Your Excellency‚ Ladies and Gentlemen‚ I am sure you don’t need reminding why we are all here this evening. It is to celebrate the 60th birthday of Arthur Aidan who I am proud to call my best friend. It is no exaggeration to say how much he deserves to be admired as a great man (applause). He has succeeded in everything that is important in life: love‚ career‚ family‚ friends and all this without forgetting to enjoy himself. After a happy childhood growing up in Paris ( I will spare his
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Topic Proposal Kurt Vonnegut "Happy Birthday‚ 1951" Kurt Vonnegut wrote many short stories on war and peace‚ a series of which was compiled into "Armageddon In Retrospect‚" by his son Mark Vonnegut. The short "Happy Birthday‚ 1951" portrays the aftermath of cultural devastation and its effects on the generation raised amidst such upheaval. A young boy and an old man struggle for survival surrounded by a city in rubble. (Let’s suppose the city is Dresden‚ Kurt Vonnegut loved to write about the
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E’Nijah Arline 11/10/13 8-308 Narrative Narrative: “My Last Birthday” I will never forget my last birthday. It was on February 2 2013‚ when I was going to be 13 years old. That day was very special and the best birthday that I have had‚ because there were many things that made my last birthday important for me. That day I woke up at 6:00 am‚ because my parents sang me a special song and they gave me some presents‚ also my siblings and my parents gave me many hugs‚ then my cousin
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Throughout history‚ on my birthday‚ June 12th‚ there have been many turning points that have altered the course of events. Such turning points include; Jon of Arc leading the French army in attacks that changed the progression of the Hundred Year’s War in 1429‚ Anne Frank receiving her famed diary on her 13th birthday in 1942‚ and President Reagan requesting President Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. Although there were many events to choose from‚ I chose these three for the following reasons
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A Birthday – Christina Rossetti STRUCTURE: 2 stanzas of equal length (8 verses). Presented in the same manner: indentations. In the first stanza‚ each pair of verses constitutes mini-stanzas that are marked by the indentation of the second line. This makes the anaphora of “My heart” more visible to the eye. The author wants to make it clear that the subject is love. It has a structure that reminds love hymns‚ with its regular ABCB rhyme scheme. The anaphora of “My heart” and repetition of “my love
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100th Birthday Speech Thank you all for being here to celebrate the 100 amazing years of Laura’s life. I think I speak for everyone here when I say that Laura is someone we truly admire. When she was younger‚ she took it into her own matters to be an amazing friend and role model to all her siblings. She taught her sister‚ and brother’s how to ties their shoes‚ and even helped them learn how to ride a bike without training wheels. Her competitive spirit allowed her to show leadership qualities
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Chinese idiom said lie is a snow ball; it will roll more and more. I felt that when i need more lies to cover the first one I did. My first birthday was near and near‚ i was so excited about been adult---18th birthdays. My mom was going to Beijing those days; she had already given me a pre-birthday dinner‚ and gift. That means i could got a big birthday party at home with beers. My mom does not allow me to drink‚ but the law allows the people drink who had over 18! That will be so excited that a 18
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had a visitor‚ Sergeant-Major Morris‚ who ended up being more than a visitor and more of a bad memory. It all began when the Sergeant brought the Monkey’s paw into their house. Although the monkey’s paw may sound like a great fantasy by having three wishes‚ it comes at a cost. The sergeant foreshadowed the costly events of the white family with the paw do to personal experience. Not letting the paw burn in the fireplace where the sergeant had thrown it‚ the whites decide to keep it and take their chances
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My 5th birthday My 5th birthday is one of my earliest memories and is the first birthday I can remember. I don’t know why it has stuck in my memory so much but I can remember it like it was yesterday. It started very early in the morning around 5:00 am‚ which is ridiculously early to be getting up and you wouldn’t catch me getting up that
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Not the Ordinary Birthday Celebration It was the morning of February 20th‚ 2007‚ my great grandmother’s birthday! The agenda for the day was to first finish packing up the house because move in day for our new home was just hours away. Once that was all done and the truck was locked and loaded us as a family would head to TGI Fridays to celebrate my great grandmother’s birthday as we did every year since her passing. TGI Fridays was where we had her last birthday dinner before she passed;
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