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    Independence Day

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    with lots of love and pride‚ because on 15 August 1947 India got freedom from the British Rule after 200 years. So this is the day of pride for all of us. We should not forget the sacrifice of our National Heroes‚ who sacrificed their life for Indian Independence so we all should salute them for their support and sacrifices to India. India got its Independence on 15th August 1947 i.e. 67 years ago and so every year this day is celebrated all over the country .Today‚ we remember all those martyrs who

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    How to Be Happy

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    important aspect people need to take into consideration on their pursuit to happiness is the job or career they choose. Too often people choose a job strictly based on salary. “How much money can I make?” What they don’t consider is what they have to sacrifice to get that money. What’s the sense of having a six or seven figure income if you have to work eighty or ninety hours a week to earn it? Is sacrificing your personal and family life really worth a large bank account? There is a very popular quote

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    CHARACTER ANALYSIS Newland Archer As the protagonist of the novel‚ Newland Archer’s point of view governs its narration. He is said to be a dilettante at the beginning of the novel‚ someone who amateurishly enjoys the pleasurable and delicate sensations that are the luxury of the members of the ruling class. He is respectable and seems to have bought into all the baggage that is a part of maintaining respectability. But his character is set against those of his peers and his family members in

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    1984 and V for Vendetta

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    protagonists Winston and V. from 1984 and V. for Vendetta‚ to comprehend which of the two is more affected by the corrupt authority around him. In numerous ways‚ Winston can be seen as the more affected of the two. In 1984‚ Winston is often willing to sacrifice others for his own pleasures and gain. In his youth‚ Winston devours the little amount of food his family has‚ sacrificing his hungry mother and sick sister‚ to quench his uncontrollable appetite‚ “At every meal she [Winston’s mother] would beseech

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    Set in the small country town of Birendulee‚ Michael Wilding’s‚ The Altar of The Family is a dismal illustration that narrates the tale of an isolated and rather innocent boy’s passage to manhood. Constantly falling victim to his father’s belittling‚ David Murray‚ the protagonist of the narrative is coerced into sacrificing his innocence for his rite to passage into manhood‚ in what seems to be ’the altar’ of his ’family’. Through a third person point of view limited to David’s thoughts and feelings

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    Dan Rebok Art History 100 3/2/2010 Compare/Contrast Paintings at Palmer The Sacrifice of Jephthah’s Daughter 1650 by Pietro Vecchia is a rather unusual painting. The premise is that he must sacrifice his own daughter because of a deal with God. In the painting she has her arms across her chest covering her naked self and is bent over almost in a ball. This cowering is a stark difference to‚ Giovanni Baglione’s St Sebastian healed by an Angel 1603. Sebastian is in repose with his hands behind

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    Our Heroes–Men of Steel Faiza Zahid ..and if we don’t come back tell them we have sacrificed our today for their tomorrow… Being daughter of a soldier means that the passion for patriotism runs with the blood in the veins. You are brought up with a sense of responsibility and the aim of protecting the motherland no matter what. During childhood‚ the sheer dedication and devotion for the country was beyond my apprehension. I could not understand how someone can love the country more than his

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    Amelia Edwards

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    likely executed and sacrificed in a ritual. Druids were also noted to have worshiped near Stonehenge in sacred groves and forests‚ and have been accused by Roman’s‚ who claimed in numerous accounts‚ in which Druids had committed carnivorous human sacrifices. Later evidence of a bog mummified man with a mistletoe in his digestive track‚ which was very sacred to Druids‚ shows that a tightened rope was slung around his neck‚ before his throat was slit‚ so that a “fountain” of blood shot out in a sacrificial

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    Taylor Maybeck Dr.Christopher English 110-12 3 February 2013 A Martyr or A Murder? Ever since the year 1983‚ the number of suicide bombing acts has risen significantly. Shockingly‚ most suicides are performed by people who are not “conformed to the typical profile of the suicidal personality… none of them [are] uneducated‚ desperately poor‚ simple-minded‚ or depressed‚” according to author David Brooks (352). Suicide bombers give their own lives as a way to show loyalty and to be seen as martyrs

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    Introduction to Marketing Marketing Mix of Zenith Foods Table of Contents Introduction Zenith is operating in Pakistan for the last 15 years and is the largest kosher meat exporter in Pakistan. It aims at promoting fresh and hygienic meat to the public. Its modern abattoir has separate portions for large animals (Cattle & Buffalo) and small animals (Sheep & Goat). These plants are equipped with the state-of-the-art German machinery. In order to meet the strict standards

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