solvent -- the fact that there is no water is why the process is called "dry." Like many inventions‚ dry cleaning came about by accident. In 1855‚ Jean Baptiste Jolly‚ a French dye-works owner‚ noticed that his table cloth became cleaner after his maid accidentally overturned a kerosene lamp on it. Operating through his dye-works company‚ Jolly offered a new service and called it "dry cleaning." Early dry cleaners used a variety of solvents -- including kerosene -- to clean clothes and fabrics. The
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It is the early 18th century. The seas are at an endless unrest as ships sail. The crack of thunder sounds from across the blue‚ yet there is no storm. A black flag is raised‚ cannonballs crash‚ and pirates take control of the helpless sailor ships. This is the scene that most think of when pirates are concerned. Of course video games also do their fair sure to help exaggerate this scenario further. In particular one recent game series has taken the mantle of telling the ancient history of maritime
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successful legacy‚ leading Britain through her finest hour‚ Churchill proved to be his own monster of a dictator against those who did not align with his ethnocentric views. Born in 1874‚ at a young age‚ Churchill vowed to take his part in “a lot of jolly little wars against barbarous people (Toye‚ pg. 35).” Winston Churchill grew up with a racist and discriminatory dark side; even though the majority of his encounter with indigenous people subsisted through his parliamentary powers‚ his views on those
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The Lottery The Lottery‚ a short story by Shirley Jackson is about the mystery of the black box. “Lottery in June‚ Corn be heavy soon.” Every year there is a Lottery‚ which takes place in small towns for crops to grow fast and properly. The author included many symbols throughout the story‚ which foreshadowed the dark ending. There was a lot of symbolism portrayed throughout the story‚ from the beginning to the end‚ weather it was through names‚ objects‚ or phrases. The names used in the story
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DISCUSS SOME OF THE WAYS IN WHICH RESEARCH IN ADULT AQUIRED DYSLEXICS HAS ENHANCED OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW PEOPLE READ. The use of language is one of the most complex tasks the human brain must carry out. The way in which children acquire language is studied very carefully. This acquisition is enhanced by teaching from skilled language users‚ but in itself acquired by the child’s own observation and learning. For this reason the acquisition of spoken language is perhaps more well documented
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majority of words in the English language have origins from Greek and Latin. Ninety percent of English words over one syllable are Latin based‚ and the remaining 10 percent are Greek based (Rasinski‚ Padak‚ Newton‚ & Newton‚ (2008‚ p. 11). Just as phonics teaches word families‚ Greek and Latin roots will help students sound out words and determine the meanings of words (Padak‚ Newton‚ Rasinski‚ and Newton (2008‚ p. 29). Nagy & Anderson‚ 1984‚ found morphology played an important role in learning
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Shared Reading – 5-Day Lesson Plan | | |Lesson Focus: | |What is the focus of the lesson? | |
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The aim of this essay is to compare and contrast two important linguistics that reached a significant milestone in the history of Language. Their names are Leonard Bloomfield (April 1‚ 1887–April 18‚ 1949) and Ferdinand de Saussure (November 26‚ 1857– February 22‚ 1913). Leonard Bloomfield was an American linguist who led the development of structural linguistics in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s. Ferdinand de Saussure was a Swiss linguist who taught at the University of Geneva‚ whose
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device. 3. Prepare a book review of Ch-1 from the novel ‘Shakespear’ and read all the chapters. 4. Write on coloured sheet‚ Verbs and their meanings with forms (Present & Past Participle in a tabular form). 5. Write difficult word meaning in the Phonics Books till page No. 24. Activity Based Learning: Make a collage of the places you visit in holidays and write their description. From the English newspaper ‘The Hindu Tuesday Edition’. Read the article ‘Know your English. Pick out difficult words
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much more enjoyable. The witty Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) was very comical during the course of the movie. For example‚ while having a conversation during the movie with Bruce Banner‚ also known as the Hulk‚ about being able to control when the jolly green giant makes his appearances‚ Stark sarcastically asks‚ “You really have got a lid on it‚ haven’t you? What’s your secret? Mellow jazz? Bongo drums? Huge bag of weed?” Being able to make relieve these intense moments with some witty comments from
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