Susan and Beth continued to share a bedroom in Texas, and a bit of mischief was never far behind. ~ Throughout the house, the soft sounds of a hard ball dropping into a mitt could be heard over and over again. Walking around or lying on the floor watching TV, Sam tossed his only baseball all summer long. Sam the Pro, was always organizing a baseball game down at the church lot, the furthest distance the two youngest were allowed to go from their backyard. He was always the captain, always the pitcher
“Mom! I am bored.” Summer vacations barely begun and children start a chorus of complaints. They are bored. They have nothing to do. There is no excitement in their life. The days are too long, too dull or too hot and the grumbling goes on and on. Children wait for summer holidays with a great deal of anticipation but once vacations start they are no longer happy. Most mothers are at a loss as to what to do and how to fill the long summer days with enough activities and excitement to keep children
The Sharon Construction Corporation has been awarded a contract for the construction of a 20,000-seat stadium. The construction must start by February 15 and be completed within one year. A penalty clause of $15,000 per week of delay beyond February 15 of next year is written into the contract. Jim Brown, the president of the company, called a planning meeting. In the meeting he expressed great satisfaction at obtaining the contract and revealed that the company could net as much as $300
Any Reason to Eat: A Farewell Potluck with Coworkers A potluck is where each guest brings a dish of food, homemade or store bought, to be shared with the group. Our group of twelve; Respiratory Therapist, rang in ages from early twenties to late fifties; female dominant, and we find any reason to eat so it’s to no surprise that when a coworker is leaving our group for another job we throw a farewell potluck. Due to the fact that Dana’s farewell potluck was held on her last night which fell on
towards him; however, the father dismisses these thoughts and reassures him that there is nothing there. Eventually, the boy realises he has been attacked by The Erlking, soon being taken by the pillars of death. In pieces such as “The Erkling”, Franz Schubert was considered as a creative composer who was among the initial artists in the Romantic Era; he employed emotion and a sense of purpose within his compositions. Hence, I believe that Franz Schubert’s Lied “The Erlking” consistently unified poetry
Franz Schubert’s An den Mond no. 176 starts with flowing chords in the piano, a five-measure piano introduction and then a soft entry of the vocal line. An den Mond no. 116 starts with no piano introduction, rather the vocalist has the downbeat with the pianists left hand and the piece has started. The two renditions of the An den Mond each hold very individual techniques for conveying the lieder as well as the notes at the same time with an equally relatable tone. An de Mond No. 116 starts off
Roar of the Heart “There is danger0from all men.0The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man0living with power to endanger the0public liberty.” says Ayn Rand. The novel Forbidden City by William Bell tells us a real story about students and civilians democracy in0Beijing, China in 1989. The government no0longer works for people when the movement0becomes violent and a power struggle between the government and people appears. In a word, power0can take over0freedom when a certain0group
The Effect of Faults on Oil Migration Wentao Zhang Missouri University of Science and Technology Abstract Faults play important roles in oil migration and accumulation. Faults can not only promote oil migration, but also trap and accumulate oil. This paper explores some methods to find out a fault and confirm it is opened or closed. Zhang, C., Xie, X.N., Jiang, T., Liu, X.F. (2005) fou-nd out the properties of faults in the BZ25-1 oilfield of Bohai basin by using some geophysics and geochemistry
On December 6th, 1928, General Carlos Cortés Vargas shouted the order to fire and a cataclysmic wave of machine gun bullets answered his resounding call. Soldiers formed uneven lines along the low dust-beaten buildings of the plaza in Ciénaga Magdalena, corralling a swirling horde of three thousand banana workers with their wives and children. The crowded mass agitated back and forth amid the seismic volley of gunfire before falling like a single man. Hot sparks flashed from rifle barrels. Screams
In today’s world, it seems everyone is fueled to work only towards the dream of wealth. Without the promise of payment, people will turn their back on their neighbor without a second thought and continue on the search for prosperity. In the novel In Dubious Battle, we meet Mac, a hard working party member doing everything in his power to help struggling laborers make the wage they were promised before setting out for the California apple orchards. Almost immediately after the strike begins, Mac comes