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    the Night-Time A friend of mine recommended a book called The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon. This story revolves around a 15 year-old boy named Chris, who discovers his neighbor’s dog Wellington is dead on the front lawn. Chris takes it upon himself to investigate what he thinks is a murder case. It is told early on in the story that Chris has autism. Throughout the investigation, readers see the investigation from Chris’s point-of-view, which shows the mindset

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    dresses shows that she wants attention and wants people to notice her. But the only person who really noticed her was Tom Buchanan, whom she was having an affair with. And even he wasn’t who she thought she deserved, considering he hit her right in front of everyone at a get-together. "Daisy! Daisy! Daisy!" shouted Mrs. Wilson. "I 'll say it whenever I want to! Daisy! Dai –– " (Fitzgerald 37). Myrtle obviously knew that Tom had a wife, and was expressive with the way she talked about her. That is what

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    The American Dream

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    The ”American Dream” has been re-defined – in many ways. A spouse with 2.5 children standing in front of a two-story colonial in a quiet neighborhood is not everyone’s dream. Some people make a conscious choice not to bring children into the world. Some millennials want the right to marry whomever they chose – male or female. Some people prefer city living to suburban life. And, in today’s economically stressed times, some millennials have opted for alternative living arrangements to put their

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    landscaped. Made of stone and cement, with a crossed gable roof, surrounded by stone perimeter wall that was mostly covered by flowers and trees and gate. Large front lawns, and an equally large backyard with smaller side yards. One side was tilled. Trees and some fruits such as papaya and mangoes were planted one the backyard. The front yard was covered by beach sand where we used to play with it when the sun sets and it cools down or put large mat during the night and eat dinner there or turn off

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    50 Fun Things To Do In A Supermarket 1. Take shopping carts for the express purpose of filling them and stranding them at strategic locations. 2. Ride those little electronic cars at the front of the store. 3. Set all the alarm clocks to go off at ten minute intervals throughout the day. 4. Start playing Calvinball; see how many people you can get to join in. 5. Contaminate the entire auto department by sampling all the spray air fresheners. 6. Challenge other customers to duels with

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    know there won't be any more cold, draft corners. Maybe you are even one of those people who anxiously waits for the first snowfall? This year you can relax in front of the picture window and enjoy the landscape as it silently transforms from dull to dazzling without dreading the heating bill. Is it beautiful. Fresh snow blankets the lawn with a clean, sparkly surface that just makes some of us smile from our pointy little toes to the tip of our toboggan-topped head. But, after a week of shoveling

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    the same night, Montag heads to work as usual and answers an alarm claiming a local household is hiding books within its’ walls. The kicker, however, is when the firemen pull up to Montag’s own house and find Mildred, his wife, running down the front lawn and hopping into a cab. Montag’s somewhat-psychotic captain Beatty forces him to

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    9/11 Short Stories

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    The next morning, Ella awoke to sound of people walking around, laughing, and talking. She grabbed the book that she had hidden under her pillow. She got out of bed and into the hallway. People were happily chatting with each other. She was getting to the end of the hallway. There, sitting at the side of the spiral staircase was a tall, green eyed, short haired, redhead. She had the drooping ears, tall antlers, and the nose of a deer. Her species were named the Fauness after their striking resemblance

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    of the most well known and influential people involved with these claims is Donald Trump. In this section of the speech found here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eJpWOY3r18, we find only President Obama upon a stage, behind a podium, in front of a golden curtain. He is Clad in black bow-tie attire with the staple presidential American flag pin on his left breast. The clip opens with the sound

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    house next door. The house next door was painted jet black. The rocks in front of the house were also black and so was everything else. Anne’s friends said the house was haunted and so as to not get attacked by a bad spirit, Anne ran by the house on her way home from school each day. After slowing down she turned into her driveway and walked up the long path to the brick steps that were painted white that led up to the white front door. She would press the white doorbell and wait for her mother to come

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