Jane Beard and Jeffrey Davis didn’t realize how little they speak to their children by phone until they called AT&T to switch plans. The customer service agent was breathless. The Silver Spring couple had accumulated 28‚700 unused minutes. "None of the kids call us back! They will not call you back‚" said Beard‚ a former actress who with her husband coaches business leaders on public speaking. A generation of e-mailing‚ followed by an explosion in texting‚ has pushed the telephone conversation
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“Breakfast” “A merry heart goes on all day The sad tires in a mile” (William Shakespeare) John Steinbeck‚ an American author and winner of the Nobel Prize‚ was a leading writer of novels about the working class and was a major spokesman for the victims of the Great Depression. Steinbeck is widely known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath and the novella Of Mice and Men. In the following short story‚ the author tells us about a poor‚ yet united family
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In modern times‚ youth and beauty is an image seen everywhere. For example‚ a Versace billboard‚ magazine ad‚ TV commercial‚ all of which displays images of beautiful people. But what happens when this beauty fades? Shakespeare in his 12th sonnet talks about his experience and fading beauty. The purpose of this poem is to encourage a young man to not lose his beauty to the ravages of time. In order to do this‚ one must reproduce so beauty will live. In the first quatrain‚ Shakespeare begins
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introduced at her brother’s wedding day‚ it starts when Catherine is alluded to Shaggy beard‚ a wealthy man who is not into Catherine. However his negotiation skills help him win a spot to marry Rollo’s daughter. Even though Catherine is completely disgusted by him she has no say in how her marriage is going to occur. After countless thoughts on how to get out of the marriage‚ Catherine is forced to use the silver Shaggy Beard gives to her the silver. “The
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and arms at his side with a perfect poster. I also ensured he had a false beard and the proper head dress. Then I made his body look fit and strong and felt proud of the detail I put into him‚ but coming to Greece has shown me that my detail was rather lacking. Instead‚ I realized what I had gotten was only the general shape of things. Looking at the sculpture like Aphrodite of Melos‚ I realize that headdresses and false beards are not in fashion and rather there is the appreciation of nudity and
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Catherine‚ Called Birdy by Karen Cushman was about a girl in medieval England named Catherine. Catherine is a young girl in her mid-teens‚ the normal age for girls to get married in her era. But Catherine doesn’t want to get married. She wants to be a monk‚ a writer‚ a painter‚ a saint‚ a crusader‚ a street performer‚ anything but the wife to a man who bought her from her father. Catherine manages to send over three suitors running‚ but when an old‚ rich drunk comes to take her away to his castle
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Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt Introduction: A long time ago‚ Ancient Egypt was a civilization ruled by pharaohs. Egyptians did not call their ruler a pharaoh‚ though‚ before 1554 BC during the 18th dynasty. Before that‚ pharaoh meant "Great House" in Egyptian and referred to the palace of the king. It was later added to the pharaoh ’s name as part of his title. The pharaoh was the high priest of all temples‚ the head of law and administration‚ and the commander of the army. The Egyptians believed
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The Medes ruled Nineveh in 612 BC. The statue was knocked over in antiquity and the head was deliberately mutilated to make a political statement (40). The enemy gouged out the eyes (once inlaid with precious stone)‚ broke off the lower part of the beard‚ and slashed the ears of the royal portrait. Even though the statue was abused‚ mutilated‚ and shows signs of being deliberately damaged‚ the Akkadian king’s portrait conveys the king’s majestic serenity‚ dignity‚ and authority. The sculptor created
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The Great Sphinx‚ a Real World Wonder When one hears of Egypt‚ they most likely think of the massive pyramids or the hieroglyphics that told of its history. While fascinating‚ they cannot compare to the marvel of the Great Sphinx of Egypt. Although it failed to receive the title‚ the history and beauty of the Sphinx make it worthy of being one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Egyptian artwork can be said to fall under two categories; Creation for the purpose of religious or political
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For this to occur‚ one individual has to give up some of their power for the other individual. An example of this is in Ana Mendieta’s Untitled (Beard Piece) where a man is seen cutting off his beard to give to a woman. In the first of three pictures‚ the woman is viewed as petite and smaller than the man since she is seated while the man is hunched over her‚ asserting his dominance‚ showing that in this scene there is
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