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People That Cared Things In Life Problem
1,118 words
When exactly is it in life when you expect that
your becoming an adult? For me I think I'm still
in transition. I am ready for the real world but I
still trying to get use to being responsible. I
got a job for the responsibility and to make money
but when I should be accounting for how much money
I make I simply slack off. In fact I don't even do
it. I should also be saving but I can't even do
that. Once I get my check I am ready to spend it
and regret it later when I'm broke. There have
been ma...
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Peter The Great Western Europe
1,053 words
Peter The Great's Cruelty and It's Effect on His
Power Peter the Great's reign over Russia paved
the way for Russia's future as a world power. His
many reforms and westernization of the country
influenced millions and left a lasting legacy. The
complexity of Peter is astonishing, his
intellectual curiosity, combined with his hasty
temper and cruelty caused a tumultuous but
successful reign as Tsar. His brilliance as a
ruler profoundly effected Russian society but his
cruel decisions left an inde...
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Night After Ms Night After Ms A Left Dancers
1,201 words
" 1, 2, 36, 7, 8 " Ms A counts the dance's
pounding beat as her dancer's practiced for hours.
Ms A, an experienced dance instructor who has a
passion about the art of dance owned a ranch
called " The One and Only Dance Community. " The
Dance Community was 50 acres of dance rooms, work
out facilities, cafeterias and dorms which housed
the dancers. Ms A, a very demanding dance
instructor expected nothing less than perfection
of her students. This perfection required complete
control over the dance...
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Point Of View Blind Man
1,332 words
1) -A Choose one of the stories we have read and
rewrite from a small part of it from a different
narrative's point of view. "I like the way it is"
I said. "I get so tired of it, " Sally said. "I
get so tired of looking like a boy. " Facing her
as she sat on the dressing table, I saw her
twiddling with her wedge style pretty brunette
hair. I sighed and admired how lucky I was to have
her in my life. Back home in Boston, Sally was the
Home coming Queen at Central Boston High. We were
childhood sw...
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Fifty Six Six Years
1,480 words
Today 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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Back To School First Day
1,082 words
Helgerson 1 Over the years, as you think back to
when you were a kid. Going back to school meant a
variety of things. With it came all the emotions
and feelings that you carry with you for the rest
of your life. At the time you had no idea what
they meant or how to deal with it. You just knew
how it made you feel. Like your first day at
kindergarten, scared and totally overwhelmed. All
night before my big day, I threw up. That morning
I walked through the door, sat down at my desk and
threw up. ...
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Five Minutes Door Open
856 words
It was Monday, may 1 st, the first day of prom
week. Prom was this coming Friday, and week we do
silly things to get pumped for prom. Today started
off just like any other day, little did I know
that this would be start of the worst week of my
life. That morning was just like ant other
morning. Of course I slept throught my alarm
clock, so I woke up to the lovely sound of my
mothers voice yelling at me to wake-up. I crawled
into the shower, still half asleep. Got dressed,
luckily today I had a s...
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Mademoiselle Reisz Adele Ratignolle
909 words
The Impressionist The opponent has just made his
final play. The outcome of the game all depends on
the next move. The mind, which was once hazy, is
now becoming clearer. The goal is now in focus.
She makes her move towards the left and then
quickly retreats as though her body were to be
sliced in half. She thinks this cannot be right,
just because that move works for my teammate does
not mean that it is right for me. There are two
paths that can be taken to ensure victory or as it
seems to the ...
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Make A Profit Colonel Cathcart
1,081 words
Lieutenant Milo Minderbinder is in charge of the
mess halls at a military base on the island of
Pianosa. There he builds his own syndicate, which
sells food to the personnel. Though his superiors
are impressed with the work he does, other people,
including Yossarian, are outraged by some of his
ruthless, sometimes even crooked business
practices. Indeed, Milo stops at nothing to get
his way even manages to convince his superiors
that it is in everyone's best interests when he
makes a deal with t...
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U S Immigration Illegal Immigrants
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... ea citizens tend to view them in a hostile
manner because of the perceived notion that
illegal immigrants are using resource meant for
legal residents (Bean 204). The United States
immigration policy does not allow people to
immigrate if they are expected to be dependant on
public services. Yet in 1993 approximately 12 % of
the 5. 9 million recipients of Supplemental
Security Income benefits were immigrants, which
account for about 5 % of the population (Mont 15).
Statistics such as these ad...
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Greco Roman Gold Medal
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SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- Rulon Gardner did the
unthinkable. He beat the unbeatable. He proved
that Alexander Karelin isn't perfect -- and he won
a gold medal that virtually nobody in the world
thought he could win. Gardner, never an NCAA
champion, never a world medalist, ended Karelin's
string of three Olympic gold medals and 13 -year
unbeaten streak by winning the Olympic super
heavyweight wrestling gold medal 1 - 0 Wednesday.
Miracle on ice? This was the miracle on the mat.
''When did I think...
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Grade Point Average Community College
796 words
Two things didn't mix well in my life. One was
being a full time student and the other an
athlete. It was great not having parents around
telling you to do your homework or to go to class,
of which I never did. I had a choice, which was
more important, playing lacrosse or studying. Like
any first year college student I picked lacrosse.
At that point I didn't realize what I was getting
myself into. Who at that age would know either? My
worst nightmare came true in the summer of 1989. I
was academ...
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Feeling Of Security Side Of The Road
632 words
There is an old adage that claims it is better to
be safe than sorry. Most people living on planet
Earth would agree. The art of preparation is a
skill every old person wants the youth of America
to possess. Business leaders want their employees
to be better prepared. Simple everyday people want
to be ready for all kinds of disasters that life
may have in store for them. Someone who was trying
to be wise once said, Dig the well before you are
thirsty. This person was obviously relatively
smart. ...
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Challenge Plays An Essential Role Challenge Plays An Essential Skiing
576 words
Almost everyone around the world enjoys sports in
one way or another. Sports range from basketball,
a team sport, to speed skating, to skiing. Sports
are usually defined by the characteristics of the
activity; good sports must be made of multiple
strong attributes. These elements must make the
sport enjoyable to all involved at many levels, to
provide basic leisure, to test one's abilities and
to develop the individual's mental and physical
boundaries. Skiing includes all of the right
elements t...
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Stay Awake Began Teacher
1,116 words
My eyelids drooped as I poured yet another cup of
coffee, so that I might stay awake long enough to
study the last thousand pages or so in my
notebook. Maybe it was just too much caffeine, but
it seemed to me that the coffee machine was
laughing at me, as it seemed to say youre
hopeless, go to bed. I had been studying for so
long now that the few things I did know for
certain at the beginning were now beginning to
baffle me. Facts and figures jumbled together in
one huge pile in my mind, useless...
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Running Water Looked Back
1,333 words
Wiping the sweat from my brow I called a halt to
the crew. Phil and I dumped our packs and found a
comfy boulder to rest on. I looked back to where
the last guys were coming from back down the
trail. They had stopped talking a while back and
marched slowly along the dirt trail. Phil produced
an energy-bar hed saved from breakfast and began
to munch on it as I drained another water bottle.
After the refreshing drink I laid back against the
rock and stared up at the pine trees. But a moment
later,...
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Altitude Problem Morning People
718 words
The pale pearly light of pre-dawn was spreading
across the sky above Mount Kinabalu on the
northeast of East Malaysia. The early morning
silence was shattered by the bustle of campers
getting ready. I drew a sharp intake of air. As I
peered outside my tent, the forest around the
camping ground came to life. Birds started
chirping and a morning breeze blew past, sending
shivers down my spine. There were three other
groups hiking together with us on this climb.
Waking my friends up, I headed to pr...
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Issyk Kul Real Life Friends
804 words
Up to now my life had more imaginations than I
carried out in my dreams. It was full of amazing
and incredible events, surprises that change my
moods or shocked as well that I felt frustrated,
tired of living in the savage world where everyone
tried to be apart of it. Once I changed my
attitude toward everything, I recognized my world,
my future and myself. It happened when my friends
and I had almost finished our last academic year
and were invited by our lovely and friend like
teachers to an a...
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War On Drugs Legalizing Drugs
1,028 words
... term or dangerous effects scissors or drinking
or drug taking may have on them. By making drugs
legal, it would help to eliminate those who are
drawn to them by the elusiveness, the sexiness or
the risk. Next is the problem of demand. Judge
James P. Gray in speaking out in favor of
legalizing drugs said, making drugs illegal
amounts to an attempt to repeal the law of supply
and demand, an impossible task. The prohibition
raises the price of the goods, and with so much
money to be made, peasa...
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Secret Hiding Spot Hiding Spot In The Woods Back
1,737 words
Dwight giving my Winchester away was
inconceivable; I left the house and went to talk
to Arthur. Arthur, can you believe that Dwight
would make the decision to trade my Winchester for
a stupid dog, especially without asking me? On top
of that, he lied to my mother once again. There is
no way that Dwight will get my Winchester back
like he told my mother he would. Who knows, said
Arthur, Maybe he didnt lie to your mother and he
really is going to trade for your Winchester back.
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