gathered his nobles together and outlined the plan that he had for attacking the Spartans as a way to get revenge on them for the wicket things that they had done‚ something that Darius was not able to do during his lifetime. Although‚ in the end‚ the Persians won‚ it was not a victory of which they should have been proud. This is evident by the movie 300. This film came out to tell the amazing story of the Spartans who‚ as an army of 300‚ fought off thousands of Persians before they were eventually
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The word “retarded” can never‚ in any form‚ be used “correctly”. Everyone says it. My best friends‚ my family‚ superiors‚ even families with a special need children. However‚ that doesn’t make it right. Strongly against the use of the word - stands John McGinley‚ Special Olympics Ambassador. In his Huffington Post Blog‚ “What Really Happens When We Use The R-Word‚” the firm activist explains why this now commonly used word is always meant as a “euphemistic put-down”‚ and how it should never be used
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“Speak when you are angry- and you will make the best speech you will ever regret” Dr. Laurence J. Peter How does the above quote relate to the use of language as a tool for expressing one’s emotion? There are many ways of expressing our emotions. We can do this by our face expressions‚ by our movements and acts‚ using our body language but the most powerful and common way is using the ordinary language. Ordinary language is the ability of people to communicate between them to
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| Time Travel Theory | By: Nolan Rynearson | | COMM 101-01 | Marty Seigel 3/20/13 | Have you ever wanted to go back in time‚ and change the course of history‚ maybe for yourself or even the history written in your history books? Ever since I saw the movie Back to the Future when I was a little‚ I was fascinated by the concept of time travel. Time travel is the concept of moving between different points in time‚ in a behavior corresponding to moving between different points in space
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The history of Lamborghini and why it survived the test of time Lamborghinis are some of the fastest most exhilarating cars on the market today. This paper will take the reader on a trip from the beginning to present day. it starts a long time ago‚ back in 1966‚ with Ferruccio Lamborghini. Ferruccio had a dream to create some of the fastest‚ utmost elite‚ and the most beautify styled cars on the planet. It all started with the Ferrari 250 gt. But the history goes even far back than that‚ and that’s
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When teachers asked that what it is you want to be when you grow up‚ most children do not respond with "a career in financial services". Like most children‚ I responded with reference to jobs that seemed fun at the time. My first choice was a typewriter and translator‚ second naturally a pianist‚ but the third and most important choice was a computer engineer because I like computer‚ typing‚ translating a work and playing piano. If I were a computer engineer‚ I will
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shorter than me. When I read the list I saw that they put "oil spill" next to my name. When I saw it I was shocked I never thought of myself as being that dark. There were plenty of other people darker than me walking around. "Why did they pick me to single out?" That’s what I kept thinking to myself. After I looked the list over I just laugh it of and called the boys stupid. I didn’t want to show anyone I was hurt and offended by the comment by my name. Deep down I knew it hurt me every time I looked in
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When is the best time to trust God? When things are difficult‚ or when everything goes well? In these past few days‚ I have been too busy working or studying for our upcoming examinations. But before that‚ we had a lot of time we did not know that would just passed by us‚ without even informing us that it would quickly fly and then be gone. During those times‚ I was just enjoying myself using those free times playing my gadgets‚ sometimes doing the assignments and most of the
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When Words Fail‚ Music Speaks Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness. -Maya Angelou. During my 6th grade year‚ I sparked an interest in the music world. I had attended a football game in which my brother played. It was my first time being at one of these games so when halftime was announced‚ I did not know what to expect. The band took their place on the field and started to play piece after piece. I was fascinated with how one stuck to
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Write an account of a mistake you made and its consequences I made various mistakes in my life up to now‚ but there is one which I remember very vividly and even I shiver while I recall within my mind the whole story. I do not recall the exact date of the event‚ but I remember that it was a Saturday within the year of 1991‚ and at that time I was thirteen years old. At that age‚ Saturday meant going out‚ away from the school books and off for a new adventure. That day I had decided to phone my
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