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    Summary On December 14, 20012, Adam Lanza killed six adults and twenty children at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Connecticut. He had killed his mother, Nancy Lanza, earlier in the house they shared together. Adam Lanza committed suicide while the police were approaching the school. Sandy Hook is listed as the third deadliest mass shooting in US history as of date. The weapons that were used in the shootings, a Bushmaster XM15-E2S rifle and a semiautomatic.223 caliber rifle, were…

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    This story “To kill a mockingbird” has been very interesting so far. These 7 chapters so far are very simple but interesting. Even though I don’t really know what is going to happen, or what the main idea is , I anticipate that this story might take several turns and have lots of situations in the story. I sense that there is going to be some excitement and lots of trouble in “To kill a mockingbird”. I can notice that perhaps there can be some depressing moments. Some ups and some downs, but…

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    The quiet hum of the gospel music lulled me as I rode to church in the backseat of my mother's van, just like every other Wednesday night. The soft chords of the hymn blended with the sound of the van so well that it seemed manufactured with the motor itself and as we neared the church I had no idea that this would be no ordinary night. It was a night that would change my perspective completely and little did I know that after tonight, even dull ordinary moments like these would, in my eyes, be…

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    Tears of a Tiger is the first book in Sharon Draper's Hazelwood High trilogy.The book begins with a brief newspaper article about a car accident in which one Hazelwood High student, Robert Washington, was killed. Andy who is Robbie’s best friend feels guilt about Robbie’s death because he is the one who was driving. Andy is told to keep it moving, to act normally, as though nothing happened,but he can't do that anymore. He knows he'll never get over his guilt, so he decides to commit suicide…

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    Lily is abused and victimized by her father at the age of 14. Lily has always felt guilty for killing her mother by accident, by means of a shotgun, when she was four years old. Lily is shy, lonely and worries a lot about her mother. Lily is seen as an outcast by girls in her school, Lily has no mother, unlike the other girls, and has a father who doesn’t care for her needs. When Lily goes out…

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    Chris was born April 8th 1974 in Odessa, Tx. the first of two boys to Debby Lynn Mercer and Wayne Kenneth kyle. Debby was a Sunday school teacher and his son a Deacon. Kyle’s dad bought him his first rifle at the age of 8. Then later a shotgun that he hunted pheasant, quail and deer with. After high school, he became a professional bronco rodeo rider and worked on a ranch. This later ended after he seriously injured his arm. After his arm had healed he went into a military recruiting office…

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    As they slammed the door it made her jump. Her father looked over at her and told her to get out and go inside. She ran from her hiding place into the house as fast as possible. Once she was inside she watched out the window hopping to see what was going on in the barn. She stood at the window waiting for a good bit and then the sheriff and her father emerged with Noyes in between them and two of the sheriffs deputies. With a look of accomplishment on his face her father looked over at her…

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    bears would send on the backs out on routes even their running back they were extremely confident that the bobcats defensive would not be able to sack their quarterback. They were right to do so. I found it interesting with the bears ran out of the shotgun with a single back. They would flare the back out to the flats and the defensive end would pick him up instead of pass rushing. There were some plays that they were only rushing to defensive linemen at a time. I feel that this hurt the bobcats…

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    Gun Ownership Proposal

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    The right of gun ownership has been a rhetorical controversy to the citizens in the U.S. One might favor it, others disagree with the idea. It’s like the conflict between Republican and Democrat, one support it and the other ban it. This topic has reflected in my research base on what I feel about gun ownership. My research proposal is, should we outlaw gun ownership or no, or neither in Arizona? The dependent variable of this research is the percentage of people in Tucson who agree or disagree…

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    The Revolutionary War was fought because the British colonies of North America did not fully agree with King George III, the King of England taxes he was levying against the colonists. The Revolutionary War, which spanned from 1776-1783 ended with the final battle of Yorktown, lead to the creation of a new nation. The Founding Fathers wrote, “…the purposes of government are to promote justice, to maintain peace at home, to defend the nation from foreign foes…. and, above all, to secure the…

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