Stripes Significance of title The significance of the title is talking about Victory day. The anniversary of Japan’s surrender to the Allies in 1945‚ ending World War II. The atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima on August 6 and Nagasaki on August 9‚ and the Soviet Union’s invasion of Manchuria in the previous week made the surrender inevitable. http: //www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/victory-day. Also it was the day African Americans helped fight. “Troops in Burma stop work briefly to read President
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that article as additional support for your argument. http://www.useoftechnology.com/technology-today-tomorrow/ “Technology in our day to day life.” We live in the age of modern science. Digital technology is the most blessed invention of modern science. We can’t even think of a single day without technology because we always use various technologies to accomplish specific tasks in our daily life. Technology is connected to almost every part of our
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Vipassana (insight) meditation. Therefore mindfulness‚ enriched through daily practice‚ strengthens the ability to be aware of each moment with compassion‚ and a more balanced state of mind rather than remaining in perpetual dissatisfaction. In day to day Buddhist practice‚ “mindfulness is the observance of the basic nature of each passing
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Teachers’ Day or Gift-giving Day? Nowadays‚ when it comes to Teachers’ Day‚ people differ greatly in their attitudes towards the problem of giving gifts to teachers. Some maintain that giving presents to teachers is a sound way to express gratitude and respect of students and parents. Others‚ on the contrary‚ hold the point that presents make the significance of Teachers’ Day distorted. Someone even claims that Teachers’ Day has totally become Gift-giving Day. Although it seems a little extravagant
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3. Controversy of Kartini Day and Malala Day on Media 3.1 Considering the Heroism of Kartini Instead of the followers of the blind conspiracy theory‚ there is nobody else arguing that the moral message carried by Kartini and Malala in raising the issues of education and emancipation of women is right. The groups acknowledging that the struggle of Kartini and Malala is true have two tendencies‚ namely (1) not questioning the Western influence and (2) questioning Western influence. The group that
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SPORTS QUOTES The following quote library is provided as a service by Josephson Institute and its Pursuing Victory With Honor sportsmanship initiative. For more information on our campaign and materials‚ go to www.JosephsonInstitute.org/sports. The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else. – Martina Navratilova‚ tennis player If it is a cliché to say athletics build character as well as muscle‚ then I subscribe to the cliché. – Gerald Ford‚ 38th President Sports gives
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The Day Just Like Any Other Day It was a beautiful afternoon. The spring breeze was crisp and the bright green leaves swayed gently in the treetops. The sun hung high in the sky warming my face as I waited for the bus to take my brother and me home from school. Every blade of grass and newly bloomed flower was indicative of new life; the changing of seasons. We boarded the bus with all of the other kids just like we had so many times before. Everything about this day seemed so much like any other
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There are many important things to check with your vehicle in order to drive safely. Vehicle maintenance is extremely important with day-to-day driving. Some of the things that we should be checking regularly consist of the Air filter‚ battery life‚ engine belts‚ brake fluid‚ engine oil‚ exterior lights‚ oil filter‚ tire pressures‚ anti-freeze‚ washer fluid‚ wiper blades‚ exhaust‚ power steering fluid‚ shock absorbers and fuses. The air filter should be checked once a month. Replace it when it is
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the car for control. Sweat and blood poured down her beautiful face and she wiped the sleeves of her uniform to clear it. Just last night‚ she promised herself that she will keep the crispiness of her brand new police uniform at least on her first day in the job. All her plans‚ of course‚ went down the drain when World War 3 started that morning. The pickup truck following them stopped at the entrance of the alleyway‚ surprised by the young cop’s maneuver and is unable to follow. She smiled coldly
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Day to day life in the Elizabethan period was so unlike to how life is today in the 21st Century. Life for a person living in Elizabethan times was different for different people depending upon where they were ranked in the social hierarchy. Women who lived in the Elizabethan life had to obey the Elizabethan men‚ they had to take care of them and women were not as important as men and men knew better than women‚ according to Elizabethan Women‚ http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-women
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