In the remarkable novel‚ “Cyclone‚” by Doreen Cronin‚ twelve-year-old Nora has been counting down the days to ride the one and only Cyclone roller coaster at Coney Island. Not only does the ride‚ Cyclone‚ have its swirls and steep falls‚ but it is incredibly old‚ making it all the scarier for Nora. She decides that she doesn’t want to face it alone and tries to persuade her favorite cousin‚ Riley‚ to join her. Riley refuses‚ so Nora feels as though she has no choice‚ but to blackmail her by threatening
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THE INVISIBLE JAPANESE GENTLEMEN – (GRAHAM GREENE) Characters The story contains different characters: – A group of eight Japanese gentlemen: Most of them wore glasses and most of the time they were smiling. They talked in a not very understandable language. – A beautiful young lady: Blonde hair and pretty girl. She had thin features and a gorgeous face. She looked very sophisticated. – And her fiancé: He looked very handsome too. He was very similar to her fiancé‚ he looked from the
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Colton Oct 17th Gentlemen‚ Your verdict In this story Gentlemen your verdict‚ the captain of a submarine‚ L-C Oram‚ is put in a difficult situation which results in him sacrificing 14 of his men including himself‚ to save 5 men with families waiting for them back home. Of course killing people is wrong‚ but if I‚ or anyone else‚ was put into a situation like L-C Oram was‚ then I think it would be okay to…..as bad as that sounds. In situations like these‚ I think there are some exceptions
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SUBJECT: LANGUAGE ARTS January 7-11‚ 2013 GRADE LEVEL: 5th LESSON TITLE: GRAPHS/MULTIPLE TEXT READING TEKS 5.11D use multiple text features and graphics to gain an overview of the contents of text and to locate information 5.13B interpret factual or quantitative information presented in maps‚ charts‚ illustrations‚ graphs‚ timelines‚ tables‚ and diagrams. Target Strategy: Make inferences. Target Vocabulary review sort (by parts of speech or by things in common) PEAK strategies
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Jas Gentlemen‚ Your Verdict Feb.13‚11 There are twenty men trapped at the bottom of the sea in a submarine. Help will not arrive for a week. There is only enough oxygen left for about three days‚ but the oxygen will last five men for a week. What should the captain decide‚ and how? Five men were picked to live and the rest were killed without knowing. Considering all the facts‚ Lieutenant-Commander Oram should be innocent. The men were in the submarine when the explosion went
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The Historical Context and Accuracy Regarding the Characters in Alan Moore and Kevin O’ Neill’s: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. 19th century fiction can be considered to be some of the most treasured and classic literature of all time. The stories are filled with exciting plotlines and memorable characters that we still enjoy today. Some famous 19th century fictitious novels include: Allan Quartermain by H. Rider Haggard‚ Dracula by Bram Stoker‚ The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells‚ The Strange
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story of two lovers from enemy families‚ the Montague’s and the Capulet’s‚ are forbidden from being together happily. They have to go behind their parents’ backs and this ends in their tragic deaths. Tybalt is the cousin of Juliet and a Capulet who also acts as a catalyst for the heart wrenching events that take place further on into the story. I am comparing Act 1 Scene 1 of William Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ with the Baz Lurhmann film version. The book is set in fourteenth century Verona‚ Italy
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Blurring the ’Male Gaze’ "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" is a 1953 Musical-Comedy released by 20th Century Fox‚ directed by Howard Hawks and starring Marilyn Munroe and Jane Russell; the two greatest sex symbols of the era. The camera’s point of view is that of the ’male gaze’‚ where women are regarded as objects of fascination and the men are assumed to have a position of power. Hawks shows how it can be easily hijacked by females smart enough to control‚ manipulate and ultimately blur the ’male gaze’
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The following report presents the detailed statistical analysis of the data collected from a sample of credit customers in the department chain store AJ DAVIS. The 1st individual variable considered is Location. It is a qualitative variable. The three subcategories are Urban‚ Suburban and Rural. Since this is a qualitative variable‚ the measures of central tendency and descriptive statistics has not been computed for this variable. The frequency distribution and pie chart are given as follows:
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Ladies and Gentlemen: Thank you all for coming here today. As I come here today‚ I will explain to you the current state of the United States macro economy. In this press conference‚ we will be discussing some of the questions and concerns. Afterwards‚ if there are any more questions‚ we will answer them then. Macroeconomics can be simply explained as stating it is the way that the economy is examined. It helps us understand how a part of the economy grows and why sometimes it does not. It can
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