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    Paul’s Case by Willa Cather “Paul entered the faculty room suave and smiling. His clothes were a trifle outgrown and the tan velvet on the collar of his open overcoat was frayed and worn; but for all that there was something of the dandy about him‚ and he wore an opal pin in his neatly knotted black four-in-hand‚ and a red carnation in his buttonhole” (P. 160). Even in a situation as serious as getting expelled from school‚ Paul shows very little empathy for his mistakes. He gives his superiors

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    Entrepreneurship Profile of Mian Muhammad Mansha ASSIGNMENT # 01 MBA 04 Submitted to: Sir Abid Naeem Submitted By: Shahzaib Khan Registration No: SP13-MBA-13 Submission Date: 03 September‚ 2014. Profile of Mian Muhammad Mansha Born: He was born on 1st December‚ 1947 in Lahore to a wealthy Chiniotis family. Chairman and CEO: Nishat Group & Muslim Commercial Bank “I have had many lucky breaks. Lady Luck has always been

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    complaining about his secrecy Sara smiled contently as she knew exactly whom the gift was for. The hours passed quickly but Tm hadnt shown up anywhere. Tired of waiting she decided to go look for him. It wasnt long till she spotted his bright red overcoat but her mile quickly faded as she saw him with a girl. The same girl they had seen the store earlier

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    Life for slaves has been extremely difficult since the beginning of time. During the 1850’s people were just starting to finally realize just how wrong slavery was. If you were a slave‚ your life was extremely difficult. You were treated as if you were an animal rather than a human being. Slaves were generally kidnapped from Africa where they were taken away from their families and stripped of their culture. They were brought over to America and sold by slave traders to plantation and factory owners

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    beginning of the story‚ Chopin describes Mamzelle Aurelie in masculine terms. She was unmarried and never thought of getting married. She was a middle-aged woman with a rugged appearance. "She wore a man’s hat about the farm‚ and an old blue army overcoat when it was cold‚ and sometimes topboots" (Chopin 1). She was strong and capable in her every day life. She had a "determined eye" (Chopin 1)‚ and she lived quite alone except for her dog Panto. She even ran her own farm and supervised her workers

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    22 March 2013 Barbara Tuchman stated that “Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books‚ history is silent‚ literature dumb‚ science crippled‚ thought and speculation at a standstill.” Barbara Tuchman much like George Orwell saw literature as a gateway to our past and a prediction of our future. In George Orwell’s dystopian novel‚ 1984 Oceania is portrayed through the eyes of Winston Smith. Winston describes Oceania as a totalitarian government in which he is a member of the Outer Party

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    Western Influences on Folk-custom in Shanghai The change of Folk-custom is an important part of the change of society. As a metropolis in China‚ Shanghai combines her own features with many other country’s history and culture. As a result‚ the Folk-customs in Shanghai have changed a lot due to the impact of western culture. The influences on proprieties As a traditional city in China‚ Shanghai paid much attention to the etiquette and custom when people met together in the old days. At that time

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    “She was about forty-five or fifty years old‚ and the moment she saw him‚ she gave him a warm welcoming smile.”(3 Dahl) ‘Him’ is Billy‚ the main character in this novella. “Billy was seventeen years old. He was wearing a new navy-blue overcoat‚ a new brown trilby hat‚ and a new brown suit”(1 Dahl). In this story by Roald Dahl The Landlady‚ Billy gets taken in by a nice old landlady into her den. There are two main themes in this story the irony of Billy’s situation and the deception of the landlady

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    dressed in suits. We can notice in the back of the stage another woman wearing a loose dress that she repeatedly took off and put back on using fast and slow movements; Another lady in the center of the stage by the man in the suit wore a dress‚ overcoat‚ and heels which signify the bourgeoisie of this era. Although‚ we might think that different clothing style might affect the attitude and the relationship between the performers due to different social class level‚ the dancers in the piece showed

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    policeman. Based on his many years of experience in the police forces‚ the officer believed that these men were "casing a job‚ a stick-up"‚ thus he decided to stop and pat down the three men’s outer clothing‚ upon which he recovered a revolver in Terry’s overcoat pocket and another one in Chilton’s outside clothing‚ upon which both men were charged‚ convicted and sentenced to a three-year imprisonment for carrying a concealed weapon. Terry’s and Chilton’s defense counsel who had unsuccessfully tried

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