Do you ever wonder how a split-second decision can either mean life or death? Have you ever taken the time to have a designated driver or any other sort of transportation such as a taxi to come pick you up and take you wherever it is you need to go while intoxicated? All these little choices add up and may determine whether you’ll make it home safe to your beloved family‚ or be the next big news headline for a DUI car crash that took your life and others. So‚ I insist that you will make the right
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Seeking truth and presenting it “as a friend‚ not as an adversary.” from the atrocities of social‚ economical‚ political‚ and moral conflict‚ Alexander Solzehenitsyn’s Harvard commencement address‚ “A World Split Apart” (1978) exposes the end of a Socialist ideology. At the expanse of liberty and equality in human history‚ mankind is sandwiched between their choices on freedom and morality. Solzehenitysn’s words are a manifestation of the bitter truth that criticizes Western complacency while he
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“Can Sudan Split Without Falling Apart” 1. The fact that families like Achai Chol’s are leaving northern Sudan indicates that the people would rather be in southern Sudan fighting for southern independence to stop the imminent war and creating a better life for them and their families. 2. The thesis of the article is that Sudan has been politically unstable over the period of its two long civil wars. The south did not identify with the Arab led Sudanese society and created a referendum
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A focal issue in Albert Wendt’s novel Leaves of the Banyan Tree is the influence of Christianity on Samoan culture. Leaves of the Banyan Tree opens in the small village of Sapepe during the 1930s. Traditional Samoan culture is on the decline and according to Sefrosa Carroll’s article “Weaving New Spaces: Christological Perspectives from Oceania (Pacific) and the Oceanic Diaspora” “western theologies” are the primary reason. The “papalagi” have intertwined their western values‚ particularly capitalism
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Nadya Lytvynenko 42; 403 Text Analysis The extract under analysis comes from “The Apple Tree” by J. Galsworthy. John Galsworthy was an English novelist and a playwright of the beginning of the XXth century. He is most famous for “The Forsyte Saga” and its sequels “A Modern Comedy” and “End of the Chapter”‚ all of them were filmed several times. What’s more‚ the writer won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1932. The extract deals with the description of the setting for of events in the story. This
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EXAMINATION 2011 SPECIAL ENGLISH XII Time: 3 Hrs. Instructions: 1. All questions are compulsory 2. Read the instructions carefully and answer the questions. 3. Marks of each question is indicated against it. 4. Answer must be complete and to the point. SECTION - A Q.1A. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: We live in a highly competitive age of science and technology and can no longer afford the luxury of mediocrity if we are to forge ahead. This rapidly changing
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Lourdes School of Mandaluyong High School Department A.Y. 2013-2014 In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements In English IV AN ANALYSIS PAPER ON ANTON CHEKHOV’S THE SEAGULL AND THE CHERRY ORCHARD Submitted to: Mrs. Joneth D. Vibar Submitted by: Vincent del Castillo IV-St.Francis of Assisi Outline of Analysis 1 Author’s Style 1.1 Anton Chekhov as a Playwright and Author of Short Stories 1.1.1 Russia’s best
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Film Viewing Assignment The film that I watched is called “The Lemon Tree” directed by Eran Riklis. The actors spoke in both Arabic and Hebrew‚ as its plot involved both Palestinians and Israelis. The film took place in the West Bank‚ Palestine. A middle-aged Palestinian widow named Salma Zidane lives on a property that belongs to her great grandparents. On this property is a field of lemon trees planted by her grandparents themselves when they were alive. This field provides her with a steady source
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Nicole Tu Mr. Lavato English 2A‚ Period 1 10 September‚ 2012 The Incident at the Tree In the novel‚ A Separate Peace by John Knowles‚ Gene Forrester and Phineas‚ also known as Finny‚ are best friends who have a very deep friendship. However‚ as the story progresses‚ Gene began to develop feelings of jealousy for Finny when he saw how perfect Finny’s character is. Finny has always been able to talk his way out of trouble
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Evolutionary trees convey a lot of information about a group’s evolutionary history. Biologists are taking advantage of this by using a system of phylogenetic classification. In contrast to the traditional Linnaean system of classification‚ phylogenetic classification names only clades. For example‚ a strictly Linnaean system of classification might place the birds and non-Avian dinosaurs into two separate groups. However‚ the phylogeny of these organisms reveals that the bird lineage actually
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