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Sonata No 1 Trombone Quartet Ensemble
601 wordsOn the evening of November 11, 1999, the Southwest Texas Trombone Ensemble provided an apprehensive crowd with a truly wonderful performance. Starting with Sonata No. 1 for Trombone Choir by Evan Copley, the ensemble exhibited fabulous variety in both the note and the speed in which they were playing. This skill mindfully produced a range of emotions, including anxiety and uneasiness. Charles R. Hurt, the conductor of the ensemble, skillfully piloted the ensemble in formulating an eerie feeling....
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Mini Van Bad News
1,644 words... we don't need to question or doubt anything. 'Faith, ' he said, 'is a last- ditch resort, ' and we don't need that one bit, do we honey?" She turned to her husband, who was getting a headache over his left eye. He winced, but it was perceived by his wife as a smile. Mr. Tweedy had taken a seat next to Mrs. Drake, whom he had always thought had great legs. Lucy ran to get the phone, which was ringing in the Fellowship Hall. "No Ma " am, " Mr. Tweedy replied, glancing down briefly at her size ...
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Fiona And Tim Began To Run Men
1,405 words... s and conversing with an unseen figure. Tim slowly crept closer and concealed himself himself behind a tree. Out of curiosity, he watched for a moment, trying to figure out what was going on. Fiona pulled a daisy from the ground and, when she did, there was a sudden burst of light coming from a single petal. A miniscule figure emerged, retaining the glow of the light. Fiona laughed and said, Hello, Aquitaine. How are you doing this fine evening? Tim watched the scene in quiet amazement. He w...
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Stopping By Woods Woods On A Snowy Evening
611 wordsStopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost Stopping by woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost is one of the many deeply symbolic poems that he has written. Frost was a poet who sought to master his art. His poems he wrote were deceptively simple in appearance but saturated with meaning. In this particular poem Frost paints a simple picture that appears to be quite lucid, until one takes a closer look to reveal what is hidden within the words. As the poem begins, there is a man drivin...
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Fifty Six Six Years
1,480 wordsToday is the first day of the rest of my life. This is what my husband told me on our wedding day. That wonderful, beautiful day was the first day of the rest of my life too. God, how I miss him. I never expected life to be like this. I never expected to live this long this way. Today I am seventy-six years old. This journal was a gift from my beloved Christopher on my 75 th birthday last year. He joked and said I could tell this book all of my secrets now because his hearing was so poor. This i...
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Alcohol Related Problems Alcohol Problems
756 wordsHTML FONT SIZE = 3 PTSIZE = 10 Clearly alcohol was in charge and had been for years. It led the way by making our decisions and settling all of our critical issues. I, she, or we didn't -- but alcohol did. Specifically, my partner's addiction to alcohol was the most important force in our family. She drank every evening for at least two or three hours. Our child and I became addicted to her use of alcohol, and all of us served to keep the alcohol flowing. If we did not manage this each evening, ...
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Ice Storm Lower Back
1,779 wordsIt was my first pregnancy and I was feeling quite proud about becoming a new mother. I felt like my world was finally on my side by allowing me to experience this great adventure. I couldnt believe that I was finally able to experience this after the tragic episode I had the first time. It was really true and the time was approaching for the blessed event. The day started out as a normal day with everyone doing all the things that they had to be done. As the evening approached we all decided to ...
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Police Station Man Replied Frank
433 wordsIt was on October 31, Halloween, when Frank had planned he would go trick-or-treat with some of his friends. At that time was only 14 years old, while his friends were 2 to 3 years older. I wasnt very excited about letting Frank go trick-or-treating with his friends. It was around 7: 30 that evening in which Frank got ready to go with his friends. He came out of his room with black pants, black shirt, black shoes, and a black snowcap on top of his head. So I asked him, What are you dressing up a...
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Mary Shelleys Frankenstein Victor Frankenstein
694 wordsThe modern motion picture Mary Shelleys Frankenstein, directed by Kenneth Branagh was mostly faithful to the books original story written by Mary Shelley in 1816. While Branagh attempted to stay close to Shelleys storyline a few scenes were changed to add more drama to the cinematography. The general plot of the story did remain true to the book. Determined to find a way to defeat death, Victor Frankenstein decides to pursue the experiments of his mentor Dr. Walden into the reanimation of dead t...
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Masculine Side Elisa Home
385 wordsIn John Steinbecks short story The Chrysanthemums a struggle for equality is portrayed through the character Elisa Allen. Elisa is a frustrated woman living in a male dominated society. This theme is introduced to the audience at the beginning of the story. Elisa's figure is described as blocked and heavy and her home is described as hard-swept and hard-polished. I believe that Elisa is possibly unhappy with her female role, so in turn, she tries to reach out into some masculine areas or activit...
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Todays Youth Role Models
541 wordsIt's eight o'clock Wednesday evening and a rumor is circulating at a small-town high school in Massachusetts that a student named Jack is gay. Jacks friends-one of whom is a 15 -year-old girl who has been sexually active since she was 13, and another of whom has a mother who has recently committed adultery-assure him it would be okay with them if her were, but admit their relief when he says he isn't. An hour later, in San Francisco, a women named Julia is being beaten by her boyfriend. Meanwhil...
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Chicken Hawk Floats William Duffy Farm Life
572 wordsLying In A Hammock At William Duffys Lying In A Hammock At William Duffy's Farm In Pine Island, Minnesota Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy's Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota by James Wright Over my head, I see the bronze butterfly, Asleep on the black trunk, Blowing like a leaf in green shadow. Down the ravine behind the empty house, The cowbells follow one another Into the distances of the afternoon. To my right, In a field of sunlight between two pines, The droppings of last years horses Blaz...
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Sunday Evening Back Seat Father
1,071 wordsIt was a Sunday evening around 6 oclock or so, one of the many Sunday evenings where I would cruise around with my father in the car. Though this wasnt just any ordinary Sunday sightseeing excursion with dad. We stopped at a red light, and without much enthusiasm observed the pedestrians. A woman, as she walked, fixed the white lacey gossamer slip of her dress. It dragged out of her skirt, obviously making her feel self-conscious. A short, stubby man with an overbearing gut was nonchalantly pick...
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Black And White First Time
830 wordsAnd In This Corner Levine Vs. Jackson To Be Or Not To Be a Physicalist A physicist is one who believes that all information is physical. This is a view that sees all factual knowledge as that which can be formulated as a statement about physical objects and activities. Thus, the language of science can be reduced to third Person descriptions. Philosopher Frank Jackson, an anti-physicist, proposes the knowledge argument against physicalism, which goes as follows: Suppose that there is a brilliant...
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Helps The Reader Speaker
757 words? Porphyria? s Lover? is one of many poems by Robert Browning. In this poem a woman named Porphyria is killed by her lover. This man? s obsession with Porphyria led him to murder. Through vocabulary, imagery and situation Browning shows the reader the mind of an obsessed man. Imagery in a poem helps the reader visualize the surroundings and helps the reader infer the main events in a poem. The opening lines in the poem show a dark dismal night. ? The rain set early in tonight, /The sullen wind w...
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Bang After Bang Began On September Bombing
1,055 wordsIn September of 1940 through May of 1941 there was a strategic bombing attack that was lead by the Germans targeted towards London and other cities located in England, this was known as The Blitz. The Germans aimed the bombs mostly at populated cities, dock yards, and factories. The bombing on London began on September 7, 1940 and lasted for 57 consecutive nights. During these nights of bombing people took shelter in warehouse basements, and in underground subway stations with no privacy and poo...
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Hundred Dollars O Clock
1,502 wordsReal Life Rounders? No, I guess the ladies didn? t help me. I flopped the nut straight. ? Yeah baby? I won! It just so happened that this was the final game of cards for that particular evening? always the highest paying jackpot. I sat in all my glory. The two queens in my hand that everyone had been fearing had meant nothing. The pair of? ladies? served as bait in one of the most grueling and mentally exhausting night of card playing in my life. My straight, a sequence of 5 cards in numerical o...
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Board Survived Hindenburg Airship
755 wordsThe Inferno The arrival of the Hindenburg, thirteen hours behind schedule, at Lakehurst, New Jersey, on the evening of May 6, 1937, promised to be routine. The ship had an unblemished safety record on eighteen previous Atlantic crossings. In fact, no passenger had ever lost his life on any commercial airship. Still, because this was the beginning of the most ambitious season yet for airship voyages, reporters, photographers and news reel cameramen had their eyes and lenses focused on the great d...
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Life Speaker Woods
374 wordsIn Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, we have a man who stops in the woods to watch the snow fall. The speaker finds these woods to escape from the everyday stresses of life. My own interpretation is that the man finds himself at a critical crossroad in his life and he flees to these woods to reflect on his life. The woods that Frost illustrates are a representation of heaven. Although the man is turning to God for guidance, he is neither in nor near a church. Even still, he believes his loca...
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Stopping By Woods Woods On A Snowy Evening
1,319 wordsAmong Robert Frost Robert Frost Among the many poets that have contributed to the shaping of American literature, Robert Frost stands as one of the most prevalent. With his descriptive lines about nature, in all its beauty and splendor, he creates scenes within a reader s mind that are hard to forget. His thriving life, and all that was a part of it, is the main genetic make-up that he used in his writings. Frost s love of nature seems to dominate all other themes found in his poetry, whether di...
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