“Comrades! We have pushed back the Fascists from the outskirts of Moscow‚” Commissar Petronov said. The wailing sound of Katyusha rockets blazed from behind‚ “you see‚ my friends? We have destroyed the enemy’s spirits‚” sounds of screaming came from the ashes of smoke that laid ahead‚ “and now‚ we destroy their lives! Onwards‚ to Berlin!” “URRRAAA!” I screamed‚ drowned in the sounds of others. The smoke slowly dissipated. The sound of a whistle pierced the explosions. For I‚ Dimitri‚ of the 28th
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When one reads the nonfiction work of Robert Louis Stevenson along with the novels and short stories‚ a more complete portrait emerges of the author than that of the romantic vagabond one usually associates with his best-known fiction. The Stevenson of the nonfiction prose is a writer involved in the issues of his craft‚ his milieu‚ and his soul. Moreover‚ one can see the record of his maturation in critical essays‚ political tracts‚ biographies‚ and letters to family and friends. What Stevenson
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Pyramid of the Sun Second largest structure in Mesoamerica 3rd largest pyramid in the world Pyramid of the Moon Exhibits the talud-tablero architectural structure that is usually seen in Teotihuacan culture Pyramid of Quetzalcoatl Sacred to the feathered serpent God‚ known as Quetzalcoatl Shows some of the earliest representations of the Feathered Serpent‚ which is seen throughout Mesoamerica in different cultures Palace of the Jaguars -One of the most meaningful
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She squeezes her eyes shut to prevent the salt water from burning them. Fully submerged her body endures the complete extent of the frigid water surrounding her like a blizzard on a cold winter night. When her lungs scream for air her head breaks the surface‚ bobbing on top of the relentless waves. Droplets form on all over her body‚ sliding down her and back to where they originated. A drop of saltwater is intercepted
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Out of the documentaries shown in class‚ I have decided to analyze the documentary Dakota 38. The film focuses on Native American riders who go on a long‚ perilous‚ journey 330 miles across South Dakota to Minnesota to go to exact spot where their 38 ancestors were hung. The purpose of this journey is to honor and remember the end of the Dakota War which is known to be the largest mass execution in United States history ordered by President Abraham Lincoln. In the beginning of the film it focuses
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In recent decades‚ cities have grown so large that now about 50% of the Earth’s population lives in urban areas. There are several reasons for this occurrence. First‚ the increasing industrialization of the nineteenth century resulted in the creation of many factory jobs‚ which tended to be located in cities. These jobs‚ with their promise of a better material life‚ attracted many people from rural areas. Second‚ there were many schools established to educate the children of the new factory laborers
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now recognized that nurses constitute an important and knowledgeable part of the workforce. This knowledge can be used to shape healthcare policy. The nurse plays a leading role in advocating for accessible‚ affordable‚ and safe healthcare (Khoury‚ Blizzard‚ Wright‚ Hassmiller‚ 2011). This is in line with the core objectives of the profession. A nurse acts as the patients’ advocate. These numbers can also be used to lobby for improved working conditions for all healthcare
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Rudyard Kipling Childhood and Early Life Rudyard Kipling was born on 30 December 1865 in Bombay‚ in British India to Alice Kipling (née MacDonald) and (John) Lockwood Kipling. Alice (one of four remarkable Victorian sisters) was a vivacious woman about whom a future Viceroy of India would say‚ "Dullness and Mrs. Kipling cannot exist in the same room." Lockwood Kipling‚ a sculptor and pottery designer‚ was the Principal and Professor of Architectural Sculpture at the newly founded Sir Jamsetjee
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race was not really all just about skin color in those days. King’s story began in 1888 somewhere in New York. It was here where King met Ada Copeland‚ a former slave born from Georgia. These two could not have been more contrasted and different. Ada was undocumented‚ she somehow became literate‚ moved to New York and found some domestic service job to live off of. Clarence King and Ada Copeland fell in love in 1888‚ but King hid his identity but claiming himself to be black. Despite his blues eyes
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Photography dates all the way back to the 1400s. Today photography is a huge part of life; not only in the United States‚ but all over the world. Photographs keep personal memories alive as well as informing people all over the world of world events. Photographs also provide identification such as a person’s work badge‚ school ID‚ driver’s license‚ and ever a pass port. They provide pictures of Earth and space and can also be used for numerous medical purposes. So what is photography and where did
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