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    Mozart I was so lucky to have the opportunity to meet Mozart and learned a lot of how he started and his outstanding accomplishments. Mozart was the most accomplished European composer from this time period. He began composing his own music at the at age of 5 and he wrote his first opera at 12. He was very talented. Even though he lived short life‚ he still managed to succeed. He was considered one of the best composer of this time period. He composed for many different musical genres. In addition

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    works‚ they must use those main ideas to create a new one. Thus‚ a new idea will appear when you challenge both of the authors thinking. The main idea in the essay‚ “It’s Consumer Spending Stupid” by James Livingston is that consumer spending is helpful for the economy. On the other hand‚ “Thrift: The Rebirth of a Forgotten Virtue” by Daniel Akst main idea is that Americans have a bad habit of spending money since they haven’t adapted the fundamentals of being thrifty. Therefore‚ the new idea from

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    like Perkins. Almost 11 million homes are now underwater‚ says financial information provider CoreLogic. Around 3.5 million homeowners are behind in their payments and another 1.5 million homes are already in the foreclosure process‚ according to online marketplace RealtyTrac. As banks start to work through their backlog of distressed properties‚ the New York Federal Reserve estimates that 3.6 million foreclosures will take place during the next couple of years. So‚ the question is: Does it make sense

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    The Devil’s Favorite Sin: Vanity In "Where are You Going‚ Where Have you Been?" Joyce Carol Oates uses an allegorical figure of evil to illustrate the theme of temptation. Oates alludes to hell through the character Arnold Friend‚ as the devil‚ and his victim Connie‚ who invites him in by committing one of the devil’s favorites sins: vanity. The narrator implies that Arnold Friend is Satan by giving certain clues that the reader can easily deduce. The name that Oates gives to the character

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    In Joyce Carol Oates’ “‘Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?’ and Smooth Talk: Short Story into Film‚” Oates writes that Connie “An innocent young girl is seduced by way of her own vanity” and that “she confuses death for erotic romance” (419). Oates clearly defines her point when Connie first discovers Arnold Friend at the drive in diner. She catches Friend staring at her with a big smile and Connie “slit her eyes at him and turned away‚ but she couldn’t help looking back” (409). The fact

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    public service attractive; • shifting the cost of remunerating public servants into the future; and • retiring older civil servants in a politically and socially acceptable way. When mandatory pension coverage was expanded to the private sector‚ there often seemed little point in including civil servants — who already had their own arrangements — in new national schemes. Civil servants have also proved powerful in protecting their own financial interests. Furthermore‚ while civil-service pension

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    What defines you? Adam Woodworth 23 April 23‚ 2013 Composition 1 Instructor: David Flannery As you might guess‚ being in the military can be one of the most boring jobs you will ever have. After all‚ you are being trained to kill people and break things‚ but how often do you really get to do that? You train in the sun‚ rain‚ and sleet and pose the possibility you’ll wind up pushing paperwork and dealing with politics down range. You’ll also waste more ammo shooting at paper targets than you

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    "We simply do not have enough genes for this idea of biological determinism to be right‚" Venter told the Observer. "The wonderful diversity of the human species is not hard-wired in our genetic code. Our environments are critical." In truth‚ the number of human genes changed nothing. Venter’s remarks concealed two whopping nonsequiturs: that fewer genes implied more environmental influences and that 30‚000 genes were too few to explain human nature‚ whereas 100‚000 would have been enough. As one

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    August 2012 You Also Have the Right to Tell a Bigot What You Think By Leonard Pitts S Who is the speaker? Who is the voice that tells the story? The speaker is a syndicated columnist‚ a writer versed in and paid for expressing his opinion in an interesting‚ thought-provoking way. He is educated yet down to earth and not a bombastic or over-inflated or even lover of elevated lexicon or writing style. He is representative of the majority of educated US citizens. O What is the occasion

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    Note Taking System 5 Methods • The Cornell Method • The Outline Method • The Mapping Method • The Charting Method • The Sentence Method The Cornell Method The Cornell method provides a systematic format for condensing and organizing notes without laborious recopying. After writing the notes in the main space‚ use the left-hand space to label each idea and detail with a key word or "cue." Method - Rule your paper with a 2 ½ inch margin on the left leaving a six-inch

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