Zebra Research Paper

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Have you ever driven down a road that is just completely and utterly terrible? A road that is not only bumpy and rugged, but is also highly unattractive. I know that I have. In fact, I drive down an extremely unsavory road like this every day of my life. That is because I live on that road. I am not exaggerating when I express how terrible this road is, in the past I have used the word “zebra” to describe its appearance. The whole thing is covered in cracks from large trucks and buses driving over it. Instead of fixing the cracks, it was decided that they should just be filled in with tar; which does nothing to help the bumpiness of the road. This is also how I came up with the word “zebra” to describe the appearance. This is not the only

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