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Star Trek - The Next GenerationStar date: 41176.8 Captain's log.
This is my (Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the U.S.S. Enterprise #NCC-17O1 D)
account of the events leading up to and beyond the Federation and Romulan war
(2380-2385 AD).
Star date: 32851.2: The Enterprise received a distressed call from a
fleeing scout ...
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The Life Of Mahatma GhandiMohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the preeminent leader of Indian nationalism and the prophet of nonviolence in the 20th century, was born, the youngest child of his father's fourth wife, on Oct. 2, 1869, at Porbandar, the capital of a small principality in Gujarat in western India under British ...
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Methamphetamine: Built For Speed??
Methamphetamine has reclaimed a place in the lexicon of "party" drugs. Hailed by
nocturnal adventurers, condemned by raver idealists, is speed a sleepless dream
or an addictive nightmare?
Here at the end of the millennium, the pace of modern life seems fleeting -- a
whirl of minutes, hours ...
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Expression Through Literary DeIn Richard Connell’s short story, “The Most Dangerous Game”, the use of literary devices, found blended with other literary devices, gives the story an inner meaning. The blending of literary devices effectively expresses the intentions of Connell to present contrast between the ...
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Jacob's Ladderis a film which draws specific conclusions on exactly what takes
place in a person right before death, and the afterlife which await them. Hell
is seen as a temporary stop where people's memories and attachments are taken
away so that they can enter heaven cleansed of their past life in order ...
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King Lear: Lear The Tragic HeroThe definition of tragedy in the Oxford dictionary is, "drama of
elevated theme and diction and with unhappy ending; sad event, serious accident,
calamity." However, the application of this terminology in Shakespearean
Tragedy is more expressive. Tragedy does not only mean death or calamity, ...
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Creative Writing: Packing List - RaveHe felt alone.
Staring at the empty spot where his car had been, Tad Stevens noticed
shards of broken glass, dried up bubble gum, and trampled rave flyers.
Fresh tread marks graced the dull gravel. Compton was not a safe place to
be stranded, 300 miles away from home.
Technostate was a huge ...
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Stephen Hawkingwas born on January 8, 1942, in Oxford, England. His father, Frank, was a specialist in tropical medicine, his profession often kept him away from home and family. Hawking’s mother, Isabelle, was a very politically active person, which kept her away from home too. Even though his parents were ...
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The Accidental Tourest In the novel, The Accidental Tourist, Anne Tyler deals with many different subjects, such as love, grieving, change, family, and guilt. She addresses these subjects throughout the novel, in many different scenes. One of these scenes, which I found to be the most helpful in understanding the ...
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Internet The Advantages And Disadvantages"Beam me up, Scottie." This popular line from Star Trek was a demonstration of the advanced technology of the future. Though it was a fictional story, Star Trek became the universal vision of the future. As always reality tends to mimic fiction. Though our society has not quite resulted to living ...
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The Bronte Sisters, Jane EyreVarious aspects of Charlotte and Emily Bronte’s background greatly influenced them to write the novels Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights. The death of their mother influenced them as young children when she died of a lingering illness, and this loss drove the Bronte children into an intense ...
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Coming Of Age In MississippiCivil Rights activist, Anne Moody was born in rural Wilkinson County, Mississippi in 1940. Anne Moody grew up on a plantation were her parents where sharecroppers. Her autobiography, , details the suffering of growing up in a racist society. Her account of her life starts at the age of 4. She ...
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Fried Green TomatoesAt The Whistle Stop Café
"HER ORIGINAL NAME was Patricia Neal"(Reynolds1), but the author of is better known under the alias: Fannie Flagg. In the novel she uniquely compares the modern day world to the world in the early and the middle 1900’s. As the novel shifts from the ...
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A Literary Analysis Of East OfLiterary analysis of East of Eden
In Webster’s Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, the word love is defined as a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person. Love can bring two people together but it can also have a person be rejected by another because of ...
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Herman Hesses DemianDemian is the story of a boy, Emil Sinclair, and his search for himself. Emil was raised in a good traditional home at the turn of the century in the nation of Germany. His family is very wealthy and they have a reputation as a principled, religious family. As a boy, Sinclair views the world ...
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Communication Analysis: Men Are From Mars, Women Are From VenusJohn Gray’s “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus” portrays the differences that men and women feel, and encounter in everyday life. Being so different, often times it is hard for men and women to communicate without upsetting the other. Gray offers some recommendations for couples to ...
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Mystical Caves Used ThroughoutThe use of caves in mythology to depict darkness and abandonment has
branded it as a symbol of chaos. From this perception other associations
are made which connect the cave to prejudices, malevolent spirits, burial
sites, sadness, resurrection and intimacy. It is a world to which only
few ...
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Dance EducationWhy is dance a necessary and basic part of a students' education? Is there evidence that results
in significant educational outcomes (e.g., self-esteem, critical thinking, cross-cultural thinking, body/kinesthetic
intelligence, interdisciplinary perspectives)?
1. Introduction
2. Thesis ...
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Contaminated MotivesThe very essence of money creates an urge of human nature to obtain it, and have an excess of it. Fame and money go hand in hand; if you have one, you have the other. One also must understand that money equals power; people aspire to money. When people come into wealth and begin rising to the top ...
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Emily Dickinson: Life And Her WorksEmily Dickinson made a large influence on poetry, she is known as one of
America's most famous poets. With close to two thousand different poems and one
thousand of her letters to her friends that survived her death Emily Dickinson
showed that she was a truly dedicated writer.
Emily ...
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