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    The Vietnam Wall

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    Appendix line. A dig. An archaeologist can explain. The walk is slow at first Easy‚ a little black marble wall Of a dollhouse‚ A smoothness‚ a shine The boys in the street want to give. One name. And then more Names‚ long lines‚ lines of names until They are the shape of the U.N. building Taller than I am: I have walked Into a grave. And everything I expect has been taken away‚ like that‚ quick: The names are not alphabetized. They are in the order of dying. An alphabet of

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    Language – text (forms and features) Mending Wall – Frost’s use of the wall as an extended metaphor represents the division between the neighbours‚ but ironically‚ is the thing that draws them together‚ “We keep the wall between us as we go.” The wall separates them‚ but the use of the word ‘us’ illustrates their connection. Therefore‚ the wall illustrates the boundaries of human interaction that people create on life’s journey‚ as well as learning to accept people’s different perspectives. The

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    a normal circumstance would be good to have near children but right in arm’s length right under the rope is a bad idea. I would say they don’t have the budget to put in a case because some objects are in glass cases but it easily can be hung on the wall more out of the way. They have clothing that I saw little kids playing with one of the coats which looked to be a 1920’s mink coat. That should be more protected than just sitting in the museum where anyone could touch it. My next problem there is

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    The Power of Words September 15th‚ 2001. "That moment was when I learned the importance of words. Whether you may be angry‚ sad‚ or happy‚ you must use your words wisely. Love everyone‚ and tell them so every day"(George Phoenix.) ______________________________________________________________________________ Morning of September 11th‚ 2001. Phoenix went to the cafeteria to get his usual coffee‚ milk and Danish. Returning from the café with his food‚ he entered into an elevator heading to

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    Descriptive

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    you can see on the left side of a wall built in wardrobes. There’s where I keep all my clothes. The desk is long and narrow‚ and it has got many drawers. Above the desk there are a lot of things for example a lamp‚ a mini cactus (which is the only plant I’ve gotten to keep alive)‚ many magazines‚ papers‚ pencils‚ pens ... In theory‚ the desk should be a place to study and to do the homework‚ but I never do it because there’s no space. On the other side of the wall there is a library full of books

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    smoke cleared and I could see” Finally the smoke cleared and I could see what I think I’ve been looking for‚ for five years… I saw a small‚ abandoned house‚ which was run down and you could see dead ivy along the tattered walls. It was a little haunting but I promised myself and my sister in law I would help find my two nieces that had made a giant mistake five years ago… He drove out here‚ into the middle of no where and just dropped his two daughters off in this house and

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    To start this off let’s talk about the setting of the room‚ now picture a living room with white wall and a white ceiling‚ then the floor is wood. The room had general furniture like a couch its center table the tv with its console decoration of the season and two windows one on the first wall you see and the wall to your right. Then on the couch is where which was the color olive is where the subject sat a Hispanic lady of walnut color hair and today in her 50s and with Indian color skin. She wore

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    Description of My Room

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    huge Pink Panther which is hanging from the walls in a funny posture. On the ledge (which is in front of the door) there is a small plant (I don’t know a name). On the right side of the room there is a a foldable bed plus shelves unit. It’s huge and white‚ but very handy in such a small room like this. On this piece‚ there are two ferns andone statue of Lao Tze – who was a famous Chinese philosopher. Above that bed there is a huge painting‚ hanging on the wall‚ in blue and white colours‚ with a woman

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    we are all born with a language acquisition device which helps us learn language as soon as we start hearing it around us (A Basic Introduction to Child Development Theories 2006). A fun activity that can last the whole year is a word wall. This is a spot on a wall that the children can post words and their meanings. If a child comes across a word that they want to share with the rest of the class they write it on a piece of paper‚ and they also have to write what the word means. These are put up

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    The Walls of Thebes

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    Valerie S Watson Humanities 101 May 16‚ 2013 W. A. The Walls of Thebes The Walls of Thebes 1. The significance of The Walls of Thebes is some twenty-five hundred years later Bertolt Brecht‚ a refugee in Denmark‚ wrote a poem which began‚ “Wer baute das siebentorige Theben?” Who built seven-gated Thebes? In the books stand and recorded the names of Kings. The Kings haul the broken rock. It was of course the working class that built Thebes. Euripides+Hermes would give the job to Zethus the practical

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