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    Viet Cong against South Vietnamese-allied forces. Traps such as whip traps, punji sticks (pits containing spears that were hidden with sticks and leaves. Tunnel System The Chu Chi tunnels are an intricate network of interconnecting underground tunnels located in the proximity of Saigon, South Vietnam (later renamed as ‘Ho Chi Minh City’). The tunnels proved a key advantage during various military campaigns during the war, and served as the Viet Cong’s base of operations for the Tet Offensive in 1968

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    to the hostilities. It sanctions America’s participation, by divine mandate, to liberate South Vietnam from Communism. If the brothers are North Vietnamese enemies, the prostitutes’ sexual consolation of American lovers appears irrational, and through their consolation, the Vietnamese prostitutes forge a strange nexus between the American lovers and its official enemies. Once again, the prostitutes create a triad from a binary. The triad delimits the binary opposition and deconstructs its implicit

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    Second round of racing was about to commence. I was a big fan of Monster Jam as a kid, so I knew a lot of the trucks’ names. Maximum Destruction came powering through the tunnel like he did not have control of the truck. The stadium starts playing a song. All I hear is “Who let the dogs out!?” As I thought, Monster Mutt came out of the tunnel and lost one of his left ear. The crowd started to whistle and cheer, because you come to Monster Jam to see trucks crash. The race has one main jump, a turnaround

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    about the steps that led down to the tunnels and the vault below. As a man with awkwardly large feet it was no swift descent. The steps, once he'd lowered the flame to them, were in the most appalling of conditions. He hadn't enquired into the nature of General Pestardo's visit, such information would be restricted from the common folk as attacks on his life were surely common, but he couldn't help but query why such a prolific figure would wish to visit the tunnels of the old Banco de Felipe II. Given

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    Jason Jacobs English 10 24 July 2015 The Perks of Being a Wallflower Passages “I want them to show me, so I can feel it, too. I want them to be able to do whatever they want around me. And if they do something I don’t like, I’ll tell them (pg. 393).” This passage near the ending of the book is very important for Charlie. Sam tells Charlie that if he likes her, he should be open to her, and if he wants to date her, he should ask her. Also, this reveals a change in Charlie after Sam tells him this;

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    She put a slash of black ink over the 4th day of August on the calendar. She was worried. She was scared. Her name was Queen Adelina of France. The queen’s long blonde hair swayed from side to side as she walked to the window sill of the castle’s turret. She gazed over the great town of Alsace. In the distance, Queen Adelina noticed a black horse wandering among the vast planes. The queen was pacing around the turret, biting her fingernails. She peered down to the grand doors of the great castle

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    with problems of slowly sinking and flooding from tides, but the settlers of Seattle did not move. When the majority of the city burned down they took it upon themselves to practically move a mountain to make the city work. The resulting underground tunnels then were the savior of a historic downtown district many years later. The past of the city has been full of its share of problems, but Seattle continues to face them head on and find a solution no matter what. Founded in the mid-1800s in the tide

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    with the assumption that a specific person is guilty, or witness initiated, which contains an articulate eyewitness testimony. Police Initiated Police investigations often begin with tunnel vision. Tunnel vision occurs when the police focus on one suspect and do not go through a thorough investigation. Tunnel vision usually obtains biases and the real criminal gets off free. They contain faulty labs, the “old boy method”, and manufacturing evidence to fill in holes. They also contain police

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    Joe Mosqueda, Ms.pomorski, Never lose hope, 11-30-17 It is amazing what a women of strength and determination can do. Harriet went back to Maryland to try and save her family that trip on foot is very impressive, how does someone do that? When she got back to Maryland she got her family and took them on a very painful, and long trip to Canada. This trip would take a very long time and when she was done taking her family to Canada she went back to Maryland. She went back more

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    Rand’s novel Anthem conveys this through the writings of Equality 7-2125, a man willing to stand up to the collectivism of the society he is confined to. Anthem not only shows how dull and lifeless a society can be with a lack of individuality in its people, but also reveals how one person can significantly impact a community. This novel displays the importance of individualism through Equality’s thoughts and actions. This includes when he reinvents electricity in the tunnel, falls in love with Liberty

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