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    America 's entry to the Vietnam war was slow, but it soon became one of the bloodiest wars the country had ever seen. Troops were being deployed and lives were lost for reasons many found unclear. The war 's roots first started to develop in 1950 when the French, who were fighting for control of Indochina, began to deny the Vietnamese the privileges they were promised in exchange for French intervention. The Viet Minh, a communist group that fought control by the French and Japanese, were…

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    After being falsely accused of murder, a troubled American child psychologist living in Nigeria is forced to go on the run and the only one that can clear her name is a young boy stricken with the Ebola virus. BRIEF SYNOPSIS IDA MAE RAUN (35) is an American Child Psychologist living in Nigeria. Ida is emotionally haunted by the death of a young boy in America that she was treating. He committed suicide. In Nigeria, Ida treats a troubled young boy, EDIMA UFOT DALTON (9), whose parents, MELODY…

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    It was an bright hot day I was laying on the couch sighing heavily. I was waiting for my mom to get home from work. It was summer and like most summers I was doing nothing. After all detasseling had come and gone by then. It felt like a sauna anywhere in the house but the livingroom. I laid there sweating thinking “What is taking so long”. I looked at the clock on the stove it said 3:45 I sied heavily. All of a sudden I hear a car door I turn my head towards the two big windows that were open to…

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    out, But to make matters worse involving Sherry again Lester himself finals tracks down her location and unbeknownst to her knowledge that he’s unexpectedly up stair where the money was originally found in Trent’s shoebox, Much to her unexpected surprise from where Lester tries to take both them away. But wants pled her way to stay, Nolan himself spots Lester’s weapon in fear that he could possibly shoot someone at any given moment in which he did after Nolan’s stupid attempt to arrest him…

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    He thought the moon landing and the 9/11 attack in WTC made the list. When asked about the most important problems facing the world today, he answered the threat of Islamic terrorists; and, to much of my surprise, expansion of the communists. At the conclusion of the interview, I asked the question of how do you think older adults and students can help each other. He critique students by saying that students act on ideals too much, so much so, that they have…

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    The Boston Symphony Orchestra performs Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky with Seiji Ozawa conducting and Egveny Kissin as the piano soloist. The instruments called for in this piece of music are two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets in B-flat, two bassoons, four horns in F, two trumpets in F, three trombones (two tenor, one bass), timpani, solo piano, and strings. MOVEMENT 1 EXPOSITION 1:04—2:00 French horns are forte for three notes, then what sounds like…

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    What Was Apartheid? Apartheid was a system of racial segregation that was enforced by the legislation of the National Party (NP) in South Africa between 1948 and 1994. The laws during Apartheid greatly benefited the White and Afrikaner minority. The movements of the majority black inhabitants and other ethnic groups were oppressed by the government. The Apartheid legislation classified inhabitants into four racial groups – “White”, “Black”, “Coloured” and “Indian – and residential areas were…

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    It was a blistery day when I was born on January 28th 1997. I was supposed to be born a month later, but that was not the case, as my mother Jill had to undergo a c section to have me. I was born a whopping 5 pounds, and had to immediately be transported via helicopter from the St. Peter hospital to the children’s hospital in the cities. My parents always joke that I was costing them money right out of birth. I had some lung function issues but I eventually made it out and back home. The doctors…

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    “Mark, Mark, MARK!” said a familiar voice. “What do you want?” I replied, rolling over, with my eyes still closed. I opened my eyes, realizing it was Daniel calling my name. I sat up on my bed quickly and felt like I had only slept for three hours. I remember stressing over the first couple weeks of college; being alone for the first time, having to be responsible for myself. I glanced around at the same old furniture; our two lofted beds, the TV against the far wall, and our black…

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    retellings of all the burned stories. A world that appears to be forever lost, despite the attempts of the group to revive the unresponsive community. My uncle finally allowed me to accompany him on one of his “business trips” upon my seventeenth birthday. He says that seventeen once was an important age in a person’s life;…

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