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    Republic of the Philippines FOURTH JUDICIAL REGION REGIONAL TRIAL COURT BRANCH 45 San Jose‚ Occidental Mindoro OCCIDENTAL MINDORO ELECTRIC CIVIL CASE NO. R-1681 COOPERATIVE‚ INC. (OMECO) as Represented by its Chairman and President of the Board of Directors SAMUEL VILLAR and its General Manager ALFRED A. DANTIS‚ Plaintiffs‚ -versus- -for- ISLAND POWER CORPORATION RESCISSION AND RESOLUTION (IPC)‚ OF CONTRACT AND DAMAGES Defendant‚ x-------------------------------------------x

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    Kendall Russell AP English-8th Mrs. Guthrie Nov-30-2012 Junior Theme: “Inhuman mockery and Sacrilegious irony!” This is the description The Fourth of July received from one of the many heads of the abolitionist movement. The day commemorated by many Americans as a day to celebrate freedom and independence was described by Frederick Douglass as ”bombast fraud.” through the use of rhetorical questions‚ emotional appeals and visual imagery Douglass hammered to expose to his audience the hypocrisy

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    narratives that appeared before the Civil War. He amazed people when he spoke bravely in his Fourth of July speech. He spoke out against oppression throughout America and abroad‚ and his struggle for freedom‚ self-discovery‚ and identity stands as a testament for all time‚ for all people. Although some people accused him of lying‚ exaggerating‚ and using his narrative and his well-known Fourth of July speech as part of an abolitionist plot‚ Douglass was able to clearly demonstrate his talents‚

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    Heavenly Worthiness and Earthly Value An Analysis of Prominent Themes and their Effect in the Poem Pearl The title of the poem‚ Pearl‚ indicates something of high value – whether it be spiritual‚ economical or personal – to the audience. The pearl is indeed valuable to the father as he lives in misery as he mourns the death of his daughter however the poem discusses many aspects of worthiness and value when describing a person’s physique‚ piety‚ and behavior. During the dream dialogues between

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    The events that occurred during the eighteenth hundreds helped shape the American values that are known today. Nevertheless‚ these values wouldn’t have been made without the help of influential speakers of that time. Like Frederick Douglass‚ who’s goal before the Civil War was to show Americans that they are hypocrites for celebrating freedom even though slavery was legal. After the war‚ Abraham Lincoln also had similar goals to Douglass’s. Lincoln’s goal was to end slavery‚ but first‚ he wanted

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    html. E Pluribus Unum. (n. d.). U.S. History Pre-Columbian to New Millennium. USHistory.org. Retrieved from http://www.ushistory.org/us/10.asp. Handwerk‚ B. (2011‚ July 4). Fourth of July: Nine Myths Debunked. National Geographic Daily News [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/07/110704-fourth-of-july-myths-google-doodle-nation-independence-day. Locke‚ J. (1690). Two Treatises on Government. Retrieved from http://www.lonang.com/exlibris/locke/loc-202.htm. Patterson

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    reconciliation with it. In her poem “On Being Brought from Africa to America and Douglass’ essay “What to the slave is the Fourth of July” both use Christianity to connect with their audience‚ however‚ they go about this task in different ways. In the poem‚ “On being Brought from Africa to America” Wheatley embrace Christianity‚ “Twas

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    Chia Wei Hsu American History 266 Extra Credit Born on the Fourth of July Ron Kovic is a patriotic ideal youth‚ when the outbreak of the Vietnam War‚ he resolutely left his hometown on the battlefield‚ the town for him to drum up support‚ suddenly he became a hero in the town. But When Ron Kovic truly enters the battlefield‚ only to find that previously received military training‚ is very different with the real war‚ the brutality of war and the military colleague reality‚ to make him the ideal

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    In the United States‚ Parents’ Day is held on the fourth Sunday of every July. This was established in 1994 when President Bill Clinton signed a Congressional Resolution into law (36 U.S.C. § 135) for "recognizing‚ uplifting‚ and supporting the role of parents in the rearing of children." The bill was introduced by Republican Senator Trent Lott. It was supported by members of the Unification Church which also celebrates a holiday called Parents’ Day‚ although on a different date.[1][2] Parents’ Day

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    thirst for knowledge and stability.These two things paired together led him to live the life that he pursued. “Douglass became an influential abolitionist himself which eventually led to his writing the story of his life under slavery.” (Masterplots‚ Fourth Edition). Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass successfully highlights the importance of a strong education‚

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