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    In the story the narrator is love-struck by a beautiful girl named Sheila Mant. In his attempts to take her out in a date, he hooks a huge Bass on accident and cuts his line in order to keep Shelia happy. “With a sick, nauseous feeling in my stomach, I saw the rod unbend.” In this dramatic moment the narrator watches as he cuts the string connecting him to his childhood to appear…

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    Job talks about how he spent the day in the prettiest town the south has to offer. He thanks a man named Clarence for sending him a special type of fish hook he can’t get where he is currently staying. Job then discusses a letter he got from his brother taking about the funeral of President Lincoln. He then says President Lincoln made stronger and more united than ever before. Which is a little ironic since…

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    Was America justified in going to war with Mexico? Before April 25, 1846, American you know today wasn't the same If America didn’t go to war with Mexico, American would only be half of the size it was today. This all started because Texas declared its independence from Mexico. Mexico wasn’t so thrilled about Texas actions. Which, leads to the question, was America justified to war with Mexico? The United States was not justified in going to war with Mexico because, America invaded mexico…

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    Boom! I fall to the ground; there's ringing in my ears. The artillery has bombed another trench yet again (Young 28). My m1 Garand is twelve feet away from me, and the trenches are filling with shrapnel. More explosions are bound to come, so I crawl to my Springfield semi-automatic (m1 Garand), still with the smell of gunpowder and smoke in my nostrils. But I continue to go get my gun I grab it and shoot the Germans pouring in the wood rotten trenches. Then I get out of the trench someone yells…

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    The concert was held in the church’s worship room at 6:30pm. This was a great place for the DSO to perform because the audience and the orchestra were very close and, in a way, felt more personal. The show included fourteen pieces: “Overture to Captain Blood by Korngold, ‘Tara’ – A Short Poem for Orchestra from Gone with the Wind by Steiner, arr. Campbell-Watson, Overture, Love Theme and March from El Sid by Rózsa, The Wizard of Oz Orchestral Suite by Arlen, arr. Tyzik, Theme from The Pink…

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    uncertain whether or not he knew the full extent of what he said, but that phrase became one of the most famous quotes in the novel. It can be found on page 107 where Peter can feel his death closely approaching him. He had been injured by the infamous Captain Hook and was stranded on Marooners’ Rock as the tide continued to rise. Unfortunately Sylvia died of cancer while the boys were still young. Due to this, Barrie became the new guardian of the five boys, and he loved them as if they were…

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    Author Matt Lewis recalls the fight for his life and encounter with death in his book Last Man Off: A True Story of Disaster and Survival on The Antarctic Seas. After graduating college Matt Lewis takes a job on a fishing vessel that fishes in the frigid Antarctic waters. During his on the Sudur Havid, the name of the ship, Lewis and crewmates ran into a catastrophic storm which lead to the sinking of the ship and the hardest hours of the entirety of his life. After losing his friends and…

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    Introduction- A. General idea: Marriage equality and other rights should be granted to the LGBT community for cultural, social, political, and economic equality. 1. Hook a) Anecdote- http://www.freedomtomarry.org/blog/entry/watch-u.s.-marine-captain-and-his-fiance-speak-out-on-how-doma-hurts Article about a Marine Corps Captain about his upcoming marriage to his partner and how the country he serves does not respect his relationship/lifestyle. 2. Topic Sentence- Marriage equality and other…

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    what they can obtain from the environment. The Scarlet Guard (Chapter 4): Mare is at the marketplace in Summerton when a news broadcast announces that the capital has been bombed by a rebellious group called the Scarlet Guard. A video then plays of Captain Farley, with her trademark scarlet bandanna covering her face, delivering…

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    My journey to finally realizing of becoming a student in this Executive RN Program has been a long journey filled with excitement and disappointing periods. I 've started this quest in the Summer of 2015 and here I am, two years later, starting my first class in the program, Nursing 301. My quest of becoming a Registered Nurse (RN) actually began in the year 2000 while I was an Emergency Medical Technician in the military. My wife 's and my military colleagues ' encourage me to go back to…

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