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    Lange captures a moment between two “American” college students in 1942 that gives her an alchemist position by turning an erroneous, acrimonious point of time into a cooperative and patriotic time across the races in America, adding onto our misremembered past. Lange’s position was granted by the government to show that they were not mistreating the people they were evacuating, but through subliminal imagery depicted in the men’s body language, wardrobe, and their surroundings, she was able to…

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    This review is a stretch of Marcos Bernardes de Mello's work, "Theory of Legal Fact: plane of existence." In the first part, they are treated different views on the concept of legal fact, especially of Savigny and Miranda bridges. Great emphasis was given to the discussion of the legal fact classification criteria. Mello begins his presentation by approaches that considered unscientific, is the study of the cause from the consequence, or by ineffectiveness cover the wide range of existing legal…

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    Sir Isaac Newton was born on December 25th, 1642. As Newton grew up he was recognized as a very knowledgeable physicist, mathematician, author and astronomer. He excelled in both math and physics and has been developing theories since his early twenties. Isaac Newton attended a grammar school in Grantham near Lincolnshire, where as during this time Newton became very interested with chemicals. In 1664 Newton at that time was a student, he read up on work containing optics and light. He was…

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    Creative Writing: Gothic

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    Gothic Story The eruption of the gong circulated the village, captivating all in its power. As the sun set to a gloomy, musty sky the dark hovering clouds burst into bolts of lightning, striking those in its way. As the sky exploded in panic, the village people lay close to the ground on their knees, connected to the earth and soil as they prayed to their Gods. Looming above them in a position of superiority, the overpowering statues, possessing stern faces and glaring eyes starred deep into…

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    swallowing, and writing. Huntington’s disease can be tracked all the way back to before medieval times. Before it was given the name Huntington, it was called chorea, which is a Greek word meaning dance. The name chorea originated from Paracelsus, an alchemist from the Renaissance Age. With the involuntary…

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    They worked in the kitchen, so they slipped a powder that disables the Elves gifts. The powder will help to dull the Queen’s powers. “Reese should have gotten the dose right. If not a hundred sleeping elves should let us know.” “I’m the best alchemist of this century. I know what I’m doing,” Reese said. “Well, let’s head out and get this party started then,” Zak said. He looked a bit queasy as he said it. The group walked the hallway towards the ball. Inside the ballroom the lights were low…

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    Chaos and order are often thought of as polar opposites that negate the other. However, in order to experience one, the other must also be understood. Gabriel Garcia Marquez understands the necessity of knowing both phenomena, and represents the connection between the two within his novel 100 Years of Solitude. Through the portrayal of the married couple Ursula and Jose Arcadio Buendia, Marquez displays how the concepts of chaos and order are unified and interact with each other. Despite…

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    In the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter is revealed to a new world learning the truths about who is he is, and the world around him. He makes trusted friends and enemies, and in the end gives his life for the betterment of the world. It starts with young boy, unaware of His magical Powers or his history is brought into the hidden world of Magic and Wizards. For most his life was tucked away behind his almost cruel Aunt and Uncle, unaware of what he is and especially who he is. Hagrid, a large…

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    The coworkers help me with my writing and they challenge me, one of the lady’s from my job gave me a book call “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho. During the summer I took a class of cultural diversities and the readings were really interesting that they change the point of view that I had when it comes to social problems in our society it really impact my life to make a change…

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    attempted suicide, which lead to an agreement that Faust and the devil made. Even though, Faust arrangement of death didn’t work out as planned. This quote states, “Faust while he sits in his study in despair over his life. He has been a scholar and an alchemist, and he feels as though he has come to the end of all knowledge. Books and chemistry can no longer define his life for him, and he longs to live a life in harmony with Nature and with the universe” (Wolfgang). He just gave up on himself…

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