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    The City Planners

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    The City Planners‚ Margaret Atwood In this poem‚ the poet attacks the sterile uniformity of residential suburbs. Notice that she never mentions people. ‘What offends us is the sanities’ Sanity is defined as being reasonable and of sound mind; she is referring to ‘pedantic houses’‚ sanitary trees’ and things that she considers to be overly controlled or constructed. She does not approve. In stanza 2‚ she lists ‘certain things’ that give momentary access to the landscape…’ The images

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    Special Place

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    A Beautiful Place I think we all have a beautiful place in our mind. I have a wonderful place that made me happy a lot of times‚ many years ago. But sometimes I think that I am the only person who likes this place and I’m asking myself if this place will be as beautiful as I thought when I will go back to visit it again. Perhaps I made it beautiful in my mind. This place is meaningful to me because it is part of the county I loved‚ is part of the county where I grew up and is

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    Special Place

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    When I four‚ my step—dad‚ my mother‚ my sister‚ and I moved into my favorite place ever. This was the most beautiful place I’ve ever been to. It was a‚ little fifty person campsite. This campsite was located in‚ Moses Lake with‚ huge‚ clear‚ blue‚ clean‚ and extravagant lakes surrounding it. Every lake had‚ great reflections of yellow sky in the morning‚ soothing reflections of white and blue moonlight in the evening‚ and nice little chirps of crickets to put you to

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    A Place to Stand

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    “Ka pai ki mua‚ ka pai ki muri” A close viewing Analysis of Turangawaewae-a place to stand a New Zealand short film This is a close-viewing analysis of the short film turangawaewae - A place to stand. Directed by Peter Burger (Ngai Tauiwi). Produced by Catherine Fitzgerald (Ngai Tauiwi). Written by Wiremu Grace (Ngati Toa‚ Ngati Porou). Wi Kuki Kaa (Ngati Porou‚ Ngati Kahungunui) portrays a returned Maori servicemen from Vietnam. Nancy Brunning (Ngati Raukawa‚ Ngai Tuhoe) portrays his daughter

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    scary places

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    Over the course of my life‚ I have encountered many eerie locations that have given me the chills. Despite all those fearful situations‚ only three places have ever successfully handicapped my lungs from providing oxygen to my heart. I could not begin to predict the events that would occur when I decided to visit a jail hostel‚ a cemetery‚ or a cellar. Until these visits‚ I have never been frozen from head to toe‚ unable to conduct a move. My previous hair raising experiences are practically nonexistent

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    Describe a peaceful place

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    head to face with many problems arising everyday. The fast pace of city life usually tires me to hell by snowing me under a lot of pressure. Whenever feel tired‚ there is one place I would love to go to‚ the place where time seems to stand still and I can release all of my stress‚ letting the wind blow it away. Until now‚ my secondary school has always been the most familiar place for me. My secondary school is Huu Nghi school‚ where I had spent 4 years on studying and many other stuff. It is

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    Beautiful Place

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    There are so many nice places on the earth. They are scattered across the country. Every place has its own distinct features. Some places have scenic beauty in abundance while many are famous for their architectural wonders. In addition every person has different tastes‚ choices and likings. Several people enjoy the sight of scenic beauty; some are attracted towards places of historical and archaeological interests. A few may be interested in visiting places of religious importance. I have visited

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    Odysseus' Many Mistakes

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    unthinkable‚ and successfully gets them out of harms way because he utilizes his ability to formulate plans‚ and carry them out quickly and effectively. Throughout the epic‚ Odysseus makes numerous decisions that affect him and his men‚ these decisions have come to impact their journey home. In doing this‚ he has made several mistakes that Odysseus later learns from in order to make himself a better person‚ and a better leader. For instance‚ when Odysseus and his men land on the Island of the Cyclops

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    University of Exeter ARA 3158 - Armed Islamist Movements To what extent have recent post 9/11 developments affected the strength of al Qaeda? Abdullah Rifai Student Number: 600012806 Word Count: 2171 More than a decade after 9/11‚ a great lack of consensus exists over the assessments of al Qaeda’s current situation. Some analysts’ say that al Qaeda is ‘on the ropes’ (John Brennan‚ 2011)‚ that the United States is ‘within reach of

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    Live Deliberately

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    To Live Deliberately Thoreau has stated that he “wishes to live deliberately”. Although I had thought about what is my purpose of living‚ I didn’t get a consequence of how should I really achieve it. Since I was in middle school‚ I decided to study Mass communication in my future. I like media; I like the way people press news and make connections for all over the world. But after I read Thoreau’s opinions of our life‚ I just realized that I have to do something for

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