quote‚ "it was the best of times‚ it was the worst of times" by Charles Dickens in his‚ "A Tale of Two Cities"‚ represents a scenario that can be perceived as either positive or negative at the same time. Throughout history there have been many events considered the worst of times by some and the best of times by others. This can be seen throughout history in times when some people suffer while other prosper. How could the best of times be at the same time the worst of times? People who suffer‚ usually
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climbed a rock‚ and I think this is an island.” Static “Then we’ll have to look after ourselves.” Dynamic “about being called Piggy. I said I didn’t care as long as they didn’t call me Piggy; an’ I said not to tell and then you went an’ said staright out—“ Static “Like candles. Candle bushes. Candle buds.” Two Dynamic “So you see‚ we need hunters to get us meat. And another thing. There aren’t any grownups. We shall have to look after ourselves. Static “we’ll have rules! Lots of rules
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My Worst Birthday I was turning fifteen and I was so excited and looking forward to my birthday. A day before my mom had gone to the equestrian center and we were supposed to horse back ride on my birthday then get lunch and stop by Disney to meet this head who is my moms friend. Then we were supposed to have dinner. When I woke up it was quite and nice and there was balloons and cards. She said happy birthday and I opened up my cards. I didn’t have any presents but I didn’t expect them. She
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His gospel through prophets in all eras of time. In my youth I enjoyed learning about different cultures‚ religions‚ and philosophies. Frequently I would see how the things I had learned as a child were reflected in the practices and beliefs of people very different from myself. I could see simple truths become evident not only in things explained by tradition‚ science‚ or logic‚ but also by means that could not be explained. I had begun my journey of living by faith. As I try to develop my
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Assignment 2 Erin Thrower POLS 1113 11/3/2007 Prof. Kelton The Worst President in History In the Rolling Stone article‚ "The Worst President in History"‚ Sean Wilentz evaluates the first five years of President Bush’s presidency. Wilentz is a well renowned historian and a professor at Princeton University. Wilentz begins his article by comparing Bush to the likes of worst presidents already in history. Those include Buchanan‚ Johnson‚ Harding‚ Hoover‚ and the only President forced to resign
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Worst Day It was a one fine morning. The sun rose steadily‚ peeking through the curtain and illuminating Ian’s room beautifully as the sixteen-year-old boy was still deep in his slumber. Even the shrilly sound of the annoying alarm clock did not wake him up. It continued for about thirty minutes before Ian was greeted with ice-cold water on his face and body. Slowly‚ he opened his eyes and the realization sank in as soon as he saw his mother’s face. Judging from his mother’s facial expression‚
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The Worst Mistake? According to Jared Diamond’s text‚ the Agriculture Revolution is thought of being the worst mistake made in human history where as when humans hunted and gathered was the high peak. He also states that domesticating crops brought great confusing creating social classes and inequality between men and women. I completely disagree with this opinion. First of all the Agricultural Revolution was a crucial element when forming earliest civilizations. Second‚ I don’t think that
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Bring Back Flogging This Bring Back Flogging essay seems to hit a real strong point in the fact that prisons are over populated and it costs so much to take care of each and every one of them. The most outstanding question is‚ should we bring back flogging? The answer is so complex and complicated that no one person can come up with the best answer. Some seem to think that flogging should be brought back in some form because we could better control the prison systems and the overpopulation problem
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also had are share fair of worst or bad presidents. All though I can sit hear and write about all of them and tell you what I think of each and single one‚ I’m not going to do that. What I will do is am going to talk to you about the two presidents that I think is the absolute worst and the absolute best. Ok ok maybe no the absolute but the ones that I think should be and that deserve those titles. For best president I would definitely nominate Bill Clinton. And for worst president I nominate George
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I’ve an important announcement to make. I have just spent the past few days looking of what may well be the worst climate paper yet produced. You heard that right – the absolute worst. This paper is so poor it makes Khilyuk and Chilingar (2006) look like Einstein’s special theory of relativity in comparison. So anyway‚ I decided to go all Climate Audit on this paper partly to get a handle on the solar influence on climate that denialists are always on about (there is actually some decent literature
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