“Doctor in the house” by Richard Gordon. This text is an extract from the book “Doctor in the house” written by Richard Gordon. He was born in 1921. He has been an anaesthetist at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital‚ a ship’s surgeon and an assistant editor of the British Medical Journal. He left medical practice in 1952 and started writing his "Doctor" series. The novels were very successful in Britain during the 1960s and 1970s. "Doctor in the House" is one of Gordon’s twelve "Doctor" books and is noted
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Maleficent’s original power and awesomeness. Maleficent had been changed from a truly villainous villain to a misunderstood heroic antihero. And the question that fluttered through my head was: but why? Why would Disney take a perfectly
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1. All Foundation Programme students (Old Syllabus 2007 & New Syllabus 2012) passed in December‚ 2012 Session are required to be registered under Executive Programme (New Syllabus 2012) only. 2. June 2013 Foundation examination will be the last examination under foundation programme (old syllabus 2007). From 2013 December attempt‚ all the foundation course students will be switched over to the New Syllabus (OMR Pattern 2012). 3. The first examination under new syllabus executive programme
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Hero A hero to me is someone who has courage‚ bravery or the ability to do something out of the ordinary to help another person and expect nothing in return. A hero has many definitions that show examples like comic book super heroes to your local police officers but in reality any normal person can be a hero in someone’s eyes. You see heroes everywhere but sometimes you just never pay attention to what’s going on. For example you can be walking downtown and pass by an alley where someone
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The doctor and the doctor’s wife ‘’The doctor and the doctor’s wife’’ is a short story written by Ernest Hemingway. It got published in 1925 and is a part of a short story collection called ‘’In Our Time’’. Hemingway is well-known for his style of written and for using the iceberg-principle which lets the readers guess the truth behind the stories. Nick’s father has hired three Indians to remove some logs that have been dumped on his property. Nick’s father Henry gets in a discussion with
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The Villains of All Nations is book written by Marcus Rediker that follows the origins of the pirate boom before and after the War of Spanish Succession. The book covers infamous pirates like Bartholomew Roberts‚ William Fly‚ and Edward Teach also known as Blackbeard.It discusses the grim environment of working the seas for the government‚ what lead many people to turn to piracy‚ the tale of the first women pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read‚ how piracy impacted slavery‚ the pirates bonds of brotherhood
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smile‚ and smile‚ and be a villain.” Eventhough the the typical villains in movies are easy to pick out due to wearing black and wreaking havoc (bring/cause destruction). A good villain is considered to be intimidating‚ cause entertainment‚ antisocial‚ and mischievous. In Strangers on a Train‚ Bruno is depicted as the villain. Based on the description/ traits of what an actual villain is‚ Bruno does not meet the criteria. Bruno is considered more of a misguided hero‚ who starts doing evil things
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Loc Gov Borja vs COMELEC [295 SCRA 157; GR 133495‚ September 3‚ 1998] Facts: Private respondent Jose T. Capco‚ Jr. was elected vice-mayor of Pateros on January 18‚ 1988 for a term ending June 30‚ 1992. On September 2‚ 1989‚ he became mayor‚ by operation of law‚ upon the death of the incumbent‚ Cesar Borja. For the next two succeeding elections in 1992 and 1995‚ he was again re-elected as Mayor. On March 27‚ 1998‚ private respondent Capco filed a certificate of candidacy for mayor
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In real life‚ villains really should be avoided but in fiction they are just unavoidable. Without a villain getting in the hero’s way‚ there would be no conflict‚ and a movie with no conflict would not be as entertaining as other movies. Great villains can have a meaningful effect on the value of their stories‚ but what makes a great villain? An example can be Ursula from the movie The Little Mermaid. I would describe Ursula is persuasive‚ wicked‚ cruel‚ clever‚ tricky‚ and glutton person. Ursula
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What is a villain? By definition it is “the person or thing responsible for specified trouble‚ harm‚ or damage” or an antagonist who seems fit to be a terrible‚ evil‚ unjust person but to me villains are not that. Villains are people who are unfairly looked upon as villains such as those with tattoos‚ graffiti artists‚ hacktivists‚ or even urban climbers. These people are all labeled as villains because they do something out of the norm to make themselves happy or perhaps others when what they do
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