September 24‚ 1896 F. Scott Fitzgerald was the son of Edward Fitzgerald‚ who worked for Proctor and Gamble and brought his family to Buffalo and Syracuse‚ New York‚ for most of his son’s first decade. Edward Fitzgerald’s great-great-grandfather was the brother of the grandfather of Francis Scott Key‚ who wrote the poem “The Star-Spangled Banner.” This fact was of great significance to Mrs. Fitzgerald‚ Mollie McQuillan‚ and later to Scott. Mollie Fitzgerald’s own family could offer no pretensions to aristocracy
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Fall “The most glamorous of all wars‚ is the war between oneself and himself.” How much sense does this quote make? What if it comes from an old warrior who has taken chief leadership roles in four major military battles? This is a quote of my grandfather‚ General Ahmed El Kouny‚ a major capstone in my life development. Although a military man with an “armed mentality” as he always labeled himself‚ he could through basic commonsense come to Erikson’s psychosocial analysis of personal development;
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LUMAD is a Bisayan term meaning "native" or "indigenous". It is adopted by a group of 15 from a more than 18 Mindanao ethnic groups in their Cotabato Congress in June 1986 to distinguish them from the other Mindanaons‚ Moro or Christian. Its usage was accepted during the Cory Administration when R.A. 6734‚ the word Lumad was used in Art. XIII sec. 8(2) to distinguish these ethnic communities from the Bangsa Moro. At present‚ Mindanao Lumads account for 2.1 million out of the total 6.5 million
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Stuart MacDonald AP English Relationship between ownership and sense of self For centuries‚ historians have discussed the relationship between ownership of tangible items and sense of self. Aristotle claims that ownership of tangible goods helps to develop moral character. However‚ even though the relationship‚ as outlined by Aristotle‚ allows people to establish their moral character‚ it teeters on the fine line between self-confidence and self-deprecation. For some people the ownership of objects
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Hung Truong ENGL 098 01/23/2013 Remembering an Event In Vietnam‚ just like here in the United States of America there are many holidays. But Vietnamese New Year is the biggest traditional holiday of the year. It is the first and last moments of a year and it’s a time for families to gather all together on New Year Eve with the firecrackers‚ special food. This also is the opportunity for students like me to meet old friends after one year abroad‚ to
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Radelle Mendaros Grade VIII-Silver English 1.)KINDS OF SENTENCES ☁ DECLARATIVE SENTENCE- Is used to make a statement of fact‚ wish‚ intent‚ or feeling. ex. I have seen that movie twice. ex. I wish I could go on the picnic. ☁IMPERATIVE SENTENCE-is used to state a command‚ request‚ or direction. The subject is always "You‚" even though it may not be expressed in the sentence. ex. (You) Be on time for dinner. ex. (You) Open the window‚ please. ☁INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE-
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Adam Bede Book Summary Adam Bede is a young workman of twenty-six in the town of Hayslope in Loamshire. He is the foreman of a carpentry shop where his brother‚ Seth‚ also works. The novel opens in the workshop with an argument among the men about religion. We learn that Dinah Morris‚ a Methodist preacher with whom Seth is in love‚ will speak in the village that evening. Seth goes to the prayer meeting and afterwards proposes to Dinah‚ who refuses him. Meanwhile‚ Adam has gone home and found
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The social costs of being Filipino migrants abroad A POINT OF AWARENESS By Preciosa S. Soliven | Updated October 30‚ 2008 - 12:00am 0 0 googleplus0 0 Launched in 2002 by Philippine Social Science Council (PSSC)‚ the book – Filipinos in Global Migration: At Home in the World? – a book project of the Philippine Migration Research Network (PMRN)‚ brings together writings about Filipino migrants all over the world by non-Filipino scholars published in international journals between 1986 and 2000
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Take a cursory glance at the news on any particular day and it would be tough not to acquire a pessimistic attitude towards your fellow man. There are endless reports of burglary‚ bombings‚ horrific murders‚ racists‚ and bullying‚ either towards the young or elderly‚ which can make anyone lose all hope in the capability that humans can one day live in complete serenity. Humans have continuously questioned the genetic disposition of our behavioral traits. Prone to show selfishness‚ violence‚ and cruelty
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