In the midst of a dream‚ I met a witty individual with short fingers and twinkling brown eyes of a cat‚ her lips were curled up in a smirk and her mind was clear as the sky. Clutching in her hand‚ was a grand cream paper recognizing her achievements as a graduate from the University of Texas at Austin. Her choice of major was International Relations‚ an awkward choice for a timid mouse that loved history but hated speaking in front of a crowd; yet for a strange reason was favored for the opportunity
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question that has jarred my mind for years is the first thing almost every adult told me when they first found out I was moving to China‚ “Wow! Colleges will love you because of that‚ you can just write all about your experiences in China.” I hated that‚ I don’t think of my life as growing up in Ohio‚ Belgium‚ Illinois and China. I look at the progression of my life through music and how it has influenced me as a person‚ ultimately to discover that there is no such thing as strangers when you have the
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Novels by Cecily von Ziegesar: Gossip Girl You Know You Love Me All I Want is Everything “Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.” —Oscar Wilde Disclaimer: All the real names of places‚ people‚ and events have been altered or abbreviated to protect the innocent. Namely‚ me. hey people! Ever wondered what the lives of the chosen ones are really like? Well‚ I’m going to tell you‚ because I’m one of them. I’m not talking about beautiful models or actors or musical prodigies or mathematical geniuses
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element 43; A race that would earn honor to any scientist‚ in The disappearing spoon a book written about chemistry specifically the periodic table which most notified in Chapter 8 From physics to biology. In this chapter Kean opens it up by talking about the competition to finding element forty three great scientist such as Segre‚Pauling‚Glenn Seaborg and Al Ghiorso brought the hunt for the unknown element to a new level of sophistication.Many scientist searched for element 43 and failed;Chapter
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yearning to breathe free‚ The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these homeless‚ tempest- tost to me‚ I lift my lamp beside the golden door. This famous part of a poem written on a plaque on the inner wall of the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty sums up perfectly what the United States is all about. It doesn’t matter who you are and where you’re from‚ Lady Liberty welcomes you. I love America. Even with its faults‚ it still has an enormous
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Image is everything In the poem‚ Oliver shows that image is everything in her work. In Singapore by Mary Oliver‚ imagery plays a very important role. She writes a poem about a poor woman she saw in an airport in Singapore washing an ashtray in the toilet‚ and comparing a woman to a beautiful scene in nature. She writes a poem about this woman making her a symbol to the serene image of nature. She is also decreasing her disturbed perception of the woman to nature in the poem. She also uses a very
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As I glare at the ball then the goal. Ball again‚ then goal. I started sprinting up to the multi colored ball. I strike it perfectly. Perfect follow through. The inside bend curving the ball just right. As I watch the ball soaring through the air‚ the sun puts a glare on the ball. I have lost sight of it in the sun. I close my eyes and hear the ball sliding on the side net. I glanced up and I start cheering. Jumping up and down‚ I just won the game for the team. I love soccer because‚ it involves
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My love for playing ball started about when I was about five years old. I started out playing t-ball and then I played C team baseball and eventually started playing town-ball for softball. I was getting to be a better player and my mom thought it would be a good idea for me to play travel ball. At first I didn’t like that idea because I didn’t know anyone and I didn’t think I was going to make it on the team. Luckily I did make the team and I loved the idea of getting to play softball all summer
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Shakespeare’s Sonnet 19 In his Sonnet 19‚ Shakespeare presents the timeless theme of Time’s mutability. As the lover apostrophizes Time‚ one might expect him to address "old Time" as inconstant‚ for such an epithet implies time’s changeability. But inconstant also suggests capricious‚ and the lover finds time more grave than whimsical in its alterations. With the epithet "devouring" he addresses a greedy‚ ravenous hunger‚ a Time that is wastefully destructive. Conceding to Time its wrongs‚ the
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magnificently by Shakespeare. Through his skillful use of imagery‚ Shakespeare shows us a deeper look into the true character of Macbeth. Though imagery is widespread throughout Macbeth‚ it is most dominant in clothing imagery‚ light and darkness imagery‚ and blood imagery. Through these images‚ Shakespeare shows the development of Macbeth’s character. Using clothing imagery‚ Shakespeare develops Macbeth’s character. This is evident‚ as‚ imagery of clothing shows us Macbeth’s ambition‚ and the consequences
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