fAfter 1000 years At the beginning of the last century‚ near the end of his tragically short life‚ James Elroy Flecker addressed these words "to a poet a thousand years hence": I care not if you bridge the seas‚ Or ride secure the cruel sky‚ Or build consummate palaces Of metal or of masonry. Well‚ we may not have bridged the seas‚ but millions now ride secure the cruel sky. And how astonished Flecker would have been to know that‚ a mere half-century after his death‚ men were preparing
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Ten Years? Life is very short! It is not important how much long life we have lived‚ but it is most important how we live our life. Generally people want to add days to life whereas‚ I believe to add life to days. Everybody has an idea of the type of person they would like to be and what they will have liked to accomplish within a span of the next ten years. No one can predict the future but I do have some ideas of what I would like to do in the years coming up. In my next ten years‚ I want
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Remembering Dr. King 50 Years After His Death Never Forget. Never Falter. The words of Dr. King live on. Embrace them for all eternity. Beneath the lush golden sky symbolizing the Deep South‚ a nostalgic haze looms across the terrain. On this evening‚ tourists visiting the Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ Center are deep in thought‚ as they commemorate the 50th anniversary of the iconic leader’s assassination. Hence‚ in observing this notable tragedy‚ I thought it was only fitting‚ to pay
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Friendship The short story “After twenty years” is a classical story written by O. Henry. The story is about the two characters that were actually best of friends. They grew up in New York until lost sight of each other. One of them leave the place and tried to live in West to make easy money‚ thus he ended up being a criminal in Chicago while the other man felt that his place in his hometown is better and he ended up as a policeman. The two friends made a promise that after twenty years both of them will
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that he was dead. "My sonmy precious childit isn ’t true!" (459). She felt like she let her son down by not being there for him. "Don ’t forget me! You are forgetting me‚ you know you are!" (459). While spending a day out with her husband years after the death of their son‚ the mother is overcome with the memory of her boy. She had a hallucination that "she was hushing and holding a little slender boyso palewho had just waked out of a dreadful dream" (459). The boy was telling her about his
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As the human population grows quickly‚ the world simultaneously is changing faster than we thought. From the articles in the Unit 1‚ I think authors tried to give us many information such as various predictions and possible facts to lead the global trend in 2030. Moreover‚ each articles include similar issues for the future in the world such as megatrend‚ scare resources‚ the role of geography‚ and so on. All authors from the Unit 1 talk about similar concepts for the future with different styles
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“Made In China” Over the next 50 years there will be many global and economic changes in this world. One in particular that is occurring right now and is certainly gaining momentum is the rise of China as the next superpower. The term “Made in China” is what most U.S citizens along with other countries have become all too familiar with. It seems difficult now to find a product the U.S. does manufacture. Since the U.S. has stopped producing certain goods they have become dependent on other countries
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It is the year 2056‚ and China has become the leading superpower in the world. With more wealth‚ resources‚ and manpower than many of the other modern countries combined‚ China dominates the free market and commerce. The Chinese Yuan has become worth almost as much as the American dollar. In the major cities of China‚ life is streamlined and fast paced. However‚ life has remained mostly unchanged for the Chinese farmer living out in the country. Though new technology is available‚ not much of
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50 Year Vietnam Memorial I was asked to talk about the 50-year anniversary of the Vietnam war. And as most of you can probably tell‚ I wasn’t alive 50 years ago‚ so I went to my grandfather who fought in that war and I asked him to recount his experience. I asked him if he lost any friends during that time. He responded with “Hunny‚ all the guys you are with are your friends. And it hurts to lose any of them.” He recalled for me one individual. Greg. He said “losing that one was hard.” He told me
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Self-directed Exercise: Article Review Article Citation: Sengupta‚ S. (July‚ 2013). Ten trends for the next ten years. Logistics Management. www. Logisticsmgmt.com The article discussed the 10 trends of Logistics management for the next 10 years which affecting Supply Chain. Basically‚ which is said in the article‚ the logistics management should become more integrated‚ technology supported‚ and talented needed. They also did a survey for the executive group to rank the relevance between the
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