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    abnormally grassy land. Not only was it humid, but I felt something strange about the environment. I did as Clarence said and grabbed the yellow object. Clarence took it straight out of my hand and observed it carefully, “this is an insect trapped in amber. It’s not completely hardened, meaning that it’s not old.” Duff could not look more stupid in that moment when he asked, “why does that even matter, dude?” This I could answer, “It’s a fossil. We learned about them just yesterday, remember?”…

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    Curfew Persuasive Essay

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    witnesses to see a person in a dangerous situation. But when the sun goes down everyone has retired to their homes and there are less people around to guarantee one's safety. In Hampton Roads, there are numerous reports of shootings, kidnappings, and amber alerts. The victims of kidnapping are mostly around adolescent age. It isn't necessarily a vulnerable age but it isn't a matured age either. Teenagers have the capability of being smart; but, they're at an age where their frontal lobes in…

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    it is considered the most important piece of missing art. Not much is known about Pissarro, “The Boulevard Montmartre, Twilight” except it was looted by the Nazis and its current location is an enigma. Dubbed the “Eighth Wonder of the World”, the Amber Room was looted by Nazis in WWII, taken to the city of Königsberg, and cannot be found since. Stolen by Japanese forces during WWII, Yamashita’s Gold was on a Japanese ship when it was sunk in combat. Vincent van Gogh, “The Painter on the Road to…

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    His name was Kaynard and taught the girl named yona the secret arts of dragon's soul and trained her as his successor. Her silver hair sparkled thanks to the morning sunlight. Her eyes had an odd appearance a golden colored left eye and a amber colored right eye. Her slender yet elegant body was praised by her master. "How long do I have to train master?"(Yona) "We needed to train everyday so that our bodies will not be weaken when we face our enemies. We must always be ready to fight and…

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    a grave, forgotten and covered up. The next line compares a soldier to the short life of a fly, “ And his dull torment mottles like a fly's.” His life becomes shorter and less important as he enters the army. The last line of the poem, “The lying amber of the histories,” discusses the history of the war. The last stanza helps the reader understand Jarrells dark view of the…

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    In Ab-Soul’s “Double Standards” he takes a progressive approach to female sexuality that is atypical in rap music. He opens up with the point of view of a man receiving peer pressure from a group of friends for remaining faithful to his girlfriend, even going so far as calling him a “queer” and saying if he was a real man he would have sex with her friend. He goes through with it hesitantly, but the girl mocks him: “She say ‘Why you push me? If you don’t get this pussy, then you a pussy.’” While…

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    Book Report On Hatchet

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    was like a knife cutting into him. Slicing deep into him with hate. The Secret. He had been riding a 10 speed with his friend named Terry they had been taking a run on a bike trail and decided to come back a different way a way that took them to the Amber Mall. Brian remembered everything in incredible detail remembered the time on the bank clock in the mall, flashing 3:31 then the temperature 82 degrees and the date, all the numbers were apart of the memory all of his life apart of the memory.…

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    sorts, and refuses to associate himself more than need be with the rest of the Fallen. Aadinath appears to be slightly taller than Natalie, putting him at 5'5" or 5'6". He has ruffled, tawny hair that fades into an undercut in the back. He has sharp, amber eyes with low lids and thin, pointed eyebrows. His nose and face shape share the same slim and angular qualities, and both his nose and chin jut slightly upward at the tips. He has thick, elongated cartilage cuffs on both of his ears that he…

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    with each other. The group is made up of a blind girl named Ingrid, an old man called the Shoe Poet, a pregnant woman named Emilia, a sociopath named Alfred, a “murderer” named Joana, a little boy named Klaus, and a man that stole famous art from the Amber Room named Florian. They have to get to a boat called The Wilhelm Gustloff to get away from the Russians because they are trying to kill them. Two of the secondary characters and two of the main characters die throughout the story. The four…

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    Running Head: WITCHES IN SALEM The Occurrences of Witches in Salem Amber James Kankakee Valley High School The Occurrences of Witches in Salem Amber James Kankakee Valley High School Introduction In 1692, the witch trials swept through Salem, Massachusetts, Europe, and New England. Later on in 1953, Arthur Miller wrote his play “The Crucible.” Miller historically based his play off of the Salem witch trials. Most of the content used in this play was accurate to what…

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