Train 664 leaves Thirtieth Street Station bound for New York City at 10:55. Concurrently‚ Train 663 leaves the station‚ headed for Harrisburg. Both trains are‚ confusingly‚ called The Keystone. If Mark and I have tickets for Train 664 because we plan to celebrate his 58th birthday with a day of Manhattan museum-going‚ but somehow end up on Train 663 instead‚ how many miles do we travel in the wrong direction before we realize that we’ve made a terrible mistake? Or‚ to put it another way
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IT’S THE BUTCHER! An old woman was lonely. She decided to get a pet. She didn’t have much money so she went to a second hand pet shop. She saw many animals: a three legged cat‚ a dog without a tail‚ fish that could only swim backwards and a beautiful bird that could only say one thing‚ “Who is it?”. She decided to buy the bird. She bought a cage for her bird and went home. She put the bird by the door and went downtown to do some shopping. While she was gone‚ a man knocked on the door
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Etymology The English name Switzerland is a compound containing Switzer‚ an obsolete term for the Swiss‚ which was in use during the 16th to 19th centuries.[14] The English adjective Swiss is a loan from French Suisse‚ also in use since the 16th century. The name Switzer is from the Alemannic Schwiizer‚ in origin an inhabitant of Schwyz and its associated territory‚ one of the Waldstätten cantons which formed the nucleus of the Old Swiss Confederacy. The name originates as an exonym‚ applied pars
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The Indian team’s bat handyman Ram Bhandari is the team’s go-to man for bat-related problems. By Qaiser Mohammad Ali | Mail Today – Sat 1 Sep‚ 2012 11:54 AM IST Two days before the India-New Zealand Test began here on Friday‚ Sachin Tendulkar‚ Gautam Gambhir‚ Suresh Raina‚ R Ashwin and a few others got their willows repaired by India’s most trusted one-man bat repair shop. While Tendulkar’s new bat turned out to be slightly longer than the permissible length‚ Gambhir had two of his bats repaired
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The Raccoon & The Squirrel (The Priest Story) Once upon a time deep in the forest lived a raccoon named Simon who is a mischievous fellow that steals food occasionally from the farmer’s land. On every full moon Simon would quietly sneak into the farmer’s land and steal some of the ripe vegetables and fruits leaving his home unguarded. While Simon is busy stealing food‚ Ruphis the squirrel who recently moved into the forest noticed Simon’s daily routines and started to loot Simon’s home and takes
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The last train journey during the last Durga Puja vacation remains fresh in my mind. The journey remained important for the reason that it was a rare opportunity for me in student life. The half yearly examination was to be held after the holidays as per the notification. The news brought cheer and I eagerly waited for the opportunity to have a trek to Delhi‚ the capital of India. The prospect of visiting Delhi with my parents filled my heart with joy. I went with other family members from Cuttack
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"Bet you $10 he won’t‚" said the second guy. Then‚ the guy on the television closed his eyes and threw himself off the bridge. The second guy hands the first guy the money. "I can’t take your money‚" said the first guy. "I cheated you. The same story was on the five o’clock news." "No‚ no. Take it‚" said the second guy. "I saw the five o’clock news too. I just didn’t think the guy was dumb enough to jump again!" Discussing the tax rates A visitor from Holland was chatting with his American
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CELIA CRUZ Cruz was born on the date of October 21‚ 1925 in Havana‚ Cuba. She was born as Ursula Hilaria Celia Caridad Cruz Alfonso to the parents of Catalina Alfonso and Simon Cruz. Her trademark quote was “azucar” meaning sugar in the Spanish language. She was the first female salsa mega-star and today she’s known as the Queen of Salsa. She was raised in the neighborhood of Santo Suarez along with 14 other siblings. She was the second of 4 children. Life in this neighborhood was very brutal and
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The theme of It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini is life is filled with problems‚ but you need to work through them‚ and learn about yourself. An example of this being the theme is while Craig is in the hospital he discovers his love for art after realizing how much he enjoys art Craig decides to go to art school instead of his original high school. By adding this the author wanted the reader to recognize Craig making concrete plans for his future. This showed that Craig learned about himself
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It’s Kind of a Funny Story Ned Vizzini Prompt #2 The word hope‚ in the dictionary means a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen. Everyone finds hope in their own way. Things or events we may not see hope in‚ may just be the defining hopeful moment in someone else’s life. Hope is in our daily lives weather we choose to see it or not. It is in the books we read‚ the people we meet and in our lives as a hole. A famous quote by Desmond Tutu states ¨Hope is being able to see
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