Is Your Freedom Worth It? December‚ that year‚ was more than cold and bitter‚ it was deadly‚ and the soldiers all knew it the minute they saw the meager food and medicine supplies they were given. On top of that‚ the soldiers decision to stay and re-enlist or to go home was drawing near‚ so they had to make the decision‚ would they stay‚ or would they go? In December of 1778‚ George Washington and his troops built the camp of Valley Forge (18 miles away from Philadelphia) in order to stay on the
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harsh blue light illuminate my dark room‚ not expecting the glow to temporarily blind me. I quickly shut my eyes and fumbled around the keyboard until I had adjusted the brightness‚ and refocused onto the task at hand. Three days prior I had completed try-outs for my soccer team and today the results would be posted at 6. My alarm clock lay precariously next to my bed reading 5:45. After four attempts and misspellings‚ my quivering hands managed to find the tryouts results sheet. I checked the better
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TRY A LOT OF STUFF AND KEEP WHAT WORKS Hello This is me Khizer Farooq and I will be presenting the Chapter 7 i.e. Try a lot of stuff and keep what works from the book Built to Last. Written by James Collins & Jerry Porras. I will be talking about some of the visionary companies who made their best moves not by detailed strategic planning but by opportunistic experimentation and accident. Visionary companies tried a lot of stuff and kept what worked and got rid of what did not work. Examples
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1.) In the article "Whispers from the Grave‚" and the poem "Haunted House" by Valerie Worth show reasons why many people are interested by ghosts. One reason people can be interested in ghosts is because they can use these stories to compensate their feelings for someone they lost that was close to them. In the beginning of the article‚ the author writes about who Sarah lost and how this affected her life after this tragedy. "Sarah was haunted by her grief. She felt she was being pursued by a menacing
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useful when one cannot find a job straight out of college. A liberal education requires the student to pay a lot more money than a technical student‚ but a liberally-educated student will see that their choice to go to college for four years is all worth it in the end. Students with the liberal education will also have very flexible skills that can be used with any job in or outside of their college major. A student should also be aware that obtaining a liberal education will make him or her a more
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Isaac Rexford ENG 1102M Spenser Simrill Jackie Brown: One Worth Betting On The film Jackie Brown begins with a predominant focus on Jackie herself‚ one of the film’s main characters by a panning shot following Jackie in the first scene. Jackie’s initial focus is very much related to the film’s plot. As the plot develops‚ Jackie finds herself in the center of a situation where a guns sells man (Ordell) refuses to let Jackie run her mouth to the authorities‚ while the authorities already know all about
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Math Is Worth Learning Every person on this planet earth needs to know at least simple math to live a normal life style. Learning math can be a daunting task when you do not have the right tools or the right materials‚ especially if you grew up believing that math is hard and that you will never understand it. All humans need to get rid of any negative thinking that teachers‚ friends‚ or even a caring relative helped you build over the years and start believing in yourself. Learning Simple math
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Was the Vietnam War worth all the hassle? Think of what was accomplished during the whole conflict‚ many people believe that it was necessary and that America accomplished a lot‚ others not so much. The war was good until America crumbled‚ showing their true weakness. The war on Vietnam was lost not in Vietnam but at home‚ the strain that the war put on America‚ Civil rights movement and other home conflicts was the real deciding factor on the war. These conflicts show that not only should America
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The Crucible- A Drama Worth Watching On September 21‚ 2014 I had the privilege of attending opening night of “The Crucible” performed at the Old Vic Theater in London England‚ and directed by Yael Farber. “The Crucible” is based on the true historical events of the Salem witch trials. The play is set in Salem Massachusetts in the spring of 1692. Salem is filled with mass hysteria when a group of puritan girls including Abigail Williams the niece of the local minister Reverend Parris‚ Betty Parris
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Is college worth your time and money? “Finding imperfections in a College applications is like looking for a needle in a haystack.” A number of numerous studies have shown to be that college graduates are 85% more likely to live a better lifestyle and have a better income than people without a college degree. I believe college is a place everybody should attend sometime in their life. Therefore it does not have to be right after high school or a thing you should be rushed into. Steve jobs
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