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    are raised to be married‚ a "pelt” to their husbands‚ but tragically life changing for the girl. "The naked‚ slippery bodies [that] were collected in a sack and buried at the dump‚” (149) is symbolic of women being raised for a specific purpose since birth. The dump would be the life of a woman like the protagonists “hot dark kitchen”(153) and the sack being buried is the “endless‚ dreary and peculiarly depressing” (153) duties and responsibilities that come with it. The naked‚ slippery bodies are symbolic

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    similar ideas include 2008 sculpture‚ ‘Stags’ (196x295x167cm) and 2010 installation‚ ‘Aloft’ (1290x1510x7500). Piccinini’s installation ‘Aloft’ is a large-scale work weighing 100 kg’s of a young boy peeping over the edge of a large protruding egg sack. The work is constructed from a wide range of materials including fiberglass‚ felted human hair and wool‚ steel cable‚ silicon‚ horse hair‚ clothing and electronic motors. The use of these materials gives a very realistic and unsettling feel to

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    The relevance of Bureau worth of smuggled items of Customs seizes Php50 Million. This news is related to Section 2609 and Section 2611 of the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines that are subjected to the Disposition of Contraband and Treatment of Dangerous Explosives wherefore‚contraband items that are seized by the Bureau of Customs shall be disposed of in accordance to law. It shall be subject to further investigation for the purpose of knowing if such contraband items are unfit for use

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    Under the rules of 17th century siege warfare the New Model Army were allowed to kill the townspeople‚ however this right was rarely if ever exercised. The attitude was that revenge could be taken upon a town that took so much effort to besiege. Even during many of the brutal wars in Europe at the time much of the violence‚ such as those that took place during the French Wars of Religion were in fact conducted by angry mobs. This piece of parliamentary brutality was different and was much more

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    of Aeolus it quotes‚ “See what fine prizes he is taking from Troy‚” Odysseus’s men said‚ “yet we come back empty handed. And now Aeolus [the god of the winds] has given him even more. Quick‚ let us see how much gold and silver is in the sack. They opened the sack‚ [gifted to Odysseus‚ not

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    plastic bags from Annapolis land in Chesapeake Bay and marine animals swallow them‚ mistaking them for jelly fish. “Estimates prepared by the New York City Department of Sanitation suggest that if each New Yorker would use one less grocery sack per week‚ the city’s garbage could be reduced by 2500 tons every year‚ saving 250‚000 taxpayer dollars “(Goldbeck 333). Some officials say. that producing the bags takes too much energy and they create environmental hazards. The only problem

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    Wilfred Owen

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    the soldiers lives. Owen describes the soldiers as being “Bent double like old beggars” this shows the price paid by soldiers as war has aged them. Owen then goes on to describe the soldiers as hags and wearing sacks. Instead of wearing smart uniforms they are now dressed like beggars in sacks. This again shows the price paid. In both Exposure and Dulce et Decorum Est‚ Owen uses strong verbs. In Dulce et Decorum Est Owen describes the victim of the gas attack as drowning in the poisonous gas‚

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    The extreme heat made droplets of water slowly trickle down his face. There’s a brown‚ heavy sack tied around his waist‚ decreasing his speed by the minute. He retrieves white‚ cotton shaped‚ puffs from the ground‚ being careful not to puncture his finger. A rich‚ white man walks by‚ and in his glance was a half-filled brown sack. He immediately draws out a long‚ black leather rope with a handle and strikes the black man. “Hurry up‚ finish‚” the white man said “you have only but a few minutes”. The

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    fighting in the war is. After enemy fire hits Snowden‚ spilling his viscera on the floor of the plane‚ Yossarian is permanently traumatized. He sees how easily the war’s violence has reduced Snowden to a pile of meat - simply organs and bones in a sack of skin‚ rather than a human being with thoughts and dreams. To Yossarian‚ Snowden’s grisly death reveals the grim reality of

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    strange “hall” where Thor & Co. spend their second night out? It was the glove of a giant called Skrymir. 10. Why doesn’t Loki (and everyone else‚ really) get any supper on their third night? Because they could not undo the knot on the giant’s sack. 11. What does Thor find really upsetting about the giant Skrymir during the night? That he couldn’t seem to hurt the giant. 12. What advice does Skrymir give the group before he heads on his way? He says that while he may be big‚ the things

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