When I sat down to write this tribute‚ there were so many things I wanted to tell you all; from each adventure‚ every smile that was made because of Isabel’s gentleness & generosity‚ to every laugh and all the times I can possibly remember of her.. Good or bad. When I had first met Isabel‚ I was boarding off from sea one sunny winters afternoon. What had caught my attention about her the second I laid eyes on her was her laugh‚ & the curls of her dark hair swirling in the wind; the first time I realized
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Playing the board game Sorry with my grandmother and sister‚ I draw a seven and knock both of my grandmother’s pieces off the board. “You’re just vicious”‚ she alleged in a joking voice. As unimportant as that day might’ve been‚ I know that not all people would even play the board game with their grandchildren. Sue Straw was born on August 11‚ 1958. She had eight siblings‚ and she would give birth to my mother on March 19‚ 1978. My Grandma is special to me because she is generous‚ dependable‚ and
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Good morning family and friends of the beloved Eugina S. Frog. My sister and I have been through a lot of hardships together‚ from our father passing and us hoping to a new pond. Eugina was a curious and unique frog‚ she brought happiness everywhere she went. She was well-known on the west side of the pond. Eugina lived to be twelve years old‚ she had 1‚000‚200 babies with her husband Robert A. Frog. In the twelve years that Eugina lived‚ she accomplished many goals that she planned to succeed. For
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Hi‚ I am Jada‚ Chrissy’s younger sister and thank you for coming to my sister’s funeral. I am very grateful to have you all here. Today is a very sad day and I am here to share the loving‚ crazy‚ and funny memories with my sister. My sister was a very sweet‚ loving Mink‚ who just wanted to love everyone. She has been there for her friends‚ family‚ and anyone else who needed her. I remember her giving up her home to a friend and went to find a new one. She’s been there for animals that she didn’t
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The Forsete‚ a ship that set sail from Norway’s northern coast‚ was hit with an outbreak of the Spanish Flu on September 21‚ 1918. Within the next two weeks‚ seven people died‚ and were buried in Longyearbyen‚ the arrival site of the Forsete. Kristy Duncan‚ a Canadian Geographer‚ set up an expedition to go to the grave site of these seven men in Longyearbyen. These men may very well be intact‚ cryogenically preserved‚ and may still be carrying
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The book I chose is Ransom by Lois Duncan. This is a story about five teenagers‚ Dexter‚ Jesse‚ Bruce‚ Glenn‚ and Marianne‚ that get kidnapped and their parents are contacted to pay a ransom to get them back. The teenagers are from very different backgrounds and have different social statuses at school. They all live in a “rich” known neighborhood called Valley Gardens which is how the kidnappers chose them. Ransom is a crime thriller and the mystery of not knowing what’s going to happen next keeps
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type of power over another thing. Some people are content with not having any power whatsoever and then there are people whose entire lives revolve around that thirst and need for power. The latter is a description of two famous people in history‚ Malcolm X and Julius Caesar. Thirsting for power and wanting to much of a good thing can be very self-destructive. This thirst for power can cause people to be blinded but the reality of what is going on around them. Taking into consideration that both of
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Year 12 English Hamlet’s Eulogy (delivered by Horatio) Simone Schulz Lords‚ ladies and citizens of Elsinore‚ what treasure lost. It is with great sorrow that I stand before you in this difficult day‚ in this difficult time. I do not know what to say nor how to say it. We are all here to honour‚ remember and pay respect to the most remarkable Prince we could ever know‚ Prince Hamlet of Denmark‚ beloved son of the late King Hamlet and Queen Gertrude‚ royal courtier and loyal friend. To all
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Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little in Omaha Nebraska on May 19‚ 1925. Malcolm’s father Earl Little was a big six-foot-four very black man with one eye. His mother Louis Little‚ had a light complexion and could pass for white. Malcolm was his father’s seventh child. He had three children from a previous marriage Ella‚ Earl‚ and Mary‚ who lived in Boston. Malcolm’s father met and married his mother in Philadelphia. This union produced‚ Malcolm and his five full-blooded siblings. The oldest Wilfred
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History Individual History Essay "To what extent did Malcolm X play a positive role in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and the 1960s in America?" Word Count: 1923 words To a limited extent Malcolm X played a positive role in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s in America. Malcolm X was an African-American Muslim minister‚ leader and human rights activist. During the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s Malcolm X became one of the most prominent advocates for the rights
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