Warming Her Pearls for Judith Radstone Next to my own skin‚ her pearls. My mistress bids me wear them‚ warm them‚ until evening when I´ll brush her hair. At six‚ I place them round her cool‚ white throat. All day I think of her‚ resting in the Yellow Room‚ contemplating silk or taffeta‚ which gown tonight? She fans herself whilst I work willingly‚ my slow heat entering each pearl. Slack on my neck‚ her rope. She´s beautiful. I dream about her in my attic bed; picture her
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A Right to Her Genes by Susannah Gal Department of Biological Sciences State University of New York at Binghamton and Jessie W. Klein Science Department Middlesex Community College “But‚ doctor‚ what should I do?” Michelle was sitting in her OB-GYN’s office‚ having just confronted him with the dilemma she was facing. “My mother died of breast cancer when I was little and now I find out that her mother‚ my grandmother‚ has bone cancer and my grandmother’s brother and my grandfather both have lung
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John Kitzhaber declared a state of emergency to free up 200 National Guard members. The blaze burned a remote house and cabin Sunday. About 10 miles to the west‚ a fire broke out Monday night on a hillside within sight of the small town of Applegate. There was no immediate word on its size or what caused it. "Mother Nature is controlling us on this fire‚" said Greg Gilpin‚ an incident commander with the Oregon Department of Forestry. "There is nothing
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How to write an essay (guidelines) I. The structure of an essay: 1. The introductory paragraph – tells the reader what the essay is about. To write it you are to do the following: a) Introduce the topic in general. b) Narrow the topic down to focus more on the question. c) Restate the question in your own words and in statement form. d) Write the concluding statement of the introduction which is the thesis statement and indicates the controlling idea of the essay. 2. The body – some
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story “A Jury of Her Peers” written by Susan Glaspell is about a murder investigation that has taken place in a rural farm house. This story describes vividly how families lived in rural America and the challenges that they faced. Although readers never meet the murder suspect Mrs. Wright‚ they understand her due to how her peers perceive her. Mary Bendel-Simso explains in her essay that there is a difference between genders and the only people who can judge Mrs. Wright are her female peers. The
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history class in early January. We were studying the impressionists at the time‚ and there was something about this group of artists that caught my eye‚ but I wasn’t sure what it was exactly that caught my eye. I knew there was something special here waiting to be discovered. That day in class‚ each of my classmates was assigned an impressionists artist to do a presentation on. I was given Mary Cassatt. At the time‚ I had no idea who this women was‚ but little did I know that over the course of t
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“A Jury Of Her Peers” is a short story about a women who is being investigated by her peers and is taken to trial regarding her husband’s death. A significant theme displayed is gender roles and how it impacts the story. The gender roles displayed throughout “A Jury Of Her Peers” are a women’s ability to express empathy‚ the manner in which both genders approach the investigation‚ and the different gender perception given on Mr. Wright’s cause of death. In “A Jury Of Her Peers” the women convey
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Tonya Hamilton Catherine Grandorff ENGL 130 29 September 2012 America and Her People From 1776 to present day‚ America has been ever changing and her people have been a different breed‚ no matter where their ancestors came from. America stands for the freedom of any U.S. citizen‚ and any American willing to share the ideas of the people have defined what America means and the character of her people. When September 11‚ 2001 came with such tragedy to America’s shores‚ everyone was trying
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Diane Downs: Her Children Got in the Way of Her Love Background Figure 1: Diane Downs. Photograph. Police Officer. Diane Downs’ 1988 Prison Interview. The Oprah Winfrey Show. 22 Oct. 2010 Diane Downs was born in Phoenix‚ Arizona‚ U.S. to Wes and Willadene Frederickson on August 7‚ 1955. In her early life‚ she was molested by her father when she was a little child. She went to Moon Valley High School in Phoenix and met her future husband‚ Steve Downs. At the age of 14‚ she began to wear
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We are all fishers of men. Fishing is something we have done for thousands of years. From the time of Christ to fishing with your dad at a nearby pond‚ the fishing rod is one of the basic necessities for fishing. The fishing reel contains the most important part of fishing. The fishing line is the most important piece to fishing. The history of fishing is a vast act that has been used since the beginning of time. The industrial revolution had an uncontrollable role on fishing. When you interact
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