The Swim As I sit at the edge of my seat‚ goggles in hand‚ I nervously wait my turn. "100 m swimmers‚ you’re up next‚" calls the lady with the scripts. The horn sounds loudly to signal the start of the race before me. The water is splashing‚ crowd cheering‚ sun shining‚ and then there was me. I was so nervous I could have melted waiting in that plastic chair because of the heat beating down on me. I wanted that blue ribbon so bad I would have inhaled water to get it. "Time!" "Got it!" "Finished
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Petroleum Engineer SHESHATRI RAMACHANDRAN No. 2/250A Middle Street‚ Petroshesha@gmail.com Mugaiyur (P)‚ Tirukovilur (TK)‚ +919488168774 Villupuram-605 755‚
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services. Society is described as the social relationships among us. The answer is always changing as well as the economical and sociological thoughts behind it as well. This paper will relay a couple economic views from the poem "Cotton And Corn: A Dialogue" by Thomas Moore (1779-1852)‚ an Irish poet. Should people be allowed to trade with whomever they want to? We’ve been doing it for thousands of years. There should always be fare/free trade‚ even if the government manipulates it a little bit. If
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Language‚ Memory and Identity in the Discourse of the Immigrant: A Dialogue Between Marlene Nourbese Philip and Ana Miranda Daniela Cordeiro Soares Silva Universidad Federal de Minas Gerais‚ Brasil Diaspora women are caught between patriarchies‚ ambiguous past‚ and future. They connect and disconnect‚ forget and remember‚ in complex‚ strategic ways. James Clifford Marlene Nourbese Philip and Ana Miranda are two contemporary authors writing from two different contexts. Philip‚ an immigrant
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“Something Borrowed: Should a charge of plagiarism ruin your life?” By Malcolm Gladwell Malcolm Gladwell writes the article‚ “Something Borrowed: Should a charge of plagiarism ruin your life?” That article corresponds to a specific incident of plagiarism between a play writer and a journalist. The play writer is Bryony Lavery and she takes work from Gladwell and specific moments in the psychiatrist‚ Dorothy Lewis’ life. Gladwell‚ begins the article by telling a story about Lewis’ friend who is watching
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David Hume’s Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion Rules were broken with David Hume’s letter concerning natural religion pertaining to the fact that these kinds of claims were barbaric in the 18th century. These claims or justifications were scolded during these times especially because many traditions were based on a nation “Under God” like the United States of America. This controversial letter was published after his death based on this reasoning. Cleanthes however‚ has a difficult time finding
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What is interesting in the descriptive story is that Gladwell suggests using other academic sources that talent transformation happened as a result of changed relational models in the professional world. Visionary leaders such as Miller and others foresaw the bargaining power talent had on capital and fostered
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Charlotte Bronte employs the use of dialogue in order to introduce the conflict occur in the first part of the novel. As seen in the first chapter‚ Jane Eyre is subtly described by members of the Reed’s family‚ which ultimately contributes to the development of the conflict. For instance‚ on page one‚ Mrs. Reed mentioned‚ “Be seated somewhere; and until you can speak pleasantly‚ remain silent‚” it can be seen that Jane is characterized by Mrs. Reed as disobedient and rude‚ and therefore is isolated
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The Order of Things – What College Rankings Really Tell Us by Malcolm Gladwell The main argument of this article is that it doesn’t matter who comes out first place in a certain ranking‚ it all depends on who’s doing the ranking and on what variables the ranking is taking place. Malcolm Gladwell believes that a ranking can be heterogenous (diverse in content)‚ as long as it doesn’t try to be too comprehensive (including all or nearly all aspects of something). He also believes that a ranking
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MERDEKA Merdeka is a word in the Indonesian and Malay language meaning Independence or freedom. It is derived from the Sanskrit Maharddhika meaning "rich‚ prosperous and powerful". In the Malay archipelago‚ this term had acquired the meaning of a freed slave. The term Mardijker is a Dutch corruption of the Portuguese version of the original Sanskrit words and was used to designate former Portuguese and Dutch slaves from India in the East Indies‚ known as Mardijkers‚ whence the Malay meaning of "free(dom)"
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