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    series of victories.They controlled also the pacific islands‚ after that they had control over the Philippines killing a lot of American Soldiers and as many as 10‚000 Filipino soldiers. After some battles the United States took the offensive by using the strategy known as ``island hopping`` and that is how they started getting the Philippines back. After the war won in Europe‚ the Allies poured their resources to defeat Japan. After gaining some islands‚ Japan still had 2 million soldiers. They had to

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    During the last school holiday‚my family and Iwent to a little known paradise on the Island of Borneo.We spent a wonderful vacation at Tanjung Simpang Mengayau‚a cape in the nothermost tip of Borneo. We met our guide in Kota Kinabalu and he took us by four wheel drive car.And it tooks us about 30 minutes to the cape.The road we took had potholes and was uneven but suprisingly it was a smooth ride because our guide was an exellent driver when it comes on rough road.Mid way on our journey we

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    as he watches his crew mates are being eaten. This shows that Odysseus is only looking out for himself instead of taking chances and going through Charybdis. Also when Odysseus and twelve members of his crew go looking for a treasure on the Cyclops Island Odysseus wants to see the Cyclops with his own eyes. The Cyclops captures them and “went on filling up his belly with manflesh and great gulps of whey” (194). This shows that Odysseus makes careless mistakes like visiting the Cyclops that killed the

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    Virtual Organization Strategy Paper Baderman Island is a privately held company that wants to expand its operations. Here‚ the company is given three options for the infusion of capital that will enable it to expand: Going public via an IPO‚ acquisition‚ or merger. This paper will compare and contrast each of the options as well as analyze the strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities‚ and threats. With any decision that is made there will be advantages and disadvantages. Likewise‚ when it comes to

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    Sometimes I can brainstorm until my head hurts while I am trying to find a topic to write about. When searching for a topic to write about‚ I first think about is what topic comes to mind and how it would be of interest to my audience. The Hawaiian Island of Kauai would make a great topic for me to write about. If I were to write about Kauai‚ I could give details about what I experienced during my visit. I just wouldn’t

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    greatest filmmaker of his generation. One of the finest contemporary American directors that have a unique film style although can difficult for many to understand. I have chosen Scorseses’ many violent‚ physical and psychological films to study‚ Shutter Island. Scorsese uses film techniques such as dialogue‚ music‚ camera work‚ motifs‚ and colour thus transcends the main character (Teddy Daniels/Andrew Laeddis)‚ superficial traits to concentrate on his spiritual condition‚ his inner anguish and humanity

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    In the video Forgotten Ellis Island‚ I was able to learn about a place I had never heard of in detail before‚ the Ellis Island Hospital. I was amazed by the fact that around 6‚000 immigrants were checked daily. That is a significant amount of people. It was also interesting to see that many immigrants were cared for and sometimes even cured. However‚ the hospital had its issues. One of them was the fact that many families got separated because of the health condition of its members. I cannot imagine

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    The plot of the great book seller Small Island (2004) is formed around four characters: Hortense‚ Queenie‚ Gilbert and Bernard. Each character has a different past‚ identity‚ ideology‚ dreams and expectations. But they also have one thing in common: all of them change after the war. Although‚ everyone experiments the war in a different way‚ all felt affected by it. At this point‚ all that they have experience before or what they believe in seems lost‚ with no sense (Gilroy‚ 2004). This war is not

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    LORD OF THE FLIES a novel by WILLIAM GOLDING With a biographical and critical note by E. L. Epstein A Perigee Book Published by The Berkley Publishing Group 200 Madison Avenue New York‚ NY 10016 Copyright 1954 by William Golding Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number 59-11717 ISBN 0-399-50148-7 Contents 1. The Sound of the Shell page 2. Fire on the Mountain 第 1 页 共 117 页 http://www.en8848.com.cn/ 原版英语阅读网 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Huts on the Beach Painted Faces and Long Hair Beast

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    Papi had been known as the greatest fisherman on Cayo Granma island‚ Cuba after Abuelo died. They said he could read the sea with his eyes closed and point you in the direction of the best places to fish. At the age of five‚ Papi would take me out to sea to teach the gift of reading the sea as had been done to him by his Papi. Whenever Papi and I found a big haul he would lift me up towards the sky and in a warm embrace‚ he would reassure me that I would always succeed in anything I set my mind to

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