Simple Past vs. Past Progressive Exercise I. Put in the verbs in brackets in the Simple Past or the Past Progressive into the gaps. Example: I ________ my keys while I ________ to school. (to lose) (to walk) Answer: I lost my keys while I was walking to school. 1) While I ____________‚ the school bus _____________. (to text) (to arrive) 2) Cindy ____________ her leg while she _____________. (to break) (to snowboard) 3) He __________ to the radio while he ____________breakfast
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April Law GUS 1177 Professor Gholson 2/26/12 The article called Black Brothers Inc.‚ written by Sean Patrick Griffin tells an interesting story about the Black Mafia. These individuals were excellent businessmen and working men that participated in obtaining drug dealers‚ maintaining crap games‚ and holding regular meetings at many different locations‚ but they were also coldblooded people who would kill anyone who might testify against them in court. This is how they gained power in the Philadelphia
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Past and present McCarthyism affected the lives and political thinking of people in the U.S. during the 1950’s. With the Soviets declaring their intentions of exporting revolution throughout the world‚ McCarthyism effectively used the fear and hatred Americans had of communism in order to manipulate the American public and sway political decisions. After America learned‚ from Britain‚ that Klaus Fuchs‚ had spied for the Russians while working on the Manhattan Project‚ Senator McCarthy
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In the book “Separate Pasts”‚ by Melton Mclaurin he recalls his memories of growing up in his hometown of Wade‚ North Carolina. McLaurin writes his interactions with the black community and observes the segregated lifestyle of blacks and whites. He honestly recalls his boyhood during the 1950’s‚ an era when segregation existed unchallenged in the rural south‚ which was a time when racism was a day-to-day rule. McLaurin honestly explores the relationships he had with his fellow white peers as well
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GE’s Two Decade Transformation : Jack Welch’s Leadership Executive Summary The case examines the transformation of GE under the charismatic leadership of Jack Welch‚ from the time when GE was a small player to its status of the ‘Most Admired Company’ and the ‘Most Respected Company’ by late 1990s. We have done a detailed study of the impact Jack Welch has had as CEO over the past twenty years and reveals a leadership style that is the driving force behind a successful transition from a corporate
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Over the last several decades‚ the topic of abortion has become an increasingly controversial and heated argument in popular culture‚ press‚ and medical fields. The process of the abortion as defined by Meriam-Webster is “the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy‚ resulting in death of the embryo or fetus”. This process has been thoroughly discussed in a number of fields ranging from medical ethics to Christian journalism‚ in which it has both been defended and attacked. The main focus of
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essential to me. My professional aspiration is to become an Informatics Nurse specialist. The reason why I want to become an Informatics Nurse is because I enjoy working with the information technology. I have been working as a Registered Nurse since last sixteen years and have worked in different areas. Now I would like to uplift my career and wants to become an Informatics Nurse. Throughout my career in nursing I found out that Nurse informatics specialists are at the front position of transforming technology
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The Groundbreaking decade of the 1940’s brought the US many new things and interesting and ideas. This was a time of war and brutality. But the 1940’s were not all about war; new concepts were being developed like the invention of the Duct tape‚ the expansion of the movie and music industry and many others. The Advancements of the decade revolutionized the military‚ music‚ and movies industries. The Second World War took up half of this decade‚ which had an immense and profound
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Introduction: Just the basics Past to Present: My family has been a huge impact on the person that I am today. The values and lessons that they have taught me throughout the years will always help guide me through life. Some of the values and lessons they have taught me are always try your best‚ if you put your mind to something you can achieve anything‚ and the most important lesson they have taught me is to always follow your dreams and never settle. My family has always been there for me
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Assess the view that the main role of families is to maintain male dominance in society The family is an institution where people feel most comfortable and regard as natural‚ the cornerstone of our social world (somewhere where people can retreat from the stresses of the outside world) and the most important aspect of someone’s life. There are lots of different views about if the main role of families is to maintain male dominance still to this day‚ with many fully agreeing and many fully disagreeing
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