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    Flames everywhere, ashes everywhere, it the Great Chicago Fire. Some people believe that a Mrs. O'Leary started the Great Chicago Fire. But what really happened is a man named Louis M. Cohn started the Great Chicago Fire. He was known as the gambler. He gambled a lot in the O'Leary barn with the O'Leary boy and he was only 18 years old. He was in the O'Leary barn with some of his friend he alway play the illegal dice game with the few boys. Louis M. Cohn started the Great Chicago fire.He was shooting craps “dice game” which is illegal. That when everything went wrong to Louis and and his other friends playing the dice game.He snuck out of the house/cottage and got along with some friends of his and were playing a illegal dice game and…

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    Fact or Crap Essay Hannah Vogt 10-13-15 Women of the Renaissance Art, creativity, confidence, and a spirit of optimism were common marked ideas threaded through the Renaissance period. Many people would see the time period as a change for the better compared to the Middle Ages. However, was it a great time for everyone? Could it be that the women were left out on all the fun? In my opinion, women did not experience the Renaissance. Issues in the education department and the way women were…

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    “Crap, I slept in way too late.” At the beginning of the week, Leah Davis told herself she would wake up early and go shopping. Her fridge was almost empty and she was working long hours every day. She had gone to bed at 11:30 last night and forgot to set her alarm. Now it was 10:30 ‘Whatever’ she thought ‘I deserve a break. I’ve worked so hard, I totally deserve this.’ With that she got out of bed, walked to the bathroom and took a shower. Thirty minutes later she walked out of her apartment…

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    in bed but they got out in bed and they started playing with craps and if they were in bed the fire would have never even happened. Evidence: Mrs O'leary's cow did not start the fire. I read on this website and it said that chon and Mrs O’leary’s sons were playing with craps and one of the boys kicked the lantern and that's how the fire started. Explain: the boys got out of bed at night so they can play with the craps. Counter Argument Evidence: But consider this you have no proof of that…

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    The article by Bailey Wolff talked about the amount of swear words men used compared to women. According to the article men use them more mainly because they are quicker to release anger. Although this article is informative can it pass the CRAP test. The CRAP test looks at for elements of an article such as, currency, relevance, authority, purpose/point of view. The first part of the CRAP test examines the currency of the article. Seeing as how it was published in the summer of 2015, more…

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    Remember the last time you were at a casino and you heard all that yelling at the craps table and wondered “what are they yelling about”, but you never ventured over there because you are too intimidated by craps. You’re not the only one. I used to watch from a distance trying to figure out what was going on, people were throwing chips everywhere yelling all sorts of crazy jargon (“press”, “same bet”, “hard 8”, “odds”) all while the dealers are moving chips all over the place paying people…

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    Errrrrkkk, I swerved out of the way. The car almost hit me when he or she was backing up. Then he or she drives in front of me. What kind of driver almost backs up and almosts hits my new car! This person need to take some driving lessons! So I went into the other and drove right in front of he or she and completely stopped my car. I got of my my car and bang my car door slammed, I walked up his car and BANG BANG BANG I punch he or hers car and yelled “GET THE HELL OUT OF YOUR CAR RIGHT NOW”…

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    I have noticed that all their icons seems to follow the same design pattern, which is why I would like to apply the CRAP principle on all of them. These icons follows the principle of contrast and repetition. Each icons are made up of two colours of a single hue. As of result, the icons gives off a subtle look due to the lack contrast in hue. The repetition in design speaks for itself, all icons follow the same type of set up. The icons are surrounded by a border of a neon-like shade while the…

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    So I’m reading this book called The Catcher in the Rye, and it’s written by this goddam phony, J.D. Salinger. I hear he used to be a real prince, old Salinger, till he became one of those hotshot Hollywood prostitutes, like my brother. If you really want to hear about it, my brother, D.B., is a real damn prostitute. Used to be a real prince and all, till he went out to Hollywood. It kills me. It really does. Anyway, let me tell you something about this book I’m reading by this J.D. Salinger guy,…

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    When the Nazis invade Denmark, a teen named Knud Pedersen feels that he needs to stand up against the Nazi menace. During World War II, the Nazis invaded many countries including Denmark, which peacefully surrendered. Knud Pedersen becomes angry over the Nazi invasion, so he and his friends start acts of sabotage against the Nazis. Knud Pedersen in The Boys Who Challenged Hitler had two main feelings which were anger and nervousness. In The Boys Who Challenged Hitler by Knud Pedersen and Phillip…

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