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Russian Revolution Of 1917
1,136 wordsPicture living in 12 below zero temperatures without food and heat. These were the conditions for the Russian citizens during 1916 and 1917. People were starving without any food or heat and their children were off fighting in a war with over 1, 700, 000 dying men. What were all of them fighting for? The country? Why would a fellow human being want to risk his life for the country when the country cannot even provide its citizens with enough food and heat. The need for basic necessities such as ...
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Ku Klux Klan Martin Luther King Jr
1,080 wordsMartin Luther King Jr. and the Ku Klux Klan have been major parts of prejudice in the 1900 s. Martin Luther King Jr. had one of the most powerful speeches ever. He helped many people in the United States in the movement against prejudice. The Ku Klux Klan has, however, has contributed to prejudice in the United States. Although the Ku Klux Klan has diminished, even disbanded at a time, it exists now and is spreading strong hate. People come out to protest against the Ku Klux Klan when the have a...
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Back And Forth Playing Soccer
1,064 wordsI had just completed the eighth grade. It was time to move to Burbank, where I would attend Reavis High School. It was very hard moving to a new town in the summer of 1996. This event meant having to meet new people and losing my old pals. Even though I had moved about every two years of my entire life, that did not make this time any easier. High School, like most other schools, had an in crowd. At Reavis, it was mainly the football and soccer players. After I started school, soccer tryouts wer...
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Orange Juice Real World
707 wordsI have all these feelings and thoughts bottled up in my head, but I have no way of expressing them. When things dont go my way, I throw a fit, and sometimes I catch myself in these dazes just staring at a fan go round and round. Day in, day out, my routine never changes. My mother wakes me up every morning at exactly 6: 37 am. I get up, get dressed, and get ready to eat my favorite breakfast, French toast with a tall glass of orange juice. The orange juice must be poured before the French toast ...
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Shook Her Head Mad She Shook Her Head Make
1,773 wordsShe gripped the the hard cherrywood head bord, waiting for it to be over. Her back lay against the feather soft pillows and cool sheets that brushed across her tensed body. The bed that had always brought her so much comfort at night, was now the last place she wanted to be, especially with him. After he had finished, she made her usual noises to let him know that she was done. She couldn't think of anything to say. Stretching out on her back, trying to ease the achiness, she lit her cigarette. ...
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Ability To Communicate Upton Sinclair
1,585 wordsJust thinking about ESP confuses many people. But in all actuality, it isnt that hard to understand if you break it down. There are basically three different types of ESP: ability to read the future, see the past, and the ability to communicate mind to mind with no speech (Arvey 10). Of these forms precognition is the ability to see what is in the future (Grunwald 16). This is the form of ESO that most fortunetellers claim to have. There have been numerous accounts of seeing the future. For exam...
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Day And Night Red Fern
1,617 wordsThis book was written by Wilson Rawls. Mr. Rawls based this story on his life as a boy. Wilson was born on a small farm in the Ozark Mountains, and also owned a blue tick hound. Wilson would love to roam northeaster Oklahoma with his dog. Wilson loved to tell stories to and about his dog. This story was about a little boy named Billy who longed for not one but two hound dogs ever since he had red an article about them in a sports magazine. Billy would beg his mom and dad for them every day for w...
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Curley Hand Bunk House
799 wordsIt was a typical hot summer day and the guys and I just came in from from shoeing horses and bucking barley. I was expecting two new guys to go out with my team because the two punks I do have are worthless. I ran into them later that day in the bunk house though. I walked into the bunk house to see a short guy with a small build standing next to a big burley guy built like a tree. Right from the start I could tell the big guy wasn't very bright. He seemed very timid and avoided eye contact with...
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Understanding People With Tourettes Syndrome
615 wordsCan you imagine sitting in class everyday of your life worrying about whether or not you were going to explode with noises and movements that you cannot control. A person with Tourettes Syndrome (TS) experiences this everyday of their life. Trying to control yourself from constant twitching of your mouth, jerking your head or breaking out yelling seems so easy to a person without TS. Its just common self-control, but to a person with TS it can be the most difficult thing to do in a day. Tourette...
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Montgomery Road Side Streets Police
612 wordsWith the TV. on and my mom asleep I found myself in a predicament. With my mind open and my knees bouncing I searched the house looking for something to do. After several laps around the house I bound a pone my moms keys. Without hesitation I bolted out the back door like slowly shutting it behind me. Jumping the fence and approaching the car I finally decided to get in. already knowing how to drive, I wasnt nervous. Leaving the lights off so that the glare wouldnt seep into my moms window right...
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Aggravating Circumstances Intentional Killing
1,018 wordsLegal Issue Issue I The first issue is whether Doris Night can be found guilty of a voluntary manslaughter, first-degree or second-degree voluntary or reckless homicide. Rule When Wisconsin's criminal code was corrected and redrafted, the specific charge of manslaughter was replaced by the current law (Van Wagner & Wood, S. C. , Manslaughter n. p. ): - Wisconsin Law: Crimes Against Life: - First-degree intentional homicide; - First-degree reckless homicide; - Felony murder; - Second-degree inten...
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Heart Rate Finish Line
1,431 wordsOn 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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Act Iv Scene Act Iii Scene
2,810 wordsThe Sanity of Lear King Lear: Sane, or insane? This question is one that has been posed throughout time by those who study him. By his actions, it could be inferred that Lear is mad, but some people have an opinion to the contrary: King Lear is sane. Support for the view that King Lear is sane can be found throughout the play. There are many examples of Lears ability to make a rational thought, and assess the situation, including the fact that Lear simply loves his daughters, Regan, Goneril, and...
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Epic Hero True Hero
454 wordsOdysseus is a man that embodies the general aspect of an epic hero but does not seem to have the morals of a hero. He fights in an unfair manner, lies to his crew, and he kills for no apparent reason. (Repetition) Odysseus is Superman to the Greeks. (Metaphor) Try to imagine Superman fighting one of his numerous archenemies. Superman fights fair like the bigger man (simile), no matter what. After defeating the monster Superman does not kill it, but takes it to some place that it can live without...
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