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    Now if you’ll excuse me‚ i’m taking your man‚ and later the title of ‘cheer captain’” I grabbed Isaac’s hand and turned away from her walking to the tops of the bleachers. “You’re a fiery little thing aren’t you?” He laughed and laid his arm around my shoulders. Asriel looked up at us and stared‚ as I smiled and grabbed his hand making sure she could see. “You know‚ she’s always jealous. Even when no one does anything wrong. It drives me insane.” he frowned a bit and i felt my heart drop. “You should

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    Creative Essay: Captain Edward J. Smith on Trail for Sinking of the Titanic The entire world is preoccupied with the fact that Captain Edward J. Smith is going to court in New York City. Captain Edward J. Smith is being accused of negligence in the sinking of the Titanic. At this trial there will be lots of media coverage. Most of the news stations across the world are preparing to film this case‚ so they can bring it right to you on your television screens at home. The word is going

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    Captain Torres’ character is over-confident‚ ruthless‚ and blasé. Firstly‚ Torres is an over-confident man. His presence is loud and hard to go unnoticed. His actions and words reflect a state of mind of being a know-it-all and diving into dangerous situations with no fear‚ “They told me you would kill me. I came to find out if it was true. But it’s not easy to kill. I know what I’m talking about.” (Tellez 184) Torres is so confident that he knowingly put his life at risk under the impression that

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    often in more subtle ways‚ like land grabs and forced evictions and the power of the rich over the poor local communities. Despite national laws put in place to protect people and forests‚ in Cambodia and Laos massively powerful Vietnamese ‘rubber barons’ (Hoang Anh Gia Lai and the Vietnam Rubber Group) backed by foreign investments from Deutsche Bank and the International Finance Corporation have been illegally logging‚ harassing and evicting people‚ obtaining land without the consent and knowledge

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    Dear‚ Captain Nielson and Whitney You are probably wondering what happened to me‚ the last night that I had been on the ship after Whitney had gone to bed. I went to smoke pipe on the afterdeck. I had heard 3 gun shots somewhere‚ off in the blackness. When I heard the gun shots I went to see if there was anything I could see. But I couldn’t see anything so I got up onto the railing for a greater elevation‚ and then a rope hit my pipe and it was knocked from my mouth. As a reaction I lunged for it

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    Good Afternoon ladies and gentlemen‚ I am Cadet Captain Aaron Aguilera representing the Montbello Campus Warriors 10th Battalion of the Denver JROTC Brigade. I would like to begin by expressing my appreciation to the Windsor Garden Club for hosting this event and inviting me and my fellow cadets to participate in this fine competition. Regardless of who wins‚ you’ve pushed us all to become better citizens by giving us this unique opportunity. I was asked to write a speech about myself but how

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    for people to live their lives by. John Locke and Baron de Montesquieu both helped to build our constitution and we borrowed some of their ideas for how we live our lives in America. John Locke had the idea that people were born with the three natural rights: life‚ liberty‚ and property. We as an early country borrowed that idea but changed it slightly. We chose to use: people have the right to life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness. The Baron de Montesquieu said that the government’s power comes

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    Mecca Nelson Mrs. Balas & Ms. Delivuk Period 8 2/7/13 Carl Sandburg and Walt Whitman show the effect the death of a great President has on the nation in their two pieces “O Captain! My Captain!” and “The Funeral Train.” They include significant details such as the amounts of people affected and the shock of the nation due to this tragic event. Whitman and the American people in Sandburg’s piece have two unique but somewhat similar responses to Lincoln’s assassination. In “The Funeral

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    During my Junior year of High School‚ I had the honor to be elected as the Junior Varsity Cheerleading Captain. The team and I instantly had a bond that was unbreakable‚ although we faced some difficult times. When the season began‚ we did not have a coach to lead us‚ so we practiced apace with the Varsity squad. A few weeks into the season‚ the Varsity coach found us a mentor that would lead us. As a few more weeks went by‚ our coach started picking up on more activities‚ which was too much for

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    Captain cook. James Cook was born in 1728 in Marton‚ England. in 1771 Cook was promoted to the rank of commander. In 1772‚ in command of the Resolution‚ and accompanied by another ship‚ the Adventure‚ he set out on his second great expedition‚ a search for the fabled southern continent‚ Terra Australis‚ of which Africa was thought to be a part. He entered the South Pacific‚ where he sailed along the edge of the Antarctic ice block; on Jan. 16‚ 1773‚ he made the first crossing of the Antarctic

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