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    Queen Mary‚ University of London School of Engineering and Materials Science Den233 Low Speed Aerodynamics Pressure Distribution and Lift on a Piercy Aerofoil Abstract In this experiment in a low speed flow the static pressure around an aerofoil will be observed and discussed. The lift on the aerofoil will also be calculated and compared with the theoretical value. The aerofoil being used in this particular experiment is

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    everyone. Problems like bullying or abuse of power have been criticized for decades in newspapers‚ internet‚ television‚ and literature is not the exception. We clearly see an example of this in the poems “Barbie Doll” and “Zimmer in grade school” by Marge Pierce and Paul Zimmer

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    In the poem from Marge Piercy’s If I had been called Sabrina or Ann‚ she said‚ the narrator’s tone towards her name and how it affected her life was very mournful and downcast. Her choice of diction portrayed that she was absolutely disgusted with her name. A quote that supports this claim is‚ “Useful‚ plain; impossible for foreigners‚ from French to Japanese‚ to pronounce.” She is indicating that her name is dull‚ uninteresting‚ and unreasonably hard to pronounce. Because of the title of this excerpt

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    and hardest-working Americans lived to tell the tale. For people born and raised during the Great Depression‚ it was not about poverty‚ family struggles‚ corrupted politics‚ and starvation. It was simply life. It was all they knew. My Great Aunt Marge was born in 1928‚ just before the Great Depression really set in. All she remembers of her childhood‚ however‚ is the Great Depression. It seemed relatively normal and tolerable for her simply because she had never known any other way of life. She

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    Richard Cory VS Barbie Doll Nick Sooknanan ELB30 The way our society has a way to view other people by their appearance will probably never change. In some way everyone has it set in their mind what makes a person perfect. These things about people include personal appearance‚ money and intelligence. We do not always get the chance to get to know a person‚ but we always make assumptions about people. Two poems‚ which show different view of someone‚ include Richard Cory and Barbie Doll. In the Barbie

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    Students in accelerated baccalaureate nursing programs were asked about the stressors and helpfulness of coping strategies during the program. The authors report the results and implications of their study. The success of baccalaureate students in accelerated nursing programs depends on how well the students handle stress. Most of the research about stress and coping of nursing students has been conducted with traditional baccalaureate students. Those with previous healthcare experience

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    A Look Worth Dying For The theme of the poem‚ “Barbie Doll‚” by Marge Piercy is the overwhelming pressure society exerts on females to be stereotypically attractive and the willingness to go to great lengths in order to achieve “perfection.” Many females‚ especially teenagers‚ are faced with this feeling every day. Growing up during the age of advanced computer technology and social media only exacerbates this problem. Many adolescent girls can relate to the fear of being bullied because they do

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    poems and stories. A very few writers who chose to write about feminism in the society were‚ Marge Piercy‚ “The Secretary Chant” and “Barbie Doll”‚ Charlotte Perkins Gilman “The yellow Wallpaper”‚ and Flannery O’Connor “A Good Man Is Hard To Find”. These writings shared the common idea of feminism and how male dominated society treated women‚ forced them to be just “Women” with boundaries. Marge Piercy wrote about women being forced to live under others rules‚ play

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    "To Be of Use" by Marge Piercy (pp. 248-249) Figurative language- A type of language that is express as a metaphor. Example: “They seem to become native of that element the black sleek heads of seals bouncing like half submerged balls” From "To Be of Use" by Marge Piercy (pp. 248-249) Simile- More of a figure of speech in which one thing is likened to another. Example: “The work of the world is common as mud.” From "To Be of Use" by Marge Piercy (pp. 248-249)

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    Julie Koszalkowski Mrs. Myszkowski English 1102 07 July 2013 The Analysis of Marge Piercy’s “A Work of Artifice” Marge Piercy’s “A Work of Artifice” is a poem that begins in a simple manner‚ but unfolds into a more complex statement about the oppression of women. Marge Piercy‚ a feminist‚ struggled to have her work published‚ but at age sixty-three her dreams finally came through in the year 1999. The last word in the title‚ artifice‚ is defined as the

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