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Notre Dame Eiffel Tower
1,636 wordsIt was a cold clammy morning, and as I awoke I could not help but wonder what the day had in store for me. It was not just any ole day, but it was my first New Years Eve in Germany. I had just got back from a six-month peace keeping mission in Bosnia, as did the rest of my unit and had a lot of money to travel with. I had plans to go to Amsterdam earlier in the week, but decided not to since the unit next to mine was just raided for drugs. Although, I have never done drugs I knew this would put ...
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Small Business Owners Journey To California
1,292 wordsThe Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck exists as one of the greatest novels ever written during the Great Depression. Steinbeck uses life experiences as a tool for gaining knowledge on how migrants from the middle of the United States suffered during these difficult times. For example, the author actually lived with a migrant family for a while during the 1930 s, and ultimately the family decided to move to California in hopes for a more suitable life (class notes, 10 / 18). These life experienc...
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Miles Per Gallon Supply And Demand
1,714 wordsHow does that happen? I stopped in the morning on the way in to work and filled up my gas tank for $ 1. 15 /gallon or roughly $ 13 a tank and then just ten hours later, the same gas station, the same grade of gas is $ 1. 10 /gallon! If I had only waited, I could have saved enough money to buy a candy bar or a can of pop for my much-needed afternoon sugar break! But, of course, it has worked the other way in the past. There have been plenty of times when I have waited until the afternoon to stop ...
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Sister In Law Side Of The Road
1,408 words... o seven months pregnant with her second child at the time. While driving along the country backroads at night, a strange car pulled up beside her and directed her to pull off onto the side of the road. She did as instructed, and the man in the car told her that her rear wheel was wobbling, and that he would fix it. The man got out, adjusted the tire, and then got back in his car and sped off. Kathleen drove a few feet before the rear tire fell completely off. The stranger returned, and profu...
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License Plate Gas Station
1,363 wordsOn a windy winter night in 1932, a kidnapper crept onto the estate of Charles A. Lindbergh, climbed a homemade ladder, placed a ransom note on the window, and left with the baby of the most famous man in the world. The ransom was paid, but the child was found months later, dead in the woods near the house. A two year hunt for the murderer ensued. Arrested and charged was 35 -year-old Bronx carpenter Bruno Richard Hauptmann. The purpose of this paper is to research what really went down during th...
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Gas Station Front Door
1,386 words... our gone, she says. How long do you think itll take? I dont know. I might just drive around for a little bit and see the sights. I havent been out in a while, he lets out a big laugh and Kari smiles at his joke. Tony gets up and heads into the kitchen. What do you have to do while Im gone? Ive just got some errands to run. Some stuff for the shop, you know. He goes to the cabinet above the sink, removes a loose side-panel, feels around and finds the key. He makes his way to the garage and fi...
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Examining Themes In Filling Station By Elizabeth Bishop
1,131 wordsOften in life one gravitates towards what one knows, has lived, and has experienced. This is what is comfortable to the general public and most do not try to venture away from the flock. This is the opposite in Elizabeth Bishops case. Growing up in a family filled with issues, twists, and turns her life was anything but normal. Bishop uses poetry to create order, beauty, and stability to an otherwise bland world; this can be seen by analyzing her poems. Sometimes it would take Bishop a few years...
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F Scott Fitzgerald T J Eckleburg
1,832 wordsMovie: Life, Like The Great Gatsby Brian Olson OLSON 1 Professor John Hughes ENC 1102 December 3, 1996 Imagine that you live in the nineteen twenties, and that you are a very wealthy man that lives by himself in a machine, on a lake and who throws parties every weekend. This is just the beginning of how to explain the way Jay Gatsby lived his life. This novel, by F. Scott, Fitzgerald is one that is very deep in thought. Fitzgerald releases little clues along the way of the novel that will be cry...
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People Per Square Mile Alcohol Abuse
2,642 wordsSubstance Abuse Prevention Community Assessment The community that we have chosen to assess is Springfield, Missouri. Springfield is located in Green County in Southwest. According to the USDC, Bureau of the Census in 1999 the population estimate for the Springfield Metropolitan area was 308, 332. The annual population growth rate is 1. 8 % for Springfield. This is compared to 0. 6 % for the state of Missouri and 1. 2 % for the United States. Population density of Springfield is 2, 068 people pe...
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