"The Longest Day" was a mammoth project dramatizing D-day‚ the Allied invasion of France. It was nearly three hours in length and with an enormous ensemble cast‚ all playing supporting roles. The production was very conscientious about realism‚ the actors were always of the same nationality as their characters‚ and spoke in their native languages‚ leading to a lot of subtitles translating French and German dialogue. Although the movie was historically correct‚ it was also meant to be a blockbuster
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Dear Juniper‚ Juniper‚ today was my/our first day of high school. Sorry‚ it’s going to be a little confusing remembering that you are me too. I am absolutely positive that four years from now‚ when I am a senior‚ I will not remember anything about the details of my first day‚ other than that I survived intact. So‚ I’m writing this letter to you now. Well‚ also this is my first English assignment‚ and I should probably finish my first assignment. People are repetitively asking me if I
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First Day at School in a New Country My family moved to the United States when I was fourteen‚ and I learned I would be going to a new school just two days after we had entered the country and I wasn’t assimilated to the culture or the language. Even though I took lots of English lessons when I was in China‚ when I learned I would not be attending a bilingual school like the other new immigrants‚ I was extremely apprehensive. My first day of school in a new country was extremely nervous
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Teachers day We celebrate teachers day on 5th October. Teacher’s day is fairly popular in many countries.Teachers day We celebrate teachers day on 5th October. Teacher’s day is fairly popular in many countries. I am talking to you on the special occasion of Teachers’ Day. On this day‚ we gratefully remember the great educationist Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan‚ whose dream was that "Teachers should be the best minds in the country". Hence‚ Teachers’ Day is very important for all our people‚ for our
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Christmas Day The morning of Christmas is just wonderful. You open your gifts and hope that your family got you what you wanted. Your whole family is home to celebrate Christmas with you. Christmas is the day is fun and your just happy all day. You’re celebrating the birth of Jesus or other beliefs. There’s no one on Christmas that should be sad. After all‚ it is the season to be jolly. Do you know why Christmas is so important? Well‚ you get a 2 weeks of vacation from school! It’s the celebration
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MOTHERS DAY…. While being pregnant ‚ and having to tell the loved ones around me was major. I had also been suffering from a very deadly and hereditary disease‚ I was what some people call a functional alcoholic . And now finding out that I was also pregnant. While my disease was never a big deal to me and my life style. It was now a big change I was not prepared for‚ and there would be changes I could never prepare for. I couldn’t sleep‚ hot and cold sweats‚ withdraw‚ and shakes. It was now
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“John‚ John wake up! You are going to be late‚ come on for god sake! “ That’s usually how my day starts‚ but today it was really frustrating! As you can see I’m kind of a sleepy-head (at least that’s what the others say because I don’t agree). Anyway‚ I woke up after my sister’s calls‚ thinking that it was going to be a normal day‚ but things were going to be far different from normality. I was on my way to work when my eye caught that little girl‚ trembling and asking for help. I could see that
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Their rules? No rules at all? 31 32 THE DAY AMERICA TOLD THE TRUTH THE REAL MORAL AUTHORITY IN AMElICA 33 Americans wrestle with these questions in what often amounts to a moral vacuum. ’The religious figures and scriptures that gave us rules for so many centuries‚ the politiCal system that gave us our laws‚ all have lost their meaning in our moral imagination. Most Americans (83 percent) now look back to their parents’ day as a time when people were more likely to be moral
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Father Andy: his childhood‚ his career‚ and his typical day of work. When Andrew Booms was very young‚ he wanted to become a doctor‚ having a family and living in the suburbs. As he grew older he wanted to make a difference in the world. While attending Port Hope High School‚ Father Andy was not a popular young man and did not possess much athletic talent. As a young boy growing up he wanted to live life to the fullest. He did not know one day he would be a pastor. He also didn’t know that he would
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help us lead the good life. Among these many virtues is generosity. Being generous can help us lead a virtuous life‚ thus a good one. However what is generosity? Generosity is a virtue but what makes somebody generous? First‚ we need to understand the most basic part of being generous‚ and that is the act of giving. In order to be virtuous‚ one must act‚ and in this case by giving. Giving to those in need may be seen as virtuous. By helping those in need and giving to them we may accomplish a better
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