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    Colorado State University. She has a PH.D in rhetoric from Carnegie Mellon University and has written numerous published articles‚ including three textbooks. In the book "Brave New Classrooms"‚ Professor Kiefer writes a chapter titled‚ "Do Students Lose More Than They Gain In Online Classrooms?" Professor Kiefer tackles the difficult questions of just how much are students getting out of online writing classes. What is the goal of an online student? Kiefer

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    Eilis character notes

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    Character Quotes / Notes Eilis Lacey • Protagonist • Heroine • Indecisive • Inexperienced • Innocent • Naïve • Young • • “I hear you have no job at all but a great mind for figures” (Miss Kelly‚ p.5) • “Irish girls aren’t like Italian girls. They’re serious” (tony‚ p.133) • “You have changed. You look different. Everything about you is different” (Nancy‚ p.130) • Home sickness is a “terrible weight” that underscores her anonymity in Brooklyn: “she was nobody here…she was a ghost in this

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    exploration of the provincial and cosmopolitan cultures of Eilis’ landscapes thoroughly highlights the impact of each on the protagonist. To establish the restrictions of Enniscorthy‚ the composer stipulates the order of Eilis’ life‚ introduced almost immediately as her mother declares‚ “Eilis and myself are going to have our tea now.” Such provincial landscape is reiterated in Miss Kelly’s apparent knowledge of Eilis’ abilities‚ indicative as she states‚ “I hear you have a great head for figures.” The

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    More Than Basketball

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    More than Basketball At first glance‚ basketball may seem like an easy concept to comprehend. It’s pretty basic; two teams compete against each other to shoot a ball in a goal more than one another‚ scoring more points‚ thus winning the game. Simple enough‚ right? Well‚ basketball goes a little deeper than that. It is quite a bit more than what meets the eye and can even get a little complicated at times. However‚ sticking to the basics is what will be done in this essay for getting in depth would

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    more than a feeling

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    Jenna Gritser Intro to Philosophy 5/10/13 More Than a Feeling This paper will dispute that love is more of a choice than a feeling according to Fromm’s thesis regarding love. Fromm thoroughly discusses love in a capitalist society and with that being said I will concur that love is full of virtue requiring time and personal growth. In the bible‚ it is said that choice is a command that you cannot control therefore if love is a command it has to be act of the individuals will. In order to

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    More Than a Veil

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    More Than a Veil A Feminist Readings of Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis Cultural differences have been on the foreground of the ongoing struggle between the United States and Iran since the 1970’s. Stereotypes are built on misunderstandings which can prove costly in international relationships. Our national media coverage of Iran portrays radical Islamic men oppressing their female counterparts. Many American citizens have narrow opinions on Iranian women‚ most of them dealing with the infamous veil

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    More Than a Carpenter

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    More Than a Carpenter The author of the book‚ “More Than a Carpenter”‚ Josh McDowell was once a very lost man. He ridiculed Christians. He had no knowledge of what he was attacking until one day his own search for happiness led him down a road he was not prepared for. When he took on this project more than 30 years ago‚ he did so with the idea of refuting Christianity. He was of the mindset that all Christians must be out of their minds. He found himself accepting a challenge to research the

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    More than a game

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    Follow the instructions on the box to make sure that you do this correctly. Generally you can warm the wax up in the microwave. 3 Spread the wax on the area that you would like to remove hair from. It is much easier to ask a friend to do this rather than do it yourself. However‚ you can certainly do it yourself if you use a mirror and have good aim. If you mess up and put the wax on a part of your eyebrow that you do not want to removed‚ rinse it off and try again. 4 Cover the wax with a strip from

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    More Than a Grandfather

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    July 11‚ 2005 English 101 More Than A Grandfather My grandfather has had such a huge impact on my life. Why‚ you ask? It’s because of the kind of person that he is‚ and all of the things he has accomplished in his life. He has been successful at every thing he has ever done and has never failed at anything he has ever tried. He worked so hard for everything that he has and at one point he had to work two jobs to support his wife and four kids. He has always

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    More Than a Cover

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    collage shows the importance of money in his life and in the hip hop culture. As a self-proclaimed hustler‚ T.I. draws upon this cultural ideology of the importance of money through his album art. The idea of being a hustler has become increasingly more popular in the lives of Black males. This importance partially stems from the way that mass media teaches young Black males that money is everything and the way

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