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    Old Timer

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    My definition of "old-timer" would be someone in their 70s.80s.  So I would take the age at which Mr. Old Timer was raising his children‚ which was apparently when he would have been at the age to determine respectfulness of his own children.  Let ’s say 25 years old.  That generation would have had multiple children by then.  If he was born in 1940‚ he would have been 25 years old in 1965.  I would take data from his geographic area from the years 1965 and 2010.  Each group would have 20 people

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    Service to the Country

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    Service: A Duty? A Benefit? Or Both‚ Or Perhaps Neither? While the choice of service to your country‚ on a national‚ state‚ or local government level‚ is an admirable and important endeavor‚ the choice must be driven by one’s own conscience. To think globally‚ or for the good of the nation and even for the future – cannot be forced. To compel someone to serve their country‚ as with the military draft(conscription)‚ is a non effective notion that will neither guarantee the strength and quality

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    Allusions were used sporadically by Bradbury to help the reader use printed word to paint mental images. They can be defined rather simply‚ as they are merely a reference to a historical or contemporary‚ person‚ place‚ event‚ or work of literature‚ but they can help the story flow nonetheless. The first allusion was encountered when Montag approached the woman with books in “The Hearth and the Salamander” and she quoted ‘“‘Play the man‚ Master Ridley; we shall this day light such a candle‚ by God’s

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    My Country

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    Our Country Our Country‚ the Union of Myanmar‚ is known as the land of golden pagodas. Myanmar is surrounded by big countries like China in the north and India and Bengladish to the west. Thailand and laos lie to the east of Myanmar and the south is the east of Myanmar and the south is the sea. Its area is about 676553 square kilometers‚ and it is the second largest country in Southeast Asia after Indonesia. Although it is still a developing country‚ we can say it has good neighbours‚ great

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    The Old Neighborhood

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    The Old Neighborhood This story talks about a woman named Sharon Hicks-Bartlett visiting her old neighborhood North Lawndale. She has not visited North Lawndale for fifteen years. She was shocked to see how it looked since she left. Sylvan playground as she remembered it was empty‚ full of trash and had curfew signs posted. Old establishments that used to be big are now shut down and abandoned. Movie Theaters wee either torn down or has turned into a church. Everything else was protected by

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    A Biblical Comparison to The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde is the story of a man who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for eternal youth. Dorian Gray is a young man of extraordinary beauty and innocence. Basil Hallward‚ a young talented artist‚ recognizes the purity and attractiveness of Dorian and he paints a portrait of him which captures all the life and loveliness of Dorian’s soul. Lord Henry Wotten‚ a member of the idle aristocracy of London‚ is

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    John Donne writes as a cry to god “Holy Sonnet IX” to express the suffering he has experienced and questions God for this pain. Through a variety of allusions and tone‚ Donne questions the undeserving cruelty of God ands begs for forgiveness. Despite being a very religious poet‚ Donne faced many questions on the morality of God. Many of the allusions from the sonnet expresses his disagreement of God’s decisions. This can be seen in the first two lines of the poem where he expresses “If poisonous

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    as I had never learned about him before in any of my History classes. However‚ when I did some research on Herod to understand who he was and how he was connected to the other three allusions‚ I remember thinking that he sounded like an awful person. I agree that the cruel violence associated with the four allusions is one of the greatest reasons they are still recognized‚ and were even recognized in the first place. I also agree that humans wage war over the hunger for more control and power‚ and

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    Old Person

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    Describe an interesting old person -          Who he is -          Why you find him interesting -          How he helps you -          How often you meet him * I have met many old persons in my life. * Many of them have influenced me. * But the one whom I find most interesting is my grandmother. * She is in her late 60s * She is not very tall but very beautiful. * Although she has a wrinkled face but she always wears a warm smile on her lips and a radiant glow on her face

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    Old is GOld

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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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