It’s somewhere in the north of France. This morning I received two of your letters‚ dated the 3rd and 7th December in addition to the package you sent. Will you thank the boys for the lovely pictures that they drew and give them a kiss and cuddle from me‚ I only wish that I was there to do it myself. The socks and knitted scarf were also a much needed surprise‚ thank you‚ and the birthday cake looked wonderful. However‚ as I was dishing it out to the lads the blasted Hun decided to launch a gas
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Humankind sends its first human expedition to Mars. Because of various legal precedents‚ Valentine Michael Smith‚ the Man from Mars‚ is the inheritor to a vast fortune‚ and because of another precedent known as the Larkin Decision‚ Mike has a claim to legal ownership of the planet Mars. Therefore he has the potential to be massively influential in matters of Earth politics‚ and he is kept under close guard at a hospital by the leader of Earth’s government‚ Secretary General Joseph Douglas. In the
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Hale County‚ Alabama: From Slavery to Freedom in a Black Belt Community. The Politics of Reconstruction The Civil War was bloodiest war in American history (600‚000 soldiers died). It began as way to preserve Union but evolved into a struggle for African American freedom‚ resulting in the death of slavery in the United States and the unification of the states under a stronger central government. The Defeated South South destroyed after defeat: towns ruined‚ slavery (means of labor in cotton fields)
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Choices determine the outcome of life. Little decisions‚ from the size of the coffee in the morning‚ to big ones‚ like purchasing a new house‚ mold and shape one’s lifestyle. Equally important are the consequences‚ good or bad‚ of the actions and what one can learn from them. Maybe finding out that that extra large coffee is too big for the cup holder will persuade that particular person to opt for the medium one next time. The same foundation of cause and effect applies to much more serious actions
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Downfall from Arrogance The Crucible is a peculiar name to put for a play. In literal meaning‚ a crucible is a special pot in which you put materials in. The pot then goes in the fire‚ and you end up melting the contents‚ but not the pot itself. The way Miller named his play as The Crucible is what literary experts call symbolism. Arthur Miller’s basic purpose of writing this play was to signify that people react to situations in many different ways. In that same way‚ he symbolizes the attributes
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Report: Lessons from the Titanic Adapted from Causes and Effects of the Rapid Sinking of the Titanic by Vicki Bassett (http://www.writing.eng.vt.edu/uer/bassett.html) Date: 12 January 2012 Word count: 2802 Abstract This article discusses the material failures and design flaws that contributed to the rapid sinking of the Titanic‚ which collided with a massive iceberg in 1912 while on her maiden voyage from England to the United States. There were 2200 passengers
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Man From The South The story took place in Jamaica. The narrator was at a hotel and had just bought a beer and went to go relax by the pool and smoke some cigarettes‚ it was around six o’clock. “There were plenty of deck chairs around the swimming pool and there were white tables and huge brightly colored umbrellas and sunburned men and women sitting around in bathing suits.”(Dahl 1) There were men and women in and surrounding the pool having a great fun time. “The girls were English from the
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Lesson from NUMMI The first and foremost change in NUMMI as a learning organization was in management philosophy. In the old Fremont plant‚ the management never trusted the workers and in fighting mode with the union. Union functioned to get the most compensation with the least work‚ while management functioned to get the most production with the least compensation. Workers had no sense of ownership‚ they did not see total picture‚ their performance was low. NUMMI started with belief that workers
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in the relationship between human and animals. In short‚ she suggest that‚ “ Animals present a challenge to humans. They are both similar to and different from us. That is‚ they are like us… yet they are simultaneously lost to us…It is this paradox of like and not like same and different‚ that exists in our fascination with animals.” (p.7). From this central viewpoint‚ she establishes other premises around the human and animal relationship‚ such as‚ the notions that humans are both drawn to and disgusted
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A letter from prison Introduction Richard is the executive of Computer Associates. His company sells software products which usually have licence last for a period of three to ten years. The company has a “sales-driven-culture” which is “the more you sell‚ the more commissions you will get”. Richard is responsible for keep an eye on things like when the contracts are signed and when those payments are assured. It seems that he failed on his job because he was put in jail on April 24‚ 2006. The
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