The lights beamed down with intensity at the green field. All was silent‚ for my team had just got done with practice. I was sitting down in the stands imagining the next day‚ everyone cheering‚ adrenaline pumping‚ and ready to take on the opposing team. I had this vision of being in the last minutes of the game with a tied score‚ tired but motivated. The ball passed to me as I ran through the field‚ shifting and pushing through the opposing team. I was now within range and with only the goalie
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better than ‘Nethergrave’. In ‘Nethergrave’ the computer is the technology and it doesn’t seem like a main part in the story until the end. ‘A Sound of Thunder’ uses a time machine. This is an excerpt from the book - “….-1999! 1997! Gone! The Machine roared...” (Bradbury pg. 289). This tells you that the story includes a Time Machine and is sounds like some action is going on with it. However‚ ‘Nethergrave’ uses a computer as the main part of technology. This is also a part from the story - “Two techno
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1.07 The Scarlet Letter and Anne Bradstreet Part I: Short Answer 1. Anne Bradstreet uses birds as a metaphor for her children. She goes on to say‚ “Four Cocks were there‚ and Hens the rest.” This means that four were boys and the others were girls. She also says‚ “Till at the last they felt their wing‚ Mounted the Trees and learned to sing.” This meant that the children eventually grew up and went on to conquer the challenge of adult hood. 2. The destinies of the eight children were:
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congressmen. It was once headed as Countrywide Development Fund and later as Congressional Development Fund. It is presently branded as Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF). It used to be a catchphrase only few Filipinos care about‚ until it roared into a public awareness when an appalling spam of it arose. Some surveys show that this has been the alternative way of the elected senators and congressmen to put back their expenses from the election campaign. Apparently‚ this served as the milking
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image in my mind. I was a teen again driving from the North heading down the same interstate‚ however this drive was much different it was late fall and the weather was severe. The sky was grey‚ the clouds were thick with rain and the thunder roared. The Skyline was fierce on this day. The beautiful buildings that glistened from the sun now were sharp blades of steel that looked as though they were in battle with the sky. The lighting show was electrifying as it danced with the Chicago Skyline
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trailer. Suddenly‚ the boat lurched backward and hit the garage wall. She swam through the rising flow trying to get to the boat. She tried to be positive by thinking that swimming was good for her health. She hopped in the boat and turned the key. It roared to life. She then pulled away just as a car hit‚ and the house collapsed. She quickly looked back at Earl and saw that Earl still wasn’t awake. Helga had to keep avoiding objects such as boulders and buildings and other common driving obstacles. She
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BAM! The crowd roared after I did this‚ I just hit my first single of my career‚ and not the only time I will get another one. It felt musky while I hit it‚ and it was beginning to get cloudy in the distance as well. My friends Trevor‚ Collin‚ Evan‚ Andrew‚ and Michael congratulated me once I got into the dug-out. At the time I was only seven years old. I always remind myself that I have to work for things in order to accomplish things. I was mesmerized that I actually hit it‚ at first I just tried
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The 1920s started a new era in music known as the jazz era. Saxophones were just recently accepted by modern audiences instead of being used in only military bands (Verity). The saxophone was created by Adolphe Sax in 1840 and is a reeded instrument made of brass. Because it is made of brass‚ it fits in very well with other brass instruments‚ like trumpet and trombone that were very popular in bands. It is also a reeded instrument which allows it to have a voice-like quality and great range of tonal
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night would arrive early as the clouds overshadowed and blotched out the last of the suns bright orange glow. A powerful lightning storm was approaching and it would show an impressive display of its might that I would not soon forget. The thunder roared loudly‚ shaking everything within range of the mountain. The sound echoed down the mountain and into the valley. My dog stood next to me whimpering hopelessly and pacing back and forth nervously at the sound of every clash of thunder. Inside‚ my family
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storage area that holds data until the CPU is ready for it. 5. In addition to pointing‚ the four primary mouse techniques are __________________‚ __________________‚ __________________‚ and ___________________. 6. You use a mouse (or one of its variants) to position a(n) _________________ on the screen. 7. In many Windows applications‚ you can open a shortcut menu by ________________ the mouse. 8. Many laptop computers feature a small joystick between the G and H keys‚ which is called a(n) _________________
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