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    better on your last look of me.” Azazel exclaims excitedly at the prospect of taming her hair for her mother's final breath. “Very well, you need to find the diamond hair tie, the silver hair spray, and the golden bobby pins. Find the wise woman in the forest of fears to get the bobby pins, she will tell you where to go next.” As the mother spoke she became more and more tired, “Now go, go before I fall

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    “Ouch, Carina, careful with those flaming-hot rods!” said Joan to her best friend, as the petite little woman twisted a long lock of Joan’s hair around the hot tongs. “Don’t whine,” admonished Carina. “Your pin-straight hair needs some curl.” Carina had been at it for over an hour, jamming the tongs into the flames of Joan’s hearth, twisting Joan’s hair around the tongs, fluffing, pinning… it was becoming tiresome. Still, Joan wanted to look as beautiful as possible for Perceval. Tonight, at the

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    I liked not knowing the answers, but this time I really don 't know. I don 't know how to react or even what to think. All that sits in my mind is that we are going to die. Then it hits me. "El, give me two bobby pins," I say desperately as my hands hold out shakily waiting for the pins. She looks at me in confusion, but she eventually hands them over. I walk over to the door by the middle school. I get onto my knees and start to

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    Azazel Short Story

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    better on your last look of me.” Azazel exclaims excitedly at the prospect of taming her hair for her mother's final breath. “Very well, you need to find the diamond hair tie, the silver hair spray, and the golden bobby pins. Find the wise woman in the forest of fears to get the bobby pins, she will tell you where to go next.” As the mother spoke she became more and more tired, “Now go, go before I fall

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    a clear decision on which one would best fit one’s life style. As we go through the similarities and differences we will see that the decision will be purely based on personal preferences. Cloth diapers have changes through the years since safety pins and special folding, they now have Velcro and snap closures and are just about as quick to change as a disposable diaper. Cloth diapers come in many different styles, flat, fitted, pockets and all-in-ones. Some of the biggest downfalls with cloth diapers

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    An overview on the factors influencing the swing of a cricket ball Hari Murthy a,∗ a Department of Mechanical Engineering,University of Canterbury Christchurch 8140, New Zealand Abstract Text of abstract. Text of abstract. Text of abstract. Text of abstract. Text of abstract. Keywords: cricket, swing, factors, reverse swing 1. Introduction Cricket originated in England with the 1st official test played in 1877 between England and Australia [1] and gradually grew into a global sport with the first

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    Michael Moore’s, Bowling For Columbine won an Oscar for best documentary. The Academy’s definition of what a documentary is, “a movie, television show or radio program that provides a factual record or report”. With this definition in mind, one could say Moore has been extremely successful in persuading the audience to agree with his message if his fiction movie won an Academy award for best documentary. Moore’s use of persona, interview tactics, editing sound/camera angles, and incorporation of

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    Analysis of Michael Moore’s Treatment of His Subject Matter within the Documentaries Bowling for Columbine and Fahrenheit 911 “A documentary may be as a film or television or radio programme that provides factual information about a subject. Typically, a documentary is a journalistic record of events presented on screen.” The main conventions of documentaries tend to be that the documentary has voice-over commentary; the main focus is on the issues rather than relationships

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    for a documentary that it should be a non-fiction film that creatively addresses cultural, historical, social, etc. subjects. Bowling for Columbine won the Academy Award for best documentary film and has stirred up quite a bit of debate amongst its viewers. Thousands hail Moore for his ingenious creativity and are ready to take a stand to change America after seeing it. Bowling for Columbine is a great documentary because Moore creatively puts what seem to be unrelated shots and scenes together to create

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    Bowling for Columbine, a film by Michael Moore tries to bring some very important points to the foreground of American culture and to some degree succeeds, however, by manipulating different things in this movie it makes it hard for me to totally agree with what he has to say. One point Mr. Moore and I do agree on is that racism, specifically against African American males is still very alive in America. Also, I agree that the media tries to find a quick and easy scapegoat to

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