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    Captain Fantastic is the story of a father who raises his children in the woods separated from most of society. The father‚ Ben‚ taught his kids skills that would not be taught in school or learned in the typical American society. When Ben’s wife and mother of the children‚ Leslie‚ passes away the family feels obligated to fill their mother’s final wishes despite the push back from society and family members. They go on their mission to rescue Leslie and their lifestyle is forced to work in society

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    Captain Edith Strong

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    Captain Edith Strong In today’s society the employees need to feel appreciated as well as motivated to do his or her everyday job successfully. To run a successful business or police department‚ the workers must feel as if he or she is satisfied with the results of his or her hard work as well as appreciated for everything he or she has done. If the workers and the officers do not get the praise needed and the proper treatment at work he or she would not want to come to work or would feel as if

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    These men are Captains of Industry‚ because they have helped our society by donating lots of their money to different charities and organizations. For Carnegie‚ he has‚“Donated more than $350 million to further public education‚ build over 2‚500 libraries.” (Website) Now that people can get a better education‚ they can get a better job and then support their family. Plus‚ poor people can check out books and get a free education‚ because there are more libraries. That way‚ they can get a job‚ support

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    Captain Arthur Phillip

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    Evaluate the career of Captain Arthur Phillip in his role as the first Governor. Captain Arthur Phillip’s role as first Governor of the colony of New South Wales proved to be efficient and successful despite the difficulties. Difficulties included‚ limited supplies and the soils around Sydney were of poor quality making cultivation difficult. Tools were scarce and the Marines were unsupportive and not at all interested in instilling the discipline the convicts required. Along with these chaotic

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    Captain Beatty‚ who is the main character of this novel. Starting a fire station. The Beatty worked They work rush Because of the time wait for no man Just a minute‚ they are already. Professional firefighters must live rush and always endangered. Their lives on the line just a little bit about it‚ it can not be. As the firefighters have to be careful in their work. Beatty is responsible for supervising the work of firefighters. As the head of the firefighters were. His lifestyle is normal until

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    Captain Vere In Billy Budd

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    character Captain Vere is developed in two different ways: he is portrayed as a martinet or strict disciplinarian and as a gentle fatherly figure. I can guess these different portrayals of Captain Vere apply in the corresponding different situation. I think both of these portrayals fit Vere’s character well in different situations. Some of the ways Vere shows these two personalities are through how he interacts with other characters in the book and what he does. An example of a way Captain Vere was

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    School Captain Speach

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    year’s greatest and so great achievements. Before I get on with the boring bits‚ I’d like to do a bit of reminiscing. And a though explanation of college life to unacquainted parents. Year 7. Best year level if there ever was one! I still remember my first day of school‚ teachers threatening to torture us mentally if we did not obey their every command. Spending a two full consecutive graphics lessons one the many shade and variation of the humble pencil. Smacking each other with metal rules in

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    It took my coach the whole summer of conditioning to figure out who would be the right fit for team captain. When he finally decided to make me the team captain he told me “You are the right person for the job”. At the time I didn’t see it but as the season progressed I understood what he meant when he said that. We played countless

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    job getting across the point that although Captain MacWhirr’s character may seem to be nothing but an ordinary‚ uninteresting man‚ in reality‚ there is much more to his character than meets the eye. In lines 17-19 the speaker says “Yet the uninteresting lives of men so entirely given o the actuality of the bare existence have their mysterious side.” In this case‚ Captain MacWhirr’s “mysterious side” is his natural ability as a seaman. At home‚ Captain MacWhirr was seen only as a “perfectly satisfactory

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    A tarnished sword sat in my grandparents’ house for 50 years. No one knew where it came from. No one knew why it was there. Three years ago‚ I spotted this sword propped up against the fireplace. I noticed an inscription in the brass and leather scabbard with a name‚ Ephraim F. Bauder‚ in cursive script. This is the story of that sword. I’m a history nut with a passion for artifacts. So much so‚ that I started my company‚ Wormuth Antiques‚ to resell flea market‚ garage sale‚ and estate sale finds

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