They were not criminals and if they signed the paperwork they were agreeing to be just that. Mother refused to sign as a show of dignity and pride. These attributes are nonmaterial things that the guards could not take away from Lina’s mother. This story is about compassion‚ determination‚ love‚ hope‚ and miracles. I chose compassion because of the shocking ending in which the guard is the one that really helps the prisoners to survive. Even in the face of total hopelessness‚ there are people who still
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Winchell nervously looks at the clock on the wall‚ which is directly in front of him‚ peers through the glass panel at his left into the engineer´s booth‚ and then glances around the room. It is thirty seconds to nine. A studio visitor‚ seated in one of the four chairs alongside the wall‚ coughs‚ and Winchell looks up anxiously‚ He reaches for the water pitcher‚ fills a paper cup‚ and takes a quick swallow. The buzzer sounds on the keyboard in front of the announcer as the engineer signals fifteen
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wimp drink up!" So I figure‚ hey why not. Two o’clock roles around and I am feeling like I drank myself stupid‚ which I have. All of a sudden I realize I have my dad’s truck‚ and he needs it in about three hours. So little time‚ what am I going to do? Here are some easy steps to sober up quickly‚ that even a drunk can follow. First‚ I know I am hungry‚ so go get some food dummy! Food is the first thing I need to think of. As someone starts drinking‚ the food in their stomach begins to absorb the alcohol
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trick or treating started at about six so we waited and waited until the clock struck six and we made our way out the door and treaded down town. Once we reached down town we went to some houses and got candy by the time we reached the back roads of morris we had more than half of a bag of candy and we decided to knock on the other peoples doors once we got done we had a bunch of candy so we decided to go back to my house and dump it all out and trade candy and all that good stuff so it’s about
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church dressed for the occasion.This funeral was also one of which I was prepared to speak at. Not to people or to an audience‚ but to God. We were in a Holy Church honoring a corpse but that isn’t what I wanted. I wanted her and her spirit wasn’t here because she had turned into no more than a statue and the artist who created her was God himself. So‚ I turned to him for answers as to why she had to die. For what had she done to deserve her life being taken and what
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missed you so much.” The Dead was gone‚ and all was quiet at EternalSleep. *** Some of the Dead were silent‚ already moved to the OtherPlace‚ but others had to be consoled. The Grounds generally made first contact‚ or Digger‚ if nearby. The frequency used to make communication had limited dispersion. With practice‚ they developed a routine. Contact. Reassurance. Crossover. Some Dead took longer than others‚ but eventually‚ all moved across. Several times‚ they glimpsed the OtherPlace where the Dead
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love it. I just love coming here and mingling with the young folks and just doing what comes natural to me‚" said Lester Sowell. At 81-years-old‚ Lester Sowell shows no signs of slowing down. The Air Force Veteran and Horseheads native always has a smile on his face as he collects carts and bags groceries at Jubilee in Horseheads. "I worked one day and said‚ ’oh no this job is not for me.’ Then I said‚ ’maybe I’ll give it one more day.’ 13 years later‚ I am still here‚" said Sowell. Lester retired
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which droned on as the villagers ate. CED (Citycorp Enforcement Drones) hovered around to monitor as CitycorpTM rations were being handed out. Ever since the government takeover and Hewat village was one of the “lucky” few agglomerations that was being used to trial the new government rations. The government had been using BM or bio-meat as a new alternative to red meat‚ there had been an escalation in the prices of black market meat. Kin examined the packaging of the food and the forever present government
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then said‚ “why of course‚ infact there is one near here called Wal-mart!” So the piggy bolted to work but when he got there. A man who looked like the boss and brawny in a tux strolling down towards the piggy with a somewhat stern look on his face. The boss screamed at the piggy‚ “leave my establishment or you’ll
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The crime scene was no pretty picture. Salem stepped through the door and gagged. "It smells terrible!" She choked through her shirt collar. "It certainly isn’t that pretty." Cha’relle wrinkled her nose in disgust before brightening. "But I’m sure it smelt worse when it happened‚ so it won’t be as bad for us!" "Cha’relle‚ the longer a body decays the worse it smells." Salem sighed. Her ghostly friend blinked‚ then laughed. "Right‚ I forgot!" Salem shook her head and pressed on. Though it disturbed
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