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    Tolkien‚ only Steinbeck liked to write more natural‚ realistic portrayals of life. His books also started to gain popularity just when the movie industry was booming. There were many films made based on his books‚ including The Grapes of Wrath (1940)‚ Tortilla Flat (1942)‚ The Moon is Down (1943)‚ A Medal for Benny (1945)‚ East of Eden (1955)‚ The Wayward Bus (1957)‚ The Red Pony (1973)‚ Cannery Row (1982)‚ The Winter of Our Discontent (1983)‚ In Dubious Battle (2016)‚ and there were two versions made

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    [pic] Introduction to PepsiCo: Around the world‚ our people come to work each day ready to perform with purpose. Together‚ we create the fun‚ refreshing and nourishing experiences consumers enjoy. PepsiCo‚ Inc. is one of the world’s top consumer product companies with many of the world’s most important and valuable trademarks. PepsiCo was found in 1965 through the merger of Pepsi cola and Frito Lays. Tropicana was acquired in 1998 and PepsiCo merged with the Quaker oats company. The company

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    Pavlov's Dogs

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    The concept of classical conditioning is studied by every entry-level psychology student‚ so it may be surprising to learn that the man who first noted this phenomenon was not a psychologist at all. Ivan Pavlov was a noted Russian physiologist who went on to win the 1904 Nobel Prize for his work studying digestive processes. It was while studying digestion in dogs that Pavlov noted an interesting occurrence – his canine subjects would begin to salivate whenever an assistant entered the room. In

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    Are school lunches actually healthy? Don’t you think that school lunches should start providing healthy lunches? You will not like to be surprised by a hair or something disgusting in your food. Is there’s times that when you eat school lunches and you’re waiting in line you see the food and think are these school lunches actually healthy? In the past 10 years schools actually provided unhealthy school lunches. The school lunches contain about the same amount of fat as a happy meal at McDonalds’

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    Thomas offered to take in the Kino’s but he knows the trackers will follow him. Kino did not actually bring danger or hurt Juan but there was a chance. The watcher knows the cry was not a coyote and he kills Coyotito. After Coyotito is dead‚ Kino realises he does not want the pearl anymore. “If it’s a coyote‚ this will stop it.” (86) Even though Kino just wants the best for his family through the pearl‚ it brings out the worst in him and gives the opposite of the best for his family. To sum up

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    Rabies There are many different types of viruses that are out in the world that we have discovered. Many range from slightly harmful to fatal. Also‚ there are many viruses that affect certain type of organisms. One of many different viruses that can affect different organisms is the virus called rabies. Since Rabies is spread through a virus‚ we will discuss how viruses work. With the many different types of viruses‚ there are different ways that viruses affect the body. Essentially most cells

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    comfortable world for them to settle in. Only the Navajo creator bears a destruction done by a different galactic force. The coyote‚ one of the initial beings‚ in the 3rd world of the Navajo‚ steals the water monster’s baby which enrages the water monster. As a reaction‚ the entire 3rd world was flooded by the water monster. Although‚ the baby was returned to the water monster by coyote upon the demand of Begochiddy‚ it was too late and the water monster flooded the third world entirely. “Finally‚ the

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    The Navajo people‚ otherwise known as the Diné‚ have many specific customs and rituals oriented around the natural evolution of death. The Navajo explained this natural occurrence by creating stories that described the death of the living. When one of the Navajo people die‚ the living adhere to very strict guidelines pertaining to the treatment of the body. Some of these rules stem from the Navajo’s fear that the dead will come back to haunt them. The Navajo follow these customs not only because

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    The Trickster in Myth

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    Trickster myths‚ a significant part of most cultures if not all‚ have permeated the legends and folklore of peoples since the early days of civilized man. The ancient Greeks had Hermes‚ the Chinese the Monkey King‚ and the Native American Indians the coyote. These diverse tricksters found within cultures often have many commonalities with each other‚ and then‚ often they do not. But this illustrates the very nature of the trickster; ever changing‚ shifting‚ shaping‚ disguising‚ and tricking his or her

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    Ninety-Nine The National Hockey League has hosted the finest athletes in which the game of hockey has ever offered. Throughout over a century of history one person has had more of an impact on this league and this game. This man is Wayne Gretzky. Nicknamed "the great one"‚ no player has done more positive for the game of hockey than him. Gretzky holds more records in the NHL than any other player in history‚ which shows his skill. He also holds records for attendance and fan support

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