Eyelid

Can a Leopard Change Its Spots? This is not a joke, folks. I am really asking if a leopard can change its spots. Because, after listening to two episodes of the A Way With Words radio show, I would like to add some new vocabulary to my language repertoire. One episode in particular, “XYZ PDQ”, peaked my interest, probably because every word and phrase examined in that episode is a word or phrase that I would like to start using. Now, you are probably wondering what on earth this cool radio show…

Journeys for Fame Competitiveness is like a wild animal. Once aroused, it can’t be controlled. In the year 1911, Roald Amundsen, a figure in polar exploration, began his long journey to the South Pole, in Antarctica. He became the first person to ever succeed this dangerous objective. Only 16 years later, in 1927, a pilot named Charles Lindbergh prepared to fly from New York all the way to Paris. A $25,000 award was set up by a hotel owner in New York City for whoever could accomplish this…

“My skin and eyes are almost spoil’d with continual smoke.”(Waldo 151) I try to open my eyes and It starts to burn a lot. There is nothing to protect our eyes from the smoke except for our eyelids. There was too much smoke to open my eyes without tearing up.(Waldo 151) I wanted to keep my eyes closed as long as I can because I was tired of my eyes watering up and stinging. One thousand eight hundred to two thousand five hundred people died…

Literary Analysis for The Pearl “This doctor was of a race which for nearly four hundred years had beaten and starved and robbed and despised Kino's race,” (9). In The Pearl by John Steinbeck, a Native American family finds a pearl that lifts their hopes and dreams just to crush them once again. Kino, the father of the family, is a very ignorant man, especially about the town’s doctor, the priest, and the pearl buyer. Using characterization and dialogue, Steinbeck expresses that ignorance leads…

With only a thousand meters left, my eyelids grew heavy and my blinks became prolonged; I was beginning to lose consciousness. I was nearing the end of the PacWest cross country conference championship race. The day began just like any other race day except I now had six months of training behind me. Earlier that morning, I looked out onto the hilly green Hawaiian course situated next to the ocean. Closing my eyes, I took a deep breath which seemed to last forever. The smell of the salty sea…

can’t be. My son, my only son. My dear Tom.” She wept there with the rust-orange dirt clinging to her knees. Mrs. Spaulding, who was feeling wary, gathered her groceries and squeezed her eyes shut. She was trying to ignore the red tinge behind her eyelids caused by the beautiful, sunny day. She too had lost her only child, Lavinia. Twice at that. She couldn’t bear to think about it, even with the memories slowly fading. Feeling sympathy for the older woman, she opened her eyes again and spoke.…

Rabbits are one of the animals that are treated the worst and, most commonly come to people’s minds when you think of animal testing. “Rabbits are “incapitated in stocks with their eyelids held open by clips, sometimes for multiple days, so they cannot blink away the products being tested.” Products such as cosmetics, shampoos etc.” (Should Animals Be used for Scientific or Commercial Testing?) Think about that next time you’re in the…

In the fairy tale, The Three Sluggards, a king must pass on his kingdom to one of his three sons. While on his deathbed, he summoned his three sons to his room to discuss who was going to be the new king. However, he decided whatever son was the laziest would rule the kingdom. He gave his sons a chance to explain why they are the laziest. The eldest son said "... for I am so idle that if I lie down to rest, and a drop falls in my eye, I will not open it that I may sleep." The…

Brow Lift Boston Dr. Christopher J. Davidson performs brow lift procedures at The Plastic Surgery Center near Boston. These procedures are designed to address the sagging skin of the upper eyelids, eyebrows and forehead. A brow lift can be performed alone,as well as in conjunction with a rhinoplasty or a face lift. What to Expect During a Brow Lift Near Boston – The Procedure Anesthesia Most of the time, Dr. Davidson uses local anesthesia when he performs a brow lift at his facility near…

1. A perception is when sensory impulses are interpreted in the brain, such as touching a hot stove. A sensation is when the brain becomes aware of a stimulus, such as pain. 2. Pain receptors are excited by any type of tissue damage. 3. Referred pain is a phenomenon when you feel pain in an area other than where the pain originates from. 4. The thalamus and cerebral cortex are the parts on the brain that interpret pain impulses. The thalamus establishes the awareness of pain, and the…