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    who is in war and you are waiting for them to return? Is he or she your true love? Do you push everyone else away just for that person? How long will you wait for them? There is an anonymous quote that relates to these questions and says, “No matter how long it takes, true love is always worth the wait”. Both Penelope and the Suitors by John Williams Waterhouse and “Penelope” by Dorothy Parker use the myth of Penelope and the Suitors to show that many people can be waiting for someone they love to

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    Waiting for Godot is the most influential work of the XX century. Although Samuel Beckett, its author, did not want it to be interpreted, readers started to interpret it and nowadays the interpretations are endless. In this brief essay I focus my attention on two topics: the role of stage directions in the play and in some aspects of the characterization of the few people that intervene in it. First of all, I will explain the stage directions, which I have divided into six groups: the organizing

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    remember it all that well. I also wasn’t really old enough to ride most of the rides, so it was a little tough to remember, but it was an amazing experience, I’m sure! We went back to Disney World not that long ago! It was so much fun! We got to ride all of the rides and since we stayed at Disney World (in one of the condos) we got to use the pool and lazy river after a day’s long worth of riding rides and waiting in line! I loved all the rides, but the food there was magnificent, especially when

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    "Jetliner" Now he takes his mark At the farthest end of the runway Looking straight ahead, eager, intense With his sharp eyes shining He takes a deep, deep breath With his powerful lungs Expanding his massive chest His burning heart beating like thunders Then… after a few… tense moments… of pondering He roars at his utmost And slowly beings to job Kicking the dark earth hard And now he begins to run Kicking the dark earth harder Then he dashes, dashes like mad, like mad Howling

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    is that there is only one radiology technician to pick up the patient from the waiting room, make sure they are dressed correctly, and then bring them to the exam room. This creates a lot of travel for the radiology technician and forces both the radiology technician and the patient to wait for each other at different parts of the process. The second issue is that patients don’t feel comfortable being undressed for a long time if the radiology technician takes a while to get prepared. These two issues

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    At some point in time, we all have had a chance of sitting in a waiting room of an hospital. I had a chance to visit doctor last week and it was horrible, I had to wait to meet the doctor for around 4 hours while I was dying of pain. That made me to curse the whole hospital system in Canada and that 's the main reason that lead me to prepare this essay . British Columbia health care system emphasis on " Providing " patient-centred care". which is defined as "Shifting the culture of health care

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    and crying down the hallway and I could feel the nervousness throughout my body. My Father Ambrocio, was undergoing surgery on his back due to an injury on the job. The thought that anything could happen in the operation room was too much. We were in Long Beach California for three days of pure fear for my Father's life but inside, I knew, that this fear will not last forever. It was 2013 and I was 13, when my Mother Amelia came into my room on a Tuesday night to ask whether I wanted to go with

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    fulfilled? I will inform of what you need to know to have your wishes carried out. Who can donate organs, and how many people are waiting in KY and Nationally for an organ transplant. I will inform you of the organ waiting list the good and the bad. Who is on the waiting list and how long they can expect to wait? What can be done to shorten the time on the organ waiting list? We have all heard the question; would you

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    belly shape, but also it was ready to pop. That morning I woke up feeling different, it was some type of excitement running through my body, and like I wanted to get dolled up kind of different, so I curled my hair, put some makeup on and wore my long blue dress. My husband and I decided to have a little date, so we went to town and had lunch together at a restaurant, also went last minute shopping for our baby. Everything just felt magical that day, and I just couldn't understand why until we got home

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    Chapter 2 Days later I was sat anxiously waiting in the uncomfortable plastic chairs of my physiatrist’s waiting room that seem to be found in waiting rooms across the world. My neck was starting to become cramped from staring at the wood paneled floor for so long, so I looked up to assess my surroundings. Maybe I was too engrossed in my own troubled ideations while sitting there embarrassed purely by my own presence, to notice that anyone was approaching. So imagine my surprise when, unbeknownst

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