I threw a rhetorical question at her. An awkward silence fell between us. It was disrupted soon though. I ran helter-skelter to answer the ringing phone. “Hello‚ this is Alexa Goodville Mackenzie. May I know who I am speaking to?” I questioned. “Hi Miss Goodville. This is Rodger Kenyons from the department of human resources speaking. I have heard a lot about you.” A familiar voice sprung up. “Good things‚ I presume” I said. “Exceptional” He said. “Things were rather happy in my life till my cousin
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Shirley Jackson’s‚ The Lottery‚ has raised questions in the back of every reader’s mind towards the destructive yet blind rituals of mankind. A reflection of ourselves is what we see when looking through the pond of Jackson’s mind. The Lottery clearly expressed Jackson’s feelings concerning traditional rituals through her story‚ opened the eyes of its readers to properly classify and question some of today’s traditions as cruel‚ and allowed room to foretell the outcome
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Susie had slapped Aaron Brooks when he introduced her to the game Mao. It was at one of those dumb house parties that were full of freshman girls and upperclassmen guys. (She was one of the freshman girls‚ and hadn’t learned to avoid them yet.) She’d had three gin-and-tonics and Aaron kept staring at her boobs‚ so she only felt a little sorry about slapping him at the time. (And if he was trying to sleep with her‚ introducing her to an incredibly frustrating card game was the wrong way to go about
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announcing that "Fire can not melt metal" now is telling the world what she would do with her ‘flow’ if she wasn’t a dried up old prune. O’Donnell said she would like to do this to pro-lifers: “I’d like to take my period blood I no longer have and write‚ ‘you’re all assholes.’ I’d like to smear it all over some people’s faces.” Additionally‚ during the interview with Hutt‚ she said that London Marathoner Kiran Ganhi’s decision to run without a tampon while menstruating is a critical demonstration
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BAM! The crowd roared after I did this‚ I just hit my first single of my career‚ and not the only time I will get another one. It felt musky while I hit it‚ and it was beginning to get cloudy in the distance as well. My friends Trevor‚ Collin‚ Evan‚ Andrew‚ and Michael congratulated me once I got into the dug-out. At the time I was only seven years old. I always remind myself that I have to work for things in order to accomplish things. I was mesmerized that I actually hit it‚ at first I just tried
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Étienne‚ the butler‚ finally announced that dinner was served. We put down our drinks‚ and cheered the news which brought us closer to the long awaited moment to savor the “saumon a la mayonnaise’‚ specialty of Mélanie la cuisinière. In the middle of the agitation‚ I was approached by the Baron de Valfort to escort Dame Irène Chaboix. I was glad to do it. I went over to the Diva right away‚ and offered her my arm‚ which she accepted with the grandiloquence of stage actors. Like most old artists
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the ground‚’ Nero observes to SH as they are being bundled ever further down a winding tunnel. From somewhere the MC’s voice‚ ‘Look‚ we wanted some razz-matazz out there tonight‚ but things are not really working out. You’ve at least discovered that Story Hunter is not dead meat.’ With frustration shining through in voice SH complains‚ ‘Yeah‚ it is all well and good to have found me‚ but now we have lost Buiteboer to the netherworld‚ it seems.’ The MC sounds unconcerned about Buiteboer’s whereabouts
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pinkish-red one said calmly. “A bear?!” the tall‚ thin one and short round purple gems shouted in unison. “What if it hurts us? What if it hurts Steven?!” the thin one shouted back. Again with the steven? Whats up with him? Is he special or something? Soda thought. The branch that soda was on started to crack more. She tried with all her might to not let it fall‚ she even used her powers to attempt to hold it up; but alas‚ her trying cut short‚ and she fell to the ground. Fast. “ACK!” The blue gem shouted
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that perpetually polluted the air faded. He was swallowed by sanctified silence. Even as his eyes struggled to adjust to the white sterility of the surgical floor‚ Jian felt the tension seep from his body. He was home. He waited as he had at every appointment‚ month after month‚ year
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For the sake of anonymity I’ll keep some names private‚ and call myself Beowulf. My story happened around two years ago‚ I was 26 years old when my family and I had noticed that my grandmother was starting to forget our names‚ couldn’t recall certain events‚ and at times seemed in a daze and lost from her state of mind‚ completely forgetting where she was in that moment. This was followed by her stumbling around the house and falling a few times. One time it got to the point where she fell down
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