double-cushioned chair to find out if it squeaks. The light above the clock turns red‚ indicating that the microphones are alive. It´s time America‚ for Walter Winchell‚ the announcer says. Fifteen seconds later‚ the commentator begins his rapid-fire delivery. two minutes have passed. He changes to the foreign buzzer and will soon be finished with the last minute news flashes. The opening portion of his broadcast is coming to an end. A long pause‚ then‚ ¨Attention‚ Mr. and Mrs. America..¨ american bundists→
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the ground‚’ Nero observes to SH as they are being bundled ever further down a winding tunnel. From somewhere the MC’s voice‚ ‘Look‚ we wanted some razz-matazz out there tonight‚ but things are not really working out. You’ve at least discovered that Story Hunter is not dead meat.’ With frustration shining through in voice SH complains‚ ‘Yeah‚ it is all well and good to have found me‚ but now we have lost Buiteboer to the netherworld‚ it seems.’ The MC sounds unconcerned about Buiteboer’s whereabouts
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Despite its joyous title‚ It’s Kind Of A Funny Story ‚ is not particularly orientated towards the most pleasant themes. Author and New York Times Best Seller‚ Ned Vizzini utilizes humor the help the reader swallow the pill of complicated themes such as‚ depression‚ societal views of success‚ and not fitting in. The story begins with fifteen year old Craig Gilner struggling with overwhelming concerns for his future. He’s determined to have a successful life‚ but getting there poses an issue. The fear
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Short Story Screaming in pain‚ Rebecca was about to give birth to her first baby. She was forced to have a homebirth as there were no hospitals around for miles. Her shrieks of pain had woken everyone in the neighbourhood‚ many came up to the house to get a glimpse of the situation. One of Rebecca’s friends‚ Rick‚ had rushed into the house in a matter of minutes after he heard the screaming. Rick stayed with Rebecca for several hours that followed to comfort her as best he could. His best attempts
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In one and a half seconds’ time below the M-26’s bottom‚ the NS-9’s pilot Goto shouts: ‘Wow‚ my plane is being pulled off the course! I stall and lose control‚ can’t pull it back. No shooting of any kind‚ what’s happened? Mayday Mayday...’ The Japanese fighters Captain Crow is at the diamond shaped formation’s front‚ he shouts: ‘All crews keep the formation‚ rise your planes to leave the dark clouds. I’ll go down to find Goto.’ Meanwhile in the headquarter operation room Hajime switches on the big
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It was one of the more curious things about Humanity‚ our reluctance to allow others see us cry. It could be said that it was a form of defense‚ of never letting one know your weakness‚ and perhaps there was some truth to that. After all‚ hadn’t Humanity kept the Deadly Races at bay for a time by pretending to be strong? That day‚ however‚ Intrepidus was not able to hide his weakness by refusing to go home a mess. There was a shadow he had failed to realize did not have a place in this cavern any
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mind to something and going through with the comment to that‚ you can do anything. My story starts out with how I learned how to Juggle. Friday night it was 4th Friday for businesses downtown. My store which is The Red Peppermint had a juggler come to help bring in customers. We were slammed! Thanks Mr. Juggler! When he was there he asked us if we knew how to juggle. All three of us said “no”. So he took only two of us one at a time and taught Scott and I how to juggle. It was the most fun I’ve had
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Hugh Garner’s "One-Two-Three Little Indians" addresses the fate of Native Americans who have lost the sense of their true identity to the racist nature of the Europeans who colonized Canada. The main character in the story‚ Big Tom‚ appears physically and mentally worn out by his life. At the beginning of the story‚ the reader gets a sense of bitterness with how he perceives his life. Despite living in poverty‚ he appears to be a caring father. The reader senses Big Tom grappling with his Native
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It was a chilly fall morning ‚ kids were outside playing and laughing‚ having a good time. But that soon was going to change. My friend karl has always been nice to me even though i was jewish and he wasn’t. Most of the kids weren’t that nice to us during the Holocaust time period. Me being jewish started a lot of problems with karl and me vs the world. I will tell you how it started. It was a quiet night it had been like that for awhile now. I soon fell asleep. In the middle of the night people
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were long‚ and laughter filled. We talked about our family and personal lives. We both became pretty close over the short amount of time that we had been talking. When it came to a more in depth conversation about of family‚ we both fell silent. “I used to have a father and mother‚ but they aren’t in the picture now” she explained as her eyes slowly teared up. After it had been nearly two hours and we both decided we should return to our waiting mother and father. “It was lovely to meet you Jac. I will
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