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    information there. And, a helpful friend recommended trying out Instant Checkmate, which although I had never heard of, was willing to give a try. My last course of action was to search social media sites. I do not use social media myself, nevertheless, I wanted to see if my name was out there. I checked Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, and Myspace. Results In my searches, I found if

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    Intro The endgame is a one-act play, originally written in French as (Fin de partie), translated into English by Beckett himself. It features four characters, and carries forward Beckett’s legacy of Absurd from Waiting for Godot. First performed in French at London in 1957, it saw a similar fate as waiting for Godot, receiving mixed reviews, along with many people arguing that it was no different from it. It is now regarded as a play of consierable significance in the domain of Theatre of the Absurd

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    people, usually having great strategic skill. Each player has sixteen pieces that are used to try to capture each other’s, according to the many rules. If ones king is directly attacked and has nowhere to go, the game is over and the winner shouts “checkmate”. Someone once stated, “After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box.” Often people would relate this proverb to the game of chess, but if one would dig a little deeper he would realize it has nothing to do with chess. In the proverb

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    The final battle for Yorktown began at least a year before any armed military conflict even took place. Each army moving their assets like chess pieces honing in for the checkmate. This game of strategy requires great planning and many different, yet important parts. One piece that combined with other acts of espionage to win the battle was James Rivington. George Washington knew that for the French Naval Fleet to be most effective, some of the British naval codes must be discovered to give the American

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    George Washington Classical Sun Tzu Strategist and Master in the Art of War The American defeat of the British during the Revolutionary War was a direct result of George Washington's incredible leadership and generalship which epitomized the greatness of Sun Tzu's "Art of War" Introduction The key to the success of the American Revolution was the George Washington himself. Faced with a near impossible task of defeating a tremendously powerful enemy, Washington was required to defy the

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    women are perceived based on their worth in motherhood, domesticity, and passivity. Although the women’s movement have made much progress, Wolf states that “after the success of the women’s movement’s second wave, the beauty myth was perfected to checkmate power at every level in individual women’s lives” (125). The beauty myth, or the idea that women should conform to typical ideas of beauty to achieve their own self-worth, turned women into “…a dark vein of self-hatred, physical obsessions, terror

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    giant marched down the court Barabar followed in an attempt to steal the ball. She gave a quick burst of energy and managed to steal the ball from his hands. She goes for the layup and makes it. It was winners ball so she got the ball again. She checkmates it and runs to the 3 point line and shoots. She makes it and starts doing her victory dance that kind of looked like the chicken dance. It was 4-0 now the guy was scared because Barbara was dribbling between the legs. She drives in and dunks it

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    To be honest, this video was pretty depressing, even though I don’t really agree with its message fully. The creator of the video defines love in a very harsh way, as some sort of distraction we imagine to be a connection. Near the beginning of the video, the creator says to the viewer, “You are irredeemably alone”. I think what the creator is saying with this is that everyone is looking out for themselves, and you as an individual, are completely on your own. That hints towards what this creator

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    Many, if not all know of the infamy that arose from the ashes on August 6th, 1945. Three painfully slow days later a second shock-wave rocked through Japan with the trauma still rippling through the ruins of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These instances today still remain the only use of nuclear weapons ever used in the history of the world. Two bombs, two cities, three-hundred thousand casualties, only three days apart. While tragic, this historical event prevented the loss of hundreds of thousands of

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    5) Contraindications: Hypersensitivity to nivolumab or any component of the formulation 6) Warnings/Precautions Adrenal insufficiency • Monitor for signs/symptoms of adrenal insufficiency both during and after treatment • Administer corticosteroids (prednisone 1 to 2 mg/kg/day or equivalent) for severe (grade 3) or life-threatening (grade 4) • withhold nivolumab for moderate (grade 2) and permanently discontinue for severe (grade 3) or life-threatening (grade 4) toxicity. H Dermatologic toxicity

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