“You can say that again.” They stopped talking. Listening‚ suddenly they heard footsteps coming down the street‚ under the trees‚ outside the house now‚ on the sidewalk. From her bed Mother called quietly‚ “That’s your father.” It was. Late at night on the bent parch Leo Auffmann wrote a list he could not see in the dark‚ exclaiming‚ “Ah!” or‚ “That’s another!” when he hit upon a fine component. Then the front-door screen made a moth sound‚ tapping. “Lena?” he whispered
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provided me with a ray of light. My head was bursting with pain as if someone had banged on my head with a thick wooden stick. I closed my eyes and tried to remember what went wrong and how I came here. I remember‚ it was twelve o’clock at night when I decided to start my work and that time my target was the rich man’s house of the city‚ Dr. Andrew. I used to work with Dr. Andrew as his assistant. As I stepped toward he door an ominous black cat crossed my way which I hardly paid attention to. Everyone
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Insurance sector faces high rate of attrition Radhika Menon N.S.Vageesh |When the rejections start and the doors start getting banged in the face‚ new agents confront failure. The dropouts begin. | Mumbai/Chennai ‚ March 9 YOU might have heard of high job attrition rates of between 15 per cent and 20 per cent in the software sector. But even these pale in comparison to the kind of turnover that the insurance industry witnesses with its agency force. Conservative estimates
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Jack was bigger than any umbrella he ever had. Jack looked up at the house‚ which could fit a giant through the front door! Wait a minute! Jack thought. If that door could fit a giant through it‚ it must be a giant’s house! They must have food! If I’m not their food. With his heart hammering in his rib cage‚ he scrambled to the door. He knocked twice. An ogress opened up the door. “Hello?” She called. “Down here!” Jack yelled. The ogre lady looked down on him. She squinted and then smiled. “Hello
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can still remember it like it was yesterday. It all started at about 2 p.m. It was the time I went back from school on foot. I was so tried and all I wanted was to just relax and eat. When I arrived at the front gate‚ I was shocked.The gate and the door were opened. It was because at that time there was nobody in my house as all my family members were not at home I was frightened and did not know what I should do. Should I go inside or call the police? I was hesitant because my family went out
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Have you ever broken every bone in your body?! Oh yeah‚ neither have I...but I did tear my ACL one time during a soccer game. I was running down the field so exhausted‚ I slipped rolled over the ball fell back and banged my head on the rough‚ scratchy turf. I fell so badly on my knee. I started getting tunnel vision‚ and I had a huge headache‚ I knew it was not long till I went unconcious. I could hear my heart pounding in my ears and head‚ I slowly looked down at my leg. I was not seeing the extent
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“Damn‚ you’re really sweaty!” Helen said with a giggle. I glared at her lightly and sat down‚ ignoring her comment. “What happened?” I exclaimed‚ expecting the worst. Apparently a man that lives two doors down from Roy ran away. His sister got worried so she called the police and filed a missing persons report. The men and women in uniform were going to all of the neighbors homes around the area asking if they had seen the missing man. With what I
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Sophia header [#1978267] Header image for my poemSophia header [#1978267] Header image for my poem “Burn the witch! Burn the witch!” Low echoes of the chant slithered across the dirty cobblestones and under the badly warped door of the small townhouse where Sophia and her mother sat on rickety low stools at the kitchen table mending Sophia’s ragged clothes‚ trying to squeeze just a little bit more life from the faded rags. Sophia’s eyes widened at the noise and she glanced fearfully to her
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It was the most horrific April night. The moon was nowhere in sight the stars hid under the cover of dark storm clouds. The wind shook the trees violently and the temperature was biting. Thunder could be heard rumbling and lightning lit up the night sky. Emery Clarkson‚ a man in his thirties‚ emerged out of an Clarkson Corporations after a late night of trying to finish the never-ending‚ mountain-of-work on his desk. His hair was dishevelled‚ his face exhibited a weary expression‚ his suit was wrinkled
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always tried to find a way to immigrate to a different country so we wouldn’t be forced to live in fear of starvation and political upheaval on a daily basis. It was a cold January evening and I had just gotten back from school when the door suddenly banged open. My mother stood there anxiously with excitement in her eyes. I knew something fantastic had occurred because I have never seen my mother so happy. As she calmed down and sat on the couch she told me‚ “I received a letter in the mail
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