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    inmates be relocated to? Presumably, if the detention facility is close the inmates would most likely have to be relocated on domestic soil. However, because inmates are highly valued, they can’t just be placed anywhere on domestic soil. Vice President Dick Cheney claimed, “If we didn’t have the facility at Guantanamo to undertake this activity, we’d have to have it someplace else because they’re vital source of intelligence information. They’ve given us useful information that has been used in…

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    links to them and using torture they will give up information that can help to stop this horrific terror. Studies have shown that torture has worked and many people have came out and said it has worked. For example, Dick Cheney came out said said that torture has saved American lives. Dick Cheney was the Vice President under…

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    Ahab, a prominent character of Moby-Dick written by Herman Melville, is the whaling captain of the Pequod, who is obsessed with the killing of a great white whale called Moby-Dick, hence the title of the novel. The captain is known for his vindictive nature associated with the whale, respectively, since the whale amputated one of his legs in a previous voyage. This arresting feature of his prosthetic leg stands to represent the cause of all Ahab’s obsessive, insane thoughts, actions, and words.…

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    Dick Clark had always been interested in music. At the age of 13 he dreamed of being a DJ. Clark worked at his uncle's radio station (larkin,comp, 2002). Dick Clark inherited the skill of show business from his uncle. Dick Clark's dream of becoming a DJ became true after he was invited to American Bandstand as a substitute where he later stayed as host(larkin,comp, 2002). Dick Clark was invited to the show that changed his life. Dick Clark was invited to American Bandstand as a substitute were…

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    The great American epic, “Moby Dick”, is rivaled in greatness, when it comes to literature, by very few other books in history. The story of Moby Dick is one of vengeance. The story goes that there was a captain who had gotten his leg taken by a great white whale and went out to search the seas to find it to get vengeance upon it. Moby Dick was published in 1851 by a man by the name of Herman Melville. Herman Melville got the idea for the story from being a whaler in his earlier years starting…

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    Herman Melville’s story, Moby Dick, written in 1851, explains how a man, Captain Ahab, risks everything he has so he can get revenge on a whale who caused him to lose his leg. Moby Dick was received, by a survey from other authors, to be one of the “100 best novels of all time”. The novel was also received, by readers, to be one of Melville’s worst Novels. Readers didn’t like the novel because some thought the writing style was too complex, some also thought that it was extremely slow reading.…

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    An Essay About Aha Myth

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    In this Myth, involved a pirate name Aha. He is one of the most fireced pirate on the seas, he stole goods, killed people you name it, Aha did it. Many people considered him a hero others think he is despicable. Some rumors say that he gives all of his stolen treasure to the poor, like the orignal red riding hood. Some say with the stolen treasures he has he spents it on boozes. Aha has a pirate crew of four people; stinky, stupid , stinky stupid, and stupid stupid. Trust me these guys are more…

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    Moby Dick Name of the Writer Name of the Institute Date of Submission The Quarter-Deck and The chase-Third Day Introduction: Moby-Dick is full of symbolism and describes the character of Captain Ahab in two chapters The Quarter Deck and The Chase-Third Day. Moby Dick is a Great novel written by Herman Melville in 1851. It is a story of a quest among a White Whale named as Moby Dick who destroyed the Captain Ahab’s ship in a voyage and also split his leg from the Knee. MobyDick is…

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    carefully eaten by avoiding the nails, leaving bits and pieces of mangled rubber at the bottom of the lake. The second front was the leaky roof with another indomitable spirit. Jane filled buckets of tar adding dollops older temporary patching till she could get her local fix-it man, Henry Jennings, to do a more permanent…

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    Forest Mahoney Tuesday, October 21st 2014 ENG 4U1 Mr. Webb A Cautionary Tale When Philip K. Dick wrote Second Variety, his home country, the United States, was in the middle of a cold war with the Soviet Union. The mantra ‘the enemy of my enemy is my friend’ almost perfectly describes the relationship of the U.S.S.R. and the U.S. during the Second World War. Both nations had faced a common enemy in Nazi Germany and were allied for that reason, and that reason only. This is important to note…

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