“The righteous will flourish like a palm tree‚ they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon.” (Psalm 92:12) It is mentioned seventy times in the Bible; King Solomon used its cedars to build his glorious temples‚ and the Romans built their only temple for Jupiter on its land. Moreover‚ it was from its coasts that the Phoenicians spread the world’s first alphabet. The word ‘Lebanon’ symbolized beauty‚ strength‚ and pride. What was it that caused this fame to be replaced with infamy? Why does the word
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Although people say that listening to others is an important attribute so that you have different perspectives to consider and learn from‚ having your own opinion and a strong belief in it is the most crucial matter. There are many examples like the Lord of the Flies when Ralph tried to protect the strayed boys with the rule of organization and sticking to his owen decisions without being shaken by Jack the “bad” character. Similarly‚ Mahatma Gandhi clings to his owen opinion of anti-violence and
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In my book club‚ I read the novel‚ I Will Always Write Back by Caitlin Alifirenka‚ Martin Ganda‚ and Liz Welch. This is is a biography and it deserves a ✩✩✩✩✩. It demonstrates how little people knew about the suffering of the people of Africa. It saddens me to think that there are so many others like Martin who will not reach their true potential just because they are too poor to afford to go to school. I personally related with this book on many levels. First‚ I felt like Caitlin at the beginning
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the baseball player he himself had not been. Mickey Mantle joined the Yankees at 19. His father died of cancer at the age of 39‚ just as his son was starting his career. Whether it was from the pressures of the fear of death‚ the expectations he had always lived with‚ or some other inexplicable reason‚ Mickey Mantle soon started what was to be a lifelong pattern of alcohol abuse. He drank more and more to escape from the pain of losing his father. After he retired at 37‚ his drinking got really bad
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to entertain their audience? As a reader you want to be pulled in and experience the thrill in the author’s texts. You want to understand why the author decided to do what they did. In the short story “An American Childhood” by Annie Dillard and “Always Running” by Luis J. Rodriguez‚ they utilize many action verbs‚ different forms of figurative language‚ tone‚ and structure to engage the reader. Dillard and Rodriguez uses active verbs in their stories to bring out how they felt about being chased
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English is the language that you can’t ignore in a modern world. It is linked every where to business education and communication and other various things. The English language is and will be important in a global society. The people need it in every day life all around the world. This is the main reason why English is the most widely spoken and the most commonly studied language in the world. This is because during the long period of time it had become the main source of communication between people
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fleeting‚ romanticized moments stick with them due to the gravity they had on their lives; they are what makes them the people they are today. However‚ sometime in the not too distant future that could all change. In Aviva Lucas Gutnick’s 2011 study “Always Connected: The new digital media habits of young children”‚ research found that nearly 80% of very young children (ages 0-5) use the internet at least once a week (Gutnick 16). Before long‚ people’s nostalgia will be thoughts of their first Facebook
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Don’t you think that when you are having a hard time‚ it is always your mother who be there for you? If you do it means that you agree with the statement that women are always better parents than men. The reasons are women giving more attention to their children and they also spend more time with their children compared to men. To begin with‚ it is the fact that women concern more about their children. Even though she is a working person‚ a mother still works out her responsibilities like cooking
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Who’s always right? Customers vs. Businesses Customers today still believe the old adage that the customer is always right. The debate between customers and business owners on who is really right can even be traced back to where this business principle came from. The phrase was first used by the Chicago department store Marshall Field’s (now Macy’s) but is more commonly attributed to Harry Gordon Selfridge who founded London’s Selfridges department store. The idea of the principle was to treat customers
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Presonal Writing: My First Impression of My Teacher Miss Vicki My first impression of Miss Vicki was a highly authoritative figure towering over me. Her voice boomed and the earth shook whenever she marched. She seemed like such an unapproachable and distant person. That was in the first year ofPresonal Writing: My First Impression of My Teacher Miss Vicki Presonal Writing: My First Impression of My Teacher Miss Vicki My first impression of Miss Vicki was a highly authoritative figure towering over
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