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    Honor the debt we owe Veterans The article I chose to write about was about Honor the debt we owe Veterans. This is a letter to the editor of Veterans. For at least 98 years we have been honoring our veterans of war. On Nov. 11 was a day to remember with gratitude those who answered the call of duty to serve our country. During the morning of the “eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month” in 1918, World War I ended. To commemorate, President Woodrow Wilson, on Nov. 11, 1919, an order

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    1.12.16 Ms.Mims Richard D. Alexander III : Richard Alexander Jr. Elementary and younger Richard was born in Scott Air Force Base in Belleville. When he was a little baby he was an early walker and began walking at the age of 9 months but I beat him to the punch by walking at 7 months. So I suppose you could say we were both destined to be runners. Having started walking early he would wake up at night and rummage through the refrigerator and bite on food then put them back leaving the family thinking

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    The childlike passion that’s found in someone's eyes as they talk about the past is probably the most interesting story to ever be told. Jane's blueberry eyes reminisce her youth as she mentions how her parents treated her many years back. It’s obvious after you learn a bit more about someone that looks are definitely deceiving. On April 9th, 1969, a young woman named Jane Mitchell Harper was welcomed into the world. The teacher I know with the world's most confident walk, talk, and attitude wasn't

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    Roller Coaster History

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    The origin of the roller coaster can be traced back to Russia and their ice slides. These slides were made of ice as they were more prominent during the winter festival, and what a better way than to use the ice that was around them. The ice slide can be traced back as early as the 17th century, to the time of Catherine the Great and they were found mainly in St. Petersburg, Russia. The structures that supported the slides were constructed out of wood and the surface was covered with a thick sheet

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    As an athletic trainer, I relied heavily on my adaptability in order to be successful. I learned this lesson early in my experience working as a graduate assistant with the softball team at Lindenwood University - Belleville. While athletic trainers are vital components to an athletic program’s success and safety, athletic trainers must frequently meet the demands of the teams and coaching staffs they work with. This requires being ready and willing to change your schedule whenever necessary. Working

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    Identifying and Collecting Physical Evidence There are many differents things involved in the identification and collection evidence. In order to do these things you have to know what things like what physical evidence is, what impressions are, different types of evidence you could find and how to use it and knowing what forensic science is and the different types is important too. Also you need to know the proper labelling technique. In order to prosecute someone you have to be able

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    Siblings are annoying. Anybody who isn’t an only child will agree, even if they absolutely love their brothers or sisters and have a close relationship with them. With my brother and two half-sisters, there were plenty of fights and more than enough trouble to go around. Due to our slim age difference, I usually favored him when it came to picking fights. Even as I’m sitting here writing this with him sitting on the couch across from me I just wanna punch him in the face because he ate an entire

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    The Red Balloon Essay

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    several scenes showed that they don't accept it or even wanted to hurt it. The little boy’s protective reaction makes more convincing why the red balloon keeps chasing him. This film calls my attention to the France History, it took place in the Belleville area of Paris which had fallen into decay by

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    The play A Streetcar Named Desire written by Tennessee Williams taught us so many things about life, love, lust, hate, truth and how mess up this world can be. The one phrase I can connect from this book is seeing the light. Williams defines this phrase as the truth. At some point in life, we all have avoided the truth and at the end of the day, we get to “see the light” which makes you realized something about yourself. In the play, it said that Blanche avoids the light because she wants to avoid

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    than gray area. Now if you look t a map of the southern part of Florida now you will be surprised how there is literally 10% green which is what I left of the Everglades. Bill Belleville says once “Walt Disney saw the Florida turnpike crisscrossing each other and though: Great roads; cheap land. I could do this here” (Belleville). This started all the land development and monstrosity of Disney world. Land over development is not new It has been going on for years and has already shown its effects on

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