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    Love aRole of Love as a Sickness in Beauty and Sadness The poet Samuel Daniel said in one of his poems that “love is a sickness full of woes‚ all remedies refusing” (Page 111). The novel Beauty and Sadness by Nobel Prize-winning author Yasunari Kawabata tells the story of a destructive love affair between a married writer and a teenage girl. This love affair continues to haunt both of these characters more than twenty years after their last encounter. In this novel there is the recurrent theme

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    like famous Chinese gymnast Chen Yibing‚ Spanish men’s basketball team‚ world top badminton player Lin Dan and Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva. These athletes or sports team possess great influence among the whole sports circle and they be can make great performance while competing with the others in large sports event; For example‚ in the London 2012 Olympic Game‚ Chinese badminton star Lin Dan beat Malaysia’s Lee Chong who

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    Stupid Literary Devices

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    This theme can be found through the several literary devices scattered among the song lyrics‚ such as the verse “You have invented a new kind of stupid/A damage you can never undo kind of stupid/An open all the cages in the zoo kind of stupid/Truly‚ you didn’t think this through? Kind of stupid.” This verse not only uses multiple metaphors‚ but uses repetition to emphasize the “kind of stupid.”This verse helps you understand that Alexander has done something wrong. Towards the end of the song there

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    Lucille Clifton Why some people be mad at me sometimes The poem Why some people be mad at me sometimes by Lucille Clifton was a little confusing for me at first‚ I actually had to read it 3 times in order for thoughts to start processing‚ but once I grasped an understanding from it I felt astonished because it was so deep and powerful. I believe what Clifton was trying to deliver is that there are always two sides to a story‚ one side is theirs and the other is your side and that people will always

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    The Cultural Revolution

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    a agitated situation‚ a land full of protest. Mao wanted China to have peasants‚ workers and educated people working together. Everyone was of equal class status‚ no one was better than anyone else. The Cultural Revolution started in 1965‚ when Lin Piao made a speech encouraging students to criticize the liberals in the Chinese Communist Party‚ or those influenced by the thoughts of the USSR. They formed a group called the "Red Guards"‚ who criticized the people that Mao disliked. Anyone who was

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    Has anybody ever made a sacrifice for you?‚ well you might not remember but i’m sure many people have. A sacrifice can actually change someone’s life in many ways. Well if you don’t know a sacrifice is doing a good action for someone or many people but not expecting to get anything in return. For example if your friend didn’t have any money and you have a lot of money but there’s something you really want to buy with it‚ but you give some to your friend so you and them can get something you just

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    Technology in Automobile

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    References: Bauen‚ A. (2014). A biofuels roadmap for Europe to 2030. Hydrocarbon Processing. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1503671531?accountid=27870 Johnston‚ C Lin‚ Y.‚ Chen‚ J.‚ & Chen‚ Y. (2011). Backbone of technology evolution in the modern era automobile industry: An analysis by the patents citation network traffic safety. Canadian Review of Sociology ‚ 47(2)‚ 129-147. doi:10.1111/j.1755-618X.2010.01227.x

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    Smartphones in China

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    Rutberg‚ an investment bank. In the second quarter of 2013 Xiaomi’s market share in China was 5%‚ says Canalys‚ a research firm—more than Apple’s (4.8%) for the first time. Yet “we have never compared ourselves to Apple—we are more like Amazon‚” says Lin Bin‚ Xiaomi’s co-founder‚ who once worked for the Chinese arms of Microsoft and Google. Apple sells its iPhone 5 for around $860 in China and has the industry’s highest margins. Xiaomi offers its handsets at or near cost: the Mi-3‚ its new flagship

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    The use of multiple languages in educa- tion may be attributed to‚ or be a reflection of‚ numerous factors such as the lin- guistic heterogeneity of a country or region (e.g.‚ Luxembourg or Singapore); specific social or religious attitudes (e.g.‚ the addition of Sanskrit to mark Hin- duism or Pali to mark Buddhism); or the desire to promote national identity (e.g.‚ in India‚ Nigeria‚ the Philippines). In addition‚ innovative language education programs are often implemented to promote proficiency

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    Econ 545 project 2

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    Business Economics Project 2 Situation C INTRODUCTION: Edgar wants to review the business of opening a new gas station. He must consider the costs of operating it and the possible revenues he can obtain. This will help to arrive at profits expected. A positive expected profit will imply a thumbs up to the new venture. RELEVANT INFORMATION: The article tells us the gas prices are expected to touch a high of $4. It also states that this high price has forced consumers to squeeze non-gas

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