Moment of truth The crowd was deafening. A few drunken chants‚ a boo here and there was all I could make out over my asthma-like pants. I didn’t blame them though. For two rounds I’ve been dodging‚ shifting‚ and shoving myself around the ring. I didn’t stand still‚ I couldn’t stand still. I wasn’t going to win this one. He was too big‚ too bulky‚ too mean looking. “There’s no way he’s 76 kg‚ there must have been some sort of mistake” I kept telling myself. I was a half expecting the referee to
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Adriana Munguia English 12 28 September 2012 The Shape Issue “I refused to accept it‚” stated Adriana Munguia‚ the 42 year old‚ now retired‚ runway model as she makes a trip down memory line. Little did she or anyone know‚ she would rejuvenate the fashion industry like no one ever before. Now‚ besides being one of the most influential women in the fashion industry‚ she is the owner of the now high ranked fashion industry for petite woman. “I was only ten when I first came to the U.S and everything
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Nell Literary devices can be a writers ’ best friend‚ and likewise‚ worst enemy. In the essay “What A Certain Visionary Once Said”‚ by Thompson Highway‚ Highway employs imagery‚ simple vocabulary and omits repetition. Al Gore‚ in the essay‚ A Moment Of Truth‚ also uses imagery‚ but uses much more formal vocabulary and repetition. Although‚ the literary devices found in Gore ’s essay are often effective‚ Highway invites agreement more effectively because he is able to get his point across without
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Advantages At first when I took first aid training from a local hospital‚ I had no idea how much helpful is this training in providing help to others. It gives you a sense of self-satisfaction when you help someone in acute emergency. But at the time of training‚ I didn’t realize about the importance and advantages of first aid box but after some time when I got a first aid box to keep at my home and equipped the same with all necessary items‚ I have a piece of mind to cope any type of emergency
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however sometimes I can’t stop myself from crying anyway. There is something about emotion that has always had a way of making my mother more angry. She says something In between the strikes to my side‚ although I can’t seem to understand what it is. Moments later the woman is back‚ I get a small tinge of hope as I look
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Available online @ www.actasatech.com acta SATECH 3(2): 158 - 168 (2010) Implementability and supportability of library management systems: Case s tudy of X-lib library automation system Osaniyi Lanre Lead City University Library‚ PO Box 30678‚ Ibadan‚ Nigeria. E mail :lanre1256@hotmail.com ABSTRACT The implementability and supportability of X-Lib Library Automation System drawing from the experience of a Nigerian University library was examined in this article. The R 2ISC (risk squared)
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I were best friends since our good old days in form 3.Now we have just finished our secondary school and all of us did very well in our SPM examinations.We were on cloud nine at that moment and celebrated our flying colours results at one of the well-known restaurants in town.Oh gosh! that was the best moments in our lives having the chances to celebrate the occasion with our female classmates‚Siti‚Aisyah‚Murni‚Tipah and our most glamorous girl in the school‚Syafiqah. I recalled three years
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Good language for analysis One thing that can really help us write analysis that is more clear‚ direct and precise‚ is to pay close attention to our use of language in each phrase and sentence. As I suggested in my discussion today‚ you need to imagine that you are the sports announcer‚ giving a play by play commentary‚ explaining to your audience what the writer is doing now. And so‚ if you really listen to a sports broadcast‚ you will notice that the announcers use specific verbs to describe
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in the exam. My mind was totally blank when I saw the transcript. I did not know how to describe the feeling of that moment. The bell of the last class rang‚ everyone rushed out to have supper. Staring at the transcript‚ I stayed in my place. I forgot to move‚ forgot to cry and even forgot today was my birthday. It was like a fallen from the heaven to the hell. At that moment‚ my friend Kathy and Candy asked me to go out for supper as usual. I pretended that
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The gas light was blinking‚ I tried to look around and I saw the ocean of cars but the gas station was nowhere to be found. “What are you looking for?” Mom asked. “I am Running out of gas Mom and I’m late already”‚ I replied. That was the moment I got a feeling this day was about to get worse. I didn’t find a gas station. I looked at the clock‚ and it was 3:39 p.m. That was the ninth time I looked at the clock‚ and I knew that it was something I’d be doing until I got to work. I needed to get
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