Moment of truth The crowd was deafening. A few drunken chants‚ a boo here and there was all I could make out over my asthma-like pants. I didn’t blame them though. For two rounds I’ve been dodging‚ shifting‚ and shoving myself around the ring. I didn’t stand still‚ I couldn’t stand still. I wasn’t going to win this one. He was too big‚ too bulky‚ too mean looking. “There’s no way he’s 76 kg‚ there must have been some sort of mistake” I kept telling myself. I was a half expecting the referee to
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Nell Literary devices can be a writers ’ best friend‚ and likewise‚ worst enemy. In the essay “What A Certain Visionary Once Said”‚ by Thompson Highway‚ Highway employs imagery‚ simple vocabulary and omits repetition. Al Gore‚ in the essay‚ A Moment Of Truth‚ also uses imagery‚ but uses much more formal vocabulary and repetition. Although‚ the literary devices found in Gore ’s essay are often effective‚ Highway invites agreement more effectively because he is able to get his point across without
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however sometimes I can’t stop myself from crying anyway. There is something about emotion that has always had a way of making my mother more angry. She says something In between the strikes to my side‚ although I can’t seem to understand what it is. Moments later the woman is back‚ I get a small tinge of hope as I look
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Available online @ www.actasatech.com acta SATECH 3(2): 158 - 168 (2010) Implementability and supportability of library management systems: Case s tudy of X-lib library automation system Osaniyi Lanre Lead City University Library‚ PO Box 30678‚ Ibadan‚ Nigeria. E mail :lanre1256@hotmail.com ABSTRACT The implementability and supportability of X-Lib Library Automation System drawing from the experience of a Nigerian University library was examined in this article. The R 2ISC (risk squared)
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Advantages At first when I took first aid training from a local hospital‚ I had no idea how much helpful is this training in providing help to others. It gives you a sense of self-satisfaction when you help someone in acute emergency. But at the time of training‚ I didn’t realize about the importance and advantages of first aid box but after some time when I got a first aid box to keep at my home and equipped the same with all necessary items‚ I have a piece of mind to cope any type of emergency
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Good language for analysis One thing that can really help us write analysis that is more clear‚ direct and precise‚ is to pay close attention to our use of language in each phrase and sentence. As I suggested in my discussion today‚ you need to imagine that you are the sports announcer‚ giving a play by play commentary‚ explaining to your audience what the writer is doing now. And so‚ if you really listen to a sports broadcast‚ you will notice that the announcers use specific verbs to describe
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One of the most memorable event in my life was when my handsome baby boy born. I can still remember it‚ like it was yesterday. October 30‚ 2007 was the day I had my baby boy. It was a sunny and a quite morning when I started having pains. I went to the bathroom because of all the pressure I was feeling down below. Look down and there it was blood everywhere. I quickly woke my husband and told him it’s time. He was so excited‚ happy‚ and anxious. My husband called the doctor immediately and explained
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KHILAFAT MOVEMENT At the beginning of 1st world war (1914) seat of Khilafat was held by Turkey (Ottoman Empire). In the First World War‚ the Turks had fought on the side of the Germany and Austrian Empire against Britain‚ France and Russia. British wanted Indian Muslims to fight in the war against the Turks‚ but they knew that British would respect the rights of the Khalifa and Turkish Empire would be maintained. As a result of this promise thousands of Muslims joined the British Army. Turkish
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Intro ;lThe Chipko movement or Chipko Andolan is a movement that practised the Gandhian methods of satyagraha and non-violent resistance‚ through the act of surrounding trees to protect them from being felled. The modern Chipko movement started in the early 1970s in the Garhwal Himalayas ofUttarakhand‚Then in Uttar Pradesh with growing awareness towards rapid deforestation. The landmark event in this struggle took place on March 26‚ 1974‚ when a group of peasant women in Reni village‚ Hemwalghati
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Literary Criticism of A Lesson Before Dying Thesis: The relationship that develops between Jefferson and Wiggins forms the emotional core of the novel. The force of A Lesson before Dying is a result of the dialogue that Gaines poignantly renders between the demoralized prisoner and the disheartened school teacher. Support Do you see anyone here who could plan a murder‚ a robbery‚ can plan--can plan--can plan anything? A cornered animal to strike quickly out of fear‚ a trait inherited from
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