In the first chapter of the hound of Baskervilles a mysterious person visits the shared home of John Watson and Sherlock holmes‚ but they weren’t there to meet him‚ they discover a walking stick that the mysterious visitor left behind. Watson notices that it’s a nice walking stick and is engraved under the handle‚ the engraving says "to James Mortimer MRCS from the friends of the CCH" its dated 1884. Watson deducts that it belongs to a doctor and is from a hunting club‚ but he’s pretty wrong. Holmes
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OF MICE AND MEN Chapter 1 Setting : It is a hot Thursday‚ late in the afternoon. The characters are four miles south of Soledad. They stop right by the Salinas River‚ a beautiful river in rural California surrounded by woods that have a warn path through them that runs to the river from the ranches and farms. There is a giant sycamore near them with a horizontal limb worn smooth by men who have sat on it‚ and under it is the ash pile of many fires. It is a very peaceful and heavenly setting.
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his chains from him. It would be quite impossible to sleep‚ with such a noise going on outside the bedrooms." For the rest of the week‚ however‚ they were undisturbed‚ the only thing that excited any attention being the continual renewal of the blood-stain on the library floor. This certainly was very strange‚ as the door was always locked at night by Mr. Otis‚ and the windows kept closely barred. The chameleon-like colour‚ also‚ of the stain excited a good deal of comment. Some mornings it
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The whole purpose of this chapter is to clarify the pivotal need of geographic comprehension in society. Geography is divided mainly into two categories; human and physical geography. Each geography examines different kinds of information. Physical geography clarifies the physical landscapes of districts and places while human geography looks to break down the spatial circulation of humans and their cooperation’s. Chapter 1 summaries the significance of geography and how it influences all aspects
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Mysterious disappearance of the image - the origin of universal war Bincheng Mao Preface： The vast universe and dazzlingly bright stars‚ which were thought to last forever a moment ago‚ but the next moment will be in jeopardy. It seems everything can vanish at any time and every moment changes rapidly. The birth and death
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Chapter 1 $ Talking about what had happened to himself last Christmas $ Brother‚ D.B. sold out to Hollywood $ story starts at Pencey Prep $ he was failing 4 of 5 subjects the only one being English $ he got kicked out of school $ was manager for the fencing team $ even though he hates the school he still saying goodbye to it $ he going to say bye to his history teacher Cues: $ Where is he talking from? $ Why doesn’t he want to talk about his past? $ Why was he not applying himself
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Gladwell’s answer to this question is in the summary at the end of chapter 1 – the Law of the Few‚ the Stickiness Factor and the Power of Context. Since the Stickiness factor and the Power of Context are discussed in chapters 3 and 4‚ I’ll not be considering those topics to discuss about why some ideas get passed on. Law of the Few: What will be Gladwell answer to the below question? If 100 people can complete a task in 10 days‚ how many people will it take to complete 80% of the task in 10 days
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In chapter three we are introduced to one of the many lavish parties that Gatsby ‚ Nick’s mysterious neighbor‚ throughs. Most people are not invited to the party they are just taken but Nick was a rare one and got a personal invite from Jay Gatsby himself. Well Gatsby didn’t give it to him but he did send his chauffeur to bring Nick and invitation‚ which I think is way more of invitation than any of the other people at the party got. When it is time for the party Nicks take a short walk to Gatsby’s
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Chapter 8 Costs and the Supply of Goods Questions 1 through 10 are a Suggested Chapter Quiz. 1. Which of the following is most likely to be an implicit cost of production? a. property taxes on a building owned by the firm b. transportation costs paid to a trucking supplier c. rental payments for a building utilized by the company and rented from another party d. interest income foregone on funds invested in the firm by the owners 2. Which of the following explains most clearly why business
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A Separate Peace Summaries Chapter 1 - Gene goes to revisit the high school that he attending during World War II. Gene then arrives at the tree that made him come back to the school which makes him think about Finny and the time when they became best friends. He recalls how he and Finny were the only ones who jumped into the river from the tree and how they were friends because they could match each other. Chapter 2 - Finny informs Gene that there was a bombing in Central Europe. A teacher comes
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