The Hunt for Red October By: Tom Clancy It’s December 1986 and Captain First Rank Marko Ramius‚ son of a Communist Party Secretary and the Soviet Union’s most trusted and revered submarine commander‚ is in charge of a new kind of Soviet nuclear submarine called "Red October." It has a new kind of propulsion system that makes it hard to be detected by radar. Once at sea Ramius heads toward the east coast of the United States and then disappears. Both the Soviet leaders and the Americans are terrified
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COMMON APPLICATION Evaluate a significant experience‚ achievement‚ risk you have taken‚ or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you. Discuss some issue of personal‚ local‚ national‚ or international concern and its importance to you. Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you‚ and describe that influence. Describe a character in fiction‚ a historical figure‚ or a creative work (as in art‚ music‚ science‚ etc.) that has had an influence on you‚ and explain that
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were done using them. Lars Eighner says‚ “Although I would naturally prefer to live the comfortable consumer life‚ perhaps — and only perhaps —as a slightly less wasteful consumer owing to what I have learned as a scavenger (par. 4). Mr. Eighner describes himself as an experienced scavenger. He knows many methods of evaluating food to check the quality of it. He has mentioned three principles of eating safely from the Dumpsters: using the senses and common sense to evaluate the condition of the found
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American consumer life is more comfortable than the life of a scavenger. "Although‚ if I could I would naturally prefer to live the comfortable consumer life‚ perhaps-- and only perhaps-- as a slightly less wasteful consumer owing to what I have learned as a scavenger."‚ the author states. The American economic system is disproportionate and flawed‚ but Eighner does not complain about his homeless life. He enjoyed the pursuit as a scavenger and viewed it as a form of self-reliance that is lost in modern
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when she was still a scavenger. It was sometime in 1999 when she was only able to earn sixteen pesos a day as she thought that she could only collect utensils and plastic cups. A month in the trade‚ however‚ she was able to add an additional 150 php to the meager income of 300 php a day that her husband is able to provide as a construction worker. After six months‚ her whole family decided to live in the dumpsite. Furthermore‚ her husband also decided to become a scavenger around this time as he
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Gina Mansour English 111 1/24/2013 The Norton Reader Answers from On Dumpster Diving (pg. 28) 1. Eighner organizes his essay by breaking down how and why scavengers do what they do to survive. He begins his essay with how he became a scavenger and follows that with how to scavenge the best‚ safest way possible. He communicates how to choose the right dumpsters to dive into‚ how to determine if food is edible‚ and whether items are worth holding onto. I believe Eighner chose this type of
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Catch Me If You Can is a film which was released in the year 2002‚ leading to a gross earning over 150 million. The actors in the film had earned multiple awards and the film itself earned Critics’ Choice Movie Award for Best director and BMI Film Music Award. Three major roles in the film were Leonardo DiCaprio who played the main character of Frank Abagnale‚ Jr.‚ Tom Hanks as Carl Hanratty‚ the FBI agent‚ and Christopher Walken as Frank Abagnale‚ Sr. The story of the film was quite accurate for
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“On Dumpster Diving” 1. List modes/patterns of development Examples: Paragraph 24‚ 50‚ 26 Couse/Effect: Paragraph 25‚ 51‚ 66 Compare/Contrast: Paragraph 62‚ 67‚ 44 2. Identify audience and purpose The audience could be directed to people who are interested in dumpster diving and the purpose would be informative. The writer informed his readers what he learned from dumpster diving and how to effectively acquire daily necessities from scavenging. 3. Define one word Transience: transient state
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1. What are the two ways that students may receive counseling services through the LRC? After clicking on the Counseling tab‚ I found that not only is the counseling free‚ but I can speak to a counselor over the phone or I can meet with a local counselor. I can either call 866-320-2817 or I can Request an Appointment by the In-Person Counseling tab on the right side bar. 2. What heading are the Health Tools and Health Challenges found under? The Heath Tools and Heath Challenges are found under
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University of Phoenix Material Chris Laitinen DOC/700 05/04/2015 Research Resources Scavenger Hunt Visit the University of Phoenix Research Hub at http://research.phoenix.edu. Answer the following questions by exploring the Research Hub and its resources. 1. Name the nine University of Phoenix Research Centers. A. Center for Global Business Research B. Center for Management and Entrepreneurship C. Center for Workplace Diversity Research D. Center for Educational
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