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    In Taming of the Shrew, William Shakespeare explores the themes of dominance and power through Petruchio and Katherine’s relationship. Katherine’s fiery personality and lack of patience causes many conflicts to occur between her and other characters; when Petruchio and Kate first meet, Katherine’s insults don’t faze him and he actually accepts the verbal duel. The wordplay of this passage contains a hidden sense of power and control which establishes Petruchio with the upper hand by his…

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    The mission of Air Defense weapon systems is to protect the geopolitical interest of a nation from aerial attack, missile attack, and surveillance (FM 44-85 Chptr 1, 1997). The unit operating these tactical Air Defense weapon systems; prevent adversaries from penetrating our nation’s defensive postures within a given area of responsibility. Throughout modern United States ' military history, the use of air defense weaponry has proven its ability to protect and enhance not only our defensive…

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    Medgar Evers Thesis

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    Introduction/Thesis: Medgar Evers born on July 2, 1925 in Decatur Mississippi was a multifaceted civil rights activist. He advocated for organized boycotts of discriminatory white business, fought for equal, no longer separate, education for black and white children. Broke barriers in his time with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). He also fought for legal justice for African Americans during that time. Evers is one of the most prominent figures in the pre…

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    Blake- Sarim grizzly Paul the Research Introduction- The Cuban Missile Crisis was a pivotal moment in the Cold War. Fifty years ago the United States and the Soviet Union stood closer to Armageddon than at any other moment in history. In October 1962 President John F. Kennedy was informed of a U-2 spy-plane’s discovery of Soviet nuclear-tipped missiles in Cuba. The President resolved immediately that this could not stand. Over an intense 13 days, he and his Soviet counterpart Nikita…

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    The United States have been using Air Defense Tactics dating back to World War II. What started out as 50. Caliber machine guns firing into the sky has developed into missile to missile interception. Although the transition has been rather short, there has been multiple steps leading up to the systems that we use today. During the late 1960s, the US Military was faced with obstacles that we have never faced before during the Vietnam War. One of our systems proved not only to be combat effective…

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    Comparing The Kite Runner Film and Novel It is supposedly said that the movies and books are nothing alike. Many movies take out crucial details that are included in books to prove important facts, yet those points make or break the whole plot of the movie. In Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner and Marc Foster’s movie The Kite Runner, themes, symbols, and main ideas are portrayed differently. Through the distinctiveness of the themes, symbols, and main ideas it is evident that the novel has more…

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    In “The Challenge”, Gary Soto introduces Jose as a young boy who experiences a change in his personality as he undergoes liminality. Prior to liminality, Jose is a teenager boy who is ingenuous and has a lack of experience of loving a girl. Jose is naïve because he thinks that receiving perfect test scores will make Estela notice him. Jose is exited to show Estela his new grades in history class: “Although Jose received another A-plus for his history quiz, Estela did not congratulate him.…

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    II. Plot Separated by an electric fence, “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” tells the story of Bruno, the son of a concentration camp commander, and his friendship with a Jewish boy Shmuel. After moving to a house near a camp ran by his father, away from all his friends, Bruno decides sneak out of the house and explore the areas around it. When Bruno stumbled upon Shmuel sitting by himself behind an electric fence, the two boys immediately became friends. However, their worlds intertwined with…

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    baking soda paste to the sting. The sodium bicarbonate in the baking soda neutralizes the bee venom and relieves the itch. Also, if you ever experience being stung by a jellyfish, a remedy for this is to also apply a baking soda paste t deactivate the stinger. Sodium Bicarbonate in Antacids Bee and Jellyfish Sting Treatment Sodium bicarbonate is also used for intravenous (IV) injection to help replenish electrolytes. Sodium bicarbonate is basic, so it also helps neutralize any excess…

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    It Ended with a Sting The infamous bee is known for attacking people with its sharp stinger. The bee does not purposefully try to sting or attack anyone; it will not sting, unless the bee has been aggravated. Catcher in the Rye’s narrator, Holden Caulfield is the epitome of the bee, but in the form of an adolescent boy. Holden, just like the bee, goes on living his life, stinging people one at a time. Holden seems to do the impossible, ruining relationships left and right. He destructs in…

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