EIGHTY-ONE YEARS after it first appeared on the eve of World War I and with over ten million copies sold‚ Louis Hémon Maria Chapdelaine is among the all-time French-language best-sellers. 1 A grim tale of life and death in the rugged Lake Saint John country‚ the novel initially met with a mixed recep- tion in Quebec and‚ over the years‚ has given rise to much controversy. 2 it can- not be gainsaid‚ however‚ that Hémon‚ a Frenchman who worked for a year as a farm hand at Péribonka shortly
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Police Professionalism By: Loren Hensley Police officers have a very reputable job‚ meaning they must be professional at all times. The job of a police officer is to protect and to serve the public. Since most of their time is spent in the public eye‚ they are expected to maintain professional behavior. The first step in projecting their professionalism is their dress. They should be dressed neatly‚ and according to the uniform regulations of their department. Appearances say a lot
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director of YSL‚ too‚ and communications director of the house’s ready-to-wear business‚ while continuing to design for Gucci. A mighty challenge certainly‚ but Ford was adamant he could keep the two labels distinct. "Historically‚ [Gucci] is Sophia Loren. Yves Saint Laurent is Catherine Deneuve. They’re both sexy‚" he told British Vogue in February 2001. "It’s just that Gucci is a little more obvious than Saint Laurent. The YSL woman might tie her boyfriend up and drip hot wax on him before they have
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Youth is a time that every person cherishes and missed once it is gone‚ and Krakauer uses the “youthful derring-do” as the cause behind McCandless’s “Alaskan odyssey.” Krakauer argues that the reason why Chris went to such extreme measures was for soul searching and many other reasons‚ but more importantly‚ this would have never happened if it weren’t for Chris’s youth. Krakauer utilizes his own experiences from his youth to prove a point. He says “I knew that people sometimes climbed mountains.
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What you take from life relies heavily on perspective. There are several different phases and transitional periods throughout our existence. As you grow older‚ your innocence inevitably fades as more developed goals and priorities take shape. The same things that intrigued you as a child usually become obnoxious by your adolescent years‚ and completely irrelevant by adulthood. It is a common understanding in our culture that as you mature‚ you must leave behind all of the things that mark you as
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Holly Stalker Professor Loren Hoekzema English 141-30 17 February 2015 Nature in Literature: Basho and Voltaire Nature plays a huge role in many pieces of literature‚ but especially Basho’s Narrow Road to the Deep North and Voltaire’s Candide. There is a major difference between the two forms of literature and how nature is incorporated into each. This Japanese form of literature has a much lighter tone than that of the European style of literature. You can see a calmer‚ more relaxed intention
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Illegal logging‚ mining worsened impact of Philippines’ killer typhoon According to Filipino officials‚ rampant illegal logging and mining were likely a part of the cause for the high casualty count from Category 5 Typhoon Bopha (Pablo)‚ especially in the Compostela Valley where government officials had warned people to stop the illegal activities. So far‚ 370 people have been found dead on the island of Mindanao with another 400 missing. Waters rose so high even emergency shelters were inundated
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about how she would be reviewed. Josephine received applause before the her performance even began. It was so touching that she wept onstage. On April 8‚ 1975‚ Josephine performed at the Bobino Theater in Paris. Princess Grace of Monaco and Sophia Loren were in attendance to see Josephine (Now 68) perform a mix of routines from her career of 50 years. The reviews were among her best ever. Days later‚ however‚ Josephine died. 20‚000 people came to watch her funeral procession. She was honored with
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Liberty 5-300 a “pet” name because “it is a sin to give men names which distinguish them from other men”(41). Equality doesn’t care that the law says that “men may not think of women”(41) and that they must “save at the Time of Mating”(41). Loren- 2 pts. 10. Contrast Equality 7-2521 with the rest of the men living in this society (pg. 46-47). There are many different things about Equality in Ayn Rand’s Anthem and the other men that live in his society. Some of the differences are that
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Loren Wilkinson – 4/7/2011 Crash Essay Project In the film “Crash”‚ there were repeated examples of prejudice and discrimination displayed by a variety of characters. While considering the film in concepts set out in our assigned reading of chapter 11 - Race and Ethnicity (Macionis‚ 304-333) several areas we had covered were clearly evident. I decided to focus on the prejudice and discrimination displayed toward blacks and Hispanics in the film. The first example that struck me was the common
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