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    from mining. Relationship’s crumble between those who dream of more than following the typical miner path career and those who want to get out of Coalwood and make something of themselves. Elsie‚ Homer Jr.’s mother‚ uses her support of Homer Jr.’s fascination with building a rocket to promote not only his dreams but also her own. Throughout the novel‚ Elsie Hickam takes as many actions and steps as necessary to promote Homer Jr. and his interests. As a mom‚ she sees that Homer Jr. is different and not

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    control may also reflect on the fact that I have a proactive personality. I became conscious of this trait very recently in my personal life when I started traveling. Due to the experience of detaching from my regular routine‚ I began to develop a fascination with changing my environment even if it is for a short period of

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    Passage through the Arctic Ocean from Russia to the Pacific Ocean. ‎They are both seeking to do something that has not been done before. They took ‎risks and were willing to sacrifice their families and friends even themselves for ‎the sake of their fascination. The two men come from caring loving families that ‎are worried about them. Also both of them had very good intentions; Walton ‎wanted to discover a passage that can lead to a new land where people can live‚ ‎and Victor affected by his mother’s

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    (Merriam 1222). When a person says the word "timeless"‚ it could mean existing through the ages‚ relating to all. In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden Caulfield relates to all people and their experiences. With Holden’s vocabulary‚ sexual fascination‚ and attempts to enter the adult world‚ Salinger effectively creates a character with whom readers can relate. Salinger relates Holden Caulfield to readers with the use of foul language and provocative wording. Salinger may even overuse the swearing

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    catalyzed my fascination with chemistry‚ and I wanted to give back by sharing the experiences I had with others. Though‚ I was immediately rejected by Ben’s disgust with DNA‚ I eventually sparked an interest for chemistry in him and my other little scientists. By the end of the camp‚ they had actually researched‚ on their own time‚ how certain chemicals affect the body‚ and they told me some things I didn’t even know! That’s when I realized that my actions sparked their sudden fascination with chemistry

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    were full of hopelessness and sorrow and no longer were able to go to the movies because there was no money for it. Therefore‚ it was no surprise that when a bright and young new face came onto theater screens‚ people latched onto it with extreme fascination; some near obsession. This rising starlet‚ who could put a smile on even the saddest face‚ was Shirley Temple. In 1935‚ at just three and a half years of age‚ Shirley instantly became the number one box office sensation and held onto the title for

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    Katherine Curtis 10125258 ITAL10500 Reading Italy: From Medieval to Modern How to read a still image This is a painting entitled “Lampada ad arco”‚ painted in 1909 by Giacomo Balla‚ according to Balla the painting represented “how romantic moonlight had been surpassed by the light of the modern electric street light.” The painting is an example of art from the artistic Avant-Garde movement of Futurism which was founded in Italy in 1909‚ by the Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti

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    Goth subculture The goth subculture is a contemporary subculture found in many countries. It began in the United Kingdom during the early 1980s in the gothic rock scene. The goth subculture’s imagery and cultural proclivities indicate influences from nineteenth century Gothic literature along with horror movies and to a lesser extent the bondage and sado-masochism culture.  The goth subculture has associated tastes in music‚ aesthetics‚ and fashion. Goths have a tendency towards a lugubrious‚ mystical

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    more than sixteen thousand men and women were prosecuted under the belief that they were practicing witchcraft or associating/worshiping the devil. William Shakespeare knew of the hysteria upon the subject during this time and he recognized the fascination King James 1st had with the paranormal and mystical aspects of the world‚ and with that knowledge he composed the play “The Tragedy of Macbeth”. Throughout The Tragedy of Macbeth‚ there are many themes present. One of the most significant of the

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    CHAPTER OBJECTIVES When students finish this chapter they should understand that: • Perception is a three-stage process that translates raw stimuli into meaning. • Products and commercial messages often appeal to our senses‚ but we won’t be influenced by most of them. • The design of a product today is a key driver of its success or failure. • Subliminal advertising is a controversial—but largely ineffective—way to talk to consumers. • We interpret the stimuli

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