BAM! The crowd roared after I did this‚ I just hit my first single of my career‚ and not the only time I will get another one. It felt musky while I hit it‚ and it was beginning to get cloudy in the distance as well. My friends Trevor‚ Collin‚ Evan‚ Andrew‚ and Michael congratulated me once I got into the dug-out. At the time I was only seven years old. I always remind myself that I have to work for things in order to accomplish things. I was mesmerized that I actually hit it‚ at first I just tried
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The minibus jolted to a halt. Taking a step down‚ I tried to piece everything that had happened. Aunt Adeline‚ Ava‚ the man – strangely by the name of Dimitri Viavondachi… Mama. The gap between the last step and the molten coloured dusty earth‚ was wide and as big as the fissure of weariness‚ agony‚ and hurt‚ swirling deep in the empty depths. Ten years‚ and I had lived on a cloud of lies‚ as each day had passed‚ I had turned with a sense of direction – a future. Now all there had been was shattered
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friends eating very traditional Japanese foods that Taro prepared for his special guest‚ but Hana’s feeling were unclear about her new life. Many worries flooded her mind and she pushed them off knowing that if she tried hard enough life would be a piece of cake. As the friends finished dinner Hana was unclear on where she was going to stay the night when Taro approached her and explained that she will be staying in the local Inn for the next
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Prithviraj Cherukuri In the short story called “Optimists” written by Richard Ford‚ tells a story about Frank a fifteen-year-old boy who lives in Great Falls‚ Montana who learns how life can completely change in an instant. In the “Optimists” there are two major events that shape the story. Franks father Roy Brinson who works on the great northern railway see’s a homeless man die in front of him while at work. Another event is when Roy Brinson comes home and explains what happened to his wife
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It was another day in the city I love. Baltimore. Like any other resplendent city in all of the states. Baltimore has been my only home for years. However‚ today in Baltimore something felt different. “Ahhh…‚” I yawned and moaned as I tried to free myself from my bed sheets. I opened the shutters of the windows to look outside the early sunlight began to creep out as all livelihood of the distant inner city began to awake. “Will‚ it is time to wake up‚” shouted Will’s mother above the staircases
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Executive Summary In 2008‚ the largest “short squeeze” in the history‚ done by Porsche’s CFO to acquire control over Volkswagen through option contracts‚ had caused a huge loss for multiple hedge funds and investment banks in Germany. And meanwhile in 2007‚ until the beginning of 2008‚ TCI and 3G‚ 2 UK-based hedge funds‚ violated SEC disclosure requirements‚ hiding their objective to takeover CSX Corporation by entering into equity total return swaps with numerous investment banks. CSX was a
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BUS 302 Short Business Report: Guidelines This document provides an outline for the short business report. Please follow this format when preparing your case reports‚ and ask your instructor for additional clarification‚ if necessary. Transmittal Page The report should begin with a transmittal memo. This memo serves to explain the audience‚ author‚ and basic purpose of the attached report. It should be short and to the point. For example‚ the transmittal memo for the Day at the Movies case
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seems to be a body of water‚” explained Kumjua. Adsila already knew that it was she who created the body of water Kumjua was talking about. She could not possibly believe if she were to continue to cry‚ it would grow bigger and create a beautiful piece. So that is what she did. Adsila cried and cried and stared at her tears build up right in front of her eyes. The tears flowed left to right. At one point‚ she knew the outcome of this would make her mother proud up from the heavens above. The body
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There’s something so tragically beautiful about the rain‚ Hange muses to herself as she traces and connects the transparent drops dotting the mullioned window. She can’t deny it: it’s certainly fitting for the given situation. She breathes in and the fiery ache within her lungs doesn’t go away; it only worsens‚ and she fears‚ for a fleeting moment‚ that maybe it’ll burn a cavity through her chest. When she exhales‚ she feels a lump in her throat and a persistent ache behind her eyes. Her head feels
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think. I kind of lose track. I never met my parents. They were slaves for other folks so I guess I won’t ever get to meet them. I don’t get jealous of the rich families though. They got no respect; the young spoilt‚ spiteful children treat me like a piece of shit on their shoe. I can’t do nothing though‚ us whites get hung for disrespecting the family‚ for all I know my parents could’ve been dangled dead years ago. So recently I have been thinking a lot of my escape. I am worried that somewhere along
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