I remember that soccer game like it was yesterday. The entire season of our hard work and sweat would pay off in this final game. If we won‚ we got everything from bragging rights to the last spot in the highest part of the league we played in. The other team had scored in the first half‚ leaving the score 1 to 0. We knew if we were going to win we would have to find something to keep us going for that last five minutes. The right forward for our team had a beautiful run to the goal which
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mission of this charity is to Boys Hope Girls Hope is to “ help academically capable and motivated children-in-need to meet their full potential and become men and women for others by providing value-centered‚ family-like homes‚ opportunities and education through college.” ("Boys Hope Girls Hope")This organization helps children overcome any obstacles that they are facing and pushing them to achieve everything they could have ever imagined. Boys Hope Girls Hope charity hope to help children grow into successful
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Abraham Lincoln 16th President of the United States of America Abraham Lincoln was one of the greatest presidents of all-time. Abe was born on February 12th‚ 1809‚ in Hardin Country‚ Kentucky. His childhood was very rough‚ his family war not a rich family at all‚ they lived in a one room log cabin for a little bit of Abe’s life. After that his father moved the family from Kentucky to Indiana because‚ slavery was a big thing in Kentucky‚ and his father hated slavery. His mother died when Abe
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Believe In Hope I believe in hope. I’m not talking the kind of hope you have when you are “hoping” for a new car to just appear in your driveway‚ or the kind of hope you have when you “hope” for a new job. No. I am talking about the hope that is necessary for survival. That hope which allows you to persevere through hardships in life because you believe-you know-that there is something better waiting on down the road. This is the hope I believe we all must have‚ and I found this hope for the very
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Walt Whitman and Abraham Lincoln Table of contents 1. Introduction……………………………………………………………………………2 2. Whitman’s position in American literature………………………………………2 3. Whitman’s poetry before the civil war…………………………………...............3 4. Lincoln’s death – a turning point for Whitman………………………………….6 5. Walt Whitman’s four poems on the American nation’s grief…………………7 5.1 Hush ’d Be the Camps To-day…………………………………………………..7 5.2. When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom ’d…………………………………7
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A Real Hero An everyday superman is one whose actions and life portray one of a hero‚ but amongst us just like anyone else Edward Leon is a laid back but inspired idealist. He was born and raised in Houston‚ Texas and a middle child of three. He likes to watch hockey and a fan of firearms. He has a crazy sense of humor and is always trying to keep a smile on your face. Edward is a student of Lone Star College studying criminal justice to someday go into Law Enforcement because of his desire
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1830 The Indian removal act was passed. “It is generally acknowledged that this act spelled the end of Indian Rights to live in those states under their own traditional laws” (http://www.historynet.com) The Native American was forcefully removed from their Ancestral land and placed on federal territory west of the Mississippi. This was all done under the order of President Andrew Jackson. The reason for removal was no more than pure greed. The process in which the Native American was removed from their
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friend Sue watches over her. One day‚ another one of their friends visited Johnsy in the hospital. Friend: Johnsy! I heard that you contracted pneumonia! How are you doing? Johnsy: I’m fine though I’m very weak from the fevers. Friend: I see‚ I hope you get well soon. I want to see more of your beautiful paintings. Johnsy: Oh‚ I’m not very sure if I’ll be able to paint again. Friend: Wait‚ What? What made you say that dear? Johnsy: I don’t know… (Friend whispers to Sue) Friend: Why is she
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Health Effects due to Mountaintop Removal in Appalachia Mountaintop Removal is a process of coal mining that became popular in Appalachia in the 1970’s as a form of strip mining. Much like other forms of coal mining health effects were seen in the communities surrounding the towns that Mountaintop Removal was occurring in. Overtime‚ this form of coal mining has had deadly effects on the community causing cancer especially in the lungs and causing asthma in kids. These health effects are ruining these
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inhabitants Indians. Today we refer to them as Native Americans. Fast forward to about 300 years later; The Indian Removal Act. What made President Andrew Jackson pass off such an act‚ one that would forcibly remove the Natives from their land? And how would he justify his actions? This essay’s main objective will be to discuss the removal and the reasons why it was carried out. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 is arguably one of the most harsh and immoral acts of 1800s. It refers to the act which gave Jackson
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