Silver bullet

by Socrates, the worlds earliest philosopher as he said before his passing, “Know Thyself, for in that measure lies the truth of man and your fate.” Many men and women came across the world searching in ancient times for the answer and for the silver bullet of their truth. When what they were seeking was the simple phrase, “Know Thyself.” Today there is no Pythia who is waiting to give us the answer to all of our burning questions, but since the rise of the Information Age, we no longer need…

French rule. Some Africans located in a small village tried resisting the German officers demands that they have t0 grow cotton. There then was a myth stating that there was a "magic water" called maji-maji that was sprinkled on the German bullets and turned the bullets to water. The uprising was known as Maji Maji rebellion, in this rebellion there was more than 20 different ethnic groups that wanted to fight for there freedom. The soldiers believed that the war was ordained by God, they also…

There is no silver bullet that will transform student retention rates in a few days. Student success will happen over time, not overnight. We cannot dismiss the urgency of the moment. We must be fully committed to perform every function, take advantage of every opportunity, and be accountable for every responsibility so that student success becomes a reality. Academic institutions have developed best practices that we can follow. We must take advantage of the latest and most effective…

from the snow storm that happened from the night before and my cloak was so thin I dint have any hope of getting warm. I would take shelter in town if I could but the only reason someone would shelter A werewolf would be to shoot them with a silver bullet while I slept. Or smother em in their sleep I'm two young to be able to turn so I wouldn't be able to defend myself. Everything was still so quiet and still until I heard a sudden snap. I whipped around only to see something from one of my…

Nishant Narsing Shrestha Sec 40588 Water drops from the sky fired like bullets from a machine gun and he was running under it, snuffling. Tears rolling down his cheeks, not noticeable, clothes- heavy because of the rain, wounds on his right hand stung him like stings from hundreds of bullet ants, famished, his stomach growled like a mad dog – Dan was having the most difficult times of his life and he was searching a silver lining of happiness. Muddled, Dan was walking in a street-clomping…

makes it real” (The Wachowski Brothers & Silver, 1999, Scene 60). As seen in the movie, if one believes in something enough, it becomes hard for one to differentiate it from reality, showing the power held by the…

Viewers wouldn’t be enticed by the element of surprise at all. Almost every American knows that the 35th president didn’t finish his first term no matter their education level. The only emotions that would really be present in theaters behind the silver screen or in bedrooms behind the screen of a laptop glowing with a pirated movie would be grief and shock. And that’s exactly why movies have been made about the Cuban Missile Crisis and JFK’s life as a whole, but never strictly his death. The…

On page 12, readers are introduced to the exposition of the plot. Lefty Mendieta opens the door to Bruno’s house in the neighborhood of Guadalupe. A spicy aroma evokes his senses and is met with Bruno’s body on twisted sheets. Dr. Montano then observes that Bruno has been dead for five to seven hours (13). The searching is interrupted by Briseno who tells them that Engineer Canizales, Bruno’s father, wants to quickly wrap up the case with ballistics and forensics, consider it natural causes, and…

Debtor Beware: Debt Collectors Find Their Silver Bullet Clifford Cain Jr. discovered that a debt collection company had garnished his bank account and taken around $4500 to cover an old debt they said he owed. Cain said that he did not even know that he had been sued until he found out that the money was gone from his account. Midland Funding is part of Encore Capital Group, a gigantic debt collection agency. They did not just go after Cain, but many other residents of Baltimore with the…

happened. In fact, she believed that the misfit would not shoot an old lady like her, but she was sadly mistaken. It is important to know that there is symbolism in the grandmother’s death. The three bullets fired from the Misfit’s gun represent the Holy Trinity. The three bullets were truly inside of her just as the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit were now truly living inside of her. The grandmother is shot through the chest, which is where her heart is. When the Misfit says, “She would…