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    The negative influence factor which radiates from father‚ Don‚ in Lenore Keeshig-Tobias ’ essay‚ "He Was a Boxer When I Was Small‚" is a great example of how a parent ’s actions can brainwash and alter their children ’s future decisions in life. Author Keeshig-Tobias grew up in a miserable household raised by her feared‚ alcoholic father‚ who held frequent temper tantrums in order to establish his parental authority. Don has many flaws that make him a bad father‚ including his temper‚ ignorance‚

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    audience will be aware of the concept I learned most from in my speech course and how I will use it in my future. Introduction Did you know that there was a speech that killed? On a cold and wet day‚ President William Henry Harrison presented a speech comprised of 8‚445 words at his inaugural ceremony. By being exposed to these cold conditions‚ a month later‚ he died a slow and painful death due to pneumonia. While studying for my first exam in this class‚ I came across a question about attention-getters

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    Cold Mountain Cold Mountain‚ a novel wrote by Charles Frazier‚ is a Civil War story‚ a magnificent love story between a wounded Confederate soldier – Inman who deserts and begins a lonely‚ dangerous journey to find the way back home‚ and his lover – Ada who tries to survive after her father’s death. The Cold Mountain is the destination Inman wants to arrive at‚ and a place where Ada transform from a city girl into a mountain woman. The story is woven around the experiences of Inman and Ada trying

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    murderers be justified by their actions and motives? There was surely a motive behind the murders of the Clutter family. Dick Hickock wanted to rob the family‚ but Perry Smith’s intention was yet unidentified. The Clutter case had become one of the most mysterious incidents that Kansas had ever encountered. It took many brilliant detectives from all around the country to solve this curious case. Countless numbers argued that the criminals were cold-blooded and that they deserved to be punished. Their actions

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    Good morning to all judges‚ teachers‚ fellow contestants andaudiences. I would grasp this honour today to tell about  WATER water is the most imp thing on earth.without water no life.We take it for granted‚ we waste it‚ and we even pay too much to drink it from little plastic bottles.  And still‚ today‚ nearly 1 billion people in the developing world don’t have access to it. Clean‚ safe drinking water is scarce. It is the foundation of life‚ a basic human need. Yet today‚ all around the world

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    never shine higher than in days of youthfulness. But why do they say so? What is the reasoning behind their warning? With years of experience under their belt‚ parents are conveying a message not much different than that found in the poem “I Dreamed That I was Old” by Stanley Kunitz which takes square aim at the idea that‚ life is a priceless gift‚ so appreciate every moment of it. Kunitz breaks this down by touching on the cusp of an individual’s life‚ the idea of appreciation‚ and the realization

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    Why was the Weimar Republic unpopular in the years 1919-1923? Josef Wines The Weimer Republic was unpopular between the years 1919 + 1923 because of their democratic approach to government. They were not liked by the Germans because they were thought to have been ‘stabbed in the back´ after they agreed to sign the Treaty of Versailles. Some of the reasons why the Weimer Republic was disliked were that Germans believed that by signing the Treaty‚ Ebert’s government had betrayed Germany. The Treaty

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    “It Was not Death‚ for I Stop Up’’ “It was not death‚ for I stop up’’ is a poem by Emily Dickinson‚ where she describes what it is like to suffer from depression. Through the use of literary devices such as similes‚ metaphors‚ juxtapositions‚ imagery‚ alliteration‚ etc. she tries to express and portray the chaotic circumstances of her emotions. In the first stanza‚ she describes her state of mind. She is alive‚ and she acknowledges it‚ even though she feels as if she was dead. She also describes

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    Truman Capote’s non-fiction novel‚ In Cold Blood‚ was a breakthrough in literacy in that it was accredited as the first non-fiction novel. There was a lot of controversy when the book was first published because of the incredibility of the work. This could be expected in that time‚ because people where not familiar with the concept of non-fiction novels yet‚ but this is where the beauty of this style of writing lies‚ the recreation of the truth. It would have been impossible for Capote to have documented

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    yifeng 11235946 Gened 111-16 The cold war The Cold War was out broke between the 1940s to the 1990s. It was the conflict between the United States and the USSR together with their respective allies. The powers at war engaged in boosting their respective defense systems that led to massive spending of their national resources.( Ronald 157) The Cold War was surely expressed through in many areas‚ according to Ronald Kidd(2009)‚ author of The

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