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  • The Dead

    The Dead

    The Dead When Gabriel Conroy delivers his wordy yet incredibly moving speech to the gaggle of Dubliners gathered together for the Holidays, he worries, possibly even fears, death. He talks of the future, making it sound cold and inhospitable. He lays compliments on his aunts one after the other about their " perennial youth' (pg.166) and their kid ways. Gabriel addresses both the future and the present using a compare and contrast method, making

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    Essay Length: 544 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 14, 2010
  • Review Of The Hot Zone

    Review Of The Hot Zone

    Sandra Alexander The Hot Zone: A Scary Truth Richard Preston weaves a true tale about a chilling story of an Ebola virus (A disease-causing agent smaller than a bacterium, consisting of a shell made of proteins and membranes and a core containing DNA or RNA. A virus depends on living cells in order to replicate.) outbreak that occurs in a suburban Washington, D.C. laboratory in 1989. In this laboratory, monkeys being used in scientific experiments

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    Essay Length: 1,302 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2010
  • Day Of The Dead

    Day Of The Dead

    Over 500 years ago, when the Spanish Conquistadors landed in what is now Mexico, they found natives practicing a ritual that seemed to make fun of the death. The native people had been practicing this ritual for maybe even 3,000 years. This ritual known as el DÐ"­a de los Muertos, also known as the Day of the Dead, was something that the Spaniards tried to destroy, but couldn't. El DÐ"­a de los Muertos is celebrated

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    Essay Length: 347 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 23, 2010
  • Dead Men's Path

    Dead Men's Path

    A not uncommon point of view, and a very interesting starting point, is being atheist, in which case you can think it's surprising how the human thinking turns so abstract to creating "something" that watches us, controls us, and even had manufacture and manufactures every single person in this world. Of course, atheistic people is agree with the famous quote of Karl Marx: "Religion is the opiate of the people", in which Marx wanted

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    Essay Length: 722 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 28, 2010
  • She Thought She Was Dead (Case History)

    She Thought She Was Dead (Case History)

    She Thought She Was Dead Growing up in a small town like Fairview consisting off one traffic light, it was important to create my own means of entertainment. My friends and I had been unique in this regard. The normal 12-13 year old girl usually experiments with make up or plays games like truth or dare. That was not the case with my friends. Instead, we spent our free time driving my neighbor Sarah's

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    Essay Length: 631 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2010
  • Ocean Dumping

    Ocean Dumping

    Ocean dumping Ocean Dumping The practice of ocean dumping should be banned. Marine pollution is at the heart of interest in today's search for a clean environment. Not only does ocean dumping add to the unsightliness of the once beautiful and pristine waters; it also kills the marine life which inhabits those waters. Pollution on a grand-scale is wreaking havoc on the Earth. The ocean is not an exception. In 1996, a bill, which would

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    Essay Length: 1,212 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 30, 2010
  • Contact Zones Within College Sports

    Contact Zones Within College Sports

    Contact Zones Within Collegiate Sports The definition of sports is physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively. However to fully understand sports, especially collegiate sports, you must acknowledge the existence of contact zones. Contact zone is a term used to "refer to social spaces (teams) where cultures (players and coaches) meet, clash, and grapple with each other, often in the contexts of highly asymmetrical relations

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    Essay Length: 1,045 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 1, 2010
  • A Dead-End Job

    A Dead-End Job

    About two and half years ago, I started a job at Jack in the Box. I was hired as a cashier, and was eventually cross trained to work in every area of the restaurant. As I worked there, more and more responsibilities were placed on me. After a year of employment with this company, I applied for a management position. After three months went by I was sent a letter telling me I had been

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    Essay Length: 1,440 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 1, 2010
  • Dead Poet's Society

    Dead Poet's Society

    If Dead Poet's Society was untitled, I would title it Corrosion of Conformity because John Keating was someone who tried to break the barriers of norms in society, and made his students realize that they needed to think for themselves and break through the conformity that held back their potential. John Keating was a daring man, someone who thought for himself and tried to get his students to adapt his philosophy of thinking "outside

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    Essay Length: 313 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 2, 2010
  • Five Deadly Diseases Explained

    Five Deadly Diseases Explained

    After surveying dozens neuroscientists, epidemiologists, and psychiatrists, scientists were able to decide on the top five most harmful and debilitating diseases to the brain; depression, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, stroke, and autism. After doing extensive research on each disease, they hope to use the research learn how to prevent and treat these diseases as well as use them to better understand the way that the brain functions and controls the body. This article explores not only what

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    Essay Length: 567 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 2, 2010
  • Halloween And Day Of The Dead

    Halloween And Day Of The Dead

    Halloween and Day of the Dead Halloween is major holiday celebrated on the 31st of October every year in the United Sates of America. Here it is one of the biggest holidays of all, with many citizens participating in different festivities throughout the day. The Day of the Dead, El Dia de los Muertos in Spanish, is a major celebration in Mexico and Latin America that is celebrated every year on the first and/or second

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    Submitted: December 3, 2010
  • The Intertidal Zone

    The Intertidal Zone

    The Intertidal Zone The intertidal zone is the area of the sea floor that is uncovered and recovered by the tides. At high tide, the intertidal zone is submerged beneath sea water and at low tide it is exposed to air. There are two main types of intertidal zones that experience this daily change, the sandy shore and the rocky shore. Each has different characteristics and special organisms that survive there. These different species tend

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    Essay Length: 647 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2010
  • Beowulf Vs. Eaters Of The Dead

    Beowulf Vs. Eaters Of The Dead

    Great Literary Epics of the Past The Roman conquest of England in 43 AD, coinciding with the introduction of Christian values, the alphabet and writing utensils was the start of a new Era. Missionaries sent by the Roman Pope to England influenced the pagan values of the native Britanie, as exemplified in their literature. Anglo-Saxons, whom contributed the features of a literary Epic, were torn between pagan beliefs and Christian values as their predecessors had

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    Essay Length: 1,631 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2010
  • Missing And Presumed Dead

    Missing And Presumed Dead

    Missing and Presumed Dead Character Analysis „h Mr. Drayfus ÐŽV Lawrence Drayfus. Has heart problems „h Larry Drayfus ÐŽV Lawrence Drayfus Jr. Has little camping experience, not athletic, was grounded so he went camping. „h Dan Cotwell ÐŽV 18, a lot of camping experience, football hero, 6ÐŽ¦2ЎЁ, broad shouldered well built. „h Joan Drayfus ÐŽV LarryÐŽ¦s sister, DanÐŽ¦s girlfriend. „h Anne Tonjes ÐŽV JoanÐŽ¦s Friend. „h Frank Cotwell ÐŽV DanÐŽ¦s younger brother by 2 years,

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    Essay Length: 382 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 5, 2010
  • Stephen Crane "God Lay Dead In Heaven"

    Stephen Crane "God Lay Dead In Heaven"

    Stephen Crane wrote "God Lay Dead in Heaven" in 1895. This poem is part of "The Black Riders and Other Lines" which is a book of poems. This poem only contains one stanza with eighteen lines and it is a free verse. As a narrative poem, this poem describes how Satan will dominate the world when the end of world arrives. Stephen Crane wrote this poem without rhyme or meter because he wants to convey

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    Essay Length: 576 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 5, 2010
  • A Dead Lion

    A Dead Lion

    In some works of literature, a minor character is presented by the author to better serve his theme. This is true of the Common Man in A Man for All Seasons, by Robert Bolt. In this play, political and religious leaders take center stage. It seems almost impossible for the average audience to find a genuine interest in Bolt's characters, but through the introduction of the Common Man, and his presence throughout the play,

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    Submitted: December 10, 2010
  • Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy And The Seven Deadly Sins

    Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy And The Seven Deadly Sins

    In Douglas Adams's novel, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect traverse an imperfect galaxy plagued by a lack of individuality. In The Seven Deadly Sins Today, Henry Fairlie ventures that this galactic epidemic correlates to the transmission of immorality throughout the world. Douglas Adams utilizes satire and characterization to demonstrate how the human condition is flawed. Furthermore, Henry Fairlie calls upon the archetypal seven deadly sins to criticize human banality.

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    Essay Length: 1,418 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 12, 2010
  • Indian Ocean

    Indian Ocean

    2004 Indian Ocean earthquake (also known as Sumatra-Andaman earthquake) Details Was an undersea earthquake Occurred on 26th December 2004. epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia The earthquake triggered a series of devastating tsunamis that spread throughout the Indian Ocean, killing large numbers of people and inundating coastal communities across South and Southeast Asia, including parts of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand. One of the deadliest disasters in modern history. The disaster is

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    Essay Length: 503 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 12, 2010
  • Ocean Carriers

    Ocean Carriers

    The Wal-Mart vs. Sears Dilemma As the newest member of the Smith, McCormley, and Mashek Investments analysts' team, I have been given the task to review the financials of Sears Roebuck and Co. and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Upper management recently received DuPont Equation numbers that showed Sears out performing Wal-Mart over the last two years (20.76% to 19.06% in 1997, and 25.70% to 17.83% in 1996). The company has invested much of its retailing funds

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    Essay Length: 1,823 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: December 13, 2010
  • Book Report For Todd Buchholz’S “New Ideas From Dead Economists

    Book Report For Todd Buchholz’S “New Ideas From Dead Economists

    Book report for Todd Buchholz’s “New Ideas from Dead Economists This was a great read! Not only was it very informing on past and present economic thought, but it made economic issues seem exiting, ironic, and understandable. He connects economic principles with past and modern events like the fall of communism, global warming, overpopulation, and politics. Issues I didn’t even know existed were brought to life for me with his stories. I particularly enjoyed his

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    Essay Length: 671 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 14, 2010
  • Dead Man

    Dead Man

    Dead Man Dead Man is a western comedy that stars Johnny Depp and Gary Farmer directed by Jim Jarmusch. The film begins as Johnny Depp's character William Blake travels west on the transcontinental railroad to the town of Machine, where he had been offered a job as an accountant. When he arrived he found that the position offered to him had already been filled, in addition, city slicker Blake who came all the way from

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    Essay Length: 426 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 15, 2010
  • Zone Of Proximal Development

    Zone Of Proximal Development

    Zone of Proximal Development Teachers with a constructivist view of learning focus on students’ thinking about the material being learned and, through careful orchestrated cues, prompts, and questions, help students arrive at a deeper understanding of the material. Also, teachers with a constructivist view elicit students’ prior knowledge of the material and uses this as the starting point for instruction. In addition the teacher not only presents material to students, but he or she also

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    Submitted: December 18, 2010
  • James Joyce The Dead

    James Joyce The Dead

    James Joyce, The Dead In James Joyce's novella The Dead, we see the author completely change his writing form in the last paragraph. By changing the tone, and switching the diction to portray a darker and detached story it further emphasizes the isolation the character Gabriel feels from the other characters, especially his wife. Throughout the story Joyce is constantly busying the reader with many different conversations and events that are interlinked. During the party

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    Essay Length: 668 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 22, 2010
  • Contents Of The Dead Man's Pocket

    Contents Of The Dead Man's Pocket

    In the story, "Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket," the main character is Tom Benecke. As the story progresses, he is faced with many decisions. He is forced to act quickly and because of this, many things about him change. In the story, Tom is ambitious, self-centered, and impatient. These three traits change significantly throughout the story. Tom is a very ambitious person when it comes to his work. He is caught up in getting

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    Essay Length: 273 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 23, 2010
  • Dead Poets Society - O Captain! My Captain!

    Dead Poets Society - O Captain! My Captain!

    "Our fearful trip is done;/the ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won" The poem O Captain! My Captain! Written by Walt Whitman starts out by describing what happened at the begging of his eventful journey in which the captain and his sailors went on. In stanza one the captain and his sailors arrive at their destination point when suddenly the captain falls cold and dead, just short of his final

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    Essay Length: 305 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 23, 2010

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