as a young soldier was standing up for my own mistake. The day the case was closed‚ was the day I proved my Army values. It happened within a blink of an eye. We were interrogated by the authorities. I knew my career was going to end so I decided a decision according to my Army values. Even though few people wanted me to do what they asked me to do; I followed what I believe is right because it is time to start being an adult and face my own problems. Bright and early‚ one of my supervisors drove
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One faithful day‚ DJ was returning from school with his driver‚ Usman. This was their usual route and routine. On their way home‚ Usman noticed a blue van following them uncomfortably close. Usman kept an eye on the van and sped up. As part of his security training‚ it was his duty to keep DJ and any member of the Diplomat family safe at all times‚ while they were in his care. For those reasons‚ he couldn’t let a suspicious van get close enough to do any harm to DJ. “What’s wrong?” DJ asked‚ gripping
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Aloysius sat with his legs curled near his body‚ with an elbow on the low table. Aloysius’ plans‚ whether they involved fun or not‚ didn’t involve Ramses. "My prince." "And the demon that tempted him beyond sense?" The sounds seemed to have been teased out from the darkest shadows in the hall. Both Aloysius and Ramses turned their head. The speaker was startlingly but unnaturally handsome‚ as if he’d created his own face with the best features of different people. "I heard you were ambushed. Your uncle
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Assignment 2 Erin Thrower POLS 1113 11/3/2007 Prof. Kelton The Worst President in History In the Rolling Stone article‚ "The Worst President in History"‚ Sean Wilentz evaluates the first five years of President Bush’s presidency. Wilentz is a well renowned historian and a professor at Princeton University. Wilentz begins his article by comparing Bush to the likes of worst presidents already in history. Those include Buchanan‚ Johnson‚ Harding‚ Hoover‚ and the only President forced to resign
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her baby. She knew that Kino was killed‚ and that she and Coyotito would have to return to La Paz alone. The baby was silent‚ as if he knew how critical his silence was. Devoid of emotion‚ Juana laid down on the cave’s rocky floor‚ and using her shawl‚ she created a blanket for her and Coyotito. The baby gurgled quietly‚ and his mother murmured reassuring words to the most precious thing she
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Interstate 95. It was rush hour and you could tell everyone was antsy and excited to get home. Cars traveled at 80 miles per hour‚ and some were even traveling faster than that. I could now see why it was ranked the fifth worst highway in North America. Cars were weaving in and out of traffic at over 90 miles per hour. Traffic was getting heavy. Listening to the radio‚ my dad and I sang along to a familiar song we both knew‚ “Yeah” by Usher. “Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!”‚ we both sang while he drove. My dad always
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It was a non- profit organization for young people who are eager to learn English‚ Japanese and Korean. Although it was a small and private organization‚ we had quite a number of students at our learning centre. The reason I was there was I wanted to have work experience and also wanted to have future opportunity for trainings and studies because the SLC normally had special opportunity for people who volunteered there. Apart from normal classes such as writing‚ listening and reading etc‚ one-day
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I’ve an important announcement to make. I have just spent the past few days looking of what may well be the worst climate paper yet produced. You heard that right – the absolute worst. This paper is so poor it makes Khilyuk and Chilingar (2006) look like Einstein’s special theory of relativity in comparison. So anyway‚ I decided to go all Climate Audit on this paper partly to get a handle on the solar influence on climate that denialists are always on about (there is actually some decent literature
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He Was My Hero My hero has always been my grandfather. I prefer not to use his name in respect. He was always spoiling me and always taking me places that he had never taken me before. He taught me many life lessons and gave me great insights that I hold on close to this day. He always seemed to have a big appetite. I could never picture him having disgust for food or being sick‚ but when the symptoms started‚ I got worried. Usually‚ at the family cookouts‚ he would be the one always cooking the
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Nghiep Truong ENG-111-38 Prof. John Fiske My nephew was born. The last time I went to Vietnam‚ which was my sister-in law gave birth. It was about fifteen months ago. I still remember the feeling in the first time I saw my little nephew. My family went to visit my grandmother’s house except my brother and his wife stayed home. It was about four hours driving from my town. After the dinner meal; suddenly‚ my brother called me and said his wife went to hospital because she travailed. His
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