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    “Peace will be my port‚ my glory‚ my reward‚ my hope‚ my happiness and all that is beautiful to me in this world‚” wrote our father Bolívar to Santander on June 23‚ 1820. And because we love and value peace‚ we will not move away from that old principle‚ especially when the imperialist criminal brutality is threatening us: “If we want peace‚ let’s get ready for war.” I want to embrace the words of José Manuel Briceño Guerrero‚ a great Venezuelan and Latin American conscience who is being paid

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    The interview I have chosen to analyse is a television interview by Piers Morgan with Cheryl Cole. It took place in a studio in front of a live audience. The interview is to gain knowledge over Cheryl’s personal life‚ and Piers obviously has vivid background knowledge of her life along with some pre-prepared questions to ask. The main topic is a contestant who was in Cheryl’s group during the famous show ‘The X-Factor’ and we can tell this as Piers refers to her directly as the proper noun‚ ‘Gamu

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    A Prayer for Owen Meany

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    AP Literature 14 December 2012 A Prayer for Owen Meany A Prayer for Owen Meany is a tale with many symbolic and memorable acts. To me‚ the most memorable part (or scene‚ if you will) is when Owen Meany removed the claws off the armadillo. This was significant because of the symbolic meaning the armadillo had to John and Owen. It was an animal the two held very close to their hearts. The act of removing the claws caused a stir and created many mixed emotions from many of the characters. Ultimately

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    Amanda Zusman 9/24/12 T344 Programming strategies The Most Successful Program Format in the Primetime Timeslot The primetime television timeslot is known to deliver the most viewers to networks and advertisers each and everyday. The primetime hours range from 7PM-11PM and summon many persons getting home from work and families at the tail end of mealtime. Entertainment programming scheduled during primetime has always been popular amongst audiences‚ however; in recent years certain reality

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    International Finance

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    THE SAGA OF THE VENEZUELAN BOLIVAR FUERTE 1) Why must a country’s currency be devalued? What is failing in the economy? Devaluation is the action of a government or central bank authority to drop the spot foreign exchange value of a currency that is pegged to another currency or to gold. Countries occasionally devalue their own currencies as a result of persistent and sizable trade deficits. They intentionally devalue their currencies in an effort to make their exports more price-competitive

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    Embarrassed teenagers use their brain different New investigations shows‚ that when teenagers gets embarrased by their parrents dance or singing‚ then they use a different part of the brain than adults to process their feelings. For a long time‚ it has aroused curiosity‚ why teenagers experience it as embarrasing when their dad or mom does something embarrasing‚ while others experience it as entertainment. But now a group of scientist has made a step towards an explanation. Writes daily telegraph

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    In the opening scenes of the movie‚ Dustin Hoffman plays the starring role as “The Graduate” Benjamin Braddock Benjamin is on an airplane landing in Los Angles as he arrives background music plays “The Sound of Silence”‚ and begins with the line‚ “Hello darkness‚ my old friend” plays. The main motifs of this movie seem to play on rebellion against authority; alienation and isolation; sexually dominance‚ and the loss of one’s innocence. Often a young man‚ although educated‚ possibly will perhaps

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    Colonial American poet Anne Bradstreet’s work has persevered as a literary representation of Puritanism and early America. Bradstreet wrote about God‚ about the new world‚ about her family‚ and domestic life. At first glance her poetry might seem purely Puritanical in form and in subject. However‚ when examined more deeply‚ Bradstreet’s poetry shows to be different and more complex‚ but showing signs of her religious doubts‚ her expression of personal emotions and thoughts‚ and her artistry.

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    4 33 By John Cages

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    Silence is a word often used in our everyday vocabulary. In Cage’s piece‚ he does an excellent job of proving that silence does not exist. When listening to his piece‚ 4’33” I felt somewhat uncomfortable. Even though we learned about the piece before listening to it‚ I was still expecting music. I like the quote you included. We are taught to not appreciate silence or the idea of silence. John Cage presented many ideas that challenge what society tell us to believe. I really appreciated the piece

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    Anne Bradstreet was a Puritan poet in the 1600’s. She was married at 16 to a loving husband and the father of her eight children. Bradstreet became famous unknowingly when her poem book "The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung up in America... By a Gentlewoman in Those parts" was published in England. In this book‚ Bradstreet wrote a poem called "Upon the Burning of Our House". This poem reflects on her values of afterlife. Bradstreet believes there is a God who created the heavens and the Earth. The author

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