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    “Well, don’t you look like the cat that ate the canary” Angelique said as she sailed from the bedroom to the settee in the parlor of her townhouse. “I could say the same about you,” I replied, referring to her English lover. “You know nothing about Thomas Neville; do not judge him simply because I am married to your father. Thomas and I go back a long ways - actually, he is the reason I am married to your father.” When she saw that I was listening, she continued. “I was about your age when Thomas

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    Just a mere two days ago, The Battle of Hastings was fought, between the strong Norman-French army of Duke William || of Normandy and an English army under the Anglo-Saxon Kind Harold Godwinson. William the Conqueror decided that he should be the King of England, starting the Battle of Hastings. The battle was taken on the hill in Hastings, on the South Coast of England, in Sussex. Us, the Normans got to Hastings by sailing around 700 ships across the English Channel! The English army had to fight

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    Have you ever wanted or loved something that you knew you would never be able to keep? This happened to hundreds of girls who were put in Lebensborn after being impregnated by German soldiers. Cyrla's story is fictional but very well could have happened to one of the girls that had to go through this. Cyrla is a strong, independent, and loving girl but when her cousin and best friend, Anneke, commits suicide after her German soldier left her, Cyrla has to assume her identity. Which includes getting

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    THE WHITLAM DISMISSAL The Constitutional dilemma of 1975, also referred to as ‘The Dismissal’, was one of the most chaotic eras in Australia’s political history. The Australian Labor Party sailed to victory in the 1972 federal election and Gough Whitlam’s government was ready to propose and implement large numbers of bills and reform policies. After many successes in areas including law reform, the relatively new Whitlam government constantly made mistakes and was getting caught by the public and

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    be symbolized by a lion, a jet, and a tornado.  To start, William the Conqueror can be represented by a lion, symbolizing his power.  The textbook says, "In the fall of 1066, William and his army of Norman knights landed in England. They defeated Harold and his foot soldiers in the Battle of Hastings." William's power over England was like a lion's power over the animals in a jungle. In a jungle, all of the

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    John George Haigh: A look into Serial Killers Many people walk through the paths of life hiding secrets from one another. Sometimes these secrets can be small and insignificant to other people. Sometimes people carry around with them much more serious, deep, dark, and often dangerous or disturbing great example of someone who may be carrying around secrets that everyone could agree on are dangerous and disturbing. A serial killer is generally described as a person who has killed more than three

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    Snapchat Revolution: Effects of Ephemeral Messaging Debuted in September of 2011, Snapchat is a multi-messaging application for mobile devices developed by Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy (Hempel & Lashinsky, 2014). The phenomenon of ‘self-destructing messages’ has significant implications for personal communication. Snapchat, an evolutionary innovation, revisits ephemeral dialogue amid the contemporary ubiquity of digital permanence—where increasingly, communication assets are virtually stored and

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    What were the two greatest successes and two greatest failures of the Wilson government 1964-70? This period of Labour rule is often marked down as a poor performance on behalf of the labour party, critically looked upon by many historians. There were many failings under the rule of this government however the circumstances they were placed in caused severe restraints in their options. Wilson had been voted into government with the promise of central planning and “the white heat of new technology”

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    In the book, The Decameron, by Giovanni Boccaccio, there is many tales but I am only going to speak of two.The first tale, Fabricio Goes to Naples, was told by Fiammetta. Fiammetta’s story differs from the rest of the stories by, his has many dangers that occur in one night rather than over a period of years. The second tale, Bernardo di Rossini and His Wife, was told by Dioneo. This story was different than the others by, it was a comedy story, showing to laugh over bad things than over virtuous

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    Psychology of Men at War THESIS STATEMENT: The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane exhibits how the desensitizing, dehumanizing, and depressing experience of war is more so mentally harmful, than it is physically harmful. I. Introduction II. War is seen as the universal sign of manhood. A. War is seen as a rite of passage into manhood for boys. B. Henry went as far as pretending to be shot just to make the other soldiers think of him as brave. III. War will change a person's attitude

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