New Old Libya For decades Libyans lived under a dictator who twisted their past. Now they must imagine their future. By Robert Draper Photograph by George Steinmetz The bronze likeness of Muammar Qaddafi’s nemesis was lying on his back in a wooden crate shrouded in the darkness of a museum warehouse. His name was Septimius Severus. Like Qaddafi‚ he was from what is now Libya‚ and for 18 years bridging the second and third centuries A.D. he ruled the Roman Empire. His birthplace‚ Leptis Magna—a
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The movies Captain America: “The First Avenger” and Captain America “The Winter Soldier” are both wonderful. Even though “The Winter Soldier” is totally the opposite from “The First Avenger.” It’s basically vas versa‚ with Steven Rogers‚ and try’s his best to prove them wrong and get his bestfriend back‚ now that he knows he’s alive. So‚ in “The Winter Soldier” Steven Rogers looks like the bad guy and Bucky is the good guy as the public see’s‚ and completing his mission by killing Steven Rogers.
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Luke Ripley from “A Father’s Story” by Andre Dubus and the sitter from “Winter Night” by Kay Boyle both deeply love their daughter and were motivated to make choices based on that love whether wrong or right. Luke’s decisions in “A Father’s Story” where completely controlled not by‚ “a stable owner or a catholic or any other Luke Ripley I had lived with for a long time‚ but a father of a girl” (Epperson ??). He decided to deny his faith and what he knew was right to protect his daughter from going
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A narrative (or story) is any account that presents connected events‚[1] and may be organized into various categories: non-fiction (e.g. New Journalism‚ creative non-fiction‚ biographies‚ and historiography); fictionalized accounts of historical events (e.g. anecdotes‚ myths‚ and legends); and fiction proper (i.e. literature in prose‚ such as short stories and novels‚ and sometimes in poetry and drama‚ although in drama the events are primarily being shown instead of told). Narrative is found in
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Between the years 1928 and 1941‚ both the Five Year Plans and Collectivisation were in their early stages . The reason for the eradication of the NEP and the creation of the Five Year Plans is that‚ even though the first Five Year Plan did increase production in factories‚ there was a large unpopularity for the plan from the peasantry and some workers‚ as they believed they were being treated unfairly. The two first Five Year Plans focused solely on improving heavy industry‚ which‚ at that time‚
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General Sharon planned to cross the Suez Canal with his Armored Brigade and cut the supply routes to the advancing Egyptian Armies. The only problem was that the Third and Second Egyptian Armies remained on the West side of the Suez Canal‚ crossing the Suez would have been devastating to the Israelis. On the other battle front‚ Israeli forces had pushed the Syrians back to the pre-war ceasefire lines. The IDF then launched a four-day counter-offensive deep into Syria. Within a week‚ Israeli artillery
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When you first read the poem "Those Winter Sundays" you will quickly find out who the speaker is and what their relation is to the father in the poem. Line 1 says "Sundays too my father got up early" which indicates that the speaker is the child of the father in this work of literature. Robert Hayden uses several different poetic techniques to make his point and have the reader really think about what they are reading. In "Those Winter Sundays" there are several different alliterations Hayden uses
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Realism in Jim Grimsley’s Winter Birds When thinking of a work of fiction‚ one would most likely consider the unrealistic story or the happy ending. Additionally‚ most wouldn’t think of “the harsh realities of everyday life” (Feldman‚ 485) like domestic violence and alcoholism. This is because nowadays‚ most books aren’t realist novels. A realist novel is a fictional book that focuses more on character analysis rather than plot‚ and describes things as they really are‚ with no excess details. One
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compassion – and even hope – for the Dream’s continuance. In this way‚ Gatsby succeeds where Winter Dreams fails. While the latter short story reads as a precursor for the novel as similarities abound‚ the respective conclusions differ greatly. Though Gatsby dies‚ he does so in a way echoed by Carraway’s abbreviated sentence. He dies unsatisfied but not yet defeated‚ not yet resigned. Conversely‚ Dexter Green (Winter Dreams) lives‚ but does so with the sad conclusion that “The dream was gone”. Fitzgerald’s
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12/13 examination Question 2 A‚) chapter 7 p. 47 The characteristics of Chinese medicine in maturity stage Product sales growth slows down‚ peak sales and drop in profit - the maturity stage normally last longer than the introduction and growth stage Most product of Tung Fong Hung is at maturity stage‚ therefore‚ the company has to consider new marketing strategies to deal with mature product B‚) chapter 7 p. 47 Marketing strategy: 1‚ modifying the market Increase the consumption of current
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