My first Car Enc1101 March 11‚ 2012 Descriptive essay My first car was my first most prized possession. I’d named her‚ tested her out on interstates‚ and took good care of her like she was one of my children. She had mirror tinted windows and was deep ocean blue that gleamed in the summer sun‚ she was flawless. I will never forget my first out of town drive to Tallahassee- smoothest‚ fastest ride ever! Had it not been for the scenery I would’ve felt like I was driving in a race. I remember
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Descriptive Essay As I walked through the cold‚ lonely streets of Aberdeen‚ I decided to take a shortcut home. Making a sharp right‚ I was headed down an alleyway‚ which was dark and sinister. Mist was slowly rising upward from the ground‚ which appeared yellowish from the reflection of one sole‚ dim‚ flickering light‚ almost at the point of burning out. The only sounds of the night came from my own feet dragging over many pebbles and stone on the cement. The breeze was very bitter and piercing
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Moreover‚ the disaster destroyed 1.6million homes and left thousands of agriculture land damaged ("Pakistan floods 2010‚" 2011). Similarly‚ another report by the World Bank explains that‚ the earthquake in Pakistan left 2.8million people dead and over half a million without income ("Pakistan earthquake‚ a‚" 2006). In such catastrophes‚ government has failed to support the people of Pakistan financially and it left the Pakistanis frustrated. This frustration has forced them to demand for a political
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others‚ but no matter the severity‚ there is usually a loss‚ and a cry for help. The first one I want to talk about is the earthquake that hit Haiti in 2010. By January 24th‚ at least 52 aftershocks (a smaller earthquake following the main shock of a large earthquake)‚ measuring 4.5 or greater had been recorded. An estimate of three million people were affected by the earthquake. Death toll estimates ranged from 100‚000 to 160‚000. 316 total had been affected overall. Estimated 250‚000 residences and
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The largest earthquake ever occurred in the 20th century was the Valdivia Earthquake. As cited in the sources‚ the magnitude of this powerful earthquake was approximately 9.5 and totally destroyed communities near the epicenter. Because this great number of magnitude has a power to eradicate everything around it. Other earthquakes might be the larger but it’s the first one since accurate estimates of magnitude became possible. This was a megathrust earthquake which means that an earthquake occurred
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Anh Phan ENG 099 7248795 Descriptive Essay Grandmother‚ the inspiration of my life I still remember every picture and actions of my grandmother‚ a woman who loves me and sacrifices for me and my father most. My father grew up in the north of Vietnam‚ and my mom and my family in the south of Vietnam. For the disadvantages of long distance‚ I could not visit my grandmother and grandfather regularly. Fortunately‚ in Tet Holiday in Vietnam when I was 7 years old‚ my parents took me to visit
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Donato 1 Justin Donato Professor Jessica Catron English II 23 February 2014 Descriptive Essay: First Year at HAA The year was 2010 when my parents decided that it was time for a change. I have not really realized how big that change impacted my life until now. I went to North Shore Seventh Day Adventist Academy for six years. At first‚ I really did not want to switch schools but as I put more and more thought into it‚ I decided that it was the best thing for me to do. This first year at
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Chandell Gabler English 099-22-Intro to College Writing 9:05-10:15 am Professor Braxton-Robinson/Professor Sheffield Assignment: Write a Descriptive Essay describing a storm you have witnessed. The storm I witnessed was Hurricane Sandy. When I first heard of the hurricane I thought it wouldn’t be as bad as some people were prediciting‚ but as the storm approached I certainly changed my mind. As we sat in the house it became very real how bad the storm was going to be. It was scary to
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| Descriptive Essay | Rough draft | | Gatewood‚ Jasmine | 10/12/2012 | Myself: Person Hello kitty collection thing Homemade spaghetti food Downtown Dallas place Jasmine Gatewood English 0331.2 Ms. Fischel 10/12/12 Description Essay Downtown Dallas home of the dart and the drug dealers on every corner‚ my friends and I used to visit regularly to have a nice chipotle dinner. When you are hear you cannot help but‚ visit the many food places‚ and cultural
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San Francisco have all experienced a fault shift. In the case of Houston‚ the likelihood of an earthquake is extremely low. The instances of a fault shift on that area of the North American Plate don’t occur often. Earthquakes that occur are not by normal means of plates shifting but from the process of fluid extraction (Fehling 19). Seattle on the other hand has a very high probability of an earthquake occurring. There are three different types of quakes that the city experiences crustal quakes‚
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