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    Our Time

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    WE SELL A VARIETY OF SMOOTHIES WITH DAILY SERVINGS OF BOTH FRUIT‚ VEGETABLES AND DAILY VITAMINS. ALL OUR SMOOTHIES ARE HANDMADE AND ONLY INCLUDE THE FRESHEST OF INGREDIENTS. OUR IDEAL CUSTOMERS ARE 18-25 YEAR OLD YOUNG ADULTS AND THEY ARE ADULTS WITH A USUAL LOW INCOME‚ AND WE RESPOND TO THAT WITH LOW PRICED SMOOTHIES. SMOOTHIES WILL BE 2.99 AND ALL ONE SIZE‚ MEDIUM‚ WHICH IS A HEALTHY INTAKE. OUR PRODUCT WILL STAND OUT TO THE CROWD DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A VERY HEALTHY PRODUCT AND ATMOSPHERE

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    “The appeal of Eavan Boland’s poetry”   The appeal of Eavan Boland’s poetry is how real she is as her personal experiences are reflected in her poems. Her writing is humble and domestic making it accessible to the reader as she is interested in the voices of the powerless in society such as in ‘The Famine Road’. Being that she is from Dublin her references in her poems make the poems relevant and accessible to readers who are also from Dublin as in ‘The war Horse’. Her appeal to women is obvious

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    Our Time

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    Erika Burk Professor Hall English 102 John Edgar Wideman’s “Our Time” John Edgar Wideman’s piece‚ “Our Time‚” is very similar to another piece we have read‚ “Our Secrets‚” by Susan Griffin. Much like “Our Secret”‚ Wideman uses his writing to demonstrate that there is more to the world than what meets the eye. In contrast to Griffin’s seemingly unrelated stories about people in the past‚ Wideman uses examples from his own family and personal experience. Wideman focuses on his brother‚ Robby‚ and

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    In Our Time

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    Ms.Hassenkamp CP English II April 1st‚ 2014                                                   In Our Time Assignment   Gertrude Stein was quoted as saying that “… those who went to war missed civilizing and apart of the “Lost Generation.” The Lost Generation is considered the generation of men who were involved in World War I and as a result of their war experiences it caused disruption within the human mind‚ causing cultural and emotional instability. The term civilized or civilizing is another

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    Raymond Edward Boland

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    An art deco lamp with a slag glass shade cast amber light over the bed. The body of the silver haired man shuddered as he struggled to draw each breath. For seventy-six years Raymond Edward Boland lived a full and lusty life. Now he was dying. Resisting the waiting arms of death‚ he retreated into the past. In 1845 nature cast a dark spell over Ireland‚ causing the number one food staple to fail. Leaves curled up‚ stalks turned black‚ potato tubers rotted in the ground‚ and a stench rose from the

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    Eavan Boland’s poem "The Necessity for Irony" begins in narrative tone‚ when on a unremarkable Sunday Eavan‚ with her daughter‚ go browsing for antiques in town. However‚ by the end of the poem‚ Eavan’s tone is lyrical‚ as she sends an apostrophe to the "spirit of irony‚" asking it to "reproach" her for focusing on antiques rather than what was truly beautiful‚ her child. Her dramatic shift in tone is slow and accomplished using various techniques. In the first stanza of "The Necessity for Irony

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    In Reynold’s Price famous “Hero of Our Times” speech he says that‚ “Our need for heroes is at least as old as our need for enemies.” Even before Greek myths‚ there were boundaries and expectations because without enemies there wouldn’t be a need for heroes. To be an American hero in the twentieth century is a matter of perspective. In my perspective‚ to be an American hero in the twentieth century means that one must be a model to aspire others‚ sacrifice something of meaning for the greater good

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    The Paradox of Our Times

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    THE PARADOX OF OUR TIMES Is that we have taller buildings‚ but shorter tempers. Wider freeways‚ but narrower viewpoints We spend more‚ but we have less. We have bigger houses‚ but smaller families More conveniences‚ but less time. We have more degrees‚ but less sense More knowledge‚ but less judgement More experts‚ but more problems More medicines‚ but less wellness. We have multiplied our possessions‚ but reduced our values. We talk too much‚ love too seldom‚ and hate too often We have

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    wasting our time

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    Wasting our time Diagnostic Essay Victoria Johnston English 102 spring 2014 January 30‚ 2014 In society today‚ everyone is worried they do not have enough time. Humans think they do not have enough time because they convince themselves so. Most of us humans waste our time away doing nothing‚ or nothing productive when we could be doing new exciting things‚ getting things done and accomplished‚ so that everything you ever wanted to do could be done. We don’t

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    Our Time Essay

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    Alex Leen 9/5/12 English 110‚ 11:00 Final Draft of paper 1 In the essay “Our Time” by John Edgar Wideman he often takes a break from the narrative to address that he has many problems as a writer. He does this to try to consciously address these problems and hopefully solve these problems. He believes that if these problems are not rectified he would destroy any chance he has at telling a truthful account of his brother’s story. To rectify these problems he employs a variety of unique techniques

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