What is so special about the Orchidaceae? According to Greek mythology‚ there once was a satyr named Orchis who was celebrating in the festival of the god of wine. Having had too much to drink‚ he attempted to rape a priestess and as a result was killed by angry villagers. Orchis’ father prayed to the gods to bring his son back but the gods‚ being not especially fond of rapists‚ only returned Orchis as flowers. Thus‚ according to the Ancient Greeks‚ was the origin of orchids. However‚ with modern
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onto her face‚ then on her eyes and then onto her cheeks. "Open your eyes and blink for me while I put on your mascara." Erica ordered. Again‚ Alivia did as she said. "Okay‚ now your lips‚" Erica used a pencil to outlined the edges of her mouth. Then she used a lip liner and dabbed the soft pink lipstick onto her lips. "There all done‚" Erica grabbed the hot iron off the nightstand. "Now‚ we do your
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Aaron Gray English 1010 Professor Tatum November 12‚ 2014 Justifying an Evaluation In Britain‚ having a ‘stiff upper lip’ goes hand in hand with breathing. From the beginning‚ where the native islanders were sieged by Roman legionaries‚ and through the ravaging World Wars‚ the hard nosed‚ war torn British people have kept their upper lip stiff as a board thanks largely in part to a small‚ unassuming plant. Camellia sinensis‚ or the tea plant‚ has been responsible for all sorts of large scale
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A cochlear implant is designed to aid hearing by surgically installing a device that can give signals to the brain regarding necessary sounds. In opposition‚ someone can use ASL or lip-reading to communicate‚ which has its obvious up and down sides. However‚ so does getting a cochlear implant. So‚ the decision that must be made is a difficult one: hear and lose a part of a completely different and unique culture or to be isolated
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ever so slightly. I hug my knees to my chest and force myself to keep looking at the sea‚ a blur of endless blue to my watering eyes. My heart is a rock‚ sinking into the ocean of my chest and he knows this. “It’ll be okay.” The words fall from his lips‚ soft and wary. An unsaid question hangs in the air between us and I start to trace patterns on the sand with my finger. I can hear him sigh. Will it really be okay? The sun is low in the bright orange sky‚ hues of red and yellow blending like on
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taught how to interact with police if our paths ever crossed. Finally‚ there are the typical stereotypes such as all African American males know how to play basketball‚ African Americans can’t get sunburned‚ or that all African Americans has big lips (my lips are small). Racism is rooted deeply within our psyche because of the detrimental affect slavery has on our
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The Development Of the Egg and Sperm your name PSY/265 May 20‚ 2012 Nicole Pansey The sperm and the egg are the key to reproduction. Without the sperm fertilizing the egg there would no reproduction. They both start off in very different places and in different ways but come together to create a life. The journey to create a life is a very interesting one and in this paper I will be outlining it in detail‚ describing the male and female sex organs and the role of both these
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For example‚ black people were always represented in the media as having a broad face‚ thick lips‚ fat nose and big nostrils‚ fuzzy hair‚ huge buttocks and breasts(Females)‚ masculine(Males and Females). Walker’s subtlety had enormous features like the nostrils‚ the buttock‚ the breast‚ the lips – this was to show how a black body‚ more especially‚ black women – how they were always reduced to a few‚ simplified and overemphasized physical features
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coral is not as red as her lips and her skin to the color of snow and her hairs like black wires are all metaphors. Since this sonnet is a love poem about his mistress‚ Shakespeare chose the everyday colors of nature that he sees to identify his mistress with. The symbols that Shakespeare is using reflect the time period; the woman that he is describing here is not of pale skin with pretty red lips and golden locks of hair. Her skin is a dull grayish color; she has lips that are not pretty and red
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strapped handbag that has a rippled and glossy complexion. This shows she is wealthy and educated due to her clothing‚ and her facial appearance shows this as well because she has makeup on suggesting she is a “glamorous” person due to the use of red lips‚ bat winged eyeliner and arched eyebrows. Her expressions are slight‚ contemn and have a hint of disregard. The complexion of the woman’s skin appears ripple less‚ soft and flawless. Cipe pineles uses Broadway style of writing for her main heading
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