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    The Dream

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    It is no longer news that Nigeria is in devastation. Regardless of how diplomatic and cautious any scholar will try to be in his commenting‚ the truth and undeniable fact will always remain that in a land flowing with milk and honey‚ blessed with human resources and natural abundance‚ nothing seems to be working. The entire nation that used to be the most revered and one of the most respected worldwide‚ has found a way to fall below the respect benchmark and the floor line of the most loved index

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    Dreams

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    Dreams Introduction Dreams are successions of images‚ ideas‚ emotions‚ and sensations that occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. The content and purpose of dreams are not definitively understood‚ though they have been a topic of scientific speculation and a subject of philosophical and religious interest throughout recorded history. The scientific study of dreams is called oneirology. Scientists believe that other mammals‚ birds and reptiles‚ also dream. Dreams mainly

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    Dream My Dream

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    Dream my Dream Without dream‚ there can be no courage; without courage‚ there can be no action. What Wim Wenders said indicates the importance of the dream‚ which no one can deny. Most people’s dream is not stable and changes with the time going by‚ but the critical point is that they do have a dream. I’m the person with a dream. I once romantically dreamed to be an excellent diplomat at early age and later‚ I was looking forward to teaching undergraduates in a historical university. But now‚ I’m

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    joyful approach to life is inspiring‚ despite the fact that he has lived most of his adult life as “a stateless refugee in India” (Beyond Religion‚ 2011). The Dalai Lama’s life path is endlessly uplifting as a humanitarian example and his role in modern history is difficult to overestimate. The Dalai Lama was born in 1935 to a family of poor farmers in Taktser‚ a small village in the Amdo province (From Birth to Exile‚ n.d.) of what was then known as Tibet. These humble beginnings contrasted starkly

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    Dreams

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    Dream By: FY All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. I believe every child is born a dreamer‚ from the moment we enter this world our mind wanders off in every direction. The thoughts created in our mind unconsciously creates us‚ as humans who differ from one another. For I have dreamed on and on‚ gone through thousands of dreams. Yet I realized that life is not unlimited‚ physically as well as our mentally we are not immortal and have a certain duration

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    A Dream Within a Dream

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    A dream within a dream 1. Good morning today I will be talking about the poem a dream within a dream written by Edgar Allen Poe‚ first published in 1827. The poem is a two stanza lyric poem. The poet asks himself if a person can determine the difference between reality and fantasy by asking " is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream". The poet is reflecting his feelings of the time and exaggerating his confusion as he is watching the important things in his life slip away as if they

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    Dreams

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    Dear Director of the Dream Understanding Institute‚ I hope that my information I have come up with will be help to you guys at the Dream Understanding Institute. Dreams can be classified into three types; there are the nightmares‚ the realistic dreams‚ and the fairytale dreams. Each dream can be divided into parts just like a story. There is the main plot‚ with the exposition‚ then the rising action followed by the climax‚ falling action‚ and ending in the resolution‚ unless you wake up in the

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    The role of Alan Turing in the history of computing Alan Mathison Turing was born on 23 June 1912‚ Paddington‚ London. He was a true pioneer in computer science and if it were not for this man‚ no one would probably be typing an essay based on him on a modern computer. He is renowned for his passion of mathematics and the invention of the Turing machine/test‚ breaking the German enigma code during World War One‚ and for making the first automated computing machine (the ACE). At an early age

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    Dream on

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    09-30-13 Dream On The word dream is defined as: “1 A train of thoughts or images passing through the mind in sleep. 2 A mental condition similar to that of one sleeping; daydreaming. 3 A visionary idea or fancy.” (“Dream” 216) The phrase “I had/have a dream” has many possible meanings. It could stand for having a dream while you are asleep‚ having a dream while you are awake‚ i.e. daydreaming‚ and having a dream as in a goal you want to accomplish in your life. Dreams play a major role in everyone’s

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    Dream

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    Reflection – Why we dream. Dream is a very interesting phenomenon that occurs every time we sleep or at least once at a time. Till now‚ dream remains enigma for us about its capability to be virtually shown to the other person. Scientists discoveries up till today has bring up our exitement to study more about our dream. Me myself‚ has been a little bit enthusiatic after watching the potential‚ importance and benefits that dream can do throughout the documentary. Rem sleep was

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