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    Dictation by Fear As the Twin Towers fell to the ground‚ mass chaos spread throughout the United States. Among many other overwhelming feelings‚ many Americans were left in question and accusations. The motives of the terrorists were unknown and many Americans’ fear overtook a sense of logic. With fear fueling the minds of many Americans‚ many began to take illogical and unjustified actions. A stereotype developed amongst the Muslim society‚ which has still shrugged them from American society to this

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    T.S. Elliot is explaining that fear is invaluable and we put too much time into the concept of “fear”. He uses the notion of fear in “I will show you fear in a handful of dust” which explains that it (fear) is often exaggerated which is why it has being compared to the very simple object of dust. This quote also uses concepts of day and night to describe how one’s perspective can change “Your shadow at morning striding behind you Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you” meaning that your shadow

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    A Summary of “How Urban Legends Work” Have you ever heard of the urban legend “Bloody Mary”‚ where you stand in the bathroom with the lights off and the room completely dark and chant “Bloody Mary” 13 times in the mirror a woman will appear and kill you. In the article of “How Urban Legends Work” by Tom Harris‚ Mr. Harris gives us various examples of different urban legends. Exactly what is an Urban Legend? Urban legends are popular stories that are alleged to be true and are passed from person

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    Fear is one of the leading reasons that influence people’s decision making in life. The dictionary defines fear as‚ “A feeling of agitation and anxiety caused by the presence or imminence of danger”. This feeling‚ present in everyone’s life at some point‚ is more influential than one might think. Everywhere in the world today people live in fear‚ whether it is terrorism‚ robbery or something as simple as criticism‚ this feeling of fear causes people to do unusual things. In Arthur Miller’s play‚

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    Sustainable Cities: Building the Future City for the Next 100 Years Songdo International City-S. Korea In his book Urban Geography‚ Michael Pacione‚ discusses the “Future City-Cities of the Future”. In his analysis there are several principles that must be included in the future city in order for it to strive and be successful‚ “by 2025 65 percent of the world’s population will be in urban areas” (Pacione 2005) The need for the city of the next 100 years to be sustainable in all aspects

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    REPORT on Rizal: Penmanship Reveal Penmanship is said to be the art of writing. Graphology - the study of handwriting and handwriting analysis - is now an accepted and increasingly used technique for assessment of people in organizations. Handwriting analysis is an effective and reliable indicator of personality and behaviour‚ and so is a useful tool for many organizational processes‚ for example: recruitment‚ interviewing and selection‚ team-building‚ counselling‚ and career-planning. The

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    Name: Mahmoud Allam Zeid Ali ID : 1131349 Fear The biggest fear is fear from myself. The biggest fear is fear from myself. I don’t know where I heard these words or when. But they were engraved in my mind through out the warm up. I had to fight the fear. this story is true and really happened with me when I drived my car for example the frist time I drived my car I cant tell my feeling in the frist time really in this time I afraid from myself if I do something wrong what was happened

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    Urban Legend

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    Gravity Hills: Urban Legend Urban Legends are stories‚ usually false or exaggerated‚ that are repeatedly told and embellished over time until they are believed to be true. Gravity Hills is known to be an urban legend and it is also surrounded by scary stories. It’s said that in various hills of California‚ if a car is parked on neutral it will somehow roll up the slope of the nearby hill. There have been stories due to this belief that children died in the hills as they helped push their school

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    Movies: The Changing Society in the 1920s Tina Wang US History March 7th‚ 2014 2 The 1920s was an important time period in American history due to the significant transformation of the film industry that further influenced the economy and the society. Both silent and sound movies were largely produced during the time that not only made the entertainment more popular but also created a new trend in the society. With such big influences‚ the economy in the United States also relied

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    Personal Fears The film Dead Poets Society is about preparatory students who attend Welton‚ a school who prides itself in excellence and strict structure classes. The students are expected by both their parents and school to reach Ivy league standards. Although they are brilliant in the classroom‚ some students struggle with personal fears. Fear can be very challenging to overcome‚ especially if you don’t have anyone to encourage or guide you. Dead Poet Society clearly displays the fear of three

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