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    Kolkata Knight Riders

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    Kolkata Knight Riders (Bengali: কলকাতা নাইট রাইডার্স) (often abbreviated as KKR) is the franchise representing Kolkata in the Indian Premier League‚ a Twenty20 cricket tournament. The team is led by Sourav Ganguly‚ and coached by Dav Whatmore. Sourav Ganguly is the team ’s Icon Player. The official theme of the team is Korbo‚ Lorbo‚ Jeetbo Re (Bengali for We will do it‚ Fight for it‚ Win it) and the official colors are purple and gold. As per the recent study done by a UK based brand valuation company

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    ‘ T H E S U N L I G H T I N T H E G A R D E N ’ ‚ A C O M M E N T A R Y. Guiding Questions for the commentary: How does the use of setting contribute to your understanding of the poem? Comment on the poet’s style (For example‚ language‚imagery‚ diction‚ form‚the use of a quote from Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra) In the the poem ‘The Sunshine in the Garden’ written by Louis MacNeice‚ the poet is a prisoner of war and is close to his death. The line ‘We cannot cage the minute’ and words

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    Geoffrey Chaucer in Canterbury Tales. In a time where women had no say in anything‚ and were just there to sit and be pretty he highlights it in literature. In many different instances he indicates points that would make the reader believe he has views the same as Pat Anderson. Throughout Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer he shows women are objects used to gloat about by men for their looks and family status‚ and are not nearly as knowledgeable as men. The Miller’s Tale is all about raunchiness

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    Samurai vs Knights:Were the Similarities Greater than the Differences. The knights and the Samurai were very similar but also had some major differences to‚ but if you were going to compare them on fighting and tactics that would be a lot harder because they are from two very different times and have very different geological advantages and disadvantages. So it is easier to compare their loyalty and way of living along with respect to others and enemies. Japan and Europe both switched to feudalism

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    Who Is Philip Knight?

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    In 1993‚ the man whom The Sporting News voted "the most powerful person in sports” was Philip Knight‚ a dynamic form of a man who for nearly 30 years has shown the sports legends alike. He studied at The University of Oregon and had competed in the school track team. He was a rising track star setting records for himself trying to meet up with Steve Prefontaine a running sensation who died tragically at a very young age. Philip graduated in 1959 with a

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    The Knight in Rusty Armor

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    The Knight in Rusty Armor The Knight in rusty armor depicts our mental processes‚ or cognition that plays a complex and dramatic role in my life. I have learned that our cognition makes us human. I can cope only by first sensing and understanding my environment‚ just like the knight. sometimes I misperceive and wrongly interpret certain situations‚ causing problems for myself. My expectations and response partly determine how I see the world. My attitudes‚ suspicions‚ and conclusions

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    REINDEER AND ENGINE – COMMENTARY The poem ’Reindeer and Engine’ by Josephine Jacobsen is an extract from the poet’s 1966 work ’The Animal Inside’. The poem is about a reindeer who is fleeing from a steam engine‚ in the forests of Finland. However‚ wherever the reindeer seems to turn‚ engine tends to follow. The poet Josephine Jacobsen introduces a very relevant issue‚ from the title of the poem itself – that of nature versus technology. In a sense‚ the reindeer and the engine are contrasting ideas

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    Wolves By Knight Analysis

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    In Wolves by Knight‚ the author states that the Japanese word for wolf is Okami and synoym with “Great Spirit.” Regardless of the honorable title the Japanese had distaste for the wolf‚ and engaged in Saodasi‚ or wolf hunts (Knight 197) because they were interfering with their survival by taking food from their families and potential sales at market. In France‚ Charlemagne

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    Sound of Waves Commentary

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    Sound of Waves Commentary In this passage‚ found on pages 135 and 136 of The Sound of Waves‚ author Yukio Mishima utilizes brutal imagery through descriptive diction to expose the subtle sexism apparent on this island. Furthermore‚ he provides commentary on gender roles and stereotypes‚ which are apparent not only in his own life‚ but on the island of Uta-jima as well. Gender roles become apparent as the novel progresses because Shinji is looking for a woman of beauty rather than of intellect

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    The Knight in Rusty Armor

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    his emotions for so long‚ he had forgotten what it meant to express them. “We’re all stuck in armor of a kind. Yours is merely easier to find.” (The Knight in Rusty Armor‚ 9) The Knight’s armor also represents that he was afraid to be alone and he never really listened to anyone else. He never opened up. In some ways‚ I’m a lot like the Knight. I’m afraid to open up to people‚ and I need to feel the affirmation of others. I don’t let people know how I’m really feeling because it’s easier to

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