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    train to arrive. While I was standing on the platform, a man that was about 50 years old and clearly drunk, came up to me. He asked me “ hey what time is it ?”. When I gave him the time he said thank you and walked away. After about 2 minutes, he came back and said “ hey you 're a really pretty girl you know that? Whats your name ?”. I stayed quiet and…

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    contradictory is Laozi’s claim that order is created through a spiritual law produced by an entity he calls “Dao” or the Way. At a glance Laozi’s philosophy seems far too mystical to have similarities with Mozi, but they actually have far more in common when it comes to how they believe a government should be run. The ideal state in both Daoist, and Mohist thought operate in such a way that they are highly similar, not so much as explicit structure, but more so in the underlying roots of…

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    clean up her mountain of wrappers and while washing up she thought of a plan to finish rest of her candy. While her mom was busy with making dinner Susie snuck back in the living room ripped open her candy bag and ate all of it like a mad dog then snuck back to wash away the evidence. Once clean Susie picked up her dog Fuzzball snuck back in the living room placing him near the scene of the crime. Oh no Fuzzball ate all of my candy! Susie cried doing her best-disappointed face. Susie's mom…

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    dog are traveling in the Yukon to get back to camp. On the way there the man builds a fire every few feet, they travel back to camp. The man faces a few obstacles, but he still manages to try and make his way back to camp.Jack London created a story called ‘’To Built a Fire’’ he made the story about a man and his husky passing through the Yukon to get back to camp.The setting in To Build A Fire has an impact on several parts of the story. One of first ways that the setting has an impact…

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    that these are complicated issues and they are not going to go away. As that affects the way that we think about generating curriculum and what kind of learning experience we are creating, it is incumbent upon you guys to think about that. What are your programs and how are they responsive to that? How seriously do you want to take those concerns? How might we direct those conversations in productive ways, reflecting on those aspects of their criticisms that might have legitimacy and…

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    role as the Chairman is to approve and pay bills such as payroll and equipment the department needs. He also has to talk with the fire chief about issues regarding the firemen and the residents who live within the township radius. Jason has found a way to juggle his two businesses and his responsibilities to the township of Springport on top of finding time to be a great mentor to…

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    and gloomy when the mood takes him and has often taken the role of doomsayer. Jay is a person shattered by extreme trauma who has haphazardly put himself back together. The abusive treatment he underwent at the hands of his former mentor has left a lot of very deep wounds, not all of which have healed with the passage of time. In some ways, he's still mentally stuck in the time he spent under his mentor, not quite able to move on. He is a rather chaotic person and, frankly, a bit of a…

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    where I can see them!” The officer hollows as he continues running after the boy, who has the stolen loaf of bread cradled in his arm like a running back running a football. Donny bolts through the busy sidewalks filled with people. The officer continues behind him and radios in but is slowly losing track. “We have a 10-43 requesting backup on Yawkey way.” Donny has a 100 foot gap on the enervated officer. Donny reaches the street corner and makes the split-second decision to turn the corner…

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    I hate writing about myself. It’s typical, but it’s true. I always try to bend the rules to write about anything else. So when I saw this prompt, I had no idea what to write about. At first it was just that I didn’t want to write about things from my past, especially unpleasant things. However, I soon realised that the problem with this paper was that I wasn’t over most of my struggles—or rather, I wasn’t in a position to write about them well. I sat down and thought about what I could possibly…

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    The idea of Betrayal is one of key major points in the story, as Miller presents all the characters (even the citizens of red hook themselves) to place it as the biggest taboo that one should not cross. It can be as simple as snitching, or going back on one’s word on whoever he promised. Whatever one’s definition of betrayal is, everyone in our modern society, or even the old one, know that betrayal is one of the more heinous acts on earth. No one tolerates the idea of getting betrayed, but what…

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