fingers clasped around what he had been looking for. He pulled the shoebox out and sat back down on the bed‚ thinking just how small the shoebox looked. How could something so small‚ hold 18 years worth of memories? He pulled the lid off and looked down at his life. He stood up and emptied the contents onto the bed‚ spreading it all out. His eyes were drawn to the piece of paper that held the worst memory of all. The one that had marked the beginning of his new life. It had a headline in powerful‚ bold
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I have had many ups and downs in my personal and professional life‚ but I have never really grasped the concept of success. Success or failure does not depend on the intricate details of a plan‚ it is totally the opposite. I now know that a key factor in whether I fail or succeed is self-direction. I have learned the recipe for success depends on the planner and how well that plan is executed. If I have learned anything‚ it is that setting short and long term goals‚ time management and organization
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Djessi R Traore ENG 100 Essay 2 Ms. Ariot March 15th‚ 2011 The Worst Job I Ever Had A year ago‚ I decided to look for a job. I found some job openings in Queens‚ and one of them caught my eyes. It was a 99 cent store on Liberty Avenues in Queens. I got the job‚ and I was a sales clerk. I was so excited and determined to try my best on the new job. I thought that it would be the best job I had in my life. However‚ it turned out to be the worst. I hated the job for three reasons.
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The 1928 Presidential elections was a contest between Republican nominee Herbert Hoover and Democratic nominee Al Smith. It marked the first time that a Roman Catholic‚ Al Smith‚ became a major party’s nomination for US President. Despite a rather landslide victory by Herbert Hoover‚ 60% of the popular vote and over 80% of the electoral returns‚ this was a heated election pitting wets verses drys‚ immigrants versus natives‚ city vs. country‚ blacks verses whites‚ and most notably Catholics verses
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A Book That Has Had An Impact On Me During my fourth year of secondary school‚ I became acutely aware of the Women’s Rights Issue. I made an attempt to re-examine many of the cultural norms that I had previously accepted as just being "the natural order of things." One of the paths I took to expand my awareness of the female psyche involved women’s literature. That is why I spent one weekend of my life in bed--crying‚ laughing‚ feeling sometimes confused‚ and often‚ incredibly angry and distraught
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CAN INDIA BECOME A SUPERPOWER Introduction: 1. The end of the Cold War and the era of “unipolar” US dominance that followed has led many to wonder about the future of international power. Who will rival‚ or perhaps even replace‚ the US? At least one…At least one obvious candidate has emerged. Although it would be premature to categorise China as a global superpower‚ it is quickly developing into the US’s most plausible challenger. But in discussions of globally important matters - Syria‚
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On the 6th of November 1999 Australia was very close to becoming a republic. There was a 4% difference in the vote for the referendum with 46% of voters in favour for Australia to become a republic and 54% of voters against becoming a republic winning by the smallest margin. But why become a republic? First of all a republic is a state in which the supreme power resides in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly but them (Macquarie
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Having a dream becomes reality Obstacles always hinder people when they are trying to reach their goals‚ and those are just ordeals to test their perseverance. In reality‚ nothing can be obtained or achieved smoothly without going through any difficulties‚ but once people overcome the obstacles they will achieve the desired goal. In the movie October Sky‚ directed by Johnston‚ is about a young man named Homer Hickam who grows up in Coalwood and aspires to become a miner like every male in the
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Even at an early stage like this‚ people were able to see what a monster he would become in the near future‚ and chose to remove him unscrupulously. But‚ with all of those innocent people dead from the incident‚ Napoleon survived. People tend to look back at the event and ask‚ why wasn’t Napoleon dead instead of all those innocent people
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JOSEPH HAD A LITTLE OVERCOAT Joseph Had a Little Overcoat (“Overcoat”) is a far more sophisticated text than the simple bouncing prose and deliberately “folksy” illustration might at first suggest. Good children’s literature is far more than simple entertainment or a resource for teaching very basic information. A good children’s book transcends these mundane uses‚ and is simultaneously an excellent pedagogical tool‚ a sophisticated medium for transmitting culture‚ a psychologically satisfying “hero’s
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