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    A 10-Minute One Act Play Help Wanted By G. L. Horton copyright © 2003 Geralyn Horton CHARACTERS JAKE: 40’s‚ managerial type. TERESA: late 50’s‚ a gentle elementary school teacher. MERRIK: late 30’s‚ a born-again Christian. DEBBIE: 30’s‚ bright‚ tough‚ and angry. KIM‚ 20’s‚ waif like‚ depressed. Time/Place/Scene: A suburban church basement‚ used as the office of a nonprofit support service for the unemployed‚ with a couple of desks‚ an elaborate answering machine with two phones:

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    while living‚ were respected by many people in the world‚ and ever after their death‚ are missed; Mother Teresa was the one of them. In my opinion‚ Mother Teresa was an active‚ informed‚ and global citizen because Mother Teresa dedicated her whole life to help the poor‚ and she did a lot of work for them successfully. Also‚ she influenced on the world in good ways. First of all‚ Mother Teresa dedicated her whole life to caring for the weak and impoverished. At the age of twelve‚ she realized that

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    Barbara Mujica’s 2007 novel Sister Teresa‚ details the lives of Sister Teresa of Ávila as well as her companion Angelica del Sagrado Corazón growing up in Spain and being nuns during the Spanish Inquisition. Throughout her life Sister Teresa (also known as Teresa de Ahumada); is often looked down upon by society due to her Jewish ancestry. The only thing that keeps herself and the rest of her family from being under total persecution is the fact that her father‚ Don Alonso‚ bought a patent of nobility

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    The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints‚ otherwise known as the Mormon Church‚ is a well known large organization. With about thirteen million members‚ this Christian religion just keeps on growing. Mormons believe that the heavenly father (God) and Jesus Christ lead the church through revelations given to the President or present day prophet. They also believe that a man named Joseph Smith translated a sacred book called the Book of Mormon. With a living day prophet and this extra book

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    Fundamental Ladder Day Saints | By: Crystal Hanson | | According to The American Heritage Dictionary‚ polygamy is “The condition or practice of having more than one spouse at one time. Also called plural marriage” (The American Heritage Dictionary‚ 2005). Recently there has been a large amount of speculation about polygamy in the media. Speculation and bigotry has also become out of hand with the public‚ so the purpose of this paper is to provide accurate information about the Fundamental

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    Discussion: Jesus Revealing Himself to St. Teresa of Avila) “I have strayed far from any intention‚ for I was trying to give the reasons why this kind of vision cannot be the work of the imagination. How could we picture Christ’s Humanity by merely studying the subject or form any impression of His great beauty by means of the imagination?” (Page 632 Paragraph 1). This selection brings a great question forward. How can we? St. Teresa in her book The Raptures of St. Teresa explains the best she can how Jesus

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    explains the contestants‚ Mother Teresa‚ Bill Gates or Norman Borlaug. Pinker then states that society’s first likely choice would be Mother Teresa. We see Mother Teresa Mother as a product of hype who housed the poor and sick in shabby conditions. Most people would automatically assume she would be the most admirable choice. Pinker proposes a point on how not one person would know who the heck Norman Borlaug is. I agreed with Pinker on the fact of Mother Teresa being a first choice. Before reading

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    Mother Theresa

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    was born on the 26th of August in 1910 in Macedonia. When she was 18 years old she joined the Sisters of Loreto whom she traveled to India with to do missionary work - it was India in 1931 that she became a Nun (The Nobel Foundation‚ 2013). Mother Teresa devoted her life to those living in poverty and in 1950 began her own order called ‘the Missionaries of Charity’ whose sole purpose was to give aid and support to people affected by poverty‚ famine‚ disaster and disease (The Nobel Foundation‚ 2013)

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    Mother Teresa devoted her life to the need of others around the world. Mother Teresa was born in 1910 and instantly felt the calling to be a nun and serve through helping the poor. At the age of 18 she joined a group of nuns in Ireland. After 2 years‚ she was given permission to travel to India. In India‚ she worked as a teacher but the poverty had a big impact on her which led her to start “The Missionaries of Charity”. This was to look after people no one else would. Also for many years‚ Mother

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    Mother Teresa: A Rebel For A Cause Many people are helpful in their own ways some help the environment by saving paper and turning of the lights when they are not needed. Some are helpful to animals by volunteering at animal shelters‚ making sure animals are not put down for no use and organizing recycling or trash programs to clean up the wildlife habitats. Lastly‚ some are helpful to people by donating money or clothes to charities or going to poor places around the world to help rebuild the

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