death‚ it is making me sick. First there was the Battle of Gettysburg‚ Pennsylvania in July of 1863 where we lost 51‚000 people‚ over half of them from the southern states. This was by far the worst battle of the entire war. The Battle of Chickamauga was in Georgia in September of 1863 and we lost over 34‚000 people. The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House took place in Virginia in May of 1864 and we lost 30‚000 people. As you can see‚ the battles were horrible and the number of people killed
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and kisses" as the number 88. Gajadhar and Green comment that both Morse code abbreviations are more succinct than modern abbreviations such as LOL. Typographical emoticons were published in 1881 by the U.S. satirical magazine Puck. In 1912 Ambrose Bierce proposed "an improvement in punctuation — the snigger point‚ or note of cachinnation: it is written thus \___/! and presents a smiling mouth. It is to be appended‚ with the full stop‚ [or exclamation mark as Bierce’s later example used] to every jocular
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Some books are to be tasted‚ others to be swallowed‚ and some few to be chewed and digested: that is‚ some books are to be read only in parts‚ others to be read‚ but not curiously‚ and some few to be read wholly‚ and with diligence and attention. ~ Sir Francis Bacon A LIST OF FAMOUS SHORT STORIES Famous short story writers are Edgar Allan Poe‚ Guy de Maupassant‚ Anton Chekov and O Henry. Some of these authors have gained much fame and recognition in the literary world entirely through
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sequence in which the events are related C the emotionless description of the procedures used to prepare for the hanging D the sympathetic depiction of Peyton Farquhar’s personality 5. Which message is Bierce conveying in the story “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge?” A People often get themselves into trouble by taking foolish risks. B Whatever can go wrong probably will. C Soldiers must follow orders regardless of
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representatives‚ respresentative duty and the community of foreign officials. In Oxford dictionary‚ conducting international relations with negotiations and govern them is the duty of a diplomat. According to alternative definitions‚ an example from Ambrose Bierce it means ‘the ability to tell a patriot lie fort he sake of country’. Machiavelli Niccolò di Bernado dei Machiavelli is Florence philosopher‚ stateman‚ military strategist‚ poet and scriptwriter who is assumed to be the establisher of history
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fly away. Instead he is forced to remain complacent with his subhuman treatment until he lashes out. However the practice of entrapment is not limited to Chicago in the 1930s. One example of this is in "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce. In this short story‚ the main character‚ Farquhar meets a Union soldier disguised as a Confederate soldier who tells him that a group of Union soldiers are going to cross a bridge of dry timber that would be easy to burn. While the soldier’s deceit
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Bluffing Case Study Ta olso Bluffing in business revolves around the ethics of the specific business or person. Bluffing is often times viewed as deceiving‚ which usually corresponds to lying. Although some people believe bluffing in certain situations may be more acceptable than in others such as on a resume‚ or to make a deal‚ is it truly ethical? Oppositely‚ there is a true benefit from an honest reputation in business making bluffing unnecessary. The case study suggests that the nature of
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Frank L. The Dummy that Lived The Girl Who Owned a Bear Beach‚ Rex Ellingwood The Shyness of Shorty Laughing Bill Hyde The Colonel & The Horse Thief Benchley‚ Robert The Sunday Menace Benson‚ Sally The Overcoat Bierce‚ Ambrose A Diagnosis of Death A Man with Two Lives The Crime at Pickett’s Mill Boyle‚ Kay The Astronomer’s Wife Bradbury‚ Ray A Sound of Thunder Buck‚ Pearl S. The Old Demon Capote‚ Truman Among the Paths to Eden Cather
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James Longstreet was raised to be in the military. After attending the U.S. Military Academy‚ he started his long career in the army where his rank was frequently promoted. He fought with the confederates during the Civil War and served as General Lee’s right hand man. During the Civil War Longstreet became well known for his often successful defensive strategies. Throughout his life he experienced both success and defeat‚ but whenever he was given an obstacle he always had a strategy to get around
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“Politics is a strife of interests masqueraded as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage”. This quote‚ by Ambrose Bierce is an accurate reflection of what politics has become in the modern era. In today’s era‚ it seems politicians have abandoned the idea of public good‚ and instead embraced private‚ corporate sponsored agenda’s. In order to change this contemptible reality‚ the dominant corporate dominated political paradigm must be challenged. The only political
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