Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary ® ELEVENTH EDITION User’s Guide Merriam-Webster‚ Incorporated 47 Federal Street P. O. Box 281 Springfield‚ MA 01102 www.Merriam-WebsterCollegiate.com www.Merriam-Webster.com • www.WordCentral.com www.Merriam-WebsterUnabridged.com • AOL keyword: MERRIAM A GENUINE MERRIAM-WEBSTER The name Webster alone is no guarantee of excellence. It is used by a number of publishers and may serve mainly to mislead an unwary buyer. Merriam-Webster™ is the
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Robber Barons The robber barons of the early industrial age‚ and one modern day baron have been accused of creating monopolies over several different areas. The four barons focused upon are Cornelius Vanderbilt‚ Andrew Carnegie‚ Rockefeller‚ and Bill Gates. They have all created monopolies over their respected industry. These monopolies eliminated all opposition and left consumers with only one choice. First off is Cornelius Vanderbilt‚ he built his business with the New York railways. He
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English 1302.003 6 July 2010 “Miss Brill” Discuss In Katherine Mansfield’s “Miss Brill‚” a middle-aged woman is confronted with the reality of being old. The story details her usual Sunday afternoon in the park‚ which she spends walking and sitting in the park‚ wearing an old but beloved fur. She sees the world as if it were a stage‚ and enjoys watching the people around her‚ often judging them condescendingly. However‚ she then overhears a young couple’s cruel remark about herself‚ and the story
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III. Anthropological Topics Covered: Many of the anthropological topics the author Katherine Dettwyler covered in the book‚ Dancing Skeletons: Life and Death in West Africa‚ are “ethnocentrism; the evaluation of other culture according to preconceived notions originating from one’s own cultural customs and beliefs‚ culture shock; subjected to an unfamiliar way or life or set of attitudes‚ population control‚ breastfeeding‚ child care‚ the meaning of disability and child death in different cultures
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Name: bob joe English 11: Period 1 October 5th‚ 2012 The search for you innerself In the novel An Abundance of Katherines by John Green we find how the need for social acceptance may often alter ones true identity. Everyone may have different personalities in different situations. Most people can actually forget there true self because of all their other personalities. It really all depends on the social group they’d like to belong to. I myself can connect to Lindsey in real life. Just
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Katherine Zoepf’s nonfiction work “Excellent Daughters: The Secret Lives of Young Women Who Are Transforming the Arab World” published by Penguin Books tells different stories of women throughout the Arab world. Zoepf takes readers on a journey beginning in Syria and ending in Egypt. Zoepf compares and contrasts the cultures‚ challenges and changes in women’s lives across five Arab countries. Zoepf’s interest in the Arab world began soon after the terror attacks in New York City on September 11
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‘It was up to him to pay back to the world in beauty and caring what Leslie had loaned him in vision and strength’ (Patterson‚ 1995‚ p.141.) Bridge to Terabithia (1977)‚ by Katherine Paterson is a coming-of-age‚ heart-wrenching but exciting book about Jesse Aarons and Leslie Burke who rule an imaginative land called Terabithia to escape the pressures of school‚ bullies and family. In the novel‚ Leslie’s friendship acts as a guide for Jesse as he faces these challenges and difficulties of adolescence
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The aftermath of a destructive obsession What happens when the burdens of addiction confront a household; what dilemmas arise inside of a family? The novel Tweaked by Katherine Holubitsky; explores the life of an ordinary teenager‚ Gordie; and his internal struggles with his Brother Chase’s tyrannical addiction to crystal meth. Furthermore‚ Chase’s self-harm tragically cripples his family‚ which composes of Gordie‚ his mother‚ and father. Although it impacts their personal lives it also damages
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John Berkeley‚ 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton (1602 – 28 August 1678) was an English royalist soldier. Berkeley married Christiana Riccard‚ daughter of Sir Andrew Riccard‚ a wealthy London merchant‚ in the East India Company; she had already been married first to Sir John Geare‚ and subsequently (14 February 1659) to Henry Rich‚ Lord Kensington‚ son of Robert Rich‚ 5th Earl of Warwick. He left three sons‚ each of whom succeeded in his turn to the title‚ and one daughter‚ Anne‚ who married Sir Dudley Cullum
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The Witch of Blackbird The story of The Witch of Blackbird Pond has many different parts to it. It takes place in the Connecticut Colony in the year 1687‚ is about a girl trying to fit into the new Connecticut lifestyle‚ and she goes through changes in her personality and characteristics as she learns to live in humility. The author of this book uses many details‚ creating a more vivid picture in the readers mind. It is also written in Katherine’s perspective‚ which allows the reader to get to know
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