happened. These trees have shallow roots that can be dislodged after heavy rainsfalls rather easily‚ making the land unstable. In such areas landslides always will be a potential danger after days of heavy rainfall. The village disappeared. Even rooftops couldn’t be discovered after the mud and boulders did their cruel work. Only 40 acres of land can be seen where once was the village of Guinsaugon which consisted of
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War has no boundaries like age‚ family‚ and time of day. In the story‚”The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty a sniper is stationed on a rooftop near O’Connell Bridge and is tasked to “take out” any hostiles. While staking out‚ the sniper got shot in the arm by a fellow sniper and is faced many challenges in order to survive. Despite the Sniper’s skill‚ the sniper is realizing how war shows no mercy. When O’Flaherty wrote‚“He paused for a moment‚ considering whether he should risk a smoke. . . He decided
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of war. The main character in the story is the mysterious Sniper‚ who is serving active duty in the Irish Civil War for the Republicans in Dublin. The story opens with the Sniper attempting to eat on a rooftop‚ when an enemy sniper opens fire on him. He retaliates and manages to take down the enemy sniper and his informant‚ a frail old woman. During the course of this‚ his arm is wounded by fire from another supposedly
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and is about issues that had occurred that most people already know the background to and I thoroughly enjoy the song itself. This song basses most of its argument using pathos. It makes the listener feel sorry for those who were left stranded on rooftops after hurricane Katrina and for the damage caused by the Gulf oil spill.
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I was standing in front of the North Pool of 9/11 Memorial with my friends. A blurry animation of a moment was forming in my memory. I was thrown back to Tehran‚ Iran‚ 2001 when I was an Afghan refugee escaping from a massacre by the hands of Taliban from being a Hazara - an ethnic minority. I saw the Twin Towers on a black and white TV. I saw how they collapsed and disappeared in the dust. The magnitude of the collapse took me back to July 2015. I was struggling to make a bigger picture of my identity
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Hokkaido and lent logistic and military support to Mao Zedong in his efforts to overthrow the Chinese Nationalist forces. Tensions between the Soviet Union and the Western powers escalated between 1945–1947‚ especially when in Potsdam‚ Yalta‚ and Tehran‚ Stalin’s plans to consolidate Soviet control of Central and Eastern Europe became manifestly clear. On March 5‚ 1946 Winston Churchill delivered his landmark speech at Westminster College in Fulton‚ Missouri lamenting that an "iron curtain" had descended
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I am not throwing away my shot! I am not throwing away my shot! Hey yo‚ I’m just like my country I’m young‚ scrappy and hungry And I’m not throwing away my shot! I’mma get a scholarship to King’s College I prob’ly shouldn’t brag‚ but dang‚ I amaze and astonish The problem is I got a lot of brains but no polish I gotta holler just to be heard With every word‚ I drop knowledge! I’m a diamond in the rough‚ a shiny piece of coal Tryin’ to reach my goal. My power of speech: unimpeachable Only nineteen
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Jimmy Carter was not the best president for a while he was known as one of the worst president but had later rehabilitated his reputation with humanitarian efforts. James Earl Carter Jr. was born on October 1‚ 1924‚ in Plains‚ Georgia. Grew up on a peanut farm that is father owned as well as a warehouse and store. James Carter became the first person from his father’s side of the family to graduate from high school. He then studied engineering at Georgia Southwestern Junior College before joining
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Marjane Satrapi‚ the protagonist‚ Marjane Satrapi‚ begins as a confused and strong-willed child and develops into an empathetic and expressive young woman. At the start of the novel‚ ten year old Marjane‚ or Marji‚ lives with her well-off parents in Tehran‚ Iran at the height of the Iranian Revolution. Marji’s parents raise her in a very modern household with progressive values. On the other hand‚ Islamic Fundamentalists segregate the schools ‚ instill conservative values in the classroom‚ and harshly
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