Cutting edge

Senator Harlan ‘Raging Bull’ Long’s office was decorated with the usual ostentatious displays of patriotism. American flags, bronze plaques of past victories, and multitudes of framed newspaper clippings adorned the otherwise sterile marble walls. The room’s vulgar displays of political conquests had the subtlety of a bordello, but, paled to in contrast to its occupant. “Dammit Gina, where in the Hell is my call from Tony?” ‘Harley’s’ voice boomed from inside his chamber. “I’m ringing you…

The article “Where Confidence Comes From” starts off with the author, John Gorman, explaining his experience of learning how to rock climb. Although he is slightly intimidated, he nervously continues to go into the rock gym. He explains that many people have a fear of falling when they are rock climbing, so he comes up with a cycle; he will climb one rung, fall, get back up, and repeat until he reaches the top. Gorman explains his theory by stating, “Had I never fallen until I did so by mistake,…

Mrs. Price believes it is Rachel’s sweater because Sylvia Saldivar said that it belongs to Rachel. Sylvia noticed that Rachel was quite skinny and thought she would fit the sweater. However, she also may not have liked Rachel so much so she decided to embarrass her. In Eleven, in lines 33-36 it says, “An ugly sweater like that, all raggedy and old, but Mrs. Price believes her. Mrs. Price takes the sweater and puts it right on my desk, but when I open my mouth nothing comes out.” Mrs. Price…

“A Solemn Thing—it was—I said” When one hears the name, “Emily Dickinson,” the image of a famous woman poet holed up in her room writing about death while secluding herself from the rest of the world instantly comes to mind. Contrary to popular belief, Dickinson was actually in-tune with society; she knew of all the politics and social issues that existed in her time period, especially those dealing with women. Her poems are written by the influences in her life, and one could say that “A…

“Taran? Are you all right?” asked Bili. “You went quiet for a long time and seemed sort of lost.” “Fine, fine. I was remembering everything. I’ll explain it as best I can…” Taran relayed the memories to the best of his ability “Llacheu showed me around, we ate. Gods, Bee, it was one of the best meals I’ve ever had, a cream soup with beef and sweet, soft bread like you’ve never tasted. “I sparred with Llacheu, and he was good with a sword for a seventeen-year-old, though I managed to disarm him…

Foreigner is a popular band founded in 1976 by Mick Jonas. Along with him on guitar, you have Kelly Hansen as lead vocalist, Tom Gimbel who could play guitar, keyboards, sax and flute, Jeff Pilson playing bass, Michael Bluestein playing the keyboard, Bruce Watson playing guitar, and Chris Frazier on drums. Still around today, it has made a huge impact. This essay will be able to tell you a bit about the band, and how their music affected their time. It will also convey information such as their…

Lucias was thinking began running. Jumping onto Lucias’s hands he got the boost that was needed. Turning around, Edmond extended a hand to Lucias. Who took his hand to be lifted up. “Alright, let’s be heroes.” Edmond whispered as they crawled to the edge overlooking the three…

The daughter of the chief was beautiful with long gorgeous red like a bowl of cherries. Even though she was so pretty she was also hard headed as the elderly would say or very disobedient. She was told not to stick her head out the top of the mountains, because the wind was very strong and it was extremely dangerous. From the top you could see the ocean so curiously she climbed to the top, and the wind grabbed her by her long red hair and took her away.When landing among the fir trees she was…

Greg Hardy wants to pursue an MMA career. In 2013 Greg Hardy was an elite NFL pass rusher. He had a Career- best 15 sacks and was selected to the Pro Bowl. It looked like Hardy could be the NFL’s next elite pass rusher. However, the following two seasons turned out to be a whirlwind of arrests and accusations. It all started in 2014 when images of Greg Hardy’s girlfriend, Nicole Holder, surfaced. The graphic images show a bruised Holder after she was allegedly beaten by Hardy. The…

The fear of failure is not a universally positive motivator. In some cases it is neither positive nor a motivator. Failure may be described as the eventual and inevitable by-product of the expenditure of efforts to achieve success. A fear of failure has never been anything but an abstract to me, because I do not embrace failure as an acceptable outcome. Success may be attained by researching methods to achieve an action or by avoiding problems through observing failures of other people. In…