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    In the Academy Award winning film‚ Ordinary People‚ the Jarrett family is a dysfunctional family in which no one openly talks or expresses their feelings. The movie is all about the Jarrett family dealing with Conrad Jarrett‚ the son of Beth and Calvin‚ who tried to kill himself because his brother died. Beth Jarrett only wants one thing; she wants her family to be “normal” again. Throughout the movie there is a lot of conflict with all three characters. Since no one in the Jarrett family knows how

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    Cecilia Penifader: An Ordinary Peasant in Medieval Times Lisa Veling November 12‚ 2012 Cecilia Penifader lived on the English manor of Brigstock in the early fourteenth century. She was not a princess nor was she of noble blood. She was‚ in fact‚ a peasant. While many people today would consider her poor and lowly just because of that title‚ she was actually rather successful in life and was one of the wealthier peasants of her time. Cecilia did not leave behind any personal writings‚ as most

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    D-Day Silas Hanegraaf The commendable victory of the D-day invasion was due to an important location; this location neutralized the Nazi army because the Allied powers had many supplies stored in Great Britain to prepare for the attack. D-day proved to be one of the most powerful invasions in history since it was a monolithic turning point of World War II. D-day proved to be important because of the outstanding overtaking of Omaha Beach and the massive death toll that occurred on that monumental

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    History Summary Notes – Semester 2‚ 2012 Australia to 1914 * How people lived at the turn of the C20th * Housing * Lower Class Housing * Unsanitary‚ overcrowded‚ dangerous (poorly built‚ cheap materials) * Many didn’t have sewerages or standard water supplies * Bad ventilation and poor lighting * Upper Class Housing * Lived in the eastern suburbs/north shore * Employed maids and servants * Houses were old‚ not built securely‚ no heat

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    Judith Guest has done an impeccable job of making‚ Conrad Jarrett‚ jump off the page in her novel‚ Ordinary People. This character really hits close to home. The characters seem as if they are real people in real situations. Con (Conrad) is a relatable character on many accords; being a 17 year old that has to go through many traumas‚ Conrad puts himself below everyone. He is still trying to figure out who he is as a person‚ and the journey he takes to figure that out is quite relatable. A majority

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    [briarpatch922] Melanie Woody English 1010-C92 17 September 2013 Classical Music Would be Ordinary without the Oboe Handel‚ Bach‚ Mozart‚ Saint Saëns‚ Beethoven and many more composers wrote countless music for full‚ grand orchestras and their pieces of music have been played regularly and imitated to this day. In almost each work‚ they chose to exhibit one instrument in particular: the oboe. Why the oboe? What does it have that other instruments are lacking? If many world-renowned composers

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    Christopher R. Browning wrote the book Ordinary Men to show how different leaders created cold-blooded killers within Battalion 101. The book described the mass shootings of Jews in Józefów‚ Erntefest‚ and many other locations in which the bloodied scenes traumatized many reserve police officers‚ causing them to find other jobs that were not as gruesome. Ordinary Men recounted many stories from various officers about the effects that their job had on them. The end of the book describes what happened

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    In Ordinary People‚ it tells the story of Conrad Jarrett‚ as he goes through conflicts with his parents and friends. He faces not being accepted by a lot of different people since he tried to commit suicide after he blamed himself for his brothers death. Most of the conflicts he encounters are between him and his family and are fueled by his mother. There are many methods that could have been used to help the situation and make some progress in the relationship. Conrad had much conflict in this

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    UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS GCE Ordinary Level MARK SCHEME for the October/November 2007 question paper 7010 COMPUTER STUDIES 7010/01 Paper 1‚ maximum raw mark 100 This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates‚ to indicate the requirements of the examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not indicate the details of the discussions that took place at an Examiners’ meeting before marking began. All

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    English Project Members:1) Sweekrith Iyer 2) Vivek bhandarkar 3) Samadhan 4) Pranav Gosavi 5) Ravindra Jagtap __________________Touch Screen Technology____________________ Sweekrith- In This Modern Time One Thing Is Very Common And All People That Are From Elders To Children Are Crazy About It. They Just Want More And More Features In It And They Keep On Waiting For Them. It Is Now A Common Topic Among The Young Generation. It Is None Other But The Touch Screen Technology. A Very

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