very beautiful girl approached and told him that there was no smoking in the subways. Ahmed pointed out that he was leaving the subway‚ not entering it and that he had not yet lit up. The girl repeated her injection. Ahmed repeated his observation. After a few such changes‚ each of them became angry. “If I let you do it‚ I would have to let everyone do it‚” the girl said. Ahmed asked himself why the girl was telling him not to smoke on the subway. “Are you the police?” he asked. “I am not police
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the small town of Newtown‚ Conn. twenty first graders and seven adults were shot dead by a mentally challenged teenager who committed suicide right after. Earlier that day‚ he also killed his mother. A NRA member‚ who for some reason had military weapons at her house. The town lost some of their children‚ but America as a whole grieved. Not too long after‚ people started pointing fingers. Who’s to blame? The NRA? The mentally challenged? The school system ‚ who did not have an armed police officer onsite
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Literary Analysis of Wise Blood “God so loved the world‚ he gave his only begotten son‚ that whoever believes in him shall never die‚ but have eternal life.” (Bible) The redemption of man through Christ is a theme that can be seen across the entire world. In Flannery O’Connor’s Wise Blood‚ the elements of redemption and Christianity are used to portray the moral decay of our society‚ and the influence of the devil in our everyday lives. The characters in the novel are used to show this societal
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issue in two separate cases. In one‚ Boston police officers arrested a man on drug charges and seized his flip phone. After seeing an incoming call on the phone’s outer screen‚ they opened the phone and checked the call log‚ which led them to an apartment where they found drugs‚ money and firearms. In the other case‚ a San Diego traffic stop turned into a gang investigation after the police seized the driver’s smartphone and found suspicious text messages. Hours later‚ a detective searched the phone
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Mr. Chris Bender College Writing 1 07/10/2012 Final Draft In her essay “Before and After: Class and Body Transformations‚” Julia Serano indicates how TV shows affect some peoples decisions. She takes on TV shows and documentaries and she marks down how they display shows of people crossing the normal social boundary and how these TV shows are degrading those people crossing. People all around the world of different cultures are all affected by the
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Paper 1 Part 1: At the start of the film After the Mayflower: We Shall Remain‚ the English and the Native Americans celebrated the first Thanksgiving together in 1621. Both groups of people seemed trusting of each other and showed personal respect. At this time the Wampanoag Indians had the power and chose to use it to form a treaty with the weak English Pilgrims. The two groups shared everything and traded their assets with each other. As the film continued there was an obvious change in power
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“After January” is predominantly an Australian play. It is adapted by Philip Dean from Nick Earls’ award-winning novel and it provides a traditional view of life in Australia. Therefore‚ this play would be a wonderful introduction to the Australian content for the Queensland Theatre Company 2014 program. This presentation will explain how Australian customs and values have been represented through the following four elements: characters‚ setting‚ themes and language choices in the script. These four
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their part‚ the Soviets resented the Americans’ decades-long refusal to treat the USSR as a legitimate part of the international community as well as their delayed entry into World War II‚ which resulted in the deaths of tens of millions of Russians. After the war ended‚ these grievances ripened into an overwhelming sense of mutual distrust and enmity. Postwar Soviet expansionism in Eastern Europe fueled many Americans’ fears of a Russian plan to control the world. So‚ U.S. adopted “containment” defense
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Culture of Pakistan From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search [pic] The 17th century Badshahi Mosque built by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in Lahore The society and culture of Pakistan (Urdu: ثقافت پاکستان) comprises numerous diverse cultures and ethnic groups: the Punjabis‚ Kashmiris‚ Sindhis in east‚ Muhajirs‚ Makrani in the south; Baloch and Pashtun in the west; and the ancient Dardic‚ Wakhi‚ and Burusho communities in the north. These Pakistani cultures have been greatly
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Joshua Brooks 6 April 2012 Mrs. Baker ART 1210 Wednesday‚ April 4th‚ 2012 I had the opportunity to attend a meeting‚ roundtable discussion‚ on art in our modern age and this topic began with the idea of abstractionism. What kind of art is abstract; what does abstract art look like; but more importantly‚ what is abstract art in our modern times? How can we make people more aware of abstract art? The discussion includes how each media/medium is used and what these media are without their medium
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