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    Occasionally‚ it’s tolerable to tell a lie in order to help lessen the burden upon the people around you. For example‚ in A Lesson Before Dying‚ Grant wanted to come up with a small lie regarding his visit with Jefferson in order to keep Miss Emma’s spirits up. Jefferson didn’t acknowledge the fact that Miss Emma was "sick" or express his gratitude towards her cooking and Grant knew that that would’ve hurt Miss Emma. In order to avoid the despondency‚ Grant told Miss Emma that he got Jefferson to

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    A Moment to Remember.

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    A Moment to Remember. There have been many memorable moments in my lifetime. One that I will never forget happened my junior year during volleyball season. In 2010‚ Rock Island won our first Regional title. I’m glad to say I was a part of that. I still remember that whole day and how it went by. I remember the way my hair was‚ the decorations in the locker room‚ and even how excited my teammates were. I remember it like it was yesterday‚ and I always will. I can remember from the time I left the

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    moment of truth

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    Moment of Truth Story “Tide” Evie...the love of my life‚ can’t go a day without her and I don’t know how I lived without her before‚ but today I had to go on without her because today is the day I died. Me and Evie were on vacation for our one year anniversary‚ we were at Koh Lipe in the Andaman Sea‚ it was beautiful there. We were on one of the many white sand beaches on this island‚ but there was something different about this one‚ something I couldn’t explain it was secluded and the furthest

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    Embarrasing Moment

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    My most embarrassing moment I consider myself to be one who doesn’t easily get embarrassed‚ but one of my most embarrassing moments happened this past summer. It all started when a few friends of mine decided that since it was incredibly hot out that summer day‚ that we should all go down to Tubbs hill for a swim. I’m not sure if you realize how busy downtown is during mid-summer season‚ but understand it’s almost always completely jammed full of people trying to fight off the blistering sun.

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    Moments of Truth

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    For this assignment I visited the Shoppers Stop store with cautiously noticing the moments of truth. • First: When I was depositing my polybag at the luggage counter I was welcomed by a person with a smile that was something good and different from the attendant present at Big Bazaar or Dmart. • Second: The second encounter was the ambience of the supermarket overall which was quite neat and lively. There was a perfume counter with a person standing and demonstrating different perfumes. In

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    No Guns

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    Topic: Wanted: No Guns! You have a noise in the middle of the night. Quickly you reach under the bed. The weapon is in your hand ready to fire. You shoot the intruder before he or she can hurt you. In this situation the “bad guy” was wounded. Sometime however‚ innocent people get hurt or killed by guns. One of the Articles of the Bill of rights states that citizens of the United States have the “right to bear arms.” However with so many innocent people suffering and dying from accidental

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    the blackout moment

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    I was standing on the stage speaking‚ in front of the microphone and the audience‚ and suddenly my mind just went blank. Not knowing what to say next and too frightened to run off the stage‚ I tried to think really hard to recall the next line of my speech‚ and I failed. 5 seconds‚ 10 seconds......still nothing came to my mind. The pause was so noticeable that everyone must now know that I have forgotten the script of my speech. Feeling my feet sinking into the ground‚ I took a deep breath to stay

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    An Embarrassing Moment

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    An Embarrassing Moment Sometimes falling down in a crowded mall filled with people can be a good thing. Being embarrassed definitely beats the experience of having several painful treatments for burning warts off your leg‚ and trying to get the warts to go away by covering the area with duck tape for two weeks. Finally‚ out of nowhere‚ the warts disappear the second you fall face down on the floor in front of a massive amount of people. Numerous methods to wart removal include: painful

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    The Day off

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    Narrative/Personal Experience The Day Off It was a nice‚ hot‚ and sunny day in Studio City. At the time I was living in LA with my girlfriend‚ Ally. It was about 9 in the morning‚ when I awoke to the smell of bacon and eggs. She and I rarely were able to coordinate the same days off of work; it just happened that we were both off that day. Happily waking up that morning‚ I got strait in the shower not realizing I was still half asleep and forgot a towel. Not wanting to disrupt my girlfriend’s focus

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    Memorable Moment

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    Memorable Moment A memorable moment is a moment in a persons’ life that is not easily forgotten‚ a moment that raises whole and fresh in your mind‚ complete in every detail‚ the moment you recall it. For some it can be their wedding day‚ graduation‚ vacation‚ or in this case‚ the moment I found I was going to be a mother. It was a normal day‚ and I woke up‚ took a shower‚ brushed my teeth‚ combed my hair‚ got ready and headed straight to work. It was a normal routine until a regular conversation

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