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    Fifty First Dragon

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    The Fifty-First Dragon | By Heywood Broun |    |          | Heywood Broun‚ who has risen rapidly through the ranks of newspaper honor from sporting reporter and war correspondent to one of the most highly regarded dramatic and literary critics in the country‚ is another of these Harvard men‚ but‚ as far as this book is concerned‚ the last of them. Broun graduated from Harvard in 1910; was several years on the New York Tribune‚ and is now on the World. | |   There is no more substantially

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    Love at first sight

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    You may know that after reading a love story‚ you sometimes find yourself thinking of the story’s events happening in reality. As one of the most favorable myths‚ love at first sight is what intrigues us and moves us to the new heights. Yet‚ as much as many would like to dream of love at first sight‚ it is a myth and is just an added twist to a love story. A dictionary defines love as a "warm affection" where affection is defined as love‚ in which case and first of all‚ love is not very definable in

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    Love at First Sight

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    Love at First Sight I had never thought about what it would feel like to carry another life inside of my own body. As I was growing up‚ I heard story after story about my own mother’s five exhausting pregnancies and gruesome deliveries- one of which was to twins. I would always say‚ “That’s never going to happen to me because I’m not having kids!” Yet‚ here I am today sporting a fifty-two inch waistline and ankles the size of softballs‚ anxiously getting ready to have my first child. With a

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    First Time in College

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    until the first day of college. Still‚ there are plenty of ways to deal with the hardships a student may face while walking into college the first time. One of the foremost things on any student’s mind is that you do not know anyone‚ unless you have a couple of friends that decided to take the same program as you. The thing is‚ so does everyone else! You can see this as the perfect opportunity to meet and make new friends that can help you get through this last chapter of your studying days. Like everybody

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    Hamlet's First Soliloquy

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    Hamlet’s soliloquy in Act I Scene 2 is the first time that the reader fully understands Hamlet’s character‚ his inner thoughts and opinions. The general tone of this soliloquy is very personal and emotional revealing Hamlet’s despair over the current situation and his depressing state of mind. It sets the stage for the rest of the story‚ being Hamlet’s hatred of Claudius and resentment of his mother. Previous to this soliloquy we learn that King Hamlet’s brother‚ Claudius‚ has become the new

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    Shitty First Drafts

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    Shitty First Drafts This article is all about writing first drafts and how helpful they can be. The author of this wonderful article is Ms. Anne Lamott who was previously a restaurant critic and she has also written several novels. She believes that first drafts are meant to be a mess‚ she even refers to them as the “child’s draft”. Ms. Lamott would stress an unbelievable amount over writing an article about a restaurant. She would always start out by visiting the restaurant with some friends and

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    Modern Day Witch hunt The First Red Scare began after the Bolshevik Russian Revolution of 1917 and during the First World War (1914–18). Anarchist and left-wing political violence and social agitation aggravated extant national social and political tensions. Historian L.B. Murray reports that the “Red Scare” was “a nation-wide anti-radical hysteria provoked by a mounting fear and anxiety that a Bolshevik revolution in America was imminent — a revolution that would destroy [private] property‚ Church

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    My First Date

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    My First Date It was a pleasant Saturday morning when I woke up. Half-asleep‚ I went to the bathroom‚ took a bath to wake up myself from my post-slumber. I merrily did my morning routine and as I went down to our kitchen to feed a seemingly growling lion which I call my stomach‚ I couldn’t help but sneer for I knew that something worth remembering would happen later that day. “First date‚” I said‚ “my very first one… with her.” As I ate my not-so-yummy cereals for my breakfast‚ I constantly

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    The Impact of a First Impression It has commonly been stated that one is never given second chance to make a great first impression. Everyday we have numerous interactions‚ where opportunities come and go in an instant‚ like sliding doors opening and closing. Ideally‚ we want to seize these moments in a favorable way. It is of great importance to understand how our human behaviors effect the first impressions we give others. Importance of First Impressions By definition an impression is

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    First Folio Experience

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    this section General Studies Program (GSR) 300 capstone experience- First Folio course is a greatest experience for undergraduate. The course is the national touring exhibition First folio‚ “The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare”. Students were learn how to be an active role in this project “First Folio” become good role docent of museum exhibitions. Students have to learn the historical Shakespeare in Deaf community history of the first documents‚ as well as the United States deaf community involved Shakespeare

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