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    The Day Before Independence June 25‚ 1986 was the last day of my childhood. I was 16 years old graduating from high school; the next morning I would be on a train going of to a college to a strange city‚ all by myself…This scenario might sound very appealing and fairly common to an American‚ but for a young girl born and raised in the Soviet Union this situation was scary and challenging. In Belarus (part of the former USSR) families stayed close together. Young people especially girls would go

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    One of the most important celebrations in Mexico is Independence Day. Our commander in chief‚ the president of the nation‚ orders our forces: marines‚ army‚ police‚ and the air force to organize a mega event every September 16th‚ this is a holiday everybody enjoys. Streets‚ houses‚ buildings and cars are decorated everywhere in the country. On every street corner there are vendors selling flags‚ balloons‚ sombreros and rehiletes -shuttlecock‚ all with the green‚ white and red‚ our National Colors

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    announced its intention of transferring power no later than June 1948. As independence approached‚ the violence between Hindus and Muslims in the provinces of Punjab and Bengal continued unabated. With the British army unprepared for the potential for increased violence‚ the new viceroy‚ Louis Mountbatten‚ advanced the date for the transfer of power‚ allowing less than seven months for a mutually agreed plan for independence. In June 1947‚ the nationalist leaders‚ including Pandit Nehru‚ Abul Kalam

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    all sections of the people of East Pakistan gave a strike call on 21 Feb‚ 1952. On that very day‚ police fired on a student’s rally and several students died. Since then the day has been observed as the Language Day (Bhasa Divas). East Pakistan became and independent entity named Bangladesh on 16‚ December‚ 1971‚ following civil war in which India actively supported the East. Leader of this independence movement‚ Sheikh Manipur Rahman became the first prime Minister. In January 1957 parliamentary

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    The main idea of Dave Barry ’s essay is the media puts too much emphasis on beauty. Women are lead to believe that they need to look like something that is not physically impossible‚ because we ’re not all born to be super models. I agree with the points Barry is trying to get across. I remember grew up playing with my Barbie doll and it being made physically out of proportion. It distorted my self image on how my body should be. I agree with Barry ’s claim‚ " [most] women grow up thinking they

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    his day 15th August of every year is a golden day engraved in the history of the world. We got freedom on this date and it is a day worth a celebration. When we celebrate it hoisting the flag‚ playing our National Anthem with fervor‚ distributing sweets‚ we need to sail back into the past to remember and pay homage to the builders of our nation. My dear friends‚ We were the privileged lot to have been born in free India. We were able to breathe the fresh free air since our birth. If at all we want

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    Bastille Day: French Independence Day "Bastille Day‚ on the Fourteenth of July‚ is the French symbol of the end of the Monarchy and the beginning of the French Revolution" (www.hightowertrail.com). Bastille Day is a national‚ symbolic‚ historical French holiday and is celebrated every July 14. To celebrate Bastille Day‚ also known as La Fete de la Bastille‚ French citizens remember the storming of the Bastille which was the first major event of the French revolution. Bastille was not just a prison

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    friends‚I wish you a happy independence day. INDEPENDANCE DAY means a day when we had got freedom from not only our brute rulers but freedom from want from fulfillment of right needs... India was under the British rule for 3-4 centuries. It was in 1857 India started it’s independence struggle forcefully through a revolt named "The Great Revolt" against the British. Mahatma Gandhi was the spine and brain behind the Indian independence struggle and finally her Independence. "Non-violence" or "Ahimsa"

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    Rose Claire E. Villarson “Batting Clean Up and Striking Out” and “Neat People Vs. Sloppy People” Dave Barry’s essay “Batting Clean Up and Striking Out” was written during the 1980s. This essay is from the collection of essays in the book Dave Barry’s greatest hits written in 1988. Suzanne Britt’s essay “Neat People Vs. Sloppy People” appears in Britt’s collection show to tell. Both essays have severe differences in their tones and organization but they share allusions‚ symbols

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