the novel is the love
conflict between Ishmael and Hatsue. Ishmael is in
love with Hatsue from when they are very little to
when they are grown up. Ishmael thinks that Hatsue
will love him just like he loves her. As children
Ishmael and Hatsue play together in a hollow cedar
tree. They have many memories in the hollow cedar
tree, which turn into many complications about
racial issues. Ishmael is in love with Hatsue as
soon as h...
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Black Veil Secret Sin
1,349 words
... added, except by a council of the churches,
if, indeed, it might not require a general synod.
But there was one person in the village
un-appalled by the awe with which the black veil
had impressed all beside herself. When the
deputies returned without an explanation, or even
venturing to demand one, she, with the calm energy
of her character, determined to chase away the
strange cloud that appeared to be settling round
Mr. Hooper, every moment more darkly than before.
As his plighted wife, i...
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Intelligence Agency President Truman
562 words
For some time I have been disturbed by the way the
CIA has been diverted from its original
assignment. It has become an operational arm and
at times a policy making arm of the government
President Harry S. Truman, December 1963. What
president Truman meant by this statement was that
when the Central Intelligence Agency first came
about in 1947, its original intent was to further
the foreign policies of the United States
government by covert means, while containing the
spread of its sworn enemy c...
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Joy Luck Club Chinese Culture
1,224 words
Many, if not all people, at one time or another in
their lives resent their mothers. In this novel,
The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan portrays four
Chinese-American born daughters stories. Their
trials and tribulations in dealing with their
Chinese born mothers, culture and beliefs in 20 th
century America are presented. Tan also portrays
the flip side of how the mothers feel about their
Americanized daughters. The Joy Luck Club has been
on the New York Times best sellers list for nine
months. The nove...
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Hear What Happened Flander Fields Mccrae
1,479 words
Just north of the Danube River, west of Chartres,
the earth is scarred with the trenches of the most
vile and destructive conflict anyone has ever
witnessed, or experienced. The earth, viewed from
the heavens, has been disfigured to resemble the
surface of the moon, with craters from the
persistent onslaught of the German artillery. The
shell smoke eclipses the sky and the only light is
the man-made stars that light the horizon from the
rifles and not the night sky as they have always
been for t...
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Medicine Microsurgery Sew Small
889 words
A man came into the emergency ward at one o'clock.
His thumb came in an hour later. The surgeon's
job: get them back together. The successful
re-attaching of fingers to hand requires long
hours of painstaking work in microsurgery. In the
operating room, the surgeon doesn't stand, but
sits in a chair that supports her body. Her arm is
cradled by a pillow. Scalpels are present as are
other standard surgical tools, but the suture
threads are almost invisible, the needle thinner
than a human hair. A...
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Lord Of The Rings Black Riders
1,103 words
... etter for a certain Frodo Baggins, which
Butterbur forgot to send to the Shire. Frodo and
his company seem to match the description Gandalf
gave to Butterbur, so he gives the letter to
Frodo. Among other things, this letter contains
Gandalf's advice to accept the help of a friend of
his, a man called Strider (with the true name
Aragorn), should they meet him. Thus Frodo decides
to accept his help as a guide to Rivendell. Merry,
who has earlier gone out to get some air, now
returns and tells ...
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Russian Empire Arms Race
1,201 words
... on but for the wrong reason, particularly
every reviewer focused on this chapter "When the
Russia Empire is Gone' (Drucker 1989, p 1). Many
reviewers thought that the title sheer nonsense
since the Soviet Empire was already falling apart;
but Drucker, never attempted to prognosticate or
forecast anything, but he attempted to describe
the realities of our present world. By describing
how the Russian Empire was falling apart, he gave
us the time to develop a plan to face the effects
of this im...
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Devoted His Life Main Character
1,636 words
Hamlet Hamlet is among the most famous tragical
heroes in literature. The play was written in XVII
century, but even now, reading it, we are amazed
by strength and beauty of feelings of the main
character. They play is interesting; it attracted
attention of plenty of critics, the scientists
from different fields of science. Their
controversy about the play is still not finished,
because William Shakespeare left for us the real
puzzle to solve. Nowadays, the play was analyzed
from the physiologic...
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Domain Names Los Alamos
1,670 words
... But, if service providers want to keep their
immunity that is granted to them by the
Telecommunications Act, then they must
successfully self-regulate and police their
property without making themselves available to
litigation. (Rosenoer, p. 223) If service
providers police libel as seriously as they police
spamming (the sending of unsolicited email
messages), they would be well on the way to
effectively policing themselves. Many have
hypothesized that because of the global nature of
the Int...
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Xvii Century Normal Person
1,762 words
Nowadays in our country we pay much attention to
the mental health of the people. Psychologists and
psychiatrists are considered to be the most
important doctors. Today you can hardly find a
person who doesnt need help in this area. It is
understandable because our life is too difficult
and the small nervous disorder that seems to be
not essential can rise into the serious problem.
Many people in our modern world are suffering from
depressions, neurosis, manias and not all of them
can receive th...
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Heart Rate Finish Line
1,431 words
On The Right Edge Anyone can do good when the
going is good, but only someone special can do
good when the going gets tough. Be that special
person Someone who was on the edge BuzzzzzzThe
noise was getting closer and finally I opened my
eyes. Red neon lines flowed together, making 4: 00
am. I went downstairs to the kitchen to make
coffee. Sipping caffeine I was enjoying every drop
of the brown liquid, because it was my first cup
of coffee for 45 days. Being very nervous in the
evening, I had sle...
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Bob Marley Apr 2004
794 words
Song Lyric Analysis Zimbabwe by Bob Marley "I
believe in freedom for everyone, not just the
black man. " Bob Marley The King of Reggae, Bob
Marley was the first Jamaican artist who became
famous all over the world and who popularized the
culture and art of his country as no one had done,
did and would do after him. Bob Marley was one of
the founders of reggae, a style of music which was
closely connected with Rastafari subculture and
religious movement that arose in the ghettos of
Kingston, Jama...
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Kansas City Star 30 A M
721 words
Ernest Hemingway lived his life as he wanted. His
writing touched the hearts of millions. His
sentences were short and to the point but his
novels were strong and unforgettable. He wrote
about what he felt like writing about. Ernest
Hemingway was born in Oak Park Illinois on July
21, 1899... His parents were Dr. Clarence Edmonds
and Grace Hall Hemingway... His father was a
practicing doctor, and later taught him how to
hunt and fish. Hemingway did not have a good
relationship with his mother. He...
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Compressed Air Game Played
1,114 words
Have you ever played Paintball? Then you defiantly
missed a look stuff. Paintball is about the
coolest sport I know of. There is alot of rumors
about it. Some people say its bad and violent and
its supposed to glorify war. But the truth is,
none of those lies are true. Paintball is a team
game, it takes a lot of effort to succeed.
Teamwork is one of the most important words. The
fact that you play paintball with equipment that
looks warlike is the only connection reminding of
guns and war. But i...
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