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    Archie Smith was always a weird boy. He always wanted to be a superhero‚ he dressed up as Robin every year for halloween. That’s how he earned the name the Boy Wonder. For the past month Archie has been hearing voices‚ waking to flashes of crimson light. The voices have been tell him "This Earth will be ruled by you‚ and you alone." One June night the air felt cold almost freezing when Archie woke of to a voice and a ball of light in his room. Archie was worried it was 90 degrees when he had gone

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    learning about the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. In 2007‚ the New7Wonders Foundation organized a poll of modern wonders and 1 million votes were cast. The following 7 were the winners: 1. Chichen Itza (Yucatán‚ Mexico) 2. Christ the Redeemer (Rio de Janeiro‚ Brazil) 3. Colosseum (Rome‚ Italy) 4. Great Wall of China (China) 5. Machu Picchu (Cuzco‚ Perú) 6. Petra (Jordan) 7. Taj Mahal (Agra‚ India) Assignment: You are to choose one of the New 7 Wonders of the world and write a five

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    The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World is the first known list of the most remarkable creations of classical antiquity‚ and was based on guide-books popular among Hellenic sight-seers and only includes works located around the Mediterranean rim. The number seven was chosen because the Greeks believed it to be the representation of perfection and plenty.[1] Many similar lists have been made. Contents 1 Seven Wonders of the Ancient World 2 Wonders of the Medieval World 3 Wonders of the modern

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    also well known as R Smith or sometimes Oranges is an odd person. He is your school genius‚ yet somehow he’s managed to get a girlfriend that is extremely dumb and popular. R was known as the “Boy Wonder‚” he was every guy’s inspiration. He makes friends with EVERYONE. I guess that’s why he is a “Wonder.” One morning R awoke with the idea that someone or something had questioned‚ “Is he the one?” Unsure if R had dreamt it or if it was actually said he got out of bed and moved on with his daily routine

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    New Seven Wonders of the World From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article is about the New 7 Wonders Foundation list. For other uses‚ see Wonders of the World . New Seven Wonders of the World was a project that attempted to update the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World concept with a modern list of wonders. A popularity poll was led by Canadian-Swiss Bernard Weber[1] and organized by the Swiss-based‚ government-controlled New7Wonders Foundation‚[2] with winners announced on July 7‚ 2007

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    On August 11‚ 2008 David Brooks post his article “Harmony and the Dream” in The New York Times. Brooks intended to reach out to those people who are interested about economic that collectivist can create a harmonious society as well. Brooks uses logical experiment of fish tank‚ experiment of the psychologist Richard Nisbett and the opening ceremony of Beijing Olympic event that collective society may overtake the individualist society. Harmony and the Dream discusses the differences between the societies

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    the sport‚ for years he has constantly called out the big superstars. Khan has always believed that he could compete with any boxer on the elite level‚ he has continuously in an almost stalker like approach called out the likes of Manny Pacquiao (57-6-2‚ 38KO) and Floyd "Money" Mayweather (49-0 26 KO). There were talks of Amir Khan vs Kell Brook which would be a mega fight in the United Kingdom. Kell Brook (35-0‚ 24 KO) is a special talented fighter as is Amir‚ however; Kell Brook hasn’t done enough

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    almost any situation. They were also extremely over-sexualized; in their costumes‚ proportions and even in the angles and ways they were drawn. Wonder Woman is iconic as the first mainstream and wildly accepted female super hero. Though we would not consider her classic uniform risqué at all by today’s standards it definitely was when she was created. Wonder Woman herself was not able to escape the now famous body deformation that the heroines had and still have to endure just to get the perfect shot

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    takes to “let go.” Similarly‚ “In Honor of David Anderson Brooks‚ My Father” by Gwendolyn Brooks‚ the meaning of the poem is about the narrator learning to let go of the sorrow that the death of her father caused. Though both poems share similar themes‚ each speaker’s outlook on life‚ style of poetry‚ and the way in which they convey the concepts of poetry‚ strongly differ. Despite the fact that both Elizabeth Bishop and Gwendolyn Brooks won Pulitzer Prizes‚ both took life routes which were

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    people make when they see him and his distorted face‚ but now he has had to endure those kinds of looks everyday from his classmates in his first ever year at school in 5th grade. However‚ despite all the looks‚ bullying‚ and exclusion‚ school was still undoubtedly the most amazing experience Auggie has ever had in his life. After reading Wonder by R.J. Palacio I believe that Auggie going to Beecher prep not only had a positive impact on his life‚ but also for all of his fellow classmates and teachers

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