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    Works cited: 1. The Greenhaven Encyclopedia of Capital Punishment‚ 2006 "anesthesia." The Greenhaven Encyclopedia of Capital Punishment. Bruce E.R. Thompson. Ed. Mary Jo Poole. Detroit: Greenhaven Press‚ 2006. 21. U.S. History In Context. Web. 18 May 2013. In 1846 surgeons began using anesthesia in the forms of ether and chloroform to render patients unconscious prior to surgery. Almost immediately some people began advocating the use of anesthesia in executions as well. An essay to that effect

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    Works Cited 1. A book by Robert Akins called Greeks and Romans. It was published by Random House in Philadelphia in 1987. Akins‚ Robert. Greeks and Romans. Philadelphia: Random House‚ 1987. Print. 2. A book by Henry Goldman and Elizabeth Howard called Ancient Civilizations. It was published in Philadelphia by Gold House in 1989. Goldman‚ Henry‚ and Elizabeth Howard. Ancient Civilizations. Philadelphia: Gold House‚ 1989. Print. 3. An article called “Writing Utensils” in the 5th edition (published

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    Descartes Chapter Questions According to Descartes‚ Rationalism is an epistemological position in which reason is said to be the primary source of all knowledge‚ superior to sense evidence. In other words‚ rationalism is the idea that people need to have some sort of reasoning to back up their ideas. Nobody is going to believe you just because you said it‚ you have to provide evidence. Rationalists believe that abstract reasoning can produce absolute truths about nature and existence in general

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    prostitutes usually require an ability to maintain an erection. Femmes de Maison (prostitutes)‚ Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec‚ c. 1893–95 Prostitution is the business or practice of engaging in sexual relations in exchange for payment.[1][2] A person who works in this field is called a prostitute‚ and is a kind of sex worker. Prostitution is one of the branches of the sex industry. The legal status of prostitution varies from country to country‚ from being permissible but unregulated‚ to an enforced or unenforced

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    snee-ap?" Bless you‚ Lori Austin‚ I said to myself. You just gave me the two raised vowels before voiceless stops I’d driven 350 miles for. Fueled by frequent stops at diners (this was my third pie and coffee‚ and it wasn’t lunchtime yet)‚ I was in the midst of a road trip through the American linguistic landscape. My guide was not Rand McNally but rather The Atlas of North American English‚ by William Labov‚ Sharon Ash and Charles Boberg‚ the first complete survey of American phonetics‚ published

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    In the poem “My Papas Waltz” by Theodore Roethke and in the short story “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’ Connor they both share some similarities. Both the story and the poem illustrate topics such as family‚ innocence and selfishness. First‚ the stories are about family in “My Papas Waltz” the poem is from the kids point of view where he wants the father the male role to be more attentive and then it switches to the mother were she is shown to be depressed and In “A Good Man is

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    and “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke are both poems that brilliantly describe this powerful relationship between father and son. The feelings that the poets have toward the subject are found deep within the two poems often hidden behind how the character feels toward his own father. Even though these poems were published in different time periods‚ one feels the similarities and differences within the tone‚ form‚ or even the imagery of the poems. “Those Winter Sundays” and “My Papa’s Waltz” were

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    bar after a long day’s work to a child‚ staying up past normal bedtime anticipating his/her father’s return‚ eager to engage in good nature fun before both retired off to bed. The first stanza demonstrates the excitement the child has for the father. The smell of liquor emitting from the father’s breath‚ “Could make a small boy dizzy” illustrates how heavily the father indulged himself on alcohol‚ yet the speaker was not going to let the present opportunity to play or “waltz” go by the wayside stating

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    A relatable story The poem “My Papa Waltz” is a childhood memory involving a boy and his father. Some people think this poem portrays a message of abuse from the drunken father‚ others see the happiness of the relationship. This poem in my opinion shows love between the two rather than hate or abuse‚ because of the imagery‚ symbolism‚ and word choice that Theodore Roethke uses. Roethke starts the poem off talking about the whisky on the father’s breath and how it was so strong it ‘Could make

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    My Papa’s Waltz: brutal or lighthearted? Whenever a poem is written without a clear understanding on how it should be interpreted both positive and negative emotions arise. One might try to pick up on the catchy rhymes that are meant for it to be comical‚ while other notice the harsh adjective and nouns associating with death. When a poem combines the innocence of a child at play associating with a drunken‚ hardworking father a lighthearted and brutal mental picture arises in one’s head. In the

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