Attention to detail is one of the most important aspects of a good soldier‚ a good officer and a good leader. The smallest of details are often the ones that can threaten the success of a mission‚ and can mean the difference between life and death. Many people can happily go about their lives with no worries about the small aspects of life that those in the military have been trained to observe. The United States military is an established institution with a history that goes back hundreds of years
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To my students at ZSCMST: The following are topics for Reporting Under my class in English I (Study and Thinking Skills) Note: This table no. 1 is to be used according to the number assigned for the particular topic. Please refer to this table for the title of your topic(s) as you receive your section assignment. Table 1. Topics for Reporting |Topic No. |Topic Name / Title |Reference | |1
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Chapter 9 – On the Imperfection of the Geographical Record Through chapter nine‚ Darwin again addresses some holes within his theory. In this chapter‚ he refutes claims that may arise that involve fossils and other geographical evidence. The claim states that‚ if Darwin’s theory were to be complete and true‚ that paleontologists should be able to find fossils depicting the advancement of a species throughout the ages. Moreover‚ they should be able to find links between one species and another through
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I‚ no. 1 (June 1995) Sacred Ambivalence: Mimetology in Aristotle‚ Horace‚ and Longinus Matthew Schneider Department of English Chapman University Orange CA 92666 schneide@nexus.chapman.edu Almost from its very beginnings mimetology has looked to ancient Greece for its proof texts. For both René Girard’s hypotheses surrounding the ethical and ethnological implications of mimetic desire and Eric Gans’s identification of the part played by mimetic resentment in cultural evolution‚ the texts of
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"A chill goes through her‚ for she feels it in her bones‚ the future is now beginning. By the time it is over‚ it will be the past‚ and she doesn’t want to be the only one left to tell their story." Chapter 1‚ page 10 Dede feels this chill as her family moves inside from under the anacahuita tree‚ where they have been relaxing‚ after her father mistakenly mentions Trujillo’s name in an unfavorable way. For Dede in 1994‚ this is "the moment she has fixed in her memory as zero‚" when the events
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12/10/12 AP English Detail-Lesson 1 Consider: "Whenever he was so fortunate as to have near him a hare that had been kept too long‚ or a meat pie made with rancid butter‚ he gorged himself with such violence that his veins swelled‚ and the moisture broke out on his forehead." --Thomas Babington Macaulay‚ "Samuel Johnson" 1.) What effect does the detail( the spoiled hare‚ the rancid butter‚ the swollen veins‚ the sweaty forehead) have on the reader? Ans: The details the “spoiled hare”‚
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Lord of the Flies Chapter 9 Presentation Created by: Nick Chim‚ Ali Khalid‚ Dorcas Osei-Adjei Summary In chapter 9 Simon awakens and once he’s on his feet he notices the lord of the flies. He then begins to shout into the clearing asking “what else is there to do”(145). After receiving no reply he begins to stagger his way up the mountain. When he reaches the top he notices the body of the parachutist and realizes that the boys have mistaken the beastie for the parachutist. Simon then untangles
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condemnation from China‚ South Korea‚ Russia and other countries. The Yasukuni Shrine is a place where 14 Class-A war criminals and more than 1000 Class-B and Class-C war criminals who were all found guilty by international courts of war crimes at the end of World War II are worshipped. Many of the war crimes were against the Chinese. Abe’s visit to Yasukuni once again seeks to make trouble on the issue of history. Yet his act is no accident‚ as evidenced by his track record since taking office.
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irrational yet balanced argument. On one hand he seems psychotic‚ on the other he appears to be a profound visionary. 2. Swift chooses an intensified‚ yet “weakened” diction. I say this because he uses words that passively dehumanize poor children‚ in a literal sense‚ but if you let it‚ it can pass right over your head. His diction alone would leave the reader to convey a sense of insanity‚ but coupled with his calm demeanor and tone‚ the reader is left to listen to his reasoning‚ 3.
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Chapter 9‚ the last chapter of the novel‚ is used by Fitzgerald to create a sense of finality for the reader‚ suggesting ‘the party was over’. This chapter allows him to make his final comment on the unfulfilling nature of the American Dream‚ and the nature of the people that lived in the ‘Roaring Twenties’. The chapter is made for the obvious purpose of being the conclusion to the story. Rather than leave the ending ambiguous as many authors do‚ Fitzgerald wraps up the narrative decisively. This
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