"Five Minutes After the air Raid"‚ is a poignant and nostalgic evocation of a woman who loses everything after her home and family are destroyed by a bomb. The poem is written by Miroslav Holub‚ who skilfully balances the use of a factual journalistic tone with striking and at times shocking imagery‚ which combined evoke strong reactions in the reader. The encompassing sensation of horror and tragedy‚ are profoundly characteristic of Holub’s entire oeuvre. He was renowned for his humour in the face
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What Has Happened to Lulu? Louise Middleton‚ or Lulu‚ as she was fondly called by her mother‚ had been sitting on the hill for over forty minutes now. She bit her lip and found herself glancing around every time she heard a noise. Her fingers twitched and her heart was racing. Her mouth had turned dry but she forced herself to swallow. Suddenly‚ a shadow appeared on the ground in the distance. It began advancing towards her‚ growing longer and longer. Her heart pounded as she sat frozen‚ staring
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of government issues‚ these people were represented. The last was the lower class‚ which were very poor peasants that worked the land. What Happened - The Decembrist Uprising The Decembrist uprising happened in December 1825‚ and was the first of the “demonstrations” that led to the revolution. The members of the upper class and even former soldiers revolted after the death of Alexander I and‚ although it failed‚ the revolt gave inspiration to future generations. Later‚ a conservative revolt made
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What happened? At 10:10am on 26th January 1966‚ the three Beaumont children caught a bus to go to the beach. The bus stop was less than 100 metres from their home. The bus driver‚ Mr I. D. Monroe‚ confirmed that he had seen the children get on and off his bus. A passenger also noticed them and was able to recall the colours of the clothes the children were wearing and that Jane was carrying a copy of the book Little Women. The children got off the bus at 10:15am. The police believed that the local
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“So‚ you are not sad for what happened?” “I am happy now as I always am” “Well‚ I don’t understand what you are trying to say.” “Tell me one thing‚ are you happy?” “Well‚NO. I am not happy.” “What is happiness for you then? When are you going to be happy?” “I am just worried‚ finals are approaching‚ there’s a mock test event I have to conduct and other lots of problem at the moment. Maybe I will be happy if I get good grades” “Trust me child it won’t make you happy !!! ” It was an ordinary evening
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started fires instead of putting them out? Ray Bradbury created this dystopian society of backwards thinking in his novel Fahrenheit 451. When he wrote the book‚ during the Cold War‚ the United States was beginning to censor many things and his fear of what it would turn into inspired him to write this novel. In Fahrenheit 451‚ Ray Bradbury overly exaggerates a future society from where the United States in the 1950’s was heading through loss of humanity from television and the theme of censorship by;
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Oranth‚ the vice – president of Nupath Foods Inc. was very much satisfied with the latest sales figures of the company. He was pleased with the successful marketing campaign of the sagging sales of Prowess cat food as the Sales volume of the product has increased by 20 percent in the past quarter compared with the previous year. The market share was up as well. The improved sales of Prowess were credited to Denise Washington who was the brand manager for cat food at Nupath. She was a very promising
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Microscope Microscopes are instruments that produce a magnified image of a small object. They are used in many scientific and industrial applications. Some common applications for microscopes include manufacturing inspection and high-technology quality control. Specific quality control applications for microscopes include semiconductor processing‚ medical imaging‚ cell research‚ and metallurgical analysis. Microscopes are supplied in one of three common configurations‚ student‚ benchtop‚ and research
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1. What were the main reasons for World War I? 2. What were the results of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia and what happened to the Romanov family? 3. What reforms were proposed by Mexican Revolutionary Emiliano Zapata? 4. What caused the end of the Manchu Dynasty in China? 5. What were the goals of revolutionary China? 6. What was the weakness of the League of Nations? 7. What were some of the new weapons used in WWI and what was trench warfare? 8. What was
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for peace and freedom. During the 1960s people started to dressed in more colorful clothes. Clothing became loose and flowy. The hippie movement was during the 1960s. People did not care about what they looked like. They did drugs and partied and hooked up with whoever. There were many major events that happened during the 60s. The Pentagon papers was one of theses major events. It changed the how the American people looked at the government. People no longer trusted the government.Woodstock was a large
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