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    Untold Story of “Nam” During the Vietnam War germen shepherds were needed to seek out mines‚ other booby traps‚ ambushes‚ etc...The government needed recruits and had high school students register to join the military. This is where Duke and Kyle came in. Duke was a germen shepherd for the military also known as K94324. He had a beautiful coat‚ the colors of his coat was mixed beautifully. He had a temper though‚ that’s why no one wanted to work with him. Anyone who got near Duke he would tear

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    means of addressing the homosexual‚ and talking about the homosexual‚ are being offered up. This affects the epistemic tension of acts v/s identities in that gayness becomes an identity that an individual can wear‚ or claim themselves to be‚ as opposed to a sexual act. These alterations in the theoretical underpinnings of gayness‚ shore up the important question of how gayness was recognized in the 90s. “Queers Read This” presents gayness as anti-straight; the straights are othered and the two

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    mocked at me sarcastically. I just secured the newly purchased mobile (of my dad!) into my hands in a flash and dialled his number. He got to his phone real fast I guess‚ and he answered‚ “Ricky Rickets‚ general manager of the Ghost Club‚ speaking”. “This fellow is quite brisk at marketing!” thought I to myself. I felt to as though toss the handy into the paper bin just for the fact that my besty friend had not even saved my number! Sometimes a free ticket to the cinemas won’t help your cause.

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    cloud of dust at each blow. "Come and look out of the window‚" she added. The child moved reluctantly to the window. "Why are those sheep being driven out of that field?" he asked. "I expect they are being driven to another field where there is more grass‚" said the aunt weakly. "But there is lots of grass in that field‚" protested the boy; "there’s nothing else but grass there. Aunt‚ there’s lots of grass in that field." "Perhaps the grass in the other field is better‚" suggested the aunt fatuously

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    Only human beings can be persons’ The statement that only human beings can be persons raises many arguments for and against. For example what is defined as a person‚ and the extent of personhood as a matter of degree and what are the sufficient enough features of being a person. My position on this matter is that I believe that yes‚ only human beings can be persons‚ due to reasons which I will discuss later on in the essay. I shall defend my claim by arguing that neither animals nor computers

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    Gindorf B. Warren A3 English AP 4 1 May 2013 Read This! Do you remember as a kid picking out books for someone to read to you every night? Most kids get their favorite books to read from when they were little; do they so much enjoy them now? Not really‚ they just like them because it brings up good memories from their childhood. Everyone likes to remember their childhood. My childhood was rough‚ but I made sure that every night I got a bed time story. IN order for that to happen I had to pick

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    Women have been oppressed and have been struggling for freedom from patriarchy. They have tried to free themselves from the confinement in the domestic sphere that men have created for them. In the short stories‚ “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin‚ and “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman‚ the protagonists‚ both female‚ experience similar situations in which they try to free themselves from their confining husbands. Both characters follow different paths to their freedom; one fights

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    “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin is an emotional story where Mrs. Mallard has a heart condition‚ and everyone treats her like a fragile vase being very careful around her. After news that her husband has passed away gets to her sister‚ they try to break the news gently. Mrs. Mallard goes into her room crying and suddenly realizes that she is finally free. Her sister continually checks on her until she comes out. When they are headed back down stairs‚ her husband walks through the door‚ and Mrs

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    and even the planets and stars were so young that they were still going to school‚ there was a special class which was everyone’s favorite‚ having by far the most fun filled classmates. The class members were a bunch of rather mischievous colors; from black and white‚ through to red and blue‚ yellow‚ and all the rest. They hoped to grow up to be wonderful colors and this is what they were training for. In addition to being funny and joyful‚ the colors were very naughty; particularly the black and

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    What is a Story? * a narrative‚ either true or fictitious‚ in prose or verse‚ designed to interest‚ amuse‚ or instruct the hearer or reader; a tale. * a fictitious tale‚ shorter and less elaborate than a novel. * a narration of an incident or a series of events or an example of these that is or may be narrated‚ as an anecdote‚ joke‚ etc. * Therefore‚ narrative or story in its broadest sense is anything told or recounted; more narrowly‚ and more usually‚ something told or recounted

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