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    should be banned in school or not. One claim is that cell phones should not be allowed in schools (Lee and McMahon). “Generally, there is no need for students to be calling someone or sending text messages during the school day” (Lee and McMahon). First, cell phones are a major distraction during school hours (Lee and McMahon). “Calling a friend to chat, checking email or viewing pictures or videos is not part of the school curriculum and distracts students from their studies” (Lee and McMahon).…

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    Another form is that this last part of the song is a flashback and after calling out for Claude he arrives in his military gear and saying "they got me" refers to the government successfully drafting him, and because Claude was so willing to confirm the Tribe doesn't recognize him anymore and choose to ignore him out of distaste…

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    In the passage “Heinrich Schliemann: Archeological Con Artist,” the author tries to prove that Schliemann was a con artist and a thief. The author’s article is effective in trying to prove that Schliemann was a bad person in many ways such as: logic, text structure, and propaganda techniques. The first way that the article is effective is the the facts, or logic. The author gives evidence on when and where something happened in Schliemann’s life. For example, in the article the author says,…

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    Slattery's Rope

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    table, leaving him hanging and swinging around. The boy's grandmother, Lorrie Slattery, explained to Valley News that her biracial grandson was playing in a yard when a group of white teens began throwing sticks and rocks at his legs while they calling him racial slurs before the rope from a tire swing ended up wrapped around his neck. Slattery claims: "The [teenagers] said, 'Look at this,' supposedly putting the rope around their necks. One boy said to [Slattery's grandson], 'Let's do…

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    (NDHHS) that pays for testing for specific specimens if a human is exposed. NDHHS will not cover charges for euthanasia, shipping or handling. One must use the KSU Rabies Diagnostic Testing Requisition form for animal testing. One can reach NDHHS by calling 402-471-293 and/or visiting their website: http://dhhs.ne.gov/Pages/default.aspx. Before submitting samples one must consult with KSU Rabies Laboratory at 783-532-4483 for proper preparation. If a sample is accepted for submission,…

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    face adulthood and have trouble going through adolescence. J.D. Salinger in The Catcher in the Rye reveals how one teenager, Holden Caulfield, avoids the adult world and have desire to disappear. Salinger often uses language of depression and name-calling to express Holden's fear of growing up and need to escape. Holden constantly feels depressed throughout the novel because he does not find himself in the adult world. Before a conversation with two grown girls he realizes, “They were so…

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    What if you were in the middle of a test and someone pulls out a fidget spinner? You would most likely get distracted.You would not be able to concentrate because they are spinning it repeatedly, and you think that it is so cool. Then, they start to do cool tricks, so you really want to watch even more but you're still taking a test. Fidget spinners should be banned from school because they are distracting, a nuisance, and lastly they are dangerous. Not only are fidget spinners a distraction…

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    seems like many a week ago. In the same way, I am relieved of any that think to accuse me of witchery. I have struck when the time is right. Several of the women in the room in a frenzy calling out names, much like attendance at Sunday Mass, accusing anyone that come into their mind. Joining in the madness by calling out the likes of Sarah Good, Goody Osburn, Bridget Bishop, Goody Sibber and Goody Booth. Y’see accusing others of conjuring or embracing any kind of compact with the devil has one…

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    On Monday night about 8 o'clock, I reached the guard, about 100 people passed it and went towards the custom house where the king's money is lodged. They immediately surrounded the sentry posted there, and with clubs and other weapons threatened to execute their vengeance on him. I was soon informed by a townsman their intention was to carry off the soldier from his post and murder him. I immediately sent a non-commissioned officer and 12 men to protect both the sentry and the king's money, and…

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    because she got me the astronaut helmet that I wore for 2 years. I think that this part “No one's calling for me at the door, An unpredictable won't bother anymore, And silently gets harder to ignore” of Beautiful Things also fits perfect in the Miranda section.…

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