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    In Chapter 9‚ Santibañez and Záratea find a positive correlation between being bilingual and the odds of going to college‚ which strengthens the previous discussion about bilingual advantages in the job market (Chapter 7) and educational institutions (Chapter 8). Specifically‚ this study suggests Spanish-English bilinguals who frequently use their native language at home are likely

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    Dr. Urbino Chapter Summary

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    helps run smoothly from an unnoticed position behind the scenes. When everyone else has left and Fermina finally notices him standing there‚ he declares that he has waited more than 50 years to remind her of his love and fidelity to her. 11. This chapter is framed between two deaths. Describe its

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    Chapter six starts off with Winston writing in his diary about an encounter with a old and ugly prole prostitute three years ago and how he used to be married to a women named Katherine. They separated when they both had differences in ideology‚ which included her not enjoying sexual intercourse and only performed it to make a child for the Party. In this chapter‚ Winston also discusses how the Party did not want mean and women to form loyalties because they could not control them. In addition‚ the

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    about certain topics and also to creating some curiosity about such an interesting and developing decade. Every chapter of the book was interesting‚ however the one that most caught my attention was Chapter Four‚ “Popular Culture and the Culture Wars.” We live in a culture where technology is one of the most important factors and it was extremely interesting for me to read a whole chapter about innovations that happened in the 80’s. Significant developments that were introduced during this time that

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    This chapter is about how Richard organized his report and how he rewrote it 23 times. He would write something‚ then a team would help him rearrange what he wrote. Richard called this “wordsmithing”. Richard and the team of people helping him write disagreed on a lot of things in his report. Richard’s was upset because he had done all this work just for his report to be in the appendix. He felt they were making to big of a deal about a report that would not be part of the main report. Richard

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    know Dr. Roth they will be quick to learn that he comes off very confident and passionate about his beliefs in order to get the point across to his reader. He uses great forms of ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos all throughout his book‚ but especially in chapter two when he discusses that “Reasons are Bullshit”(Roth 38). Dr. Roth is a professor and mechanical engineer at Stanford University. Dr. Roth is also a founder of the design school there‚ at Standford. Dr. Roth shows various forms of ethos in his book

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    Chapter one begins with the drought in Oklahoma and describes the dust storm and its effect on the people in the town. In chapter two‚ Tom Joad hitchhikes home .He spent four years in McAlester‚ an Oklahoma state prison‚ for killing a man in a drunken brawl. In the fourth chapter‚ Tom meets Jim Casy‚ an ex-preacher. Casy isn’t a preacher anymore and tells Tom about all of the lustful things he did when he was a reverend. They discuss his loss of faith and the problems that have reduced the homesteaders

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    History Final Exam Study Guide Chapter 14 – Islam * Islam – literal meaning = submission * Five Pillars 1. Shahada – the Creed 2. Salat – Prayer – Pray 5 times daily facing Mecca 3. Sawn – Fasting – during Ramadan 4. Haji – Pilgrimage – travel to Mecca at least once in lifetime 5. Zakat – Almsgiving – giving money to religion * Allah – one true god * Haji – Pilgrimage to the holy cities of Arabia * Hijra – The “flight” of Muhammad when he had to flee

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    Chapter 4: 1. Elie’s first impression of the camp at Buna was that it looked empty and dead as if an epidemic had hit. 2. Elie and his father have to work in a factory where they fix electrical circuits. 3. The Jewish dentist is caught stealing the prisoner’s gold teeth and was ordered to be hung. 4. The part of Elie’s body that is aware of the passage of time is his stomach because he goes a long time without getting anything to eat. 5. Idek accused Elie’s father of being lazy

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    Chapter 1 – East and West In Chapter 1‚ the author assesses the unique and eternal achievements of 5th century BCE Athenian culture. She introduces several basic dichotomies that define her understanding of the writers and events of the period in the later chapters. One of the basic themes of the book is that the thought and the art of classical Athens is full of meaning for people of later generations. It is the full of meaning for nations‚ cultures and societies beset by broad-scale and profound

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