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    and yet here’s Louis butting in again with that lap dog‚ Clark Kent trying scoop my exclusive. An anonymous tip said that the knuckleheads would meet up at Phillies an hour before the job to get final instructions. If I could tape-record Lex Luther’s lackeys discussing the diamond heist in

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    EEXT. DESERT - DAY Nick‚ Lex and Steven emerge from the creek’s exit. They spot the rural community in the distance. INT. Dante’s HOUSE - DAY Small and cramped. Not really space for much more than what’s in here already. A rusted-out oven‚ a refrigerator‚ a small dining table and a few storage cupboards. Only the bare essentials. Anna staggers unsteadily back to her feet. Shuts the window closed. Her eyes dart around. ANNA He- Hello?- Is- Is anyone home? Anna carefully paces around the room

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    Sarah Cole: A Type Of Love Story In the story “Sarah Cole: A Type of Love Story”‚ the author‚ Russell Banks tells us a story about a man named Ron who meets a woman named Sarah. It tells a story about a high class man meeting an underclass woman. In the story Ron speaks of Sarah as if she’s kind of a low life‚ saying she was unattractive and the homeliest woman he had ever met. At the same time he kind of ends up with this girl regardless of all the things he said‚ in a way he considered her his

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    John Calvin

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    On July 10‚ six days after our own Independence Day‚ the world will celebrate the birthday of John Calvin‚ the man most responsible for our American system of liberty based on Republican principles of representative government. It was Founding Father and the second President of the United States‚ John Adams‚ who described Calvin as "a vast genius‚" a man of "singular eloquence‚ vast erudition‚ and polished taste‚ [who] embraced the cause of Reformation‚" adding: "Let not Geneva be forgotten or

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    Stylistic devises

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    5. The notion of a term.Its characteristics and st. f-s.Scientific prose. T. are w-ds denoting various scientifical & techn. Objects‚ phenomena & processes. They are found in techn. Texts where they are indespensible means of expressing ideas. They directly refer to the o-t they mean. They are emotionally neutral. They are: 1- monosemantic; 2-m-ng doesn’t depend on the context;3-it remains constant until some new invention changes it(wireless set=radio); 4- no emotional colouring‚but it can obtain

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    Angela Oakley Professor Deville Humanities 300 March 3rd‚ 2013 The Census of Ancient Rome The Census of Ancient Rome was of great importance to the Romans‚ molded the city into political and military community capable of collective action. First of all‚ the word census means “estimate.” Meaning the census is a way to estimate the number of people in the population Having this figure would provide the ancient Romans with an idea of how large or small‚ weak or strong their army would be.

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    Why were plebeians so important to Rome? The Roman Plebeians were members of the common population of Rome and where considered lower class. The word plebs is said to be derived from plere‚ ’to fill up’. Plebeians were‚ therefore‚ people who were considered to be an addition to the ’real’ Roman population (livius‚ 2015). This unkind expression was used by the Roman aristocracy of the early republic‚ the patricians‚ who monopolized the magistracies and wanted to keep all others out of office (livius

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    Pompey the Great

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    While it is clear that Pompey the Great was a successful general‚ how he came to be so is a more complicated matter. To analyse Pompey’s career this essay will first examine his background‚ highlighting the advantages and difficulties that arose from being from a fairly new noble family. Additionally key events in Pompey’s career will be explored chronologically‚ focusing on his most important military successes as well as his political career. This will attempt to determine how much his success

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    Purpose of Law

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    Natural law or the law of nature (Latin lex naturalis) is law whose content derives naturally from human nature or physical nature‚ and therefore has universal validity. In natural law jurisprudence‚ the content of man-made positive law is related to natural law‚ and gets its authority at least in part from its conformity to objective moral standards. Natural law theory attempts to define a “higher law” on the foundation of a universal understanding that certain choices in human life are good or

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    Dance: a Worthy Career

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    Dance: A Worthy Career By Patricia Robinson Dancing is not a money-making career. In addition‚ it ’s not a very long one. But why bother if it is not a long career? Dance is a passion career that can be successful. When someone asks a dancer why they had chosen a career in dance the most popular response they get is that the dancer have always loved it‚ it makes that person happy‚ it feels right and fulfilling‚ it is what they have always planned on‚ always work hard at it‚ and because there

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