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    Describing A Handsome Man

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    a crew cut a Mohican hair cut a marine haircut a razor’s-edge cur a bald pate close cropped hair a rooster cut a military hair cut a buzz-cut a chrome dome 1. He had a crew cut and darting eyes. 2. He had a rooster cut and piercing eyes. 3. He had a marine cut and penetrating eyes. 4. He had buzz-cut and gimlet eyes. 5. He had a chrome dome and far-seeing eyes. EYEBROWS bushy eyebrows sickle shaped crescent-of-moon shape beetle-browed fire

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    The state of Florida is a vacation and retirement destination‚ with a record 94.7 million people visiting the Sunshine State in 2013 (Jackovics). However‚ south Florida is under an imminent threat that many people refuse to acknowledge. The sea level is rising‚ and southern Florida will be underwater by the end of the twenty-first century‚ unless major projects to save the land begin now (Parker). Unfortunately‚ because south Florida consists of a fair amount of reclaimed swampland and sits at or

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    story behind its creation. The poem begins with a mythical tone‚ “In Xanadu did Kubla Khan/ A stately pleasure dome decree.” The poem does not give specifics to nature of the construction of the palace. It just states that Khan decreed the palace be built and then begins describing the palace. The poem’s method of creating a vision of the “pleasure dome” is similar to the biblical tale of the creation of the

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    Vernon by his half brother‚ while it took Thomas Jefferson 40 years for him to design and build his home in Monticello. Thomas Jefferson had many inventions and artifacts in his home‚ including a telescope‚ the first copier‚ the revolving chair‚ four eight-foot-cube cisterns; the seven-day clock that only has an hour hand‚ and other magnificent inventions. He had an indoor bathroom inside his home. His bed was in between two rooms. His home was the first estate that ever had an octagonal dome shape room

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    One of the most influential modernist architects of Sweden‚ Gunnar Asplund‚ is well known for his numerous creations of Nordic classical designs. An example of such is the Stockholm Public Library which was completed in 1928. Asplund‚ along with many other 20th century architects have adopted elements of classical architecture when considering the design of their work. By linking Asplunds design philosophy and design intentions with classical architecture‚ The Stockholm Public Library will be able

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    Early Maps Cartography was used as far back as the time of the Greeks but the first sign of even a single drawing was in the time period of the Cave Men and with that it has developed over the years up until today where Cartography is called Maps which are used of the people of the twenty first (21st) century and maps are essential tools to help define‚ explain and navigate their way around the earth. Maps began as two-dimensional drawings but can also adopt three-dimensional shapes (globes‚ models)

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    providing invalid feedback to each secretary on his or her year’s performance was not productive‚ so he had asked the new Vice President to revise the system. In October‚ Rob sent a memo to all administrators telling them that in the future no more than half the secretaries reporting to any particular administrator could be appraised as “excellent.” This move‚ in effect‚ forced each supervisor to begin ranking his or her secretaries for quality of performance. The Vice President’s memo met widespread resistance

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    Bayou Classic Descriptive

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    The Bayou Classic is the annual college football game and rivalry between Grambling State University and Southern University. The game took place at the Mercedez Benz Super Dome in New Orleans‚ LA. I’ve always heard news of the Bayou Classic‚ but I never had the satisfaction of attending‚ until my girlfriend bought tickets and invited me to go. As we made our way to the football game parking lot‚ I couldn’t have been more excited. The Bayou Classic is a great sporting event and musical experience

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    Flippo Brunelleschi Case

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    Cathedral’s dome. Brunelleschi had no formal architectural background but when the contest for creating Santa Maria’s dome was announced with a prize of 200 gold florins and possible eternal fame‚ Brunelleschi grabbed at the opportunity. Filippo Brunelleschi was determined to win the contest and have his double dome design used for the cathedral. Brunelleschi was certain that his design would win because it solved all of the questions being asked. People were asking‚ “how can a dome be built 150

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    Fillipo Brunelleschi promised to build not just one dome‚ but two domes nested inside each other; and he would do it without using expensive scaffolding. Initially he was not taken seriously because he would not share how he would do it‚ for fear of his idea being stolen. But he won the contest. Brunelleschi

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