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  • 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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    Essay Length: 1,136 Words / 5 Pages
    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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    Essay Length: 311 Words / 2 Pages
    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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    Essay Length: 2,412 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: March 27, 2010 By: Vika
  • How the Thirteen Colonies Were Named

    How the Thirteen Colonies Were Named

    How the Thirteen Colonies were named The first thirteen colonies were either named after people, Indian names or, places in England. The original states/colonies are, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Georgia, North Carolina, Maryland, South Carolina, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, New Hampshire and New Jersey. The three states that are named specifically after Indian names are Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. The Puritans named Massachusetts, after a local Indian tribe whose name means “a

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    Essay Length: 331 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 27, 2010 By: Fonta
  • 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
  • A Wish for Better Days

    A Wish for Better Days

    “A Wish for Better Days” English Composition 1 December 29, 2005 He sits on the curb dreaming of better days. He dreams of having a life again. He longs for new clothes, a hot shower, and a warm bed to sleep in. Someday he will have a job again. If only he could get a job. No place will hire you without an address, or a shower for that matter. For now it is

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    Essay Length: 2,965 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: March 29, 2010 By: Max
  • A Day at the Childcare

    A Day at the Childcare

    I pull my silver, compact, Ford Escort into the worn, crumbling parking lot of the childcare I have worked at since 1998. Stepping outside of my car, the brisk, frigid air cuts through me like a razor-sharp pair of scissors cut through paper.* I dash into the massive building that stands at attention welcoming in those who enter.* Arriving hurriedly inside a cozy but spacious room, I am greeted by the sounds of lively,

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    Essay Length: 703 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 30, 2010 By: July
  • Mickey Saves the Day

    Mickey Saves the Day

    Mickey Saves the Day On a new Sunday morning before the sun rose, preparing his oils and brushes God wiped out the stars and began to paint the awaking sky. Sleeping peacefully in homes under a beautiful undisturbed prairie was a small village of gerbils. Awakening from a pleasant sleep, Mickey Black Mittens raised his head from his straw pillow and let out a squeaky yawn. Mickey Black Mittens is the only black footed gerbil

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    Essay Length: 455 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: April 4, 2010 By: Kevin
  • The Day of the Dead

    The Day of the Dead

    The Day of the Dead The Day of the Dead is a Mexican custom that is really deep in the culture on that day Mexico honors those people who are gone but forgotten. In Mexico the Day of the Dead is a holiday that tends to be a subject of fascination for visitors from abroad. With its rare mix of pre-Hispanic and Roman Catholic rituals, it is also a perfect illustration of the synthesis of

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    Essay Length: 751 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: April 6, 2010 By: Victor
  • Every Day There Is a New Question

    Every Day There Is a New Question

    Every Day There Is A New Question “Winning” is written by Jack Welch and, whether you love him or hate him, the guy has real experience in running a large corporation successfully. This is unlike so many other authors who can be somewhat academic. Welch began his career with the General Electric Company in 1960, and in 1981 became the company's eighth chairman and CEO. During his tenure, GE's market capitalization increased by $400 billion,

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    Submitted: April 7, 2010 By: Monika
  • The Hamburg Tourism Day 2007

    The Hamburg Tourism Day 2007

    The Hamburg Tourism Day 2007 1. Introduction The Hamburg Tourism Day is held annually in regular intervals by the tourism organizations of the city of Hamburg in the Chamber of Commerce to deepen business contacts and inform about networking possibilities in marketing the city as a tourist destination. The organizers include the German Hotel and Restaurant Association DEHOGA Hamburg, the Hamburg Tourism Corporation, the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, the Tourism Hamburg Membership Corporation as well

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    Essay Length: 950 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: April 8, 2010 By: Steve
  • A Day in France

    A Day in France

    Have you ever taken your parent's car without permission? And have the luck to get pulled over by a police officer this only time you have taken the car without permission? Do youremember when you think inside your head "this dosen't feel right". It was a Friday like around four o'clock, I had asked my mom to let me borrow the car but her usual answer was "no". After having a verbal argument about the

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    Essay Length: 460 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: April 11, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Long Day’s Journey into Night Essay on Mary

    Long Day’s Journey into Night Essay on Mary

    Long Day’s Essay into Night The play, Long Days Journey into Night, follows the Tyrone family through a day of their lives. Each character is unique and plays a specific role in this tragic drama. Mary represents an inability to face up to reality; she would rather mask herself with drugs, and blame others for her problems. Nothing is ever Mary’s fault; she torments her husband with her constant complaints and accusations. She blames James

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    Submitted: April 11, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Every Day Use

    Every Day Use

    In the story "Everyday Use" the narrator is telling a story about her life and two daughters, who are named Dee and Maggie. The narrator is very strong willed, honest, compassionate and very concerned with the lives of her two daughters. Her daughter Dee is not content with her lifestyle and makes it hard on Maggie and the narrator. The narrator is trying to provide for her family the best way she can. The narrator

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    Essay Length: 554 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: April 12, 2010 By: Jon
  • A Day at the Park

    A Day at the Park

    The Fear of a Boy Have you ever had the feeling of being lonely and knowing no one is coming back for you? The feeling you get when you lost in a huge store and you can’t find your mother anywhere. I feeling of loneliness plays with our emotions so much and leaves such a scar, we will never be able to forget it. So many people today in our world fear all kinds of

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    Submitted: April 12, 2010 By: Victor
  • A Day as a Gay

    A Day as a Gay

    This essay is the story of my life, in a way. "A clean heart create for me, God; renew in me a steadfast spirit." Psalm 51:12 I was raised in a close, loving household and went to parochial school. When I began to experience attraction to male peers in junior high school, I didn't know what to make of the feelings. Mostly, I stuffed them down, decided this was an adolescent phase, and went along

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    Submitted: April 13, 2010 By: Jon
  • The Day My Wold Turned Upside Down

    The Day My Wold Turned Upside Down

    It was a Friday afternoon in May of my freshman year when my Dad met me at the front door. This was odd, but I didn’t think much of it at the time since he was supposed to have had a doctor’s appointment that morning. I had been in a good mood walking home since had received an A on one of the hardest global history tests of the year, and I was thinking of

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    Submitted: April 14, 2010 By: Yan
  • Remains of the Day: Steven’s Dignity and Respect

    Remains of the Day: Steven’s Dignity and Respect

    In the novel The Remains of the Day there is a recurring theme of dignity and respect. There is the dignity of Stevens and the people that he meets along the way on his journey across the English countryside. He also comes to the realization that his former lord may not have been the man he thought he was. The most profound form of dignity is that of Stevens, in being an English Butler he

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    Submitted: April 14, 2010 By: Mike
  • Earth’s Em Field [day After Tomorrow]

    Earth’s Em Field [day After Tomorrow]

    Earth’s EM Field Where does earth get it’s electromagnetic field? What does earth’s EM field do? Does it protect us from solar winds, if it does, what would happen if it failed? Questions from the movie The Core answered. Where does earth get it’s electromagnetic field? Well, in my research I have found that earth’s outer core does in fact spin, the motion of spinning metallic liquid of nickel, and iron create an electromagnetic current

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    Submitted: April 14, 2010 By: Janna
  • The Day They Came to Arrest the Book Review

    The Day They Came to Arrest the Book Review

    My novel ‘The Day They Came To Arrest The Book’ was based upon racism in the late 70’s. An era which occurred before I existed. There are many movies and books depicting events from this time, some of which I have seen or read. I had always thought that my views on racism were somewhat close to the truth, after reading the novel I realized that I had been wrong. Therefore, this novel has

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    Submitted: April 15, 2010 By: Mike
  • History of Valentines Day

    History of Valentines Day

    Valentine's Day occurs annually on February 14th. This is one of the few facts that we can say for sure, since the exact origins of the holiday are uncertain. Many experts believe that it originated with "Lupercalia", an ancient roman festival that was celebrated on February 15th, to honor the roman god Lupercus, who watched over their shepherds and flocks. This festival can be traced back as far as the fourth century B.C. At Lupercalia,

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    Submitted: April 16, 2010 By: July
  • Fourteen a Day Keeps the Depression Away

    Fourteen a Day Keeps the Depression Away

    Fourteen a Day Keeps the Depression Away What is Bi- Polar disorder? It is a condition formerly known as Manic Depressive Disorder that involves depressive episodes along with periods of elevated moods known as mania. Symptoms of mania include an abnormally elevated mood, irritability, an overly inflated sense of self-esteem, and distractibility. Persons experiencing an episode of mania are generally talkative, have a decreased need for sleep, and may engage in reckless or risk-taking behaviors.

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    Submitted: April 16, 2010 By: July
  • Euro Disney the First 100 Days

    Euro Disney the First 100 Days

    Euro Disney: The First 100 Days Case Report Submitted by: Pavni Question 1: Assess the pros and cons of Disney’s decision to build a theme park in Europe. Do you think it was a wise decision to invest in constructing a new park near Paris? Answer 1: There are several pros and cons in Disney’s decision to build a theme park in Europe. Pros 1. According to me, the biggest advantage of opening a theme

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    Submitted: April 16, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Groundhog Day

    Groundhog Day

    The repetition of the same day allows Phil to create himself. By facing the same day over and over again, he realizes that the extra time given to him may be used to benefit others, thus creating himself. When Phil is first introduced. He is an unsatisfied man, who does not appreciate things around him and expects others to admire him. He lives “the same day” while time runs by. He does not make

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    Essay Length: 318 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: April 17, 2010 By: Mike
  • Page Summary on the Importance of Simple Statistics and It’s Every Day

    Page Summary on the Importance of Simple Statistics and It’s Every Day

    Matt Ulrich 11/7/01 Page Summary on the Importance of Simple Statistics and its’ Every Day Use Statistics are included in our every day routine weather we like it or not, from weather “guesses” on the radio and news to who will be most likely to win the Super Bowl. However, what I will explain is how we can use statistics to benefit our future success and also show how we can better trust and understand

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    Submitted: April 19, 2010 By: Max

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