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    Mockingbird many people showed different types courage. Atticus was one of the persons who showed the most courage throughout To Kill a Mockingbird because he defended Tom Robinson. Mayella Ewell had a lot of courage to accuse Tom Robinson of rapping her just because he was a black man. Calpurnia also had a lot of courage because she was a black woman working for a white family. First is about Atticus defending an indecent black man in court. Atticus showed a lot of courage because he defended a black

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    Salome Figure (Bible)

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    new interpretation of the original myth. In the end‚ the only way Salome may have any part of John‚ quite literally‚ meant that she must demand his head be given to her. Salome fulfills her passion by kissing the dead lips of John’s decapitated head‚ who had previously rejected her. This new and more familiar version of Salome depicts her as a seductress of her stepfather and a murderer of a saint‚ thereby becoming a symbol of the erotic and dangerous woman‚ the femme fatale. Other elements of Christian

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    Wheelchairs are intended to provide people with comfort and independence after their movement has been either compromised or become impossible due to illnesses‚ injuries‚ disabilities‚ or simply aging. For those with either limited or no mobility at all‚ a wheelchair can make an incredible difference in their quality of life. And here is the brief wheelchair history. The earliest record of wheelchairs dates back to the 6th century‚ as an inscription found on a stone slate in China around 6th century

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    Louie Zamperini's Courage

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    as a are these your words? petty street thug‚ until he had a your word? revelation that eventually led him to become a track star. However‚ as World War II broke out ‚ not even that could keep him from being drafted. The story of Mr. Zamperini’s courage begins in a small town in Southern California ‚: Torrance. There he grew up your word? scavenging the town for any trouble he could get himself into. From storing liquor in white-painted milk bottles‚ to chain smoking and breaking into churches‚ the

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    historical essay

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    Marco Polo was born in 1254 in Venice‚ Italy‚ in a wealthy and merchant family. In 1260‚ the first journey east of Marco Polo’s father and uncle‚ Nicolo and Maffeo Polo‚ set out and they arrived at the court of Kublai Khan in 1265. The Polos brought 100 European priests to Kublai Khan according to the suggestion and they returned to Venice in 1269. In 1271‚ Marco Polo had his first journey when he was 15 years old after his mother’s death. He departed with his father and uncle to China and they

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    Historical Imagination

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    The sun was so bright it woke me up. The window next to me brought in cool wind. The king died from one of the many rules of the great and deiced Hammurabi. I thought Hammurabi made these rules were made to protect the weak. Now because of that our kind king has died because of his selflessness. Why did he have to leave us so soon? A warm tear escaped my eye and rolled down my cheek. He was trying to protect an innocent widow. The traveler refused to back down and they started to fight. He accidently

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    Courage Under Fire In 1991‚ millions of people tuned in to CNN to observe a real life and death drama played out in the cities and deserts of Iraq. For the United States‚ the war was more or less a display of power and a preservation of economic interest. Nobody was to ever hear of the mishaps and foul-ups of the war. In many eyes the war was seen as a chance to boost American spirit and make the government look empowered. Director Edward Zwick and writer Patrick Shane Duncan snatched onto

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    1. The grade level I would establish objectives for is third grade and the figures my students will be studying would be George Washington‚ Abraham Lincoln‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ Theodore Roosevelt‚ James Madison‚ Benjamin Franklin‚ Thomas Edison‚ Franklin D. Roosevelt‚ Theodore Roosevelt‚ John Quincy Adams‚ and John F. Kennedy. I would assist my students in gathering multiple resources regarding their chosen character and provide them with enough time to prepare for their presentation. The first objective

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    Ccd Sales Figure

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    achieving the target. Ccd promotes there sale by distributing various coupon’s like if u spend 140 as you will get a coffee free or buy one get one offer. Coupons are distributed through newspaper. They are distributed in the area of that particular café who is lacking in performance Sometimes it also organized a musical concert in which either they hire somebody to sing or they ask public participation in return they offer some food and beverages. In present time ccd is promoting through facebook.

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    Courage By Anne Sexton

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    include many different types: physical‚ mental‚ spiritual. These journeys demonstrate the way that the person is or acts during the journey. A destination needs the journey‚ because without the journey there is no destination. In the poem “Courage” by Anne Sexton it demonstrates the way that the young person had gone throughout difficult time in his or her life growing up. An example from the text is “and made you into an alien‚ you drank their acid and concealed it.” (Lines 10-12). The evidence

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