the frontier spirit. The desire to explore new worlds is similar to gambling. Both rely heavily on high expectations‚ risk taking‚ opportunism‚ and movement.” (1997) As such‚ gambling can become a pastime depending on the context of the society practicing it. However‚ according to Dunstan‚ English investors and other stakeholders of the colonies deducted that gambling showed their poor ability to “sustain themselves” while also relying on support from England. (1997) Gambling may be a quick fix to
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Wk6 Assign: Project 1 - Journal – Drama Part II 1. What is your reaction to this week’s play: "Fences"? My reaction is that Troy Maxson has made a lot of mistakes in his life‚ but finally has settled on the right track. He has a wonderful wife‚ a son‚ and a steady job. But when Troy’s son brings home a request that causes him to look back and dwell on the bitter racism in his unfulfilled past‚ Troy’s stable life takes a downward spiral. As the Maxson family loses contact with each other and
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Woodrow Wilson delivered his now-famous War Message to Congress on April 4‚ 1917. Four days later‚ Congress declared war and the United States became a formal partner in the war to end all wars. As the Wilson administration was to discover‚ however‚ declaring war and making war were two very different propositions. The former required only an abstract statement of ideals and justifications and a two-thirds Congressional majority; the latter required the massive mobilization of virtually every sector
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till he and Achilles met. Hector of the gleaming helm spoke first: ‘I will not run from you‚ as before‚ son of Peleus. My heart failed me as I waited for your attack‚ and three times round Priam’s city we
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“Explain the underlying and immediate causes of the Jewish War” There were many underlying and immediate causes of the Jewish war. The continued Roman oppression and continued disrespect of the Jewish faith and culture by many Roman key figures of authority such as Pilate‚ Patronius and Cumanus was an underlying cause of the war. This was joined by the Roman inability to control insurgent groups throughout Palestine‚ because of the relatively small number of Roman troops controlling Palestine. It
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Entry 2 We have begun to leave‚ but we ran into some problems at the beginning of the trail. A lawyer crashed who does not know how to control mules. He flipped his wagon and now we have to wait until it gets clear. Many other wagons had troubles too. Most of them that had troubles‚ had mules. It took 2 hours for us to get back going again. We were very upset because we knew more troubles were coming ahead. We made it to the Kansas river. This river is very hard to get across. It took us 3
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Title of reading: Reading critically |Page/par. # |Write your notes from the reading(s) here:|Write your personal ideas‚ reactions and | | | |responses here: | |P1/1 |An additional benefit of close‚ critical | | | |reading is that you will
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African American Woodson‚ J. (2005) Show way. Talbott‚ H. NY: Putnam’s Sons. Memorable Quote Personal Reaction “And though some could book read‚ most could not. Stars and moon and roads. Picture reading was what they’d always known.” There are several effective ways of communicating with others. Quilting was significant to this ethnic group since they did not know how to read. African Americans found different ways to communicate in which they could under-stand the messages through the images
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cleared by a strong pressure. I look at the sky. There was a 10-meter black dragon. Feeling threat from me it roared. [Shuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!] Because of that‚ a strong wind force has been created. But it didn’t affect me because I change my eyes purple to the red pattern and‚ [Susanoo!!] Focusing me in the center a blue color semi-transparent giant born from a skeleton. Even though it is semi-transparent it is as strong as iron. As for size‚ it will be at least
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ended up just staying at the store to keep from being outside‚ where it is colder. There are also toys and stuff I can play with to keep myself entertained‚ but I get bored quickly‚ and any salvageable food is just about gone. My fear is not finding enough food to keep me alive‚ and if I did what does it mean‚ where would I go‚ and how would I be able to survive? Am I truly the only person alive‚ or will I eventually find salvation and help? I just go from place to place looking for food and other
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