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    particular line is actually referring to the loneliness a person is going through in their life. Since the person is all alone in the night, singing to themselves, it is clear they are lonely and have nobody to be around with. When The Beatles singer, Paul McCartney, sang this song he also put a lot of emphasis on the word “night.” Which is why, when further explored in the lyrics, it could represent the constant darkness the person is going through when they are trying to live their life, but cannot

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    The movie Her, by Spike Jonez, questions the notion of who we are in the sense that it shows us that artificial intelligence can also feel, evolve through learning and contact with others, and become a ‘human being’. As far as I can see, the question of artificial intelligence has been present for some time. Most of people cannot accept the fact that one day artificial intelligence could learn to feel just like we do because they say that it was not ‘born’ in a conventional way but it was created

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    MUS 354 exam 2 c

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    manager _________ guilty of tax evasion and he is sentenced to serve two months of a two-year sentence in prison.  Brian Epstein  Mal Evans  Allen Klein  George Martin  Pete Best 2 ____________ is the composer and lead singer on this #1 song.  Paul McCartney  John Lennon  George Harrison  Ringo Starr  Linda McCartney 3 In September of 1978, Robert Stigwood 's film _______________ opens in theaters, starring George Burns, the

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    stories because the author can use figurative language and descriptive language to paint a picture in the reader’s head. By using these, the author can almost assure the reader that they have the same vision as the author has. In the novel The Pigman by Paul Zindel, many examples of figurative language and descriptive adjectives are present to help the reader envision the story in their minds and to develop characters. The Pigman includes a handful of figurative language examples to help the reader have

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    Reflection On Evangelism

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    Evangelism is the duty of every believer. In Colossians 4:2-6, the apostle Paul gives us clear instruction about how we are to do the work of evangelism. Paul begins by telling us that if we want to be effective in evangelism, we must give constant attention and priority to prayer. Prayer must have a central place in the life of a Christian. There are two reasons why we must be devoted to prayer. 1. Prayer allows us to develop and maintain an intimate relationship with God. Through prayer, God purposes

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    “The Bloody Massacre in Kings Street” is an engraving done by the great Paul Revere. The engraving depicts the British lined up alongside an officer giving an order to fire, indicating that the British soldiers are the aggressors. He goes on to depict smiles on the faces of some of the soldiers as if to show they are enjoying this brutal murder. The Boston air was thick with tensions between the American colonists and the British leading up to March 5, 1770. This tension began to brew in the early

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    establishes a resonating message to audiences. Therefore, composers employ ‘great rhetoric’ and cohesiveness in their speeches which have the capability to persuade and transform society’s views, attitudes and beliefs. This is undoubtedly clear in Paul Keating’s, ‘Redfern Speech’ and Anwar Sadat’s, ‘Speech to the Israeli Knesset’, which both exhibit the power of words in refining our perspectives and ideas. They both achieve value beyond the time and place in which they were first delivered. Great

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    Glass Menagerie”, readers are drawn into the drama and disaster that is the Wingfield family. There were several different film and television versions of this play done thru the years from 1950 to 1987. After watching several different adaptations, Paul Newman’s film adaptation in 1987 is extremely faithful to the written version. Focusing on plot, setting, and character development the audience is introduced to a family with an austere future structured around a series of abandonments, difficulty

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    In order to better comprehend the concepts depicted in the book of Philemon it is important to gain an understanding of its historical and cultural context. Philemon was written by the Apostle Paul in approximately 60- 62 A.D while he was imprisoned in Rome. The letter was written to his friend, Philemon, who lived in the city of Colossae. Colossae was once a city of Phrygia, but in the time of the New Testament was part of the Roman province of Asia. In its earlier days, this city was an important

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    The conversion of Saul is considered one of the major miracles in the Bible. It is such an incredible event that the Roman Catholic, Anglican and Lutheran Churches celebrate it on January 25th, The Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul. Luke, the author of Acts of the Apostles finds it important enough to write about it three separate times in the same book. Once in chapter nine, again in the 22nd chapter and yet again in chapter 26. His blinding and hearing the voice of the risen savior, while

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