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    throughout the book. One of Hawthorne’s intentions was having Chillingworth as the worst sinner‚ because he used his herbs to keep Dimmesdale alive-he prolonged Dimmesdale’s torture‚ he used “black medicine”‚ and when Dimmesdale stopped taking the herbs‚ he passed away. Roger Chillingworth came to town with the Indians‚ and Hawthorne described them as outcasts and dwellers of the forest. Roger had learned all his tricks and medicines from the Indians and therefore was able to prolong Dimmesdale’s

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    “bonitas non est pessimis esse meliorem” “It is not goodness to be better than the worst.’’ Most people‚ when given an assignment‚ will do the least possible work required to at least pass. Obviously‚ with newer and newer technologies‚ people have becomes lazy over time. If one is near death‚ it doesn’t mean that they are equal to one who is completely fine. There are countless examples for a quote such as this. Students may only meet the minimal requirements for a project just for it to

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    The Worst Riot in U.S. History “The last thing the leaders of Los Angeles expected in the early 1900s was that their city would become the scene of the nation’s deadliest urban race riot since the Civil War” (Cannon 3). On March 3‚ 1991 Rodney King was arrested for driving through stop signs and multiple lights. Rodney King‚ African-American‚ had been arrested once before and the police were convinced he was on the narcotic “PCP”. The entire arrest was filmed and several witnesses claimed

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    The Watergate scandal was massive‚ but I don’t feel that it is the worst in history‚ although it would appear that way in the eyes of others. Maybe because this was before my time‚ but I don’t find the Watergate scandal surprising. Since then‚ there have been other scandals involving different presidents‚ including sex scandals and controversy around accurate voting counts. In my honest opinion‚ I feel the counting of votes controversy to be far worse. But to most people‚ during that time‚ I see

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    Ancient Roman History The Best of the Worst: Caligula & Nero “Such opposed vices‚ both the greatest arrogance and the greatest timidity‚ were to be found in the same person” (Caligula‚ 51). Suetonius’ quotation is vital in composing a description of a poor emperor based on the detestable characters of Caligula and Nero. It appears that both Caligula and Nero suffered from acute vanity due to their overwhelming insecurities. To appease their insecurity‚ both men must assert themselves superior

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    journalists‚ as his life and works prized freedom of thought and opinion most highly‚ loving independence above any material gain. ➢ Early Life and Education – He learned his first letters from his paternal uncle Alejo. – In Manila he took a Latin course in the school of Jose Flores and then transferred at the Colegio de San Jose‚ where he finished his Bachelor of Arts degree. – He also studied at the Universidad de Santo Tomas‚ where he obtained his law degree in 1880

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    Worst Day of My Life

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    The Worst Day of My Life Sherry Miller Everest University ENC 1101-157 Composition I - 157 Elaine Childs November 4‚ 2012 The Worst Day of My Life In this essay you will read about one of the worst days in my life. It is the story about the first time I was raped. I was 13 years old‚ a junior high school student (8th grade). See I used to have a newspaper route that I delivered before school and got the baby-sitting job after school. Well one day while delivering the newspaper to these

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    that President Donald J. Trump‚ the 45th president‚ is the worst president in the history of the presidents because he is a huge twitter-addict‚ he is very offensive‚ and he wants to build a wall. The first reason why I think that Donald Trump is the worst president to ever set foot in the White House is because he uses Twitter too much. He also lies in Twitter. For example‚ a few days after Trump’s State of Union‚ he tweeted that his State of the Union‚ which had 45.6 million people watching

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    Joe McNeilly 3-14-2015 English 301 Essay 1 Draft 2 Worst Job The worst job I’ve ever had was probably working at Petsmart‚ in Sand City. I have had a lot of jobs and this made me realize I don’t like working at corporations or in retail. I grew up in the country and have always had jobs doing physical labor either at my parent’s farm‚ or the surrounding farms. When I first started working at Petsmart I liked it. As time went on I started to see how bad it really was. The management was horrible

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    My Worst Day of School

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    My worst day of school was my freshman year. I had the worst day of school in the beginning of the year‚ September‚ to be exact. It wasn’t the first day of school but it was close. It started of as most terrible days of school start‚ missing the bus. It wasn’t that I just missed my bus it was that I was wearing wrinkled clothes and my hair was all messed up also. When I actually got into the building‚ the one good thing happened to me‚ I found a five dollar bill on the floor. But that luck wouldn’t

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