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    Neil Boris Dr. Coyle English 101 October 8‚ 2014 Is a College Degree Worth the Money? Enrolling in college opens up the door for you to receive a higher education in pursuit of a good job and brighter future. Gaining acceptance into college comes with many things‚ including an insurmountable amount of debt that will most likely take years after completion of a degree to pay off. With this debt‚ though‚ comes the fond memories often made during the career of a college student. Many believe that the

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    “Healing the Land and the Nation” by Sandra M. Sufian delves into the twentieth century Zionist movement‚ and its complicated relationship with the Palestinian landscape and disease‚ specifically malaria. The chapters each serve to construct a narrative as to why and through what means Zionists attempted to use their influence over the land‚ science‚ and medicine to not only correct a landscape that they considered to be tainted‚ but also to cure a people that they viewed similarly. Sufian argues

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    1.) In the article "Whispers from the Grave‚" and the poem "Haunted House" by Valerie Worth show reasons why many people are interested by ghosts. One reason people can be interested in ghosts is because they can use these stories to compensate their feelings for someone they lost that was close to them. In the beginning of the article‚ the author writes about who Sarah lost and how this affected her life after this tragedy. "Sarah was haunted by her grief. She felt she was being pursued by a menacing

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    The Crucible- A Drama Worth Watching On September 21‚ 2014 I had the privilege of attending opening night of “The Crucible” performed at the Old Vic Theater in London England‚ and directed by Yael Farber. “The Crucible” is based on the true historical events of the Salem witch trials. The play is set in Salem Massachusetts in the spring of 1692. Salem is filled with mass hysteria when a group of puritan girls including Abigail Williams the niece of the local minister Reverend Parris‚ Betty Parris

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    In the article ‘What is a Life Worth?’ Amanda Ripley wrote about how they put a dollar value on life starting in the late 1800’s. She talked about how the victims families of the 9/11 terrorist attack was affected by this in how much money they got back. The formula they used was based on the annual income of how many years they would have worked until they would have retired. They way the government determined the amount to pay the victim’s family following the 9/11 tragedy was the right decision

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    There are fast-food restaurant advertisements on almost every street corner‚ trying to grab attention by billboards‚ commercials‚ sign spinning‚ and more. In the book Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser he begins to describe how the first two major individuals invented their now multibillion dollar companies which who were Carl Karcher and the McDonald’s brothers. First with Carl N. Karcher‚ who is the founder of what is now called Carl’s Jr. He was born in 1917 near Upper Sandusky‚ Ohio‚ where he

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    Worth The Effort?

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    Worth the Effort? Why become a Christian if I must complete A‚ B and C? It seems the only way to Christ means completing a laundry list of assignments‚ which may create the question: why would I still want this after that? When reading “Batter My Heart” by John Donne‚ some might infer the previous conclusion. An English poet‚ Donne wrote this piece‚ one of his holy sonnets‚ five years before he became a priest. During that time‚ he remained in the progress of conversion from Roman Catholicism to

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    Beaulieu 1 Timothy Beaulieu Ms. Messier English 10H 2/27/13 George the Murderer As George’s lawyer‚ Timothy Beaulieu‚ I will be defending my litigant George Milton in this murder trial. George Milton was charged with premeditated murder for killing Lennie Small. One might find it alarming that George killed his best friend‚ Lennie‚ after all their aforementioned adventures together. Another might find it eccentric that Curley’s wife was killed and then Lennie gets killed shortly after. Accusa

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    Compostion #1 In the play‚ Trifles by Susan Glaspell‚ is about a murder mystery of Mr. Wright. The men; the court attorney‚ sheriff‚ and Mr. Hale‚ a neighorbor to the Wright family‚ and the women; the sheriff’s wife‚ Mrs. Peter and Mrs. Hale‚ solve the mysery in two very different ways. The men show up at the house as a crime scene‚ and only focusing on the bigger‚ important elements of a murder mystery. As Mr. Hale was trying to explain everything he saw in the house that morning of Mr. Wright’s

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    Battering Ram The battering ram was used for knocking doors and thin walls down. It consisted of banging a chopped tree against thin walls and door with the strength and force of 6-10 men. It was good because it was easy to transport because of the wheels at the bottom and it was more efficient than pickaxes. It was bad because it was generally made of wood which could catch fire easily. Catapult The catapult was a siege engine which was used to throw projectiles over walls. These projectiles

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