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- 261: Sexual Behaviours Of Universit
- ... different areas of the school to provide us with a diverse selection of students; in the Loeb building, University Centre and Southam hall. We also took care to approach the students at different times of day to allow us a greater probability of variety. Attention was taken in trying to ensure an equal selection of both male and female respondents. A total of 30 students were surveyed in all; fourteen females ... campus and 29% live at home. When questioned about academic standing 16.67% of all participants said their average grade was an A, 56.67% responded B, 23.3% responded C and 3.3% responded D. Of the males surveyed, 19% stated their average grade was an A, 56% stated B, 25% stated C. Of the females surveyed, 14% were an average, 57% were B, 21% were C, and 7% were D. When asked how they would rate their self-esteem in regards to personal and social life, the response was 46.67% of students felt great, and confident, 43.33% said they felt so-so, ...
- 262: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
- Ferris Bueller’s Day Off “I did not achieve this position in life by having some snot-nosed punk leave my cheese in the wind.” A teenager’s life is a constant struggle against the evil powers of such high school administrators who feel that way. “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” is a comedy that portrays high school life in a somewhat realistic setting. This movie has grown to become one of the greatest movies ever created. The movie has successfully transcended from the silver screen to people’s everyday life. It is rare when a movie such as this can make the transition. “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” is a hilarious inside look at typical high school life. The main character, Ferris Bueller, is set up as the hero of the movie. His nemeses are the school administrator and his jealous ...
- 263: Personal Writing: The Day of Surprise
- Personal Writing: The Day of Surprise “That's so cool!” I exclaimed. In my hand was a Valentines Day card which folded to make a spaceship. I was in a Hallmark card shop with my father, looking at cards for the upcoming holiday. “If I got you that card now, then it wouldn't ... your mother when you open the card.” “Okay dad,” I answered as we walked up to the counter. My father paid for the card and we left the store. It was a week before Valentines Day in 1987. I was nine years old and intensely anxious. Expectation for February 14 had overcome every other thought I previously had. It might seem funny to some that I held that one day ...
- 264: The Catcher In The Rye- A Stud
- ... my nerves and help me really go into action. I pictured myself coming out of the goddamn bathroom, dressed and all, with my automatic in my pocket, and staggering around a little bit. Then I'd walk down stairs, instead of using the elevator. I'd hold on to the banister and all, with this blood trickling out of the side of my mouth a little at a time. What I'd do, I'd walk down a few floors- holding on to my guts, blood leaking all over the place- and then I'd ring the elevator bell. As soon as old Maurice opened the ...
- 265: Three Musketeers Essay On Sett
- D Artagnan is a young, impoverished man from the rural area of France called Gascony. He goes to Paris in hopes of becoming one of the king s musketeers. He has few assets and relies on ... to guide him. Despite his lack of juvenility, he still deeply believes in the idea of chivalry. It is that ideal that earns him the respect and friendship of his friends Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. D Artagnan is also a very passionate man. He pursues both his enemies and love interests with reckless abandon. An example would be D Artagnan s pursuit of his evil-guiness, Rochefort. Also, his passion is exhibited in his quest to aid the queen. Such deeds also prove D Artagnan s bravery. And, it is D Artagnan s ...
- 266: Personal Writing: The Day of Surprise
- Personal Writing: The Day of Surprise “That's so cool!” I exclaimed. In my hand was a Valentines Day card which folded to make a spaceship. I was in a Hallmark card shop with my father, looking at cards for the upcoming holiday. “If I got you that card now, then it wouldn't ... your mother when you open the card.” “Okay dad,” I answered as we walked up to the counter. My father paid for the card and we left the store. It was a week before Valentines Day in 1987. I was nine years old and intensely anxious. Expectation for February 14 had overcome every other thought I previously had. It might seem funny to some that I held that one day ...
- 267: Australia Day
- Australia Day Australia Day is a day set aside to commemorate the arrival of Captain Arthur Phillip and the First Fleet at Sydney Cove on the 26 January 1788. On the day of his arrival, Captain Arthur Phillip declared the area ...
- 268: The Day Of The Jackal
- ... novels in the world, and many of his books have become films, among them The Odessa File, The Dogs of War, and The Fourth Protocol. Perhaps best-known of his novels is his first, The Day of the Jackal, a work that was so overwhelming in its craft and detail that he was immediately compared to John Le Carre, the preeminent spy novelist of the day. I first saw Fred Zinneman's The Day of the Jackal many years ago, and was so spellbound that I immediately bought the book. The book made such a further impression upon me that I have now read every one of Forsythe' ...
- 269: Dwight D. Eisenhower
- ... year 1933 he became one of the important advisers toGeneral Douglas MacArther (Hargrove 45). Dwight David Eisenhower worked his way up through the ranksduring World War Two and then led the Allies to victory in D-Day. Dwightshowed his skill of organizing the movement of large numbers of troops. Hewas then promoted several times in the next few years.Then in 1941Eisenhower was promoted to Chief of Staff of the Third Army ... invasion at the close French city of Calais ("The Beachesof..." 9). There were to be five beaches invaided with the code names;Omaha, Utah, Gold, Sword, and Juno ("The beaches of..." 28). In the endDwight D. Eisenhower led the Allies to victory on June 6,1944. IfEisenhower had made a wrong choice, Hitler would have continued to rainV-1 & V-2 rockets on London (Benson 7). Eisenhower had nowsuccessfully completed ...
- 270: Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat"
- ... house. It was even with great difficulty that [he] could prevent [the cat] from following [him] through the streets." Their friendship lasted for several years until the man's temperament began to change. He grew, "day by day, more moody, more irritable, more regardless of the feelings of others." He cursed at his wife, and eventually he "offered her personal violence." His pets began to feel the change in his disposition--a change ... jeopardize [his] immortal soul as to place it--if such a thing were possible--even beyond the reach of the infinite mercy of the Most Merciful and Most Terrible God." "On the night of the day on which this most cruel deed was done, [the narrator] was aroused from sleep by the cry of fire....The whole house was blazing. It was with great difficulty that [his] wife, a servant, ...
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