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    The Spangdahlem Air Base men’s and women’s softball teams protected their home fields and both dominated the Cinco De Mayo Softball Championship held here May 4 to 6, 2018. “I talked about it a few weeks ago with the men’s team,” said Staff Sgt. Joe Campbell, Spangdahlem women’s head coach. “We said we’re going to win this championship for both the men and women. It had never been done before so we made it our goal and dedicated ourselves to it.” Both teams experienced and overcame adversity on

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    (Tennyson 24-25). The reader can picture an open mouth with jaws so powerful that anything entering will be annihilated. The mouth of Hell represents the Russian Army waiting to devour prey. This prey is the Brigade that rides on horseback armed only with sabers fighting against an enemy armed with heavy artillery. As the Brigade advances, Death waits to swallow them leaving the reader with little hope of the six hundred soldiers having any success or surviving the

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    Believe it or not, there were many technological advances make in the weaponry portion of the Civil War. Cannons, guns, swords, and sabers were some of the many weapons that were widely used in this war. Cannons only were used when necessary because the ammunition was harder for them of obtain. Although, weaponry was used all of the time so cannons were used more than most people realize

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    The Castle of Otranto

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    The author of Arcadia, Tom Stoppard, uses a lot of irony and incorporates a web of relationships and coincidences into his plays that can get a bit confusing, especially if you are not familiar with the things that he makes reference to. In the play, on page thirteen, Lady Croom, Thomasina's mother, compares Mr. Noakes' landscape style to that of Ann Radcliffe's and Horace Walpole's imagery, both of which were Gothic novelists of the eighteenth century. The author's purpose in including this bit

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    Bull Run Cannons

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    Battle of Bull Run Imagine standing with twenty eight thousand Union soldiers staring at thirty two thousand Confederate soldiers all young and scared of what lies ahead because five thousand won't be alive when the battle is over. The North will lose the battle and they will realize that this won't be as easy as they thought. Three generals were showcased in this battle Union General Irvin McDowell Confederate Joseph E. Johnston Confederate P.G.T. Beauregard . The battle of Bull

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    Assimilation or the refusal to assimilate was and has been present throughout the United States and examples of such can be seen in plays like, “Los Vendidos” and “A Raisin In The Sun”. Assimilation is defined by dictionary.com as: the process of adapting or adjusting to the culture of a group or nation. Lorraine Hansberry was against assimilation and instead wanted to introduce integration, being a part of the routines and traditions, but maintaining heritage, by writing “A Raisin in the Sun”, she

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    Star Wars - A New Hope The Academy award winning movie Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, originally released as Star Wars, is a 1977 action packed, fanciful, thrilling space opera. Ably directed by George Lucas and distributed by Twentieth Century, Star Wars: A New Hope is among the most successful and influential films of all time. As well as, being selected to be preserved by the Library of Congress as part of its National Film Registry The first of 8 films in the Star Wars Saga is jam-packed

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    intrigues me is something called the “Flight or fight mode” or hyperarousal / the acute stress response. It is when a person faces danger, the body has a physical and psychological response to it. It dates back to when we were cavemen fending off saber tooth tigers. The cave man had to decide whether or not they should fight the tiger or run. The reason it intrigued me so much is the role it plays in our brain, how it works and how it affects the rest of the body.

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    Dying in battle is sometimes seen as one of the most noble things you can do as a soldier. Alfred, Lord Tennyson seems to think so too. In his poem, “The Charge of the Light Brigade” his theme seems to be courage and bravery in battle. He constantly talks highly of them, and he uses colorful language and imagery to enhance the way that the soldiers rode into battle. He uses words like “boldly” and “noble” in a fond way when talking about the six hundred. In the first three stanzas, Tennyson talks

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    Ice Age Research Paper

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    ¨My mother once told me that even though things look bad, there's a rainbow around every corner¨-by Sid the sloth, Typically as a rule, a great movie earns awards. “Ice Age” was nominated for a total of 31 awards but only won 5 awards. On the website IMDB says the awards won are, bmi film music award, bogey award in plating, Best Animated Movie of the Year, kcfcc. Many thought the movie small movie budget would mean the movie wouldn't do so well, but the movie still did pretty well and won awards

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