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    sat in the ashes by the side of the road and looked out to the east where the shape of the city was darkening into the coming night. They saw no lights‚” (McCarthy 159). “He held the boy against him‚ cold to the bone. Dont lose heart‚ he said. We’ll be all right‚” (McCarthy 177). This quote found in the book “The Road”‚ written by Cormac McCarthy‚ represents how much the father loves the boy. In this story‚ a father and son search for some type of hope for survival by traveling along a road. The

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    fault because trains always have the right of way even with law enforcements. According to Railroad Crossing Safety Organization they state‚ “A train hits someone in Americaevery 115 minutes‚ often with fatal results.” Accidents happen way more often with trains then you think probably not as many as commercial cars‚ But when they do happen it’s mostly during daylight hours. What Railroad crossing safety organization also state that‚ “The majority of trainsand motor vehicles occur when trains are

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    Ms. Suazo (40yo) DOB 9/26/1977 met with Ms. Ijelu to conduct her intake assessment on 10/12/17 at 3:30pm. Ms. Suazo entered Rose McCarthy Shelter with her three children Gheistim Sanchez (21yo) DOB 4/17/1996‚ Lorna Bonilla (14yo) DOB 8/20/2003 and Deiby Zelaya (6yo) DOB 7/15/2011. Client stated that she became homeless because she was living with a sister but was unable to stay there due to overcrowding when her children came from Honduras decided to move to the United States. Housing History: Client

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    juror. A reckless and unrestrained man‚ he makes accusations against fellow jurors for not siding with his point of view; ‘Listen‚ you voted “guilty”‚ didn’t you? What side are you on?’ – a direct reflection of the actions adopted by senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950’s. The 3rd juror also wrongly accuses the 5th for changing his vote to ‘not-guilty’ without any evidence to support his conclusion. This further exemplifies the premise of ‘making unfair allegations or using unfair investigative techniques

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    Crossing Over in Sordaria Background Sordaria fimicola is an ascomycete fungus that can be used to demonstrate the results of crossing over during meiosis. Sordaria is a haploid organism for most of its life cycle. It becomes diploid only when the fusion of the mycelia of two different strains results in the fusion of the two different types of haploid nuclei to form a diploid nucleus. The diploid nucleus must then undergo meiosis to resume its haploid state. Meiosis‚ followed by mitosis‚ in Sordaria

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    The Crossing It is incredible in history what a difference six months can make. In July of 1776‚ the British colonies in America formally declared their independence from the British Commonwealth. Now just six months later‚ the United States of America were close to defeat. The State’s army‚ the ‘Continental Army’ had almost been destroyed by the professional British soldiers. The Continental Army‚ lead by a man from Virginia by the name of George Washington had been retreating from the British

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    of a need for survival for them and their family? Victor is a Mexican boy from the novel Crossing the Wire whose family is impoverished. He is forced to go to America in hopes of being able to provide for his family. Poverty badly hurts Victor’s family‚ and Victor will have to get a job in America or Victor and his family will be doomed. Poverty impacted Victor’s family negatively. In Chapter 2 of Crossing the Wire‚ Victor thinks “And Rico didn’t know what it felt like to be hungry‚ really hungry

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    In Louder than Words Jenny McCarthy faces many obstacles with her son Evan having autism. Her son was diagnosed with autism when he was two years old ever since Jenny has overcame many obstacles on her journey curing him. She faces many obstacles trying to beat time as she calls it "pulling him out of the time window." In the beginning Jenny remained strong when she noticed something was wrong with Evan. He began seizing repeatedly and the doctors couldn’t give her answers. There are are a

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    Washington Crossing the Delaware Both the poem by David Shulman and the painting by Emanuel Leutze cover the same topic of Washington crossing the Delaware River; they are both different works‚ yet they have more similarities. The poem and the painting both include the weather and the surrounding terrain such as the rough water from the painting and the “stinging cold” from the poem. However‚ the poem offers more background to the actual event than the painting. An example is the mention of Washington

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    There is a big controversy on whether or not children born outside the United States‚ and brought here illegally by their parents‚ should have rights or not. Kids of these illegal immigrants should have at least some of the rights U.S. citizens have. The children did not choose to come here‚ they cannot leave anytime they want to‚ they may end up homeless if they cannot work as they get older‚ and they definitely should not be punished for something their parents did. The parents who came to America

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