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Viet Cong Vietnam War
969 wordsIn September 1973, a former government official in Laos, Jerome Doolittle, wrote in The New York Times: .".. After all, the lies did serve to keep something from somebody, and the somebody was us." For 11 years, the most powerful nation in the world made every effort to defeat a nationalist revolutionary movement in a tiny poor country, and failed. The French had been trying to conquer take over long before, but they too had to withdraw at some point after fighting for long with no victory. The ...
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Aunt Susan Banana Boat Beach
509 wordsMy name is Matthew James Schwengler. I was born on March 31, 1987 in McAllen, Texas. Im 13 years old and my parents are Michael and Patricia Schwengler. I have two brothers, Jason, who is 16 and Daniel, who is 10. I have lived in California since 1989. Every year in March and November my family goes camping to Rocky Point in Mexico. It is located on the northern point on the Sea of Cortez. We go with my Uncle Brian, Aunt Susan, my cousins Joshua, Angelica and Cody. My Aunt Susan's parents, siste...
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Social Class Love World
497 wordsDonne John. The Canonization. Twentieth Century Views: John Donne. Ed. Helen Gardner. Englewood Cliffs, N. J. Prentice - Hall, INC. , 1962 Brooks finds the poem a parody of Christian sainthood taking the major themes of the poem religion and love very seriously and using them in an inevitable paradox. The person to whom Donne speaks in the beginning is a friend who epitomizes the world which the lovers have renounced. A world in which their love may seem most absurd, but cares little for the war...
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Winners Are Remembered Nba Finals Winning
366 wordsWinning has become one of the most important thing in Americans lives. Either its winning a little league game to beating the odds in Vegas, everybody wants to be a winner. But the real question is why is American obsessed with winning? Why, is losing so frowned upon? Why can you play so well but if you lose youre performance is not Many people have different reasons for why Americans are addicted to winning? But I believe that I have found the ultimate answer. Every American wants to be a winne...
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Fahrenheit 451 Book Society
887 wordsImagine a society where books are prohibited, where the basic rights made clear in the First Amendment hold no weight and society is merely a brainwashed, mechanical population. According to Ray Bradbury, the author of Fahrenheit 451, this depiction is actually an exaggerated forecast for the American future, and in effect is happening around us every day. Simply reading his words can incite arguments pertaining not only to the banning of books but to our government structure itself. Age-old deb...
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Make A Decision Back Home
1,613 wordsHey Erik, turn up that CD bro, that songs hella tight, I havent heard Sublime for days. For sure, Im so glad track is over, too much to do, you finish rolling that spliff yet B? Yeah man, hook me up with that light on the table, puff, puff. I laid back on Erik's plush, slightly worn leather couch purchased from the Value Village store downtown and watched as he displayed a phat French inhale. I was in a cloudy state with so much on my mind I didnt know where to begin. I was once again in the bas...
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Freedom Of Speech Code Of Ethics
1,312 wordsThe United States of America is a special nation, with a manifest destiny to become the protectors of the free world. And so the ironic battle begins here as we began to realize that the free world is in a paradox of itself. As protectors, this ideological thinking has grown into a foreign policy, and freedom is no longer just a gift but instead every humans right and a moral of society. Since 1776, when America had declared freedom its almost as if freedom became a never-ending battle to fight ...
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Line Of Work Living Room
1,069 wordsOn a cool afternoon I rang the doorbell to a firehouse located in Phoenix, Arizona. I had feelings of anxiousness and was waiting very impatiently at the door. My preconceptions were that I would speak with a very buff male (probably someone who looked as if they were in the WWF), that I would meet nothing but arrogant cocky guys who wanted to be a bunch of heroes, and that I would see them flying down poles and cute white Dalmatians chasing after their little red engines that could. All of this...
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Spend The Night Gas Station
1,349 wordsPrior to moving to Arizona from Switzerland two years ago, I have spent almost all of my vacation time from 1987 - 1992 (thanks to 6 weeks vacation time per year and airline benefits) visiting the U. S. A. and taking extensive road trips across the country. I followed the same pattern each time, choosing a bunch of cities from a Rand McNally atlas that are less than a day's drive apart, arranging for a rental car and finding the motels and attractions as I went along. Many great memories, impres...
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Auto Insurance Factors Affecting Operational Level Of Planning
986 wordsAuto Insurance: Factors Affecting Operational Level of Planning Team C University of Phoenix MGT 330 Orlando Rivero June 20, 2005 Auto Insurance: Operational Level of Planning The insurance industry is affected by many economic factors. In an attempt to better understand the operational level of planning within the insurance industry we would like to take a look at how revenue, operating expenses, and the auto insurance market directly affect the operational level of planning of any given Auto i...
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Lone Ranger Indian Society
613 wordsLeandro The dos Santos Sophomore Seminar September 14 th, 2000 Analysis on "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven" and "Smoke Signals" Sherman Alexie based on some short stories included in his book, "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, " wrote the screenplay for the movie "Smoke Signals. " Both the movie and the book portray problems that Indians had to deal with, and how they dealt with it. The book is far more complex than the movie, showing a wider variation of characters ...
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Worn Path By Eudora Welty
1,139 wordsWorn Path by Eudora Welty Eudora Welty's story Worn Path is a good example of author being able to introduce readers to a very wide emotional spectrum, despite the fact that this story is very short. This is done thorough excessive use of symbolism, as writing method. The plot of Worn Path is quite simple. Old woman Phoenix Jackson walks a long way to the town through the woods and cornfield to get her grandson a medicine. She experiences different emotions, while walking. The nature here plays ...
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Directed By Ridley Maximus
454 wordsDirected by Ridley Gladiator Gladiator Directed by Ridley Scott, Gladiator is an epic tale of honor, love, loyalty and power. If you could only see two movies a year make Gladiator one of them. It is full of action, adventure, drama, deceit and love. Russell Crowe plays the Roman General, Maximus, who heads the Roman Army in their conquers of Europe and Africa under the emperor Marcus Aurelius. Maximus has served Rome for? two years, 264 days and this morning, ? and is anxiously awaiting his rel...
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Man Alive P Hector Sees Achilles
1,136 wordsDifference in Heroes (The Iliad) Dana Fleming EH 220 Nunnally Essay # 1 - 10 / 7 / 99 The Differences in Heroes What a worthless, burnt-out coward Id be called If I would submit to you and all your orders, Whatever you blurt out. Fling them at others, Dont give me commands! Never again, I trust, will Achilles yield to you My hands will never do battle for that girl, Neither with you, King, nor any man Alive. (p 111) With these wrathful words of Achilles to his commander Agamemnon, so begins the ...
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Years Of Her Life Nancy
1,019 wordsThis book is a diary that goes through the last two years of a young teenage girl? s life, who got infected with the HIV virus after being date raped. The girl in the book is named Nancy and she is important enough to have her diary published because her life went from being a normal teenage girl with normal problems, to an abnormal girl with AIDS and abnormal problems. She agreed to have her diary published so that other people who think that AIDS and rape can? t ever happen to them can have a ...
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Science Fiction Short Stories
1,281 wordsIn Illinois, on August 22, 1920, Ray Bradbury was born. Ray showed promise as a writer from and early age, when he began writing short stories. As a child, he was fascinated by magic and fantasy and spent many days dreaming that he would grow to be some sort of magician or something along those lines. Bradbury first wrote, Holler Bochens Dilemma, which was printed in 1938 in an amateur fan magazine. He went on to publish his own magazine, called Future Fantasia. He published a short story called...
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Susan Granger Joaquin Phoenix Maximus
274 wordsReview by Susan Granger 3? Stars out of 4 Copyright? 2000 Susan Granger Are you not entertained? charismatic Russell Crowe roars scornfully to the cheering crowd in the Roman Colosseum. Certainly there hasnt been this kind of awesome sword-and-sandals spectacle since Spartacus, Ben-Hur and Cleopatra. Set in 180 A. D. , Crowe plays Maximus, a Roman general who promises his aging mentor, Caesar Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris) that, as his appointed successor, he will return power to the Senate, t...
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Graffiti Vandals Graffiti Hotline Paint
255 wordsIn the United States there is 6 billion dollars in graffiti related vandalism every year and over a million dollars in Phoenix alone. Of course there is no way to stop it but there are ways to prevent, control and cut the cleanup cost in our city. I will explain some of the methods in use already and others that should be put to use. The first method, is to pass a law making all stores lock up and restrict the sale of spray paint to any one under 18. Having stores lock up spray paint prevents gr...
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Hall Of Fame Department Of Defense
996 wordsNecessity is the mother of invention? or is it? The real mother of invention is not necessity, but curiosity. From the discovery of electricity, the invention of the light bulb, car, airplane, and air conditioning to Global Positioning Satellite systems curiosity has been the reason behind the invention. One of the greatest discoveries ever was the discovery of electricity. Ben Franklin has been given the most credit for the discovery of electricity. Before the legendary kite experiment in 1752 ...
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Social Class Love World
515 wordsDonne John. ? The Canonization. ? Twentieth Century Views: John Donne. Ed. Helen Gardner. Englewood Cliffs, N. J. Prentice Hall, INC. , 1962 Brooks finds the poem a parody of Christian sainthood taking the major themes of the poem religion and love very seriously and using them in an inevitable paradox. The person to whom Donne speaks in the beginning is a friend who epitomizes the? world which the lovers have renounced. ? A world in which their love may seem most absurd, but cares little for th...
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