The main character of the short story‚ “The Eighty Yard Run” is Christian Darling. Everything in life cannot be handed to anyone on a silver platter and Christian finds this out the hard way. He is a man who thinks he is a famous football player but soon finds out he is not as good as he thinks. He was an athlete but not a gifted one‚ he spent the most of his career blocking for someone else better. Louise is Christian’s wife and she treats him like gold and spoils him with many gifts. Christian
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heard of Nicholas Sparks‚ an inspiring romance author and the best-selling author of The Notebook and Dear John. On April 10‚ 2015‚ Nicholas Sparks’s movie The Longest Ride was released. The Longest Ride (figure1) is a romantic movie. Before the movie was released the romance novel The Longest Ride was published on September 17‚ 2013. The Longest Ride is not a typical Nicholas Sparks movie. There are two love stories being told but the bull riding brings a refreshing storyline to the movie. Also with
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The longest life expectancy in the world-Japan The life expectancy of people around the world has increased during the last 100 years. The technology change and the way that people live are the important reason. It is said that the development of the medical science make great responses. In 1900s‚ most of people around the world had suffered from fatal disease such as smallpox‚ malaria‚ and so on. Furthermore‚ the invention of penicillin has also change the world. It is such an efficient medicine
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The Yangtze River‚ or Chang Jiang is the longest river in Asia‚ and the third-longest in the world. It flows for 6‚300 kilometres (3‚915 mi) from the glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau in Qinghai eastward across southwest‚ central and eastern China before emptying into the East China Sea at Shanghai. It is also one of the biggest rivers by discharge volume in the world. The Yangtze drains one-fifth of China’s land area and its river basin is home to one-third of China’s population.[5] Along with the
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squatting kicks‚ and turns; women dance simple steps‚ sway‚ clap‚ or circle. Due to the high physical demand on their bodies‚ most professional dances retire from dancing during their mid-30s. 119‚986 people in Miami set a world record for the longest conga dance line in 1988. The “Dancing Plague” of 1518 was a mania that lasted a month and killed dozens of people in Strasbourg‚ France‚ through exhaustion or heart attack. People just danced uncontrollably until they collapsed! One other famous
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Last night I watched one of the most unforgetable drama and dance movie; Stomp the Yard. The movie was about a young man called DJ Williams who is in a dance crew called the "Goon Squad" with his brother Duron and other friends. They were battling for a big deal of money and beat the home crew. The home crew responds by attacking the Goon Squad after the battle. Duron saves his older brother from getting beat up but ends up getting killed by a gun shot. DJ Williams gets arrested and ends up living
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In his essay‚ “My Landlady’s Yard‚” Dagoberto Gilb seems to be writing about a climate and culture that he is both very familiar with and also very fond of‚ as he is in fact ½ Mexican and lives in Austin‚ Texas. His landlady seems to be in some form of denial regarding her surroundings‚ which is evident in her attempt to grow grass and “Yankee” plants in a desert climate. I get the impression that the author is implying that his landlady is a “Yankee” but it is rather indirect so I cannot tell for
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The Yards Park can be described as a new and refreshing waterfront destination‚ along the Anacostia River in Washington‚ DC. The overall purpose of the park serve to provides green space and water features for the public to enjoy the outdoors. The park incorporates modern and contemporary park design which complements the growing technology and design of Washington‚ DC. The park is a privately-owned park by Capital Riverfront BID which operates and maintains the park and allows it to be open and
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Atlantic Yards Project The Atlantic Yards Project is a mixed use commercial and residential development project in the Prospect Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn‚ New York. It is a project that was first started by the Cleveland‚ Ohio based company Forest City Ratner Companies‚ a subsidiary of Forest City Enterprises. Their goal is to redevelop 22 acres of Downtown Brooklyn that will include 6 million square feet of residential space‚ 247‚000 square feet of retail use‚ 336‚000 square feet of office
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Louis Sachar Louis Sachar A.K.A Louis The Yard Teacher is a very well known and award winning author who was born on March 20‚ 1954 in East Meadow‚ New York. Louis was born to his parents Ruth and Robert Sachar. Today Louis is happily married to his wife Carla and has a daughter named Sherre. He is 60 years old and currently lives in Austin‚ Texas. As a kid‚ Louis the Yard Teacher loved playing sports like baseball and tennis. He also enjoyed card games‚ but his favorite was bridge‚ which
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