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    Part1. Gains: Vocabulary: rustic‚ stupefied‚ aghast‚ utter‚ goad‚ henceforth‚ perish‚ famine‚ earnestly‚ inquire‚ leisure‚ derision‚ shadow‚ thee‚ estate‚ barleycorn‚ field‚ wrathful‚ tyrannical‚ reign‚ proclamation‚ assembly‚ draw up‚ universal‚ panther‚ hare‚ stag‚ impunity‚ amity‚ crane‚ sum‚ draw out‚ grin‚ grind‚ sufficient‚ recompense‚ jaws‚ wicked‚ flute‚ projecting‚ melody‚ haul‚ cease‚ merrily‚ perverse‚ lane‚ wagon‚ confer‚ fuller‚ locust‚ sting‚ evil‚ disunion‚ faggot‚ perpetually‚ illustration

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    The innocence of a child slowly deteriorates as they develop into an adult. The narrator in the short story Araby loses his innocence on his voyage to a bazaar (Araby) in hopes to impress a girl. In Araby‚ James Joyce develops the narrator through the trip to Araby where the young boy is exposed to the realities of adulthood. The narrator in Araby is an older man reminiscing back to his childhood. He recollects playing in the streets with his friend Mangan and more specifically seeing Mangan’s

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    MICROWAVE RADIO COMMUNICATIONS AND SYSTEM GAIN (c22 Tomasi) CHAPTER 24 MICROWAVE RADIO COMMUNICATIONS AND SYSTEM GAIN 1)Electromagnetic waves with frequencies that range from approximately 500 MHz to 300 GHz or more. Microwaves 2)The wavelengths for microwave frequencies‚ which is than infrared energy. 1 cm and 60 cm slightly longer 3)The name given to microwave signals‚ because of their inherently high frequencies‚ have short wavelengths. “Microwave” waves 4)Each frequency is divided

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    Inability to control/Knowledge: The aspect of man’s inability to control his creation is influenced by his quest for greater knowledge. In Shelley’s Frankenstein‚ biblical references and archaic language are used to heighten the severity of transcendental undertones; “thou hast made me more powerful than thyself…I will be mild and docile to my natural lord and king.” This alludes to Victor as the divine creator and questions his motives in his attempt to conceive life. Victor has lost power over

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    Murderers often have their loss of innocence pegged entirely on themselves‚ particularly if they kill out of ambition. In William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth however‚ it is Lady Macbeth who is the catalyst for her husband’s doom. In the play‚ a war-hero is confronted by three witches who give him a prophecy that he will become king. The only way for this to happen however‚ is if the current king dies and he usurps the throne. This idea horrifies him‚ and he immediately pushes the thought out of his

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    "Fair is foul‚ and foul is fair." (Act I‚ Scene I‚ line 10) With this opening paradoxical quote‚ Shakespeare opens the tragedy of Macbeth. Macbeth is the tragic hero of this tragedy‚ as his ambitious actions place him in a downwards spiral until he loses everything that was once precious to him. He sacrifices his innocence‚ his conscience‚ and his peace of mind for the endless power and control he pursues. The introduction of the play begins with the description of a king under the pressures of war

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    “He knew he was a foreigner but he had lost the notion that he was anything but an Indian foreigner...”( 220). Though Desai describes a majority of Nepalese living in Kalimpong area‚ she does not speak about any mutual influences between Indians and Nepalese. There are no influences mentioned except for the fact that Nepalese were disadvantaged by the Indians. Western influence was found among many people and the Eastern culture did not influence as the western. Most of the characters

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    Current Issues in Education Jeff Jonas ED5001-8 8-2-13 The issues to be analyzed are; Do teacher unions stymie school reform? Can merit pay accelerate school improvement‚ and can zero tolerance violate student rights? The school being analyzed in this paper will be Freedom High School in Oakley‚ California. Freedom is a comprehensive high school of slightly over 2600 students‚ grades nine through twelve. Freedom

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    Emmmmmmma Kirchner Compare and contrast the motivating factors of religious freedom and economic gain in establishing successful colonies. Intro: Establishing a successful colony requires many different factors‚ two of which are religious freedom and economic gain. These are very important factors in that they both provide platforms for success‚ and are able to attract people and business to a new colony. For a group of people to leave their home country‚ and establish a new life elsewhere‚ both

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    appreciation to Stalin for his employment of them. Thus people felt an obligation towards helping him extend his power. Trotsky however did not exploit his potion as commissar for the red army emphasising how Stalin’s cunning and opportunism helped him to gain power within the party. After establishing a support network Stalin began to abolish his rivals and any source of threat. Stalin’s troika were able to successfully defeat Trotsky at the 13th party congress when Trotsky raised objections to the growing

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