I looked up from my cereal‚ wondering why my parents had stopped talking. What I saw was Francis standing over my grandad‚ staring at him speechless‚ a pool of hurt was eminent in her eyes. But without flinching she replied‚ “yes Sir.” And stalked out of the dining room. Following this instance was a storm of rage and disgust directed at my Grandad from my father. But Grandad just shrugged it off‚ obviously not seeing what he did wrong
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morning‚ just as the sun had risen above High Street‚ two men‚ both in black‚ dashed hurriedly out of the Merlin Bank. One of the men wore a beard‚ and both were trim and fit looking‚ in their late thirties or early forties. They both carried briefcases‚ from which large denominations of banknotes were poking out; the first man was also carrying a sack with rectangular shaped packets silhouetted against the side; he called out to the one following‚ “Get a move on‚ Gilbert; we will miss our connection at
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It was a rare beautiful summer day and I was bursting with happiness and joy to finally be able to meet the love of my life after several days. Every time I wasn’t with him I felt my world was crushing down on me. A day without him was like a year. The pain of him not being around was driving me insane. I just had to meet him‚ however Micheal was unaware of this. My plan was to surprise him. I knew exactly where he would be‚ it was a Saturday so of course he would be hitting the beautiful white beach
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could turn to confront your assailant‚ he landed a mighty blow from behind... Striking you on the back of your head with what you assumed to be a large club... Naturally this was sufficient to dispatch you‚ and send you here... It is as I remembered... Now son‚ had you enemies in
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an enemy and did not hate him but went ahead to kill him with a grenade. If somebody is not an enemy then he should be a friend‚ if it was not a matter of life and death why kill him? We are forced by the laws we obey to disobey our own will. The story “Ambush” tells us about a soldier in war who never wanted to kill but did it anyway because he was obliged to do so. “There were no thoughts about
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He stands on line‚ waiting for roll call to be over. He shivers slightly‚ both from cold and from fear. He knows‚ beyond a shadow of doubt‚ that if the guards find his hidden treasure‚ that’s it. His life is over. After all‚ he’s smuggling some contraband into his barracks. And what is this item‚ a treasure to him‚ and contraband to the Germans‚ימ’’ש ? What is this that’s worth his whole life? A potato. Not even a whole one‚ but half of a potato‚ smuggled out of the kitchen. He had risked his life
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Aspiration‚ the journey from desire to possession through a breathing-taking fear that the goal may never be reached‚ but in most cases it’s the goal that diminishes the fear. It diminishes the fear merely into a Dandelion seed that one day will float in the air. Take Angela for example‚ she grew up in a small village in South America with a mouth full of dreams and an ocean filled with overgrown seaweeds that were hungry for the light that her dreams emitted* from her own eyes. Her dream was to
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Ripaibodon charged and grabbed Blue. She called for help. Out of nowhere an adult Tyrannosaurus rex came running out of the forest. It bit down on the Ripaibodon’s already injured head. The Ripaibodon snarled and twisted around out of the grasp of the short armed T Rex. Twenty nine more
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NEW YORK (CNN) -- They sat bloody and petrified -- the lights out‚ smoke engulfing the room and pain searing through their bodies. There was no escape from where they were in the South Tower‚ in pieces after being hit by United Airlines Flight 175 as far as they could tell. Then out of nowhere‚ a young man burst in and took control. In a strong‚ authoritative voice‚ he directed them to the stairway -- which was veiled by darkness‚ wreckage and haze -- telling the injured to get out and the healthy
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The “Reading from the Slave Narratives” video I thought it was really interesting and sad at the same time. It had shown me that slaves are the most strong human being that has very lived. They had been treated like an animals‚ but they managed to survive and live to tell their story. The white master did everything they can to to make slaves lives a living hell. Due to the fact that they are slaves‚ they cannot fight back or they will be punished more. The only thing slaves can do during the time
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