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    It Was an Epiphany

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    It was an Epiphany! The Young Narrator in Faye Weldon’s short story “Ind Aff‚ or Out of Love in Sarajevo‚” had a sudden intuitive leap of understanding or insight in her relationship to Professor Peter Picker. A sudden intuitive leap of understanding is also known as an Epiphany; can happen over a period of time‚ instantly‚ or a combination of both. Peter’s pessimistic attitude‚ disrespectful behavior‚ and borderline mental abuse towards the young narrator is what started the end of

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    us.Photo-journalism was born in chaos of modern warfare.Should you trust a photograph? “trusting a photograph was probably a huge mistake from the beginning". However‚ people believe photographs. The Leica was a revolutionary development in camera technology launched in Germany in 1925‚  it was a compact‚ quiet with the latest lens and technology it gave birth to a whole new style of instant photography and allowed you to be present in the moment. Henri Cartier-Bresson was a French photographer

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    Was it Justified

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    Was the U.S. Justified in Going to War With Mexico? (Yes) The United States of America in the 1800’s was a rapidly growing country. Many people moved west for religious freedom while others were strong believers in Manifest Destiny. In order to occupy land‚ settlers had to find land that wasn’t already occupied. Since most of the west was a part of Mexico‚ this was not easy to do. Luckily‚ Mexicans also wanted settlers in their western lands because that area was not developed. Mexico invited

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    The Poo That Was

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    The poo was all caught on tape it was emapasised through dramatic emphasis and onomatopiea was used to dramatize the actual meaning of it falling into the toilet‚ "touch down" he yelled as the poo took a while to break off and quickly shoot up the back of the toilet.The poo was all caught on tape it was emapasised through dramatic emphasis and onomatopiea was used to dramatize the actual meaning of it falling into the toilet‚ "touch down" he yelled as the poo took a while to break off and quickly

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    Algerian Wa

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    Colonial Empire was the second-largest empire in the world‚ directly behind the British Empire‚ with 12‚347‚000 squared kilometers. 2‚381‚741 of those kilometers were a nation‚ which had been forced into colonization and depression by the French‚ known as Algeria. In 1954 Algerian people and guerilla movements mobilized and initiated attacks upon the French‚ which led to a victory in the latter part of the century. Throughout this paper I will attempt to successfully answer why this war was initiated

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    Wa Chekhov

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    similar themes of the impact 19th century Russian Culture has on a woman’s role in society. The acceptable woman in Russian society is illustrated through the character Olenka in The Darling. Olenka was a woman of tradition; she followed the Russian norm of allowing the man to be the leader. Olenka was “always fond of someone and could not exist without living”(212). Olenka is characterized as a woman who falls in love easily‚ throwing herself into a life of love. Olenka had many love affairs and

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    but was it murder

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    But Was it Murder? Jania Barrell On a Friday evening in November‚ Inspector Eliot is called to the scene of a murder in Blackheath‚ south London. With his assistant‚ Detective Bowen‚ he examines the victim – Alex Forley‚ who seems to have shot himself. Is it straightforward suicide or murder? A search reveals the victim was wealthy and lived alone. The neighbours‚ Ronald and Catherine Crowther‚ tell Eliot that they have not seen Forley for a week. Eliot learns that Forley ran an antiques shop‚ and

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    Was It All A Dream? As Ms. Le Bris helped into the small cab that had been hailed to take me towards my uncertain future‚ my six year old mind whirled back to the past‚ recalling how I came to this moment in the present. My mother‚ Imogen Renaudin was an eighteen year old when she met my father. Fresh out of college and blindly in love‚ she had me‚ Ailsa Renaudin when she was just twenty. Lost in her own dreamworld‚ she fantasied that we would all be a happy family‚ slowly working our way up

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    Wa Tribe

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    hundred languages‚ including the Wa tribe. “Wa” (pronounced Va in English) refers to a mountainous tribe of about one million people who live in the southern part of the Nu Shan Mountains‚ which run along the border of Myanmar and China. The Wa refer to themselves‚ “Va‚” “Pa rauk‚” and “A va‚” which all mean “a people who reside in the mountain.” The Wa distinguish themselves with there own language – Wa (Ma 170). ECONOMICS Commercial Activities The Wa rely on mountain farming‚ which

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    That Was a Joke

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    That was a Joke “Crust of Bread Found‚ Nation thrilled by Discovery of Yeasty Morsel” During the Great Depression many did not have enough food. Money and work were scarce before Franklin D. Roosevelt introduced the first and second New Deal. During the Great Depression the poor were poorer and the rich were richer‚ which ties in the second article “Evil‚ Bloated Plutocrats Losing Favor with Some Americans” which depicts wealthy looking men in suits enjoying a banquet. “Another Impossible Huge

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