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    phoenix | Lung cancer | Rough draft | Trichelle McDaniel 1/15/2013 COM/172Mrs. Molly Holmes | I. Introduction II. What are the causes of lung cancer? A. Smoking B. Family history of lung cancer 1. Does secondhand smoke affects one’s health? III. What are the different types of lung cancer? A. Non-small cell lung cancer B. Small cell lung cancer 1. How is it categorized? IV. Who will be at higher risk men or women? A. Is there any difference

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    ATDPTI PAPER Indians and white people think very differently of each other. In the novel ATDPTI written by Sherman Alexi‚ white people and Indian people have many differences. Throughout the story white people are depicted a lot more favorably than the Indians. In many ways white people are depicted better through education‚ money and health. In ATDPTI when it comes to education between the Indians of the reservation and white people have very noticeable differences. One of the differences of

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    Analysis of Sherman Alexie’s novel. Centers on character of John Smith‚ a man caught between two worlds: the Indian and the White and not at home in either world. Issue of John’s intolerance; his suffering‚ alientation and violence. Negative impact of intolerance of white society and co-workers. Author’s message. From the Paper: "John Smith‚ the protagonist of Sherman Alexie’s novel Indian Killer‚ is a man caught between the white world and the Indian world‚ and at home in neither. He is a full-blooded

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    Field‚ P. (1922‚ October 10). Coffee and Cigarettes: Second-Hand Smoke and Smoke-Free Laws. National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science. Retrieved October 10‚ 1927‚ from www.sciencecases.org/secondhand_smoke/secondhand_smoke.pdf Coffee and Cigarettes: Second-Hand Smoke and Smoke Free Law Summary and Questions Joshua Davenport owned a coffee bar/bistro in the small town of Lackawaxen‚ Pennsylvania situated on the Delaware River. He wanted to bring the old world elegance to his rural community

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    unfairly‚ and don’t meet educational requirements nor housing. The poverty filled environment on Indian reservations had a powerful influence on the Native Americans’ expectations of their future‚ giving them hope of a better life after childhood. In Sherman Alexie’s “Superman and Me” it illustrates the harsh living conditions and lifestyle

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    In the short story Signals by Raymond Carver‚ Wayne and Caroline‚ a married couple going out to dinner to celebrate a birthday is abruptly disrupted by the constant bickering between the couple over the owner the of the restaurant Aldo. The argument soon unfolds that it is just not Aldo himself that is the problem. To start off‚ Wayne is wanting took take his wife Caroline out to a nice restaurant for her birthday at a new restaurant that just opened. Wayne wanting to impress his wife was already

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    The Facebook Sonnet” clearly shows that the smallest thing can become the biggest part of life. The first stanza introduces you to Sherman Alexie’s description of Facebook in “The Facebook Sonnet.” It talks about reuniting with old high school friends and how it keeps you connected to them for as long you all shall live in the "endless high-school/Reunion" (lines 1-2). The middle of the first stanza says‚ "Welcome to past friends / And lovers‚ however kind or cruel" (lines 2-3)‚ this shows that

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    highlights the contrast between the permanence of circumstance and the possibility of a fruitful future. While Alexie provides somber backstories for several leading characters of the story‚ such as Thomas Builds-the-Fire‚ Chess and Checkers‚ Junior‚ Victor‚ and Robert Johnson‚ he uses each individual character to juxtapose how reactions to the past can affect the future. Furthermore‚ Alexie explores the theme of reconstruction and how the idea of tragedy itself can be repurposed into a new possibility

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    In response to the doctor he says‚ “My head’s always been wrong”. (Alexie 65) He uses his sense of humor as a way to withhold his fear; in fear that he would have a brain tumor‚ he was scared‚ not only for himself but for his wife and children that represent the essence of his life. From this‚ it is conspicuous that the Alexie has his ways of using both unintentional dark humor and profane use of language to expose how we tend to pay attention to

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    Bearing the Smoke It’s wonderful to see how two very distinct individuals‚ meaning different culture‚ have so much passion for Africa. Taking their time to plan‚ travel and even learn 50 words of that tribe/group before they entered. Ten years of documenting‚ traveling and living with these groups must have become their only priority. I find grace and true selflessness in how Beckwith and Fisher would help these villages with the concept as stated in the article: “And our goal wasn’t to give

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