Lost in Translation “In Poland‚ I would have known how to bring you up‚ I would have known what to do‚” my mother says wistfully‚ but here‚ she has lost her sureness‚ her authority. She doesn’t know how hard to scold Alinka when she comes home at late hours; she can only worry over her daughter’s vague evening activities. She has always been gentle with us‚ and she doesn’t want‚ doesn’t know how‚ to tighten the reins. But familial bonds seem so dangerously loose here! Truth to tell‚ I don’t want
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Farewell Address Washington’s Farewell Address‚ which was issued as a public letter in 1796‚ was and still is one of the most influential documents of our nation. It was also said to be a corner stone to our nations foreign policies. Drafted primarily by Washington himself‚ with some help from Alexander Hamilton‚ the address gives advice on the essential need of and importance of national union‚ the value of the Constitution and the rule of law‚ the evils of political parties‚ and the appropriate
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Farewell Party and Me When I arrived to my workplace‚ there was no one in my department. Staring at an automatic-drilling with a blinking yellow light‚ I thought myself that how long had the machine been stopped. I put my lunch bag on a computer desk and sit on a chair to check an email whether there was an important message left for me by my supervisor during daytime. While I was checking email my cell phone rang out suddenly. I was slightly frightened as it rang unexpectedly. Usually
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A very Good morning to respected principal‚ teachers and my dear friends I’m really happy that I got a chance to speak to all my friends from college on this occasion Today as I stand over here and look out to my wonderful friends a smile crosses my face with a tear in the eye..... Two years ago our journey started at Clara’s college. We were not let down. Our professors inspired and challenged us throughout this quest to help us achieve our goals.We worked hard to get where we are today
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Abstract: Expanded polystyrene (EPS) composite soil is a new kind of lightweight geomaterial‚ which is made of soil‚ binder‚ water‚ and EPS. Geotechnical properties of EPS composite soil are significantly affected by its constituents. A wide range of engineering properties including the unit weight and the compressive strength has been reported based on the variation in its ingredient proportions. The unit weight of EPS composite soil‚ which ranges from 5 to 18 kN/m3‚ is lighter than that of natural
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My first speech when I was in 9th grade for the farewell party of the 10th graders. It follows like this… Esteemed Director Sir‚ Principal‚ Teacher’s & My Senior Colleagues. Good Morning to all of you we are gathered here to give a farewell to our seniors. Is saying good bye really an occasion to celebrate? I consider myself it is very hard to say good bye to whom we like. This is the first farewell function of our school. Today we are saying goodbye to the first batch of 10th grader’s‚ those
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Lost In Translation "Lost In Translation" is one of those movies that seek to be something having something extra something that is more than a regular movie. Moreover‚ it does so effectively without being pretentious‚ all through the movie it does not seem like it is trying too hard to be something other than what is there. It is skillfully written‚ well directed and it boasts of a solid cast not very spectacular but full of good actors. Jointly‚ this eventually results in an enjoyable and interesting
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Formal analysis on Farewell‚ My Concubine and Raise the Red Lantern. Among the Chinese films that were shown in class‚ Farewell‚ My Concubine and Raise the Red Lantern could be distinguished as more modern films compared to others. Being that they are fairly modern piece of work‚ the camera techniques‚ the color scheme‚ and different props used in the two films were quite alike. It was really interesting to analyze the mise-en-scene of both of the films‚ because these two films carry out completely
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Shakespeare’s tragedy of Othello centres on deceit and naivety. The story begins in Venice‚ Italy and establishes the immediately the deceitful nature of Iago. Iago manipulates and lies throughout the story and is extremely influential. The protagonist‚ Othello held very little power in Venice however the transition of setting from Venice to Cyprus consequently transitioned the change of power to Othello. From this position Othello controls everything but there is much that he is unaware of. Iago’s
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After reading Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston’s memoir Farewell to Manzanar about the Japanese and her family being interned during World War II. I have a total different point of view on the Japanese internment camps‚ and I now understand all the anger‚ shame‚ and sadness that Jeanne’s family and the other Japanese had more than I did before. Before reading Farewell to Manzanar I did not know much about the Japanese being interned. I knew about it‚ but not much. At first I just thought the Japanese
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