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    enough‚ on the bottom of the water heater there’s a new little nipple on the gas pipe. HAPPY:(angrily) That — jerk. BIFF: Did you have it taken off? LINDA: Every day I go down and take away that little rubber pipe. But‚ when he comes home‚ I put it back where it was. How can I insult him that way? I don’t know what to do. (She is bent over in the chair‚ weeping‚ her face in her hands.) Biff‚ I swear to God! Biff‚ his life is in your hands! HAPPY (to Biff): How do you like that damned fool! BIFF

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    All Quiet on the Western Front In the novel ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ by Erich Maria Remarque‚ the main character Paul Bäumer’s development shows the horrors of the First World War and the effect it had on the young men who fought in it. Paul Bäumer is the main character whom is nineteen years old‚ Bäumer volunteered for the army along side four of his classmates. Some parts in the novel is written in past tense when Paul Bäumer is collecting his thoughts. Most of the novel is written

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    earth mean so much as to the soldier… she is his only friend‚ his brother‚ his mother” (55). This shows that everything the soldiers had was taken from them. The soldiers have nothing else to love but the earth itself. Coming back from the front line one day‚ “Detering… came back and had a couple of branches of cherry blossom”‚ upon being questioned about it‚ he said “I have a big orchard with cherry trees at home” (275‚ 276). The cherry trees remind the soldiers of the better times when they were at

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    B: Back to School They say that education is the most important thing for society. That education is the way out of trouble‚ poverty‚ unemployment and many other things. But all of this is hard to understand for children‚ and that is a problem‚ for it is them who are in the education system. So how do you get kids and youngsters to understand the importance of education and hard work? That is what Barrack Obama – the president of the United States of America – has tried to do. He gave the speech

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    Paul Baumer died on the most peaceful‚ beautiful day of the war. After surviving the horrible events on the front‚ the last man of his class died on that day of all days. Erich Maria Remarque tells a remarkable World War I story through the eyes of the soldier Paul Baumer in All Quiet on the Western Front. In this novel‚ Paul faces life in the roughness of trench warfare. Remarque explores the effects of war on both an entire generation and on the individual and dives into the connection between

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    into a back pack with us the would be stuck to our backs for the rest of the day. “Time to load!” Joe shouted. We all got into the van that seated 16‚ single file until very seat was filled. The mountain stood there looking at us as we all got out of the van‚ looking back at it. We were all intimidated by the mountain standing in front of us. Estes Cone was 11‚000 elevation. None of us were prepared for it so we just had to jump in head first not knowing what we are

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    Back to the Future Start point: SIP- Stop‚ Introspect and Proceed Every bread winner in a family will strive to earn enough for the present life and yearn to plan for the future. He is pre-occupied with so many priorities in life that he loses the count of the pending issues. In such a myriad situation‚ he wonders how much I should save and for how long? He cannot distinguish between his savings and might have multiple goals. Present day man is not a Spielberg to keep travelling in the time

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    INTRODUCTION 3. ERGONOMICS AND TRUCK DRIVERS/OPERATORS 4. LONG TERM SITTING 5. WHOLE-BODY VIBRATION 6. CONCLUSION 7. REFERENCE Abstract This paper will show an ergonomics assessment for truck drivers and operators. Ergonomics improves low back pain‚ shoulder pain‚ or problems with hands and wrists for many truck drivers. Ergonomists and Human factors specialist noticed many drivers reporting pain after operating a particular vehicle. Some reports includes long hours of driving‚ loading

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    might not be physically hurt but mentally‚ she is dying. Aminata thinks‚ “But another man intercepted her‚ raised high a big‚ thick club and brought it swinging down against the back of her head. Mama dropped. I saw her blood in the moonlight‚ angry and dark and spilling fast… I struggled against the leash to look back over my shoulder‚ and saw that Mama was still on the ground‚ not moving” (26). The use of imagery is strong in this scene to emphasize what Aminata endures while her ba is killed

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    in these lines: The Dragon’s playground includes many language features that help the text flow and make the poem easier to read. One example is‚ “Perhaps it is the taste? It seems a monstrous waste.” This helps us imagine the children as very laid back. It also helps make the characters seem careful about Q1. Identify ONE verbal language feature used to describe the children in lines Verbal feature‚ quote and explain How they appear Metaphor- Calling Children “they’d be a delicacy‚ each fleshy

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