Train 664 leaves Thirtieth Street Station bound for New York City at 10:55. Concurrently‚ Train 663 leaves the station‚ headed for Harrisburg. Both trains are‚ confusingly‚ called The Keystone. If Mark and I have tickets for Train 664 because we plan to celebrate his 58th birthday with a day of Manhattan museum-going‚ but somehow end up on Train 663 instead‚ how many miles do we travel in the wrong direction before we realize that we’ve made a terrible mistake? Or‚ to put it another way
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Etymology The English name Switzerland is a compound containing Switzer‚ an obsolete term for the Swiss‚ which was in use during the 16th to 19th centuries.[14] The English adjective Swiss is a loan from French Suisse‚ also in use since the 16th century. The name Switzer is from the Alemannic Schwiizer‚ in origin an inhabitant of Schwyz and its associated territory‚ one of the Waldstätten cantons which formed the nucleus of the Old Swiss Confederacy. The name originates as an exonym‚ applied pars
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The Indian team’s bat handyman Ram Bhandari is the team’s go-to man for bat-related problems. By Qaiser Mohammad Ali | Mail Today – Sat 1 Sep‚ 2012 11:54 AM IST Two days before the India-New Zealand Test began here on Friday‚ Sachin Tendulkar‚ Gautam Gambhir‚ Suresh Raina‚ R Ashwin and a few others got their willows repaired by India’s most trusted one-man bat repair shop. While Tendulkar’s new bat turned out to be slightly longer than the permissible length‚ Gambhir had two of his bats repaired
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The last train journey during the last Durga Puja vacation remains fresh in my mind. The journey remained important for the reason that it was a rare opportunity for me in student life. The half yearly examination was to be held after the holidays as per the notification. The news brought cheer and I eagerly waited for the opportunity to have a trek to Delhi‚ the capital of India. The prospect of visiting Delhi with my parents filled my heart with joy. I went with other family members from Cuttack
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Each person’s life is a journey on a contorted road dotted with bumps and craters. At certain points‚ the bumps could seem as high as mountains and the pits as deep as lots‚ making this journey called life appear quite despondent. Although occasionally‚ your predicaments are entirely fate’s blunders‚ but perchance‚ they are your own. Your personal characteristics roughly resemble a steering wheel for your journey. They could be positive traits‚ which could steer you on a more decent path; or negative
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technique and through rich and vital imagery. ‘Flame- Tree in a Quarry’ (henceforth ‘Flame-Tree’) and ‘Train Journey’ are just two of Wright’s many poems that she has written that include these qualities. In these poems‚ Wright expresses her passion for the country she loves so much and her frustration and sympathy for her country as it is constantly being destroyed. ‘Flame-Tree’ and ‘Train Journey’ share many similar techniques. “From the broken bone of the hill”‚ this opening line from ‘Flame-Tree’
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purchasing the tickets seemed to be a difficult one. In order to have an idea of the difficulties of a second class journey‚ we intended to travel by second class. We found line ‚ two of us stood in the line and it was with great difficulty that ten tickets were purchased. Then we went to the platform and found that the train was above half-an-hour late. We had to wait for the train on the platform. This long wait was very tiresome. I passed the time in looking at the scene around me‚ I observed
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only train plying from X to Y‚ I had no other choice. The line is a narrow gauge. It passed through farming country and it mainly carried farm produce‚ although passengers were often using it too. At every station on the way to be loaded and unloaded involving much shunting which took a lot of time. It took nearly four hours for a distance of 60 km. I traveled once by that train. At first I could not believe that a train (in this age) could go so slowly. I had to put up with it. The train moved
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Journey of the Magi- T.S Eliot Two body paragraphs using PEEAL‚ including 2/3 good examples This poem‚ Journey of the magi by T.S Eliot explores the idea that a journey can involve obstacles and challenges. The magi are faced with difficulties‚ hardships and discomforts such as the hostility from the natural world and humans and sleep deprivation. In the first stanza the line “The ways deep and the weather sharp” an inverted syntax is used to put emphasis on the sufferings and difficulties of
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Enrique’s Journey Axes paragraphs 1 and 2 1 No this does not surprise me they come and take this risk for a better life‚ this is why they do these things. Even though they risk their lives just to have a better life for them and their children. Migrants usually arrive with nothing‚ men get robbed and beaten‚ and women get robbed and raped. The risks really are not worth it in my opinion. They might die trying to get to get a better life. The thought of risking your own life for others and yourself
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