It was a very hot and sunny afternoon. A fox‚ which had been hunting the whole day‚ was very thirsty. "How I wish there was some water‚" the fox thought to himself. Just then‚ he saw bunches of fat and juicy grapes hanging from a vine above his head. The grapes looked ripe and ready to burst with juice. "Oh‚ my! Oh‚ my!" the fox said as his mouth began to water. "Sweet grape juice‚ quench my thirst!" The fox stood on tiptoe and stretched as high as he could‚ but the grapes were out
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Hi! This is Ashley and Beatrice! We are both doing a research project on the red fox in Michigan. Michigan has two foxes the gray fox‚ and the red fox. Q: What’s the creature? A: A red fox Q: Give us some information about its history in Michigan. A: Red foxes can live up to about 10 years‚ but because of to many car accidents and disease‚ it can only live up to 2-4 years. Did you know that foxes are nocturnal in nature‚ which means they can mostly be active at night? You can mostly
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a generation before Petrarch wrote in a vernacular style to bring Italian a literary language. In this letter‚ Petrarch offers advice on how to rule as an effective leader. He uses various examples and sources to support his theories of how a good ruler should rule by laying out a good model. Petrarch emphasizes the first quality of a good leader should be friendly to the good citizens. He believed that nothing was worse for the state than to use fear and cruelty to maintain power. He used
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The Inevitable Weakness of a Philosopher Ruler as President In his work‚ The Republic‚ Plato argues that justice is attainable by a civilized society governed by philosopher rulers‚ men who possess infallible wisdom and a love of truth. In this ideal city‚ the standard of knowledge as a basis for political rule survives only if all requirements are met such as the division of society into economic classes‚ strict specialization and a limited population size. Plato’s concept of a just society
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are many famous people. In my mind one really stands out among the rest. His name is Terry Fox and he is one of the greatest athlete to run on the face of this planet. Terry discovered he had cancer and then decided to run across Canada. He was a brave man who would take what the world through at him. Running across Canada was his way to show the world that he was not going out with out a fight. Terry Fox was born in Winnipeg Manitoba on July 28 1958 Terry was raised in port Coquintlam‚ British
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Lydia French MO1B-Mr. Avants 10/29/12 Animal Within Fox and the grapes is one of the more well known of the Aesop’s Fables. The story illustrates the common tendency of people to speak unfavorably of thing that they are unable to get for themselves‚ although in reality they may like it. There are a few themes that fall under this fable‚ they might include jealousy‚ perseverance‚ failure‚ or even greed‚ but I believe as a reader the main theme of this fable is deceit. “Again and again
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The Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) Macey S. Brown American Military University SCI130 DO13 FALL 14 The Red Fox is a very interesting animal. Their scientific name is Vulpes vulpes. A red foxes scientific classification consists of being in the Animalia kingdom‚ Chordata phylum‚ Mammalia class‚ carnivore order‚ and Canidae family. Red foxes can be found in most places in the United States and Canada with an exception of a few places in Texas and Alaska‚ and in the southwest. They
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this shape the recumbent lion appears in a naturalistic relaxed pose with its head turns to the side‚ the front paws are crossed over each other. The oldest example of this shape is dated back to the reign of Thutmosis III (18th dynasty). There is a granite statue of a recumbent lion‚ is dated back to this period and preserved in the Walters Art Museum‚ Baltimore‚ Maryland (Pl. 9). This new technique of the recumbent statues was only limited to the statues of the guardian lions‚ as the statues of the
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footprint on the Arctic Fox Michael Mays Biology 102 April 28‚ 2011 I wanted to do my research on an animal that was not all that common. We hear all the time about if we don’t stop doing this or this then there won’t be any more Polar Bears‚ etc. But there are so many other species out there that we never hear about that really might have a bigger impact on humans if they become extinct. So that is why I choose to do my project over Arctic Foxes. Slide MM #2 The Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus)
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Niccolò Machiavelli suggested in The Prince that a ruler should behave as both a fox and a lion‚ being both loved and feared. There are clever rulers who were strategic‚ courageous rulers who were effective‚ and successful rulers who possessed both qualities. Elizabeth I of England and Henery IV of France were two great rulers from Europe that were able to personify Machiavelli ’s advice. Elizabeth I of England was able to act as a "fox" by preventing England from being torn apart over matters
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