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  • The Life of Dorothy Day

    The Life of Dorothy Day

    Dorothy was born in Brooklyn, New York on November 8 1897. In 1906 her family survived the San Francisco earthquake and her and her family took a drastic change in lifestyle conditions after Day’s father became unemployed and they were forced to move into a small flat in Chicago’s South Side. After seeing the shame her father felt with unemployment sparked her vocation to help the poor. Originally Day, in high school rejected organized religion

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    Submitted: March 2, 2010 By: Victor
  • The First Day

    The First Day

    HL811 Imagining Singapore Semester 2 2006/2007 Assignment A Title - The First Day The sight of students, each wearing uniforms from their various former schools, streaming into the school compound greeted me the moment I stepped off the bus. The date was 2nd January 2000 and it was my first day in junior college. Having done rather well for my preliminary examinations in my former school, I was given a choice of enrolling for the

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    Submitted: March 5, 2010 By: Top
  • Something Strange Happens Every Day

    Something Strange Happens Every Day

    A man, Bob Johnson, leans on a cold, concrete pillar, silently waiting for the train to take him to work. He waits as he has waited for the past seven years of his monotonous, somewhat mechanical existence. He glances calmly at his wristwatch; thirty-seven minutes past eight o' clock in the morning. "Damn," he thinks to himself. "Oh well, they'll have to let me off," he mumbles to himself, "it's the first time I've been

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    Submitted: March 6, 2010 By: Jack
  • Judement Day

    Judement Day

    Nearly two millennia ago the disciples of Jesus of Nazareth asked him a question that has intrigued people ever since: "What shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?" (Matthew 24:3, King James Version). People in every generation since have wondered about this. A common question that plagues the human race is “Will the world literally end?” If so, how? Why? And when? It is almost inevitable that the

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    Submitted: March 6, 2010 By: Tommy
  • High School Days

    High School Days

    High school is a strange time. After three years of trying to develop identity and friends in middle school, students are expected to mature immediately on the first day of ninth grade, but I never completely did this. I never fully realized in earlier grades how important high school success, as measured by GPS and credit, would be to my future life. As a result, I am applying to college with seemingly contradictory measures of

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    Essay Length: 510 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 6, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Life and Times of Thomas Day

    Life and Times of Thomas Day

    Life and Times of Thomas Day Thomas Day was born in Dinwidee, Virginia in 1801 to a free slave mother. With the law that allowed children to be born free if their parents were free, Day was born free and did not have to be a slave. His family had been free since the early 18th century. He and his brother were educated by private tutors and they were trained by their father in cabinetry

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    Submitted: March 6, 2010 By: Top
  • Human Trafficking - Today's Modern Day Slavery

    Human Trafficking - Today's Modern Day Slavery

    Human Trafficking Today's Modern Day Slavery No nation is immune from the curse of human trafficking. The most powerful nation to the simplest of nations are not immune from modern day slavery. Some nations do not even know the true definition of what human trafficking is. The main contributors to human trafficking are governmental corruption, economic and social crisis within each nation's borders. Now most nations are coming together to learn more about the slavery

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    Submitted: March 7, 2010 By: Yan
  • The Day I Joined the Air Force

    The Day I Joined the Air Force

    There are several days in my life that I am very proud of, and also some that I deeply regret. October 7th of 2003 is one day that I will never forget; the choice I made that day would affect the next six years of my life. It was that Tuesday morning that I made the choice to enlist in the United States Air Force. For the previous three weeks leading up to that day,

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    Submitted: March 8, 2010 By: Victor
  • Actors and Actresses of the 50s: Vivien Leigh, Audrey Hepburn, Marlon Brando, Grace Kelly, Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn, Burt Lancaster, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Dandridge, Judy Garland, Elizabeth Taylor, and Doris Day.

    Actors and Actresses of the 50s: Vivien Leigh, Audrey Hepburn, Marlon Brando, Grace Kelly, Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn, Burt Lancaster, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Dandridge, Judy Garland, Elizabeth Taylor, and Doris Day.

    In the 50s, several things happened to shock and awe the entertainment business; such as the invention of the teleprompter, TV's first soap opera, "The Little Rascals" TV show, and the "I Love Lucy" TV show. But the most important thing about the entertainment in the 50s was the actors and actresses. Through out the 50s there were hundreds of actors and actresses. To name a few Vivien Leigh, Audrey Hepburn, Marlon Brando ,Grace Kelly,

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    Submitted: March 8, 2010 By: Mike
  • The Day He Revelaed His Dream

    The Day He Revelaed His Dream

    ““I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal’” (King Jr.). Martin Luther King Jr. protested his dreams to the world through this famous speech on August 28, 1963. His most famous speech was called, “I Have a Dream.” The motive for him giving this speech was to protest the

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    Submitted: March 9, 2010 By: Vika
  • Day Trading on the Internet

    Day Trading on the Internet

    High tech trading Stock trading has been a very pronounced and reputable profession throughout history. It has evolved today into a thing for the average American. Thanks to the computer or even more specific the Internet Stock trading has just infiltrated the American home. Stock trading has been around for a long time but just recently in the past 10 years it has become very popular with the common man. It has become apparent

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    Submitted: March 12, 2010 By: Artur
  • Why Do I like or Dislike A-Day B-Day Scheduling?

    Why Do I like or Dislike A-Day B-Day Scheduling?

    Why do I like or dislike A-day B-day scheduling? From my point of view I don’t like the A-day B-day scheduling. I think that it’s so much harder for the students. It’s not even easy for the teachers. I think block scheduling from previous years was much easier to manage. I think the benefits for this scheduling are nothing compared to how the other schedule benefits the student, myself in particular. This type scheduling is

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    Submitted: March 12, 2010 By: Mike
  • A Day in the Life of Gandalf the Grey

    A Day in the Life of Gandalf the Grey

    A Day in the Life of Gandalf the Grey 0825 Wake up because of a digging sensation in my skull. Open my eyes to see a flock of birds around me. Time to wash my robes. Damn birds think I'm Radagast the Brown. 0835 Wash my robes in the nearby river. Some people wonder what a wizard wears under their robes. And the answer is simple. More robes. 0930 Decide to start my long journey

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    Submitted: March 13, 2010 By: Monika
  • Day of the Dead

    Day of the Dead

    Day of the dead How to make your own altar The Day of the Dead The Dead of the Dead altar is a prehispanic tradition that has lasted throughout the years. It has become an integrated part of the Catholic religion in Mexico. Every year it becomes a bigger and bigger event, with school classes, government employees and artists throughout Mexico competing for the most creative and interesting altar. Halloween is not a tradition in

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    Submitted: March 13, 2010 By: Mike
  • St.Patrick & the History of St.Patrick’s Day

    St.Patrick & the History of St.Patrick’s Day

    Apostle of Ireland, born at Kilpatrick, near Dumbarton, in Scotland, in the year 387; died at Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland, 17 March, 493. His father Calphurnius belonged to a Roman family of high rank and held the office of decurio in Gaul or Britain.and Conchessa. His mother Conchessa was a near relative of the great patron of Gaul, Saint Martin of Tours. Kilpatrick still retains many memorials of Saint Patrick, and frequent pilgrimages continued far into

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    Submitted: March 16, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Patriot Act Fact of the Day

    Patriot Act Fact of the Day

    April 19, 2005 PATRIOT ACT FACT OF THE DAY: In passing the Patriot Act, Congress established standards in oversight for the use of the Act's provisions. For example, Section 1001 of the Patriot Act requires the inspector general of the Department of Justice to determine and report to Congress civil liberties violations. Florida U.S. Attorney Defends PATRIOT Act In a letter to the Florida Times Union, U.S. Attorney Paul Perez explains the success of the

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    Submitted: March 16, 2010 By: Anna
  • The Day the Earth Stood Still

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    This 1951 science fiction film looks hokey, perhaps cheesy, at first glance. But, after taking time to reflect on the movie, one can recognize the innovative ideas that it introduced to filmmaking and the universal ideas that it addresses. Peace is the prominent theme that characters reveal A strange turn of events brings a spaceship down into the heart of the people. The first being to make its entrance is an alien named Klaatu. His

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    Submitted: March 17, 2010 By: Tasha
  • A Day in the Life of a Dj

    A Day in the Life of a Dj

    Have you ever wondered as you were driving down the road listening to the radio, “How do they do that?” I certainly have, and so for my junior job shadow experience I chose to shadow Mike Shannon from 99.7 WDJX, a very popular radio personality in Louisville, Kentucky. I chose to shadow him because I was interested in how DJs do their job and how a radio station is run. I thought that the job

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    Submitted: March 18, 2010 By: Vika
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

    Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. changed the way our country was run. He helped the African American race move forward and gain respect through time. He inspired many to change their lives and their ways. He did countless great things, but so did many others in the history of our nation. While I fully support everything this man did in his lifetime, I am of the opinion that a day honoring him is unnecessary for

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    Submitted: March 20, 2010 By: July
  • 28 Days

    28 Days

    28 Days In the movie 28 days, emotional and physical the ups and downs of Gwen while in the treatment center are shown through many things and people. The movie itself is about this woman who is an alcohol abuser, and is forced to be put in a treatment after she screws up her sisters wedding and destroys property. It shows the different activities in the center that are used to cure everybody. In the

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    Submitted: March 21, 2010 By: Monika
  • Similarities and Differences Found Within the Book Treasure Island and Older Pirate Movies in Corrolation with Every Day Life

    Similarities and Differences Found Within the Book Treasure Island and Older Pirate Movies in Corrolation with Every Day Life

    Buried treasure, eye patches, and walking the plank are all words and phrases that often appear in stories involving pirates. Tales about the voyages of pirates are often adventurous and riveting ones. It is very awe-inspiring to think about the daring lives those pirates once led. However, it might not be safe to assume that these stories are close to the truth or even based on genuine facts. In 1881 Robert Louis Stevenson wrote a

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    Submitted: March 22, 2010 By: Mikki
  • The Forgotten Day

    The Forgotten Day

    The Forgotten Day The alarm clock rang with its usual sound of the annoying beep. Five seconds later Jimmy still half asleep moved his arm and slammed it on the clock ending the annoying sound. After a few seconds past by Jimmy looked at the clock and immediately sprang out of bed. He was late for the 5th time this week for school. The principal told Jimmy yesterday that if he was late again he

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    Submitted: March 24, 2010 By: Mikki
  • St Bartholomew Day Massacre

    St Bartholomew Day Massacre

    In the latter half of the 16th century, France was torn by a religious conflict between Catholics and Protestants, called Huguenots, which mainly referred to French Calvinists. Catherine de Medici, the mother of the young king Charles IX hit upon a plan to finally exterminate the Protestants; she proposed that a marriage should be arranged between Margaret, the catholic sister of King Charles, and Henry de Bourbon, the Huguenot king of Navarre. All the notable

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    Submitted: March 24, 2010 By: Mike
  • D-Day

    D-Day

    On May 8, 1944, General Eisenhower, designated D-day as June 5, but because of bad weather he decided on June 4, to postpone the invasion to June 6. Though the weather remained poor, further delay would have necessitated waiting until June 19, when tidal conditions and the light of the moon would again be propitious (Encyclopedia Americana, 1998, p. 401). Few people knew that the most important battle in Western Europe during World War

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    Submitted: March 27, 2010 By: Vika
  • Usps Facility on Its Busiest Mailing Day of the Year

    Usps Facility on Its Busiest Mailing Day of the Year

    Melissa Campanelli NEW YORK - DM News received an inside look at the inner working of the U.S. Postal Service at the Morgan Processing and Distribution Facility in Manhattan on Dec. 18, the agency's busiest mailing day of the year. Americans placed more than 900 million pieces of mail with the USPS on Dec. 18 - an increase of about 230 million in volume over the average mailing day. Dec. 20 is the busiest delivery

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    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Jessica

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