the origin of the phrase “once in a blue moon” and what a blue moon actually is. “Once in a blue moon” today means “very rarely‚” though it used to mean something that was absurd‚ right along the lines of “when pigs fly.” The first known recorded use of a form of the phrase is in an anti-clerical pamphlet published in 1528 by William Roy and Jeremy Barlowe. In a conversation between two characters‚ one says‚ “Yf they say the mone is blewe/We must believe that it is true.” It appears to be a
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through a country‚ my backpack would contain an American flag‚ a toy Maryland blue crab‚ and my diploma. The American flag represents not only my love for America but also my unique identity as an American. The blue crab symbolizes the unique culture of Maryland and my connection to the state of Maryland. The diploma is a symbol for not only the senior class but also my second family. The American flag‚ the Maryland blue crab‚ and the high school diploma are symbols that represent who I am. I selected
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My lungs burned as I ran faster from blue blooded trolls. Why where we running? Well we where attacked by them when we were minding our own business. Now we are running for our lives. We never did anything wrong. Not that I know of. We where running towards a large crevasse with water at the bottom. "Scatter!" I turned left as my sister jumped over the crevasse and my brothers went right. Making the mistake of looking behind me I saw the majority of the blue bloods chasing me. ’Fuck.’ As I ran past
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"Blue Winds Dancing"� "Blue Winds Dancing"�‚ the story of a man’s internal conflict is revealed by Tom Whiteclouds’ telling of the young man’s thoughts while he is at school‚ his observations during his trip home and his reaction to the people when he arrives home. In the beginning of the story (paragraphs 1-10) the Indian compares the city to the reservation. He thinks of the city as a captive place‚ a place "where trees grow in rows and the palms stand stiffly by the road sides."� I think the
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The Blue Chromite Marine Training took place from the October 29th-November 4th in Okinawa. The annual Blue Chromite training are initiated by USA and marines and started 3 years ago. The Keen Sword training that is taking place from the October 30th –November 11th and consists of the 25‚000 thousand Japanese troops and the 11‚000 US troops. Keen Sword is the latest in a series of joint/bilateral field training exercises that have been taking place for the past 30 years involving U.S. military and
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The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association is a well established family of health benefits companies providing health services for 100 million Americans. Blue Cross insured approximately 12‚300 active groups as of October 1‚ 2005. The groups had a total of 47‚000 enrolled subscribers and 92‚000 members. This contrasts with 13‚800 groups as of January 1‚ 2003‚ with 58‚000 subscribers and 115‚000 total members. Nationwide‚ more than 96% of hospitals and 91% of professional providers contract
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of the “Blue Piano.” In scene 6‚ the Varsouviana Polka music is introduced‚ resembling aspects of emotion as well. Firstly‚ The Blue Piano embodies fear. As the scene starts to foreshadow a future occurrence of domestic violence‚ the music appears to reach a crescendo. Similarly‚ this also occurs when the characters enter a scene of panic or anxiety. As a prime example‚ the opening of scene two states “Stanley enters the kitchen from outside‚ leaving the door open on the perpetual “blue piano” around
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In America most people generally think that blue collar workers are less intelligent than white collar or professional workers. Sadly this commonly held belief is just as prevalent today as it has ever been. In spite of the fact that there is evidence to the contrary this assumption still causes people to be stereotyped and treated differently. Mike Rose‚ in his article “Blue-Collar Brilliance”‚ reprinted in “They Say‚ I Say”‚ provides both personal examples and results of clinical tests that
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BLUE OCEAN STRATEGY Ryan Rosenbaum Donald Gregory Businesses are always striving to be the better contenders than their competitors. Different theories have been thrown out to see which the best one would be. The Blue Ocean Strategy theory says that companies would be better looking for ways in which they compete against themselves and that is all. W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne wrote a book called “Blue Ocean Strategy”. There is a term called Red Ocean which consists of businesses
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James Baldwin’s short story "Sonny’s Blues" explains how the narrator does not trust his brother‚ Sonny after learning that he is going to jail for the use and sale of heroin. Just after the death of their mother‚ Sonny expresses to the narrator that he has a passion for playing jazz music. The narrator does not agree with this which causes a strained relationship between the two brothers. After watching Sonny perform one night at a nightclub‚ the narrator realizes that Sonny is a person who has
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