Is old age really golden age? What are its pros and cons? Human life is a long and complex process which passes through many stages. Each stage contains new circumstances and requirements to which one has to adapt. The great English poet W. Shakespeare described and divided the human life span into a number of stages: an infant‚ a schoolboy‚ a lover with agonies of adolescence‚ a soldier as a youngish‚ a justice as an adult‚ a pantaloon who is over the hill‚ and the second childhood with "sans teeth
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to adding a pet to the family‚ many people act on impulse‚ never thinking that the adorable puppy or dog will need grooming‚ veterinary care‚ and attention. But‚ after reality set’s in‚ after acquiring‚ let’s say‚ an Alaskan Malamute‚ instead of a Golden Retriever it becomes obvious that they should have done some homework. Retrievers do make better pets than Malamutes‚ because of their temperament‚ they take to training very easy‚ and the methods of exercise is relax then with a Malamute. First
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Dark They Were‚ and Golden-Eyed One of the major science fiction themes that are in Dark They Were‚ and Golden Eyed is the extrapolation when Harry Bittering first finds the tainted food and then the yellow eyes of the people. "’You know they have! Onions but not onions‚ carrots but not carrots. Taste: the same but different. Smell: not like it used to be’" (Bradbury 134). Then the part of the yellow eyes‚ "’Sam‚ you shouldn’t have yellow eyes’" (Bradbury 136). From this it can be extrapolated
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Golden State Warriors A member of the NBA (National Basketball Association) of America‚ Golden State Warriors based in Oakland‚ California is a team of professional basketball players under the Pacific Division of Western Conference of the league. The team which was formed in 1946 in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania under the name of Philadelphia Warriors was renamed to San Francisco Warriors during 1962-1971 due to change in its franchise location. Since 1971 it is known as a popular Golden State Warriors
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viewed as ‘Thirteen Wasted Years’? The Labour government in their 1964 party election manifesto described the period of 1951-64 as the ‘13 wasted years’. This is in contrast to the historian Blake who referred this period of conservative power the ‘Golden Age’. The period did have periods of good and bad‚ spread especially across the areas of international‚ economic and social policies. The 1950s in hindsight was a period of missed opportunities and growth was sluggish compared with Britain’s
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Grimm’s books‚ and fantasized about living in a miraculous world. Owing to their nice turn of phrases‚ I can imagine all the scenes in my mind‚ and picture life there of those far-off days. This week‚ an interesting narrative comes to my notice‚ "The Golden Bird"‚ one of the Bothers Grimm’s fairy tales. Like most children’s literature‚ authors wrote in a simple and understandable way. For me‚ it is a profound story‚ with religious overtones. As I read‚ I was confronted with a series of reflections on
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world‚ There is no definite place or dimension for their gods to live in‚ but some vague imaginations‚ and their gods have never been visualized in actual life because they are just the fictional stories of primitive minds. The characteristics of “The Golden Chain” that make it a creation myth include the presence of a supreme being Olorun and a sky-world because most cultures believe that life
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C. Characters Winston Smith is our protagonist. He images better world‚ better living conditions. He called there ‘The Golden Country’. He gives all his thought to the history of Oceania‚ especially he tries to remember pre-revolution Oceania. However‚ he cannot because of changing history. While reading the book‚ I saw more hopeful‚ determined and insubmissive man. However‚ in the movie‚ I saw a lover man. He thinks more emotionally in the movie. In the book‚ when Winston and Julia become a lover
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Now Edward was convinced that nothing could stand between them and their future together. He was ready and willing to leave his aging and sickly wife and finally spend the “golden years” with Irene‚ leaving forty years old Brian to fend for himself. “Not yet‚ said Irene over and over‚ I need to give Brian a chance‚ let’s keep everything as is”. What Ed never understood about Irene is that with all her softness she was as strong as the weeping willow- always bending‚ never breaking. Nevertheless
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On my desk sits a golden momento. Glimmering and shining in the light let in through the thin shutters of the window. Standing a foot tall in all of it’s glory. A torch is displayed in the middle of the masterpiece‚ a symbol for determination and perseverance. Atop the momento‚ a scaled down person stands poised in an athletic position. This momento happens to only be an old trophy I received in second grade. The real beauty of this old trophy that sits on my desk is in what it represents and the
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