“Doctor in the House” (Richard Gordon) 1. The author of the story is Richard Gordon. It is the pen name used by Gordon Ostlere (born Gordon Stanley Ostlere on 15 September 1921)‚ an English surgeon and anesthetist. As Richard Gordon‚ Ostlere has written numerous novels‚ screenplays for film and television and accounts of popular history‚ mostly dealing with the practice of medicine. He is most famous for a long series of comic novels on a medical theme starting with Doctor in the House‚ and the subsequent
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Cultural context In this essay I will be discussing the architectural qualities of the ‘Farnsworth House’ by ‘Mies Van Der Rohe’. Mies Van Der Rohe was born in Germany in 1886 and died in USA in 1969. He managed to complete projects such as ‘Commonwealth Plaza’‚ ‘860-880 Lake Shore Drive apartments’‚ Crown hall’ and ‘Seagram Building’ in which the structure for all was out of steel and glass. (Franz SCHULZE 2004:294) It could be said that architectural qualities can be the set of qualities
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Picture yourself‚ trapped in a lackluster world‚ where everything seems to have a shade of gray. Everyone around you seems to be moving in an excessively slow pace. Yet you’re not able to leave that place‚ not being able to find a hint of love or joy anywhere you look. That place is called Starkfield‚ a place where Ethan Frome lives in the novel by Edith Wharton. Ethan is constantly held back by his wife Zeena‚ not being able to experience much emotion because of her‚ acting like a leash to a
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Caraga State University Cabadbaran Campus Cabadbaran City Dry Leaves as Sand Substitute for Blocks Submitted by: Dime Rose Diola Jerzeld Villalon Lyka Lou Arogancia Natasha Anne Payot Adviser: Prof. Nathalie Daminar Chapter 1 The Problem Background of the Study A leaf is a lateral photosynthetic appendage of the stem of a plant‚ commonly broad‚ flat‚ thin and of a green color. Leaves (plural) are the “food factories of plants‚ the
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“House Divided” Essay Discuss the relevance today of Abraham Lincoln’s statement‚ “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” Abraham Lincoln’s statement in his 1858 speech that “A house divided against itself cannot stand‚” is an extremely true statement that is as relevant today as it was when he originally stated it in 1858. Lincoln made this statement when he was accepting his nomination by the Republican Party to become the United States senator for the state of Illinois. Lincoln was attempting
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8476383 August 23 2012 Word Count: 1‚313 Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House” Analysis Henrik Ibsen’s‚ A Doll’s House‚ was written in the late 19th century as a form of rebellious acts. At the time he lived in Rome and Amalfi‚ Italy living through the European revolution. Through this a “new modern perspective” was coming alive and Ibsen challenged the norms and traditions of a typical marriage‚ family and lifestyle. In‚ A Doll’s House‚ the idea of a realistic family living in a realistic life is being
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A HUANTED HOUUUUUUUSEEE!! Virginia Woolf’s short story ’a haunted house’ is about a house and a ’ghostly couple’ that inhabit it. The short story uses much symbolism and is very short but can be read again and again with new discoveries each time. The first time I read this story I was pretty clueless to what it was all about. I was unsure of who the characters were and the story was just generally confusing and I got the feeling that the ghosts were antagonistic characters. What are they
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A Doll’s House South University Ibsen’s a doll house centers around a time where men worked and women were the care givers of the home. In a Doll’s House there were some major points made that eventually led up to that one defining moment. The defining moment for me was when Nora decided that she no longer wants to live the lifestyle of being the “doll”. It starts with Torvalds reading the letter about her borrowing the money and Nora’s secret is finally exposed.
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Summary Too many house-flies are coming into people’s homes during the summer when they have their doors and windows open. This is a problem for the people living in these homes as house-flies carry diseases that they transmit onto food around the home. We need to come up with a solution that decreases the number of house-flies coming into the home while allowing people to keep their doors open. After considering numerous ideas I concluded that the best way to do this is via a eugenol based fly spray
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wash away with the outgoing waves. As I stroll along I can feel the soft smooth sand beneath my feet. I am taken in by the soothing atmosphere that surrounds me. I let myself absorb the intense rays of the sun on a scorching summer day. I am calmed by the sounds of the ocean; the regular pounding of the waves restrain all of my worries. As I sit in my chair I can see all the sights of summer; children building sand castles along the ocean’s edge‚ to my right I observe an elderly couple enjoying
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