Emphatic Writing I was on the way to my first ball. It did not matter that I shared the cab with the Sheridan girls and their brother. I tried to stay calm‚ but I was very excited about this new experience. We arrived at the drill hall‚ where the ball was. There were cabs in front of us and cabs behind and happy couples everywhere in the bright streets. Inside‚ the girls went into the Ladies’ room. It was crowded with girls getting ready for the ball. There were putting on powder‚ hair pins‚ and
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Case Brief I – Hamer v Sidway Without a complete and detailed background‚ Hamer v Sidway involved an uncle promising his nephew a lump sum of money if the nephew could refrain from drinking alcohol‚ smoking‚ swearing‚ and gambling until his 21st birthday. The nephew fulfilled his end of the promise‚ and the uncle acknowledged that the nephew had rightfully earned the money but asked if he could hold the money in the bank until the nephew was responsible enough to care for it. The uncle died
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Take me out to the Ball Game! From the sandlot to stadiums seating over fifty thousand people‚ the game of baseball has provided people of all ages with a common foundation; a sport we can all a part of the American culture. Though its concept sounds simple‚ a game involving a ball and a bat‚ millions of people all over the world have sought involvement in it by either playing at some level‚ or just sitting back and watching a game. With professional baseball attracting more and more fans each
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disease Control reports that cigarette smoke causes more than 480‚000 deaths each year in the United States. This is about one in five deaths. The center adds that smoking causes more deaths every year than Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)‚ illegal drug use‚ alcohol use‚ motor vehicle injuries‚ and firearm- related incidents. With this being a known fact there are still smokers in today’s world. The question that should be asked is why do people smoke cigarettes despite their proven dangers
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The second reading “Land of Smoke and Mirrors: The Meaning of Punishment and Control” explores the educational setting and likens it to a prison by enclosing students and supervising them to produce docile students who are unable to think for themselves. In this sense‚ the school is a training grounds to prepare students for life in prison. The structure and effects of this institution remind me of Bentham’s Panopticon structure of prisons where they focused on controlling the individual by controlling
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Based specifically on the assigned readings on Mendez v. Westminster and Brown v. Board of Education‚ please respond to the following questions. Each of your answers should consist of one paragraph comprised of 5-7 sentences. It is recommended that you download the document in Word‚ type your responses directly into the document‚ and print it out. If you choose to handwrite your responses‚ PLEASE WRITE LEGIBLY‚ in black or blue ink. This handout will be graded on a scale of 1-25‚ with 5 possible
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not apply to this case since the acceptance of the offer is communicated by voicemail. The rule with regard to acceptance by such methods is that the contract is complete only when acceptance is received by Amanda. According to the case of Entored Ltd v. Miles Far East Corp(1955)2‚ the court held that a contract was made between the parties when the defendant’s acceptance was received by the plaintiff in London. Applying the case to the current issue‚ although the voicemail shown that Tracy was willing
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The speaker of the ‘The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner’ is a young soldier who went to the World War II. It can be inferred that while he was home with his family‚ he had to go to the war. He was assinged to an aircraft. The line ‘’And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze.’’ is a metaphor. We can say that he was a hitman in that line if we consider the shape of the aircrafts. In the first line‚ the age is emphasized. It seems he had a family and he lived with them. We can say that the
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Alec Usseglio ENC 1101 Monica Vera 4 December 2011 Cigarettes Should be Made Illegal Tobacco has been in America for nearly 8000 years. It started being cultivated and used for pleasure around 2000 years ago. (Cancer Council) People have been using it for a very long time. That means that the past 2000 years‚ it has been causing hundreds-of-thousands of deaths. Tobacco is widely known for its cancer-causing ways. The assumption could be made that people would
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