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    those of working parents. Tevye’s wife, Golde, diligently serves her family, and places their welfare above her own. Other members of Tevye’s family include his five daughters, three of which, Tzeitel, Hodel and Chava, create many problems for their father concerning marriage customs. Playing the love interests of Tevye’s three daughters, Motel,

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    America Needs Freight Trains Essay

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    very quickly, include many factors including fuel, congestion, maintenance, lives, and land-use. Estimates vary, yet on a ton-mile basis, trains are about three times more fuel-efficient; the ton-mile is a very useful unit because it represents work (force multiplied by distance, for all you physics gurus). That is, it takes trucks about three times more diesel fuel to get from one location to another; a recent study indicates that the actual number ranges from a factor 1.4 to 9, depending on "equipment

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    nature, but if you read closely there can be dark undercurrents beneath his work. There are many similarities and differences that run between each of his poems. A few of Frost’s early poems include; The Road Not Taken, Acquainted with the Night, and Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost, is one of his most known and most popular poems. It is made up of four stanzas with five lines in each, also known as quintains. The lines in each stanza rhyme in an ABAAB pattern

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    my horse it calms my soul. My generation has no clue about how many lessons there is in nature. Louv proposes three arguments as to why people are separated from nature is television, car trips, and video games. First of all, just because you watch The Great Outdoors on the TV does not mean you are connected to nature. Recent science studies show that humans spend 40 percent of their day on television. That is absolutely ridiculous, I can think of a million other things I would rather be doing then

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    Culture Shock

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    flavours along with a mixture of hot, sour, sweet and salty dishes from different parts of India, were all available within walking distance from my house. Every alternative day, I would have either breakfast, lunch, or dinner from the nearly dozen restaurants, cafes, and food stalls that had opened for business within three months since I arrived. This became sort of a hobby, sampling the variety of dishes available, one that I cherished the most. The booming economy and burgeoning development

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    Battle Of Antietam Essay

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    Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest day in U.S.A. military history. Our country was in a civil war and state of turmoil; it was a country divided. This battle was important to the end of the Confederacy, and, in turn, the merging of it and the Union into one, the United States of America, the greatest country in the world. Twenty-three thousand lives were lost that day while fighting in that vicious battle. This is why the Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest military day in U.S.A. history, was a crucial

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    The Mirabal Sisters

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    of the world. They are symbols of courage, love, and sacrifice. The three sisters were killed on November 25,1960. They were stopped on the road while on the way back from seeing their husbands. Then, the sisters were taking off the road and beaten by five of trujillo's soldiers then put back in the car and made it looked like the driver had lost control of the car, and they had drove off a cliff. After the death of the three sisters trujillo was assassinated six months after the death by seven

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    incredible achievements of these soldiers are often shadowed by the racial discrimination of white soldiers. In this paper, I will examine the moments in which achievements deemed as being “heroic” are described as “acts of savagery”. Joseph Boyden’s Three Day Road illustrates the hidden truth behind the reality of what is generally perceived: the acts of indigenous heroism were known by the soldiers, but they are never formally recognized with fame. This can relate to the events that occurred in the creation

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    9, prepared for a week without phones, stores, or television. Our plan was to canoe from Fort Simpson to Wrigley. Wrigley was the end of the road after the Mackenzie Highway. It would be an incredible family adventure. We loaded camp equipment, a canoe, a single and a two person kayak into two vehicles. The drive was long. It was 1600 kms down the road before we encountered the first set of several waterfalls the Northwest Territories has to offer.

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    Deja Hiserote, is my best friend; she lives down the road from me in Red Scaffold, which is in the middle of nowhere. The town where I go to school and where all my other friends, Dupree, is nearly fifty miles from my house. To get to Red Scaffold, you have to go down south of Dupree on Cherry Creek Road; about halfway to Red Scaffold the road begins to curve first one way and then the other and you have to be very careful because it is a gravel road and you might find yourself in the ditch. Last November

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