Modified: Wed 23/05/2012 18:28 The unexpected guest Besides my father and mother‚ there are my elder brother Gerald‚ my younger brother Kenny and my younger sister Rita. Gerald is a seaman‚ and he is away from home most of the time. I remember his stories about his voyages around the world‚ and the many fascinating things which he has seen on his long journeys. When Gerald’s twenty-first birthday drew near‚ both Mother and Father decided to organize a birthday party. We did not have much
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Unexpected Inflation and Redistribution of Wealth in Canada Césaire A. Meh‚ Canadian Economic Analysis‚ and Yaz Terajima‚ Financial Stability One of the most important arguments in favour of price stability is that unexpected inflation generates changes in the distribution of income and wealth among different economic agents. These redistributions occur because many loans in the economy are specified in fixed-dollar terms. Unexpected inflation redistributes wealth from creditors to debtors by reducing
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Expect the Unexpected What thoughts come to mind when you think of “The Lottery?” Positive thoughts including money‚ a new home‚ excitement‚ and happiness are all associated with the lottery in most cases. However‚ this is not the case in Shirley Jackson’s short story‚ “The Lottery”. Here‚ the characters in the story are not gambling for money‚ instead they are gambling for their life. A shock that surprises the reader as she unveils this horrifying tradition in the village on this beautiful
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The Jewelry Guy de Maupassant Some things in life are really unpredictable. There are instances in everyone’s life where we have tremendous experience that suddenly change our pace. Someone might have been good at guessing what could happen next and there may times when we can predict what is going to happen but there has not been always a sure answer. Things happen. No matter how much we avoid it. Sometimes to our advantage. Sometimes‚ it is not. But in most cases‚ we can learn something
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Keylianys Banks Professor de Yong English 101 July 15‚ 2013 An Unexpected Experience This happened on Saturday of the 2006. I was a happy young of only 20 years. I already had a baby of one year old. I worked in two jobs during the whole week and on weekends I liked to have fun and spend time with my baby. That Saturday was celebrating a Carnival where they were good artists; they had machines‚ and delicious foods and drinks. I wanted to go to the Carnival to have great time with my baby. I
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Too much time on your hands can be self-destructing. It happens everyday‚ a woman with seemingly little to do with herself is able to sit and ponder her future; she is able to take a step back and examine where she has been and what could possibly lie ahead. Chilling to some who can’t even remember what they had for breakfast this morning and more disturbing to those who are not happy with the direction they are headed. But does it really matter in the end whether or not your toast had butter or
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It was a beautiful day in March‚ sunny and clear skies with the slightest breeze that was just enough to keep you from burning up. It was what felt like just another day of school. And once school was out‚ me and my friend‚ Miranda‚ where going to go to my house and hang out for a little while like usual‚ before her dad would get off work at 5pm. Since I was the one with a car I of course would take her home before 5pm. We were glad to be out of school so we could go hang out and relax our
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Unexpected Situations It was an unforgettable Tuesday night; my son was all ready for bed. I laid him down in his crib‚ went to the kitchen to make him a bottle. Luckily I had three scoops left of formula‚ but not enough for the rest of night. Once I made his bottle I gave to him and I sat there watch him fall asleep‚ I loved hearing how he sucked the milk out the bottle so peacefully. Once he had fallen asleep‚ I asked my dad if he would let me borrow his car to go purchase formula for my son
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The summer vacation finally started. I was on a ship to Alaska. But that night the ship hit an iceberg. The ship was sinking and everyone was hurrying to the emergency exit. The exit was locked. There was no way out‚ but a broken window caught my attention. I could have jumped out of the window. However I thought the window was not big enough for me to pass through. But I still dove out of the window so as to escape. A big piece of glass was stuck to my arm. I had been floating on the sea for days
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Long long ago there lived a man by the name Plimo. Plimo was a man of wisdom‚ very well read and was quitepopular in his city. People who knew Plimo‚ praised his intelligence and regarded him as a man of action. Otherwise a good man‚ Plimo had a habit to boast and he bragged almost every day how none‚ even Satan‚ could ever subjugate him. "An arrow in your eye‚ Satan!" he often said this before his friends and family members. One year‚ on Erev Yom Kippur‚ Plimo did not go out to work and was piously
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