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    Truth and Beauty Essay takes Keats’ poem "Ode on a Grecian Urn" to illustrate that beauty is not necessarily truth when a pleasing form replaces substance. TRUTH AND BEAUTYAt this point in the year‚ when time is measured by how many shopping days are left... the Jewish person often finds himself re-defining who he is in relationship to his Judaism. The festival of Chanukah - the most noticeable aspect of Kislev‚ is all about redefining and rededicating ourselves to the values and principles

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    The Way We Lie

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    The Ways We Lie In the essay‚ "The Ways We Lie‚” the author‚ Stephanie Ericsson‚ tells about the many ways people lie and explains the reasons for doing so. In her essay‚ she talks about ten specific ways of lying that she believes are prevalent in today’s society. First is “the white lie‚” which is basically telling a harmless lie instead of the truth‚ if the truth is destructive. She writes‚ “Telling a friend he looks great when he looks like hell can be based in a decision that the friends needs

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    Why Teenagers Lie

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    very sarcastic and observant in which she explains why and when teenagers of this era‚ lie. In the first place‚ her writing is very sarcastic. This can be conveyed in the quotes from paragraph one and six‚ that states that‚ "Finally‚ the answer has arrived to the age-old question and unsettling mystery of why teenagers lie" and "Also‚ many teens have excellent adult role model in their lives who have mastered the art of lying." Clearly‚ she is being very sarcastic since many people don’t think about

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    A Closer Look on being a Fan Boy/Girl You’ve probably heard the word ‘fan girl’ before. You’ve probably even dropped it in one of your conversation or even read it when you were surfing the net. But what exactly does the word ‘fan girl’ mean? What does it mean to be a fan girl? A fan girl‚ according to dictionary.reference.com‚ is a person obsessed with any other single subject or hobby – it may be an actor or a fictional character. It is a person who has a compulsive dedication to a music

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    At some point in their lives‚ everyone will have to tell a lie. There are many reasons and motives to lie‚ but all require the same basic set of skills in order to do it effectively. The lie must be believable‚ consistent‚ and delivered correctly. Lying is done for three main reasons: to spare someone’s feelings‚ to brag‚ and to cover something up. Lying to spare someone’s feelings and to brag are the simplest forms of lies‚ and are fairly easy. Lying to cover something up is the most useful and

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    Freshman Composition/ Professor Tompkins “The Way We Lie” Stephanie Ericsson First off let me start of by saying that we lie. We all do. We exaggerate‚ we leave out things‚ we avoid confrontation‚ we try to be inconsideration of other people feelings‚ we conveniently forget some aspects of the truth and even keep secrets. Like most people‚ I find myself in situations of small falsehoods and still think of my self of an honest person. Sure I lie‚ but it’s not really bothering anyone or anything

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    Noble Lie

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    According to Plato the role of a central government is to determine where a person belongs or should be positioned society. This belief seems to stem from the ideals of communism or socialism‚ but Plato’s ideas have many departures from those schools of thought. In Plato’s Republic labor is organized by a government run education system that identifies the best roles for each citizen. He compliments his theory of government rule with his theory of justice. Plato argues that justice occurs only

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    INTRODUCTION. SOLIDS‚ LIQUIDS AND GASES have properties that are use to describe how they behave‚ e.g. for solids it has a definite shape‚ you can hold a solid rock in your hand. You can push on a solid brick wall. Scientists say a solid is something that has shape. A solid resists any change in its shape. TASKS 2. LOOK AT THE PICTURES BELOW FOR SOLID‚ LIQUID AND GAS AND WRITE DOWN THREE PROPERTIES OF EACH? Wood as a Solid. Solid has a fixed shape Its particles are tightly held together

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    Christopher Behrens The Nobility of a Lie Frederick Nietzsche once wrote that the “untruth‚ [or lie]‚ is a condition of life.”At least in terms of creating a stable society‚ Socrates would seem to agree. In The Republic‚ Socrates points out that civilization is most prone to instability when founded on what he calls a“noble lie.”The lie which‚ despite its falsehood‚ serves for the good of society. His noble lie can be broken into two parts: a justification on why the lie applies to all of a society’s members

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    “It is not money that brings up happiness but what we do and how we do it” 309 Money is most often cited as a crucial material for people to satisfy their needs ranged from the simplest to the most complicated desire. Hence‚ many people spend their whole life seeking for money which offers them utmost happiness and super power. In contrast‚ I honestly believe that it is

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