stopped. Both Ma and Fred‚ it was soon learned‚ were dead” (“Barker/Karpis Gang”). Kate “Ma” Barker was the supposed leader of the Barker-Karpis gang in the 1940’s. People suspected she had led the gang for the benefit of the money they would receive from kidnappings for ransom and bank robberies. However‚ many people debate whether she led their gang. Ma‚ born on October 8‚ 1873‚ and is most known for her controversial role in the Barker-Karpis gang. At first‚ she had four sons with her husband George
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THE QUİKENİNG The Quickening is a short story by Lisa Interollo. This story is about how a girl growing up been in the mistakes. The main characters are Vicky‚ Susan‚ and Mr.Donnelly. Vicky is a girl who doesn’t get any love from her family‚ she doesn’t have any idea about something what is true and fault. So she learns everything is through by something she saw. Susan is Vicky’s friend in the High School. She also is the partner of Vicky for shoplifters. Mr.Donnelly is a music teacher who is only
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collapsing from exhaustion. You don’t smell the sweat‚ see the limping or see the blisters. This is what Pat Barker does that makes her anti-war argument so effective. She uses techniques of setting‚ characterisation‚ relationships between characters and their different perspectives to convey her anti-war message. She shows you the blisters. Regeneration is based on historical facts. Barker sets her novel in Craiglockhart‚ a real life building located in Edinburgh‚ Scotland that was used as a war
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D 0) If you did not finish Activity 8.5.2‚ complete it as part of your FNT’s. 1. If you did not finish Activity 8.5.2‚ complete it as part of your FNT’s. 1) (Solidification) 2. (Solidification) A 2m long string vibrates in the 3rd harmonic (n=3) with an amplitude of A 2 m long string vibrates in the 3rd harmonic (n=3) with an amplitude of 2 cm at a frequenc 2cm at a frequency of 50Hz. Hz. a. Sketch the standing wave on the picture below. a) Sketch the standing wave on the picture below
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A Piece of String Guy de Maupassant It was just midnight. Somewhere near the center of a cloud of tobacco smoke‚ which hovered over one corner of the long editorial room‚ Hutchinson Hatch‚ reporter‚ was writing. The rapid click-click of his type writer went on and on‚ broken only when he laid aside one sheet to put in another. The finished pages were seized upon one at a time by an office boy and rushed off to the city editor. That astute person glanced at them for information and sent them on
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Tim Gadwell Ms. Bryant April 12‚ 2010 Period 1-B Pg. 953 Essay In the story “A Piece of String” the story focuses on an old man named Maitre Houchecome. The story goes through a certain timeline of cause and effect which in the end results in his demise. Then on top of that he was said to have a bad experience with lying in the past. The events in the story had coincidentally occurred in sequential order rather than occurring at random times. The causes in the story produced more effects than
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"A String of Beads" is a short story written by W.Somerset Maugham in 1943. William Somerset Maugham is the world-famous novelist. He`s universally acknowledged as a short-story writer. His fame in this realm began with the book of short stories entitled “the Trembling of the Leaf” (1921) and continued with increasing momentum. His skill in creating vivid and original human characters is combined with beauty and refinement of language and style.It is actually a rather satirical story. The story
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In "The Piece of String‚" a short story by Guy De Maupassant‚ the main character is a peasant named Maitre Hauchecome. Maitre Hauchecome was a frugal‚ innocent and offended man. A poor man from Breaute‚ Maitre Hauchecome was a thrifty Norman who believed that everything with a purpose should be picked up and saved. His outlook on life ended up costing him his reputation. An adjective that could be used to describe him would be frugal. Maitre Hauchecome was not wasteful or lavish. He spent his money
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in a time of catastrophe is when I uncovered a strong inspiration. The composition of Adagio for Strings became the primary source of my emotional outlet. This twentieth century piece was performed in 1938—just one year before the start of World War II. America was still recovering from the Great Depression and was pushed to one of the world’s most disparaging global conflicts. Adagio for Strings was some sort of a prophesy displaying the destruction in which the war would create. The need for
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Accomplishments of Nicolas Steno Nicolas Steno‚ originally Niels Stensen‚ was the son of a goldsmith also born in Copenhagen on January 10th‚ 1638. Nicolas Steno was a very educated man in which he went to the University of Copenhagen in 1656‚ in his schooling he studied medicine he continued studying in Leiden and Amsterdam. These studies led to his anatomy study in Paris in 1664 then these studies led to the accomplishment of being the court physician to the Grand Duke of Tuscany‚ Ferdinand II
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