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    Cited: Barnet‚ Sylvan. “Current Issues and Enduring Questions” Anna Quindlen. A Pyrrhic Victory. New York Times 1986-1994‚ 573-574 “Top 10 2008 http://std.about.com/od/prevention/tp/toptencompsexed.htm

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    The United States has always been a united country in spite of its disparate cultures and religions. Throughout history‚ the American people have shown again and again that they can put aside their differences because of mutual goals. Therefore‚ sharing these goals often unite individuals in American society. The Americans usually coalesce when faced against a common foe. In the “Gettysburg Address‚” Abraham Lincoln encourages the living “be here dedicated to the great task remaining before [them]”

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    The secret life of pizza

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    pizza each second‚ or 100 acres per day? Excessive or just to die for. Pizza is a delicious fatty food that most people like eating. It’s from an Italian origin consisting of a flat round base dough baked with a topping of tomatoes and cheese. Anna Quindlen quotes “Ideas are like pizza dough‚ made to be tossed around.” Pizza has so much calories. 1 slice of a 14” large thin cheese pizza is equivalent to 190 whopping calories. Yet we still eat this high calorie food. Why? Because our brain plays tricks

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    SUCCESS

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    their mini-van. The family is headed home for a meal prepared by his wife. Which person is more successful? “If your success is not on your own terms‚ if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart‚ it is not success at all.” Anna Quindlen. Success is the satisfaction that one gets by knowing they are the best they can be. Society’s broad perspective of interpreting success is often misleading to the common man; this essay will depict

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    DRIVING TO A FUNERAL

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    Driving to The Funeral By Anna Quindlen Writer Anna Quindlin was born in Philidelphia‚ Pensylvania‚ in 1952‚ and now lives in New York City. At the New York Times she became a regular op-ed columnist‚ winning the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1992. If someone told you that there was one behavior most likely to lead to the premature death of your kid‚ wouldn’t you do something about that? The four years of high school grind inexorably [inevitably] to a close‚ the milestones passed.

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    Cited: QuindlenAnna. How Reading Changed My Life. New York: Ballantine Pub. Group‚ 1998. Print.

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    never think that any of their problems would be about their financial status. Stephen Leacock begins his story by declaring his lack of “adequate material” because he has “never seen any rich people”. This assertion by Leacock immediately contrasts to Anna Quindlen’s story where she had been researching and writing on the homeless‚ in particular a homeless woman named Ann. Their style of writing is very different as well as Leacock seemed to write with a bit of wry sarcasm and Quidlen seemed to be exploring

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    Compare and Contrast

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    Essay 2 Compare and Contrast The two stories the between the Sexes‚ a Great divide and Being a Man are both stories that speak about the different sexes and their characteristics. Between the Sexes‚ a Great Divide”‚ written by Anna Quindlen‚ is an article that talks about the differences between men and women. She writes about her belief that boys and girls are essentially different‚ and have always been dissimilar. She transcribes that middle school dances is where the differences

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    Parallelism In My Writing

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    • Parallel structure involves putting together elements of similar structure to achieve balanced writing. • Winston Churchill did not say: “I have nothing to offer but bleeding‚ toil‚ tears‚ and sweating.” • He said: “I have nothing to offer but blood‚ toil‚ tears and sweat.” • Churchill understood parallelism. Use parallelism in your own writing • Good parallel structure improves the clarity of your writing. • To make your writing parallel‚ use the same grammatical form for all items in a list

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    ‘’The thing that is really hard and really amazing‚ is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself’’- Anna Quindlen Richard Rodriguez reflects on the complications of balancing life as a successful student and the life in a waged class family. As he matured‚ Richard was trying not to be perceived as the stereotypical student coming from an immigrant/working class family. In his early ages upon starting school‚ Richard knew how essential achieving an education was. His

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