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    J. (2009). The china diary of George H. W. bush: The making of a global president. Choice‚ 46(9)‚ 1771. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/225719846?accountid=32521\ Cohen‚ W. I. (2009). THE CHINA DIARY OF GEORGE H.W. BUSH: The making of a global president. International Journal‚ 64(1)‚ 294-296. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/220861607

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    Achilles

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    understanding Homer’s input of emotion on the battlefield of Troy. Achilles creates this emotion throughout the epic. He shows his anger in three ways. First‚ he leaves command with his soldiers. Second‚ he curses the Greeks. And finally he kills Hektor to avenge Patroklos. He is justified in revenge because Agamemnon dishonored him by taking his concubine. He has a right to get revenge and reclaim his honor because he is a superior fighter. Achilles‚ however‚ was taken over by anger and acts dishonorably

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    Achilles

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    D’Alessandro 345-102-MQ World Views September 26th‚ 2013 Achilles the "Godlike" Worrior Although Achilles was merely a mortal‚ he was a representation of strength by winning all combats‚ during the war‚ which was considered as extremely valuable to his fellow Greeks. Achilles was excelent at everything he did. He may not have be known for his intelligence‚ but he was known for his heroism and extreme stregth. As the seer said "...Achilles‚you-the most violent man alive- you can perform the rites

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    The purpose of this case study on Orion Shield is to analyze the many challenges that Gary Allison‚ a seasoned Project Manager‚ faced during his employment with the company. Prior to his employment with Orion‚ Mr. Allison was a reputable and respected project engineer with 14 years of experience. Although Mr. Allison was seasoned‚ no amount of experience was going to help him face the challenges presented by his new employer. Mr. Allison encountered many technical‚ ethical‚ legal‚ contractual and

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    Auden a Modern Poet

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    Auden: A Modern Poet To justify Auden as a great modern poet it can be said that Auden stands out among modern poets by his earnest effort to be great modern thinker. He was well versed in history‚ philosophy and theology and had a remarkable grip on contemporary currents of thought in political theory‚ science and psychology. Auden extraordinary style and diction make his poetry strikingly obscure. Sometimes the style makes his poem difficult to understand. This difficulty and obscurity arises

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    Rob Shields

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    Rob Shields became Professor of Sociology in the “Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies” at the Carleton University Canada. Later he became Professor in the Department of “Sociology of Art and Design”. Focused on Urban Cultural Studies in specific Urban Spaces‚ he specialized on the building of environment and the change on local an cultural identities. In 1997 he published the journal of "Space an Culture". A Book about Consumption-forms and Spaces of Lifestyle Shopping was published in 1993. Another

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    I will be writing about ‘O What Is That Sound’ and the different techniques that Auden uses to tell the story. Cleverly the poem can be interpreted in more than one way depending on how you read the poem. The poem has two voices off a husband and wife. It tells the story of soldiers coming for this man that have been sent by his wife. One of the ways that Auden tells the story is through the juxtaposition of language at the start of the poem and at the end. At the start the character seems

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    Auden Life and Style

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    Student: Hassan Mohammad Hilles. Instructor: Prof. Dr. Kawther Mahdi Course Title: Modern English and American Poetry Wystan Hugh Auden Wystan Hugh Auden was born in York‚ England‚ in 1907. He moved to Birmingham during childhood and was educated at Christ Church‚ Oxford. As a young man he was influenced by the poetry of Thomas Hardy and Robert Frost‚ as well as William Blake‚ Emily Dickinson‚ Gerard Manley Hopkins‚ and Old English verse. At Oxford his precocity as a poet was immediately

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    Auden funeral blues

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    Analyses of Audens Funeral blues The poem funeral blues is written by W.H. Auden in 1936 and its main themes are time‚ death and love. The lyrical I in this poem is a love one left behind‚ who describes the funeral of a man‚ the feeling involved and the future ahead. The poem is metrical since it has 4 stanzas with 4 lines each‚ the poem has end rhymes in every 2 lines‚ and the first and third line in every stanza contain the same amount of syllables same goes for the second and fourth line.

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    Lullaby - W.H Auden

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    Good morning ladies and gentleman‚ and thank you for the opportunity to discuss my favourite poems by W.H Auden‚ although ‘Lullaby’ was written in the 1940’s‚ Auden is widely considered among the greatest literary figures of the 20th century‚ this must mean something. It is understandable if at this point in time your eyes have just rolled to the back of your head‚ with your head dropping at the thought of listening to another British poem from the same era as every other presentation. But it might

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