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The Great Gatsby 4A big house, nice cars, 2.5 kids, a dog, a beautiful devoted spouse, power and a ridiculous amount of money. That is the classical American Dream, at least for some. One could say, an outsider perhaps, that Americans strive for the insurmountable goal of perfection, live, die and do unimaginable ...
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Personal Writing: Jim Thomson's HouseThe first time when I heard this name "Jim Thomson's House" in the class of English for Guide, I didn't know what this place is like and there were many questions about this house in my head such as where is it located ? who is Jim Thomson ? what did he do? why his house is famous? and what are ...
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LasersDid you know that some laser beams are small enough and powerful enough to drill two hundred holes on a spot as tiny as the head of a pin?
The first major advancement in laser development came in 1954. This was the year that Charles H. Townes, an American physicist, created a device that amplified ...
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KING LEARIt is said by Lear that it would have been better if Cordelia ��hadst not been born than not t��have pleased me better��, but France supports her by referring to her as ��Fairest Cordelia�� to put her into a better light. As France is portrayed as a ��true gentleman�� his views and opinions are ...
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Edgar Allan PoeShort Story Perversity is perhaps the best-known American Romantic who worked in the Gothic mode. His stories explore the darker side of the Romantic imagination, dealing with the grotesque, the supernatural, and the horrifying. He defined the form of the American short story. As one might ...
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Original Gullivers Travel StorThe People of What, where can I begin? Out of all of my strange experiences, this adventure was one of the most puzzling and frustrating.
It all began when I decided to be the head surgeon on another boat. I was thinking, “Hmm all the other times I’ve been on a boat, I’ve ...
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History Of PhotographyIn 1839 the Academy of Science in Paris, France made an announcement that would change our view on the world and ourselves forever. An artist named Louis Jacques Mand� Daguerre and a amateur french scientist had developed a process by which a permanent image could be printed on a silver plated ...
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CurfewsWhile driving home from work late one Tuesday night, he noticed the blare of a siren and the blinding lights in his rearview mirror. �I was stopped and questioned five times, by five different police officers on my three-mile drive home,� said a 16-year-old from Monrovia, CA (�Do You Know Where ...
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Leonardo Da Vinciis one of the greatest and most ingenious
men that history has produced. His contributions in the areas of art,
science, and humanity are still among the most important that a single
man has put forth, definitely making his a life worth knowing.
Da Vinci, born on April 15, 1452, is credited ...
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Canada - Of The United States Of AmericaThe Canadian identity has always been difficult to define. We, as
Canadians, have continued to define ourselves by reference to what we are not -
American - rather than in terms of our own national history and tradition. This
is ironic since the United States is continuing to be allowed by ...
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American Self Perception Vs. The TruthLee Greenwood, a song writer, describes the emotion involved in
American self-perception in a song by saying, "I'm proud to be an American. For
at least I know I'm free." Freedom is the founding pillar of the American self-
perception. Self-perception is the culmination of how one views ...
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Depression 4Depression (psychology), mental illness in which a person experiences deep, unshakable sadness and diminished interest in nearly all activities. People also use the term depression to describe the temporary sadness, loneliness, or blues that everyone feels from time to time. In contrast to normal ...
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Summer By The PoolWhile lying on my back, I could feel the radiant glow of the sun beating down on my already sun-kissed skin. The tropical aroma of sun tan lotion and hibiscus filled my nose. The peacefulness of summer surrounded me like a blanket of warmth.
I opened my eyes and saw the sun glaring down at me. I ...
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Creative Writing: EqualityNausea. To describe the whole situation in one word I would have to
choose nausea. The Expo center was packed with societies elite, eagerly
waiting the announcement of what the rumor mill had told them to be the most
important invention of the decade. The air was cold and damp, like that of ...
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Geoffrey Chaucer...I think some of Chaucer belongs to his time and that much of that
time is dead, extinct, and never to be made alive again. What was alive
in it, lives through him..._
--John Masefield
Geoffrey Chaucer�s world was the Europe of the fourteenth century. It was
neither rich or poor, happy nor ...
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Hound Of The Baskervilles"Perhaps when a man has special knowledge and special powers like my own, it rather encourages him to seek a complex explanation when a simpler one is at hand." (Arthur 1) This quote by Sherlock Holmes, the most famous fictional character of A.C. Doyle, describes not only Sherlock Holmes but also ...
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The Scarlet Letter: Symbolism Of The Letter ANathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter includes many profound and
important symbols. This device of symbolism is portrayed well in the novel,
especially through the scarlet letter "A". The "A" is the best example
because of the changes in the meaning throughout the novel. In the
beginning of ...
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Plus (computer Program)Sather is an object oriented language designed to be simple, efficient, safe, and non-proprietary. It aims to meet the needs of modern research groups and to foster the development of a large, freely available, high-quality library of efficient well-written classes for a wide variety of ...
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UnionsWhy ?
" are groups of working people who join to talk to employers
about wages and conditions of work instead of workers talking to employers
on an individual basis."1 Because they speak for everybody, can get
a better deal for each worker than one employee could by negotiating with
the ...
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