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    He particularly has a penchant for lying as demonstrated on his train ride after he gets kicked out of Pencey.A mother of his peer recognizes the Pencey marking and asked him about her son and if he knows him.holden for no apparent reason lies and says his name is Rufus and that her son is very well liked. This however is…

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    Holden takes a few taxi rides while galavanting around the city. The second line represents the taxi ride in which Holden continues to question the driver about the ducks in the pond, and their profound (or rather profound) meaning. This verse as a whole, as Holden has the money to leave the meter running. The last…

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    Women and minorities in our society have to overcome many obstacles to reach higher positions in certain professions. Our society is set up in a way that benefits the privileged and discourages minorities. The documentary Women in Space outlines the struggles women have faced to become astronauts. Women had to fight for inclusion in the Space programs by proving they were capable and qualified for the job. When the space programs first began, astronauts were white men while women held…

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    compensatory damages, because they allowed the intoxicated individual to ride their mechanical bull. Riding a mechanical bull, clearly requires sobriety to prevail on it. He certainly Mr. Harris has a legal recourse against the Sweet Sally’s Bar and Grill, because they were negligent. Finally, they will be liable, because bars are mandated to stop serving alcohol to a person who is visibly intoxicated. While the Sweet Sally did not sell him alcohol, they let him to take the risk of being injured…

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    loops and a glass of water. Once I had some breakfast I started to pack my stuff for the day. I packed red lipstick, my pom poms, hip hop uniform, jazz shoes, my spongebob pillow pet, a blanket, and a water bottle. Then we were off to Jenison! The ride was about a hour-half drive. Then we saw the sign welcome to jenison, I was getting nervous. we got to the Jenison high school and we got our bags and went inside.…

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    she could get to the office. After boarding the bus without enough money and being called out by the bus driver in front of everybody, once Mrs. Morgan sat down, I believe she was feeling embarrassed and a bit overwhelmed as she cried during the bus ride and exited the bus through the side door because she could not bare to look the people in the other seats in the eye. Although a lady stood up for her…

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    Women's Role In NASA

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    to be the public face of NASA in hopes to bring in women and minorities. It worked and on January of 1978, 35 “new guys” were introduced to the country as the new 35 astronauts leading the mission. Out of those 35, 6 women were included. In 1982, Sally Ride became the first women in space. Big leaps were being made towards women’s participation in the space program and it was only just the…

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    Circles make up an important aspect of life. Famous uses of circles include the broken wheel symbol of Nemesis, the Greek goddess of revenge, and indignation. Pi (π) which also comes from the Greeks, is a mathematical constant of the ratio between a circle’s circumference to it’s diameter. A goddess who represents anger and resent and a never changing number represent more than just mathematics and mythology, it’s also what Holden Caulfield’s life is like. In J.D Stalinger’s novel, the catcher…

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    Paddington 2 Essay

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    prison cook, whose booming voice and thunderous rage is sufficiently snuffed out by a taste of Paddington's Kryptonite - marmalade. King has such a command of this material, he makes the movie look effortless. Everyone has a purpose, whether it is Sally Hawkins and Hugh Bonneville fervently attempting to clear their adopted bear's name, or Peter Capaldi's tyrannical self-imposed authority figure, reminding everyone he was right all along about the bear not being trustworthy following his…

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    Mainly his preconscious rules over any other consciousness level. As Holden projects his idea of running away and living in solitude with Sally, he burst out, “Well I hate it. Boy do I hate [school]...But it isn’t just that. It’s everything. I hate living in New York and all. Taxicabs and Madison Avenue buses, with the drivers and all always yelling,...introduced to phony guys…” (130). Holden’s…

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