For a Few Dollars More

the contract, Mr. Gray had to make sure to leave the property level and drainable after removing the sawdust. In order to remove the sawdust, Mr. Gray made some improvements to the road to use heavy machinery, which cost him around four thousand dollars. During two months, March and April, Mr. Gray was able to remove some of the sawdust, however his equipment was having issues and Mr.…

thought. But, having sex can be dangerous if not prepared for correctly. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, or STDs, can cause genital cancers, miscarriages, and in some cases, a slow and painful death. According to the American Sexual Health Association, more than half of American citizens will get an STD in their lifetime. This is ironic since the ASHA should be helping to inform adolescents about them, and how not to get them. The total estimated price of how much STDs cost people is over 15…

was two hundred dollars, my heart jumped to my throat. It was a once in a lifetime…

one concussion when it's mixed with postconcussion syndrome doesn’t add up to anything healthy or safe. “Some people begin having postconcussion symptoms — such as headaches, dizziness and thinking difficulties — a few days after a concussion. Symptoms may continue for weeks to a few months after a…

reduce fear of crime and most importantly prevent crime. But in the past few years, it seems as if they’re the ones putting fellow citizens in fear. Police brutality isn’t a topic you frequently hear about, but the times we do it’s nothing short of a serious problem. I’m not sure if it’s to do with race or just about the law enforcement agencies believing they can abuse the power that is a privilege to them. This past few decades we have encountered several police cases dripping with police…

around 8 to 10 dollar a week, working roughly 10 pennies 60 minutes. Ladies got 33% or now and then won a large portion of the pay that men got. Youngsters got even less. Proprietors, who were just worried about making a benefit, were fulfilled in light…

The United States of America debt is over 18 trillion US dollars. On average every adult today in the United States of America with a family has at least a $30,000 debt. We individuals are always being defined by numbers and the rules also applies when it comes to credit. On the long run it is not your Grade Point Average, SAT score, class rank, ELM placement score, EPT placement score, height, shoe size, nor your weight that defines you it is your financial credit that does because it will…

Project 3: Grounding the Space Industry The space industry, the mysterious agency where billions of dollars are funding it, however the most useful thing to come out of it is a picture of another galaxy. Therefore, it is not encouraging when taxpayer’s money goes into a program that has little intrinsic value when the money and resources could be going to governmental departments that give back to the people. Therefore, if the space industry stopped receiving funding for frivolous matters such…

two bushels of potatoes, fifty loaves of bread, thirty five pounds of beans, forty five dozens of eggs on some days, ten dozen ears of sweet corn, one dollar and fifty cents to two dollars worth of vegetables” were consumed each and every day in the saloons. (Melendy). On days that lunch was not free, it is at least “thirty dollars to forty dollars” per day. (Melendy). In most of the saloons, the men, and sometimes even the women, were able to gain quick and easy money by gambling “with dice or…

completion of high school. As the sun was setting and the sky was filled with shades of pink, blue, and orange, I turned my tassels and threw my white cap in the air as our class president excitedly chanted, with his raspy voice, “We did it!” I then took a few photos with my family and best friends, said some farewells to my acquaintances, and took a final gaze of the school that I made a countless amount of memories in. As I stood there and stared at the red brick building that seemed so large…