stop me from fussing on the ride home. You see‚ they kept asking me things like‚ "What do you think of the new baby?" and‚ "Are you excited to have such a cute brother?" Every time they asked‚ I fussed about something different. I was five years old‚ and at that age I used to complain about everything. Just the day before‚ I had complained about socks that felt lumpy between my toes and about hamburger rolls that had little sesame seeds sprinkled over their brown tops. Nowadays‚ I prefer rolls
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kept trying to conquer the frontier that was Mars. Mars as a planet tries to prove itself to be hostile to humanity with thin oxygen yet fails due to the tenacity of the colonists. “No!...I’ll be all right. I’ve got to stay here!” the words of Benjamin Driscoll‚ the Johnny Appleseed of Mars. The man who refused to admit defeat and return to Earth even after discovering that the Martian atmoshpere was detrimental to his health.1 Through his own tenacity and unwillingness to give up the man managed
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The Old Demon In the short story “The Old Demon” by Pearl S. Buck‚ Mrs. Wang is a practical person‚ who takes things at face value‚ does whatever she thinks must be done‚ and accepts her fate. Foremost‚ Mrs. Wang takes things at face value. Seeing things as they truly are‚ after rescuing a wounded soldier from a fallen plane‚ she learns from a crowd of Chinese soldiers that he is Japanese. Though fully acknowledging that he is the adversary‚ Mrs. Wang saves the young man from being stabbed
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PSY 212 April 23‚ 2004 "Old People: Individual Blessing or Societal Disaster?" The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in combination with New Jersey Medical School held a symposium on April 30 dealing with the topic of aging in our American society. One of the sessions on the agenda for the symposium dealt with whether or not aging in our society was a blessing or a disaster. I found the introduction to the presentation to be an interesting article‚ and I can imagine that
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important advantage of longer living is that the elder person considerably increased recently. Older person can give some advice from experience to the younger generation‚ so that to help them when they are in troubles. Taking heed of the suggestion from old‚ young becomes sophisticated in making their thoughts and hence succeed. On the other hand‚ longer living has disadvantage to individuals. Take health care for example. When people get older and older that parents have to deal with very seriously health
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The Great Dome One of the biggest questions in archeology has been how the dome on top of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore was built. Scholars know who built it‚ but they don’t know the means of its creation. Filippo Brunelleschi was the man and mind behind the creation of the dome. The Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore has managed to raise several questions and curiosity amongst scholars. In the early 14th century a feud between Florence and other emerging cities began‚ each trying to
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Old is Gold “Don’t try to be original; just try to be good‚” a very simple advice from Paul Rand‚ yet a very honest advice for designer-to-be. Paul Rand was one of the inspirational pioneers of modern graphic design. Even if one has not heard of his name‚ he or she must has seen his design works certainly. A few of his well-known logo designs are ABC‚ UPS and IBM. His book‚ “A Designer’s Art” is as influential as he was. It is not only involved aesthetic requirements for graphic designers‚ but
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priorities‚ which mean that different accomplishments and behaviors will make us feel better about ourselves. To be successful the individual must understand what is important and must recognize one’s strengths and weaknesses. When we hear the name “Benjamin Franklin” we automatically think that he was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States; but he was much more than that. Not only was he a successful scientist‚ he was an inventor and a politician. But not many individuals
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Devon Sahid Humanities 101 September 26‚ 2011 October 24‚ 2011 Olds Poem In Sharon Olds The Summer-Camp Bus Pulls Away from the Curb she states “With a pencil and two Hardy Boys and a peanut butter sandwich and grapes he is on his way‚ there is nothing more we can do for him” the narrator is sending her son off with what she thinks he will need not only for summer camp but for life. She sends him away with two Hardy Boys books. This is relevant because the Hardy Boy characters are
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share. One of the most common and controversial themes is the representation of women. Within the stories that are told‚ the roles of women range from being completely powerless‚ to having complete control. In the tales of One Thousand and One Nights‚ the prologue starts with the treachery of King Shahzamans wife and therefore ends with Shahrazad saving the women of King Shahriyar kingdom. Shahrazad uses her stories to prove to the king that not all women are represented by his unfaithful wife
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