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    operation was a success; the first of many of my near-death experiences. After I recovered from my condition‚ I became the stereotypical toddler as I grew up: virtually unlimited energy‚ and the ability to create messes wherever I ventured. My curiosity also peaked during this time‚ as I began venturing into places I

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    Star Wars and The Matrix There holds in heaven‚ if there is a heaven‚ a cabinet so sublime‚ so extravagantly constructed as to hold the two classics: Star Wars and The Matrix. Star Wars was the original space-western journey of the seventies – The Matrix is the Star Wars of the noughties. Luke Skywalker was the well-built‚ blonde haired‚ blue eyed stereotypical American farmer of the time of Star Wars’ production. Today‚ western civilisation considers Neo an idol for modern boys. Neo is the

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    1. Effects of public policies and government entities on Social class. As discussed earlier‚ there can be many aspects that may affect social classes and these changes and differences can be seen almost everywhere. In this society‚ starting from schools‚ workplaces‚ clothes‚ music and even the lives in which people live in are all affected in one way or the other by social class. When it comes to a school‚ teachers may favor students coming from higher classes‚ and consider them as more intelligent

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    refused to be stuck broke in a country without jobs to pick the easy‚ immoral way of survival‚ crime. I suppose crime is one way to leave an impression‚ especially on paper locked away in the files of the FBI’s “Most Wanted” cabinets. As if locking it away would suppress the curiosity of a nation and the legend it would become…but you can’t keep this tale locked up. With every lasting story there’s always a beginning

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    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

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    In Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson‚ Dr. Jekyll has an aching curiosity to discover the vulgar and divergent side to life that he’s never been able to experience before. With prolonged amounts of time spent pondering about the measures needed to be taken to attain what he wants‚ Henry Jekyll creates a plan and gathers quantities of chemicals and salts that he believes will transform him into a different being; a sinister being that could commit the sins that he had always been disciplined

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    Digital in Museum

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    Digital  (in)  Museums       The   project   is   structured   as   a   subjective   analysis   over   the   “state   of   the   art”   of   digital   applications   in   museums   and   exhibition.   First‚   it   will   investigate   the   concept   of   adding   value‚   though   digital   supports‚   to   traditional   observations   of   artworks.   In   a

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    Personal Goals I Want to Achieve as A University of Phoenix Student Shawneequa T. Elliott University of Phoenix September 7‚ 2005 Personal Goals 1 Abstract The ultimate result of this paper will reflect my personal goals that I hope to achieve as a University of Phoenix student and which I have been and am trying to pursue and obtain. They are goals that I feel I need to have in life in order to survive‚ prosper‚ and succeed to higher

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    Drinking age

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    what is the right age to start drinking? adopt children at 21 All other Indian states permit alcohol consumption but fix a legal drinking age. In some states‚ the legal drinking age can be different for different types of alcoholic beverages. The legal drinking age is different in different states in India. It varies widely. India has different laws for different states. Alcohol is a subject in the State List under the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India. Therefore‚ the laws governing

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    unflinching‚ remaining on his face for a long time. This gives the audience time to get accustomed to the series of flashing colors that wash over him‚ and to put ourselves in his place. This brings us deeper into identifying with Scottie’s guilt and curiosity-induced fever dream‚ which continues the varying flashes of multicolored light‚ as well as images of animated falling papers and

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    AN OUNCE OF CURE

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    emotional bruise on her heart. She started weeps for Martin‚ spending hours thinking about the boy. She then re-enacts in her head over and over again. She then becomes severely depressed. One night she plans to swallow all the aspirin in the bathroom cabinet‚ but stops at the sixth pill. Each pill represents each stage in her life: sorrow‚ anguish‚ depression‚ heartbreak‚ confusion and frustration. Her mother notices that something is wrong with her daughter. She asks if everything was going all right

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