DESCRIBING A PERSON 1-Text 2- Unfamiliar words 3- Reading Comprehension 4-Key answers 5- Four Friends 6-Remember 7-Key answers 1 1-Text Michael Douglas / Star / Cinema / Celebrity. Michael Douglas Michael Douglas is a very famous and popular American actor. He is about sixty years old. He is a slim person and he is average height. He has got light brown eyes and short fair hair. His wife is a very beautiful British actress who is named Catherine Zeta-Johns‚ she has got green eyes and
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“The Big Picture” by Douglas Kennedy “The Big Picture” is a very appealing‚ well written mystery. Douglas Kennedy’s premier novel opens calmly‚ but possesses an insidious catching quality that is superbly disquieting. So let me make a brief review of the plot. Ben Bradford is main hero whose father expects him to follow in the lawyer field‚ but Ben is a born photographer. After a running battle through college‚ and more than one failed relationship‚ Ben does his father’s bidding and becomes a
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In London‚ England‚ on February 6‚ 1913‚ Mary Douglas Leakey was born. Her original name was Mary Douglas Nicol. She had no siblings and two parents who were Erskine Nicol‚ a scenery painter‚ and Cecilia Frere Nicol. Due to her father’s work‚ the family moved frequently. Quite a bit of her initial adolescence was gone through voyaging abroad with her parents through mostly Europe and some parts of Africa. This made her develop a dedication both for prehistory and drawing. Mary’s powerful fondness
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General Douglas MacArthur‚ in his speech “Duty‚ Honor‚ Country”‚ recounts his experiences in the war on stage. MacArthur’s purpose is to emphasize the ideals that the soldiers should live by while serving as soldiers. He adopts a reflective tone in order to appeal to similar feelings and experiences in his military audience. MacArthur begins his speech by illustrating the importance of the code of conduct. He does this through the use of a hyperbole used to emphasize how the code of conduct is an
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his dream. When Frederick Douglass was separated from his mother when he was a mere infant‚ to hinder the affection he might have for his mother. She died when he was seven years old‚ but was not allowed to be present during her death or burial. Douglas points out that he felt the same emotions he should have felt at the death of a stranger. The reason this was done is unknown. What good it does to separate the child from its mother is inconceivable‚ yet it was a standard practice during this time
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American has come far from both Douglas time and Red Jackets time. Both influential figures have made me want better improvements for my country. Red Jacket defending the Native Americans makes me hope that America will one day improve the way they share the land. Fredrick Douglas speaking for the slaves not being free on the fourth of July makes me hope that America improves the way they treat all races. Reading about Red Jackets support for the Natives gives me ideas on what America can improve
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Blacks in Cinema 2151 March 5‚ 2013 Set in New York in the 1950’s‚ Imitation of Life by Douglas Sirk portrays a complex relationship between a Black American mother and her fair skin daughter‚ Sarah Jane. Appearance is a central theme throughout the story. Sarah Jane can “pass” as white because of her fair skin but despises the fact that her mother is black. Unlike Sarah‚ her mother Annie accepts her fate and status dated by the society‚ Sarah Jane challenges the status quo and adventures
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In 1995 Douglas Durand went to work for Tap Pharmaceuticals as vice- president of sales. Several months after starting at Tap Pharmaceuticals‚ Durand was in disbelief to find out that the company was bribing urologists to purchase the new Lupron drug for prostate cancer. Durand found the culture at Tap Pharmaceuticals to be in misalignment. In order for Durand to protect his good name‚ he began to document all his findings over a 6 year period and submitting the information to federal prosecutors
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Douglas Haig was appointed commander of the army on tenth of December 1915 - he was fifty-four at the time and he had had a very successful military career. Haig decided to attack the Germans at the river Somme in 1916 to attract German soldiers from the town of Verdun where they were fighting the French and had almost broken through. But even though he was victorious there was a very high casualty figure. I will explore whether Haig deserves the title ‘Butcher of the Somme‚’ with reference to multiple
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Ray Douglas Bradbury once said “We have too many cellphones. We’ve got too many Internets. We have to get rid of those machines. We have too many machines now.” Bradbury was born in Waukegan‚ Illinois‚ on August 22‚ 1920. Growing up‚ he would read many short stories by well known authors. He loved science fiction‚ as most his childhood revolved around it. He had a huge passion for it. He has written many stories. Bradbury had a huge conflict with our generation. And‚ that was the use of technology
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