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    I 've been watching, along with the rest of the world, a very sad unraveling of a human life. The recent events in the life of Britney Spears may not be anything new in the world of celebrity, but it certainly has been one of the most "put on public display" breakdowns in recent entertainment history. I was talking to my children last night about how truly sad the whole situation is, and how more people need to comprehend that even if they were never a fan of Britney or her music, they still need

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    Famous author Ursula K. Le Guin once said “science fiction is not predictive; it is descriptive” (Le. Guin) this applies to almost all fiction stories, as they try to express present societies problems/issues rather than trying to extrapolate the future. A prime example of this is the novel The Hunger games and the award winning movie Battle Royale. The famous quote “life is like a game” is quite literally represented in the book The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins as teenagers fight to death in

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    In this fast-changing world, new technologies have become essential in societies and have an impact on everyone’s life. This process of “technologization” has grown exponentially since the nineties and the beginning of the Internet, which has significantly decreased boundaries of communication. Some expert agreed that new technologies would make communication and exchange easier, and thus give an incentive to communicate with other people. However, those change have caused communication to change

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    poisoning. He says that Margaret’s screams finally filtered through the headphones that he was using and that he emerged to find Rafaela in the apartment. He insists that Rafaela told him that he must keep quiet because everyone would believe that the man of color had committed the crime. Guede insists that he heard Amanda in the apartment but did not see her. He then says that he saw Meredith’s dead body, panicked and fled the scene. Meredith’s Funeral Friends held a memorial service at Croydon Parish

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    tie in to the rest of the plot. This type unity allows a tragedy to express universal themes powerfully, which makes it superior to history. To Aristotle a unity of time means that the entire action of the play needs to take place within fictional 24-hour period. Unity of place means that the action should be unfold in a single location. The unity of action means that a play should be constructed around a single plot-line, such as conflict between honor and duty. In which Corneille totally

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    Four Main Styles of Racing that have Affected the American Culture: A Review of Some Related Stories, Articles and Literature Tammy Smithers Popular Culture 394, 001-2015-030 Professor J. Chowning April 29, 2015 America has been fascinated with racing since the 1800’s and there are so many types of auto racing in America and each one is unique. Automobile racing is a competition race between cars and drivers. Even the first motor race between steam engines took place

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    created by the French Revolution. Following the capture of the Bastille, the former Third Estate, became the National Assembly in 1789, it disintegrated the feudal system, established a constitutional monarchy and created the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ensuring equal rights and protections to all male French citizens. In addition, in 1790, inspired by Enlightenment ideas, revolutionaries established the Civil Constitution of the Clergy on July 12. This ultimately helped limit power

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    external conflicts along with imagery. These literary elements enhanced the theme that revenge can drive a man to do the unthinkable. Dumas used these elements to tell the story of France’s history. His bestselling novels are not deep but have spectacular adventure, action, and larger-than-life-characters. Alexandre Dumas was a French play writer and author from the 19th century and was born July 24, 1802 in the Ville-Cotterets in France. He is the son of an inn keeper’s daughter named Mary Louis Labouret

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    The Chevy Corvetta was the American car that offered 1 hp per ci. 23. The modern Corvette has a whopping speed in reverse mode, which is more than 50 miles per hour! 24. Corvette Grand Sport is a lighter version of the Corvette was conceptualized by the creator of Corvette, Zora Arkus-Duntov. However, General Motors did not clear the project after five cars were made. 25. All the five Corvette Grand Sport, are

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    the most famous car ever made in automobiles. This helped the automobile industry develop better products for greater performances. The making of Porsche has had more successes than any automobile manufacturer in many classics like the 24-hour Leman’s and 24 hour Daytona Races. Porsche wanted

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