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    Gossip Girl

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    The Upper East Side 1. Gossip Girl ‚ “Gone with the Will” 2. Plot Summary The episode begins with Blair Waldorf and Jack Bass attending the will reading with Chuck Bass‚ who has recently lost his father. The late Bass wrote Chuck a letter before he died‚ and Chuck is presented with the sealed letter. Chuck becomes angry‚ and refuses to read the letter. He says that he does not want his father to call him a failure once again. Blair snatches the letter away from Chuck’s uncle‚ Jack. Blair reads

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    Adam Smith Outline

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    Adam Smith Outline: I. The Division of Labour: a. is not originally the effect of any human wisdom‚ which foresees and intends that general opulence to which it gives occasion. b. consequence of a certain propensity in human nature which has view no such extensive utility c. the propensity to truck‚ barter‚ and exchange one thing for another d. it is common to all men‚ and to be found in no other race of animals‚ which seem to know neither this nor any other species of contracts e. in

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    For Colored Girls

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    “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf” ------------------------------------------------- Synopsis Structurally‚ For Colored Girls is a series of 20 poems‚ collectively called a "choreopoem." Shange’s poetry expresses the many struggles and obstacles that African-American women face throughout their lives. It is performed by a cast of seven women characters‚ each of whom is known only by a color: "Lady in Yellow‚" "Lady in Purple‚" etc. The poems deal with love

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    It starts with a protest. A teenage girl in her bra yells at riot police and tries to avoid water cannons and smoke. A young guy in a suit finds her in the crowd and helps her break away from the riot. She is protesting against a law her father is pushing in her country’s Senate. The guy in the suit is part of her father’s staff‚ and secretly in love with her. And so‚ the rollercoaster that is Niñas Mal (Bad Girls) begins. The scene I described piqued my curiosity‚ and I wasn’t the only one. It

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    LOLOB’S GIRL By: Joan Aiken (1) Some people choose their dogs‚ and some dogs choose their people. The Pengelly family had no say in the choosing of Lob; he came to them in the second way‚ and very decisively. (2) It began on the beach‚ the summer when Sandy was five‚ Don‚ her older brother‚ twelve‚ and the twins were three. Sandy was really Alexandra‚ because her grandmother had a beautiful picture of a queen in a diamond tiara and high collar of pearls. It hung by Granny Pearce’s kitchen

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    Budism by Huston Smith

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    of the four noble truths and the prescription of getting through them called the eightfold path. Much like Christianity Buddhism also has many different views on how to follow the religion‚ and has been broken up into different paths (yanas). The book also covers how Buddhism has a way of crossing into nirvana‚ and the journey enlighten followers have to make. In conclusion of the chapter Smith talks about the similarities between Hinduism and Buddhism and how they work with each others ideas. Throughout

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    Star Girl

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    Template Paragraph #1 Title: Love‚ Star Girl Author: Jerry Spinelli Type of book: Realistic Fiction Book Report Template Paragraph #2 Main Character: Star Girl Describe this character: Star Girl is fascinating in her own way. She is a very caring girl. She makes friends very easily. Star Girl is a mysterious‚ wonderful girl. The main character changes from sad to happy by the end of the story. The main character does the right thing when: Star Girl has definitely done many good things.

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    ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- (i) ------------------------------------------------- AN INVESTIGATION INTO FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO LOW INTAKE IN HIGHER INSTITUTION OF LEARNING AND HIGH DROPOUT OF FEMALE STUDENTS (A CASE STUDY OF NAROK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE) ------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------

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    Where The Girls Are

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    in Where the Girls Are‚ that caused the “cultural identity crisis” many women faced (Douglas 1994). Women were told that they could have it all. They can be independent working women while being obedient housewives. While this depiction is optimistic and assumes women can have the best of both worlds‚ it fails to recognize

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    true. I wonder if it’s that simple? I am twenty-two‚ colored‚ born in Winston-Salem. I went to school there‚ then Durham‚ then here to this college on the hill above Harlem. I am the only colored student in my class. The steps from the hill lead down into Harlem‚ through a park‚ then I cross St. Nicholas‚ Eighth Avenue‚ Seventh‚ and I come to the Y‚ the Harlem Branch Y‚ where I take the elevator up to my room‚ sit down‚ and write this page: It’s not easy to know what is true for you or

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