Time for the very last puff The Editorial from The Daily messenger‚ in their opinion piece entitled “Time for the Very Last Puff” responds to the issue of smoking being a “serious‚ costly‚ health hazard”. It is clear that The Editorial feel as though smoking is a serious danger to the community and it is up to society to put and end to it. The Editorial approaches the issue with a sarcastic tone‚ which dismisses the opposing views in a passive aggressive manner. This sways the reader by having them
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Book Summary: Built To Last Built To Last by James Collins & Jerry Porras What has enabled some corporations to last so long‚ while other competitors in the same markets either struggle to get by‚ or fade away after a short period of time? This is the major question that Mr’s Collins and Porras try to answer. They took a look at 18 well known‚ well established and healthy companies (’visionaries’)‚ and compared them to a counterpart in their specific area of business. They analyzed all the information
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Story of the duel to end all duels In the story The Last Duel by Eric Jager‚ fourteenth century in medieval France‚ a knight by the name of Jean de Carrouges challenges a squire‚ Jacques Le Gris‚ to a duel. The reason for this trial by combat‚ a court-ordered duel intended by fate of God to determine the truth‚ was to seek vengeance for the sake of his own honor. The wife of Jean Carrouges was the "young‚ beautiful‚ good‚ sensible‚ and modest" Marguerite. She was expected to maintain a
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In “ The Last Rung on the Ladder ‚” by Stephen King ‚ Two siblings ‚ Kitty and her brother Larry have an adventurous day in there own backyard. Their parents are out and about and they are free to do whatever they want for the moment. Larry is given the responsibility to be a leader and a good big brother but instead squanders the responsibility and dares his little sister up the rickety ladder in the barn that they were forbidden from climbing. Larry was a bad mentor ‚ he put Kitty’s life in danger
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Considering that technological advancements are controlling of the modern world‚ the disinterest in nature is developing a society surrounded by “synthetic nature.” Last Child in the Woods‚ the luddite novel‚ forces the populous to reexamine their lives‚ which are being taken over by the latest techno craze. Through the use of anecdote‚ hypothetical situation‚ and rhetorical question‚ Richard Louv asserts the disconnect between people and nature. With an anecdote from his friend‚ Louv illustrates
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The story of Fox Company’s last stand in the frozen hills of northern Korea serves As a testament to the human will in the face of overwhelming forces of opposition. The never say die attitude of every man on that hill is proof why the Marines can take every hardship that the world can throw at them and still have the ingrained training while having the attitude to fight back‚ keep moving‚ with the will to never give up. There were many brave heroes at the battle of Fox Hill but one Private Hector
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The Last Judgment is a fresco by Michelangelo Buonarroti in Sistine Chapel around 1534-1541‚ depicting one of the most famous scenes in Hebrew Bible. The Last Judgment is about Christ judging human sins. In this fresco‚Michelangelo exhibits the beauty of human beings and his desire for a just and fair society. His desire can be seen in every detail in this fresco. In describing the beauty of human world‚ he uses strict mathematical support in depicting the 3 dimensional space‚ and he uses the chiaroscuro
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Built To Last James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras Chapter 1 The Best of The Best The critical question is not “What’s common across a group of companies?” Rather‚ the critical issues are: “What’s essentially different about these companies? Selected a comparison company for each visionary company. Compare gold medal teams to silver and bronze medal teams whenever possible to give real meaning to our findings. History and Evolution They reflect the accumulation of past events and the shaping force
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The Last of the Mohicans is a film about the French and Indian War and a vanishing Indian tribe called the Mohicans. This movie was very informative and I learned many things about the war. Also‚ the storyline of the film was very interesting‚ romantic‚ and even sad at times which made for a great movie that left you wanting to know more. The film begins in the year 1757 during the French and Indian War. The British have been fighting the French for territory in North America for over three years
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Mao’s Last Dancer 1. Identify your text and author Non-fiction text‚ autobiography: Mao’s Last Dancer written by Li Cunxin 2. What is this text about? Summarise the story or the premise of the text. The text is about a young‚ peasant boy called Li Cunxin who lives in a poor village in north-east China. The text is set around the rule of the communist party led by Chairman Mao. One day‚ Li is visited by Madame Mao’s cultural delegates at his school. They are searching for young children to be guards
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