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- 2921: Kim Kim
- ... a half-caste woman. So young Kimball O'hara became Kim, and under the hot Indian sun his skin grew so dark that one good not tell that he was of the Caucasian race. One day a Tibetan lama, in search of the Holy River of the Arrow that would wash away all sin, came to Lahore. Struck by all possibility for an exciting adventure, Kim attached himself to the lama ... schooling Kim, be written down and given to him. Then he disappeared. Kim pretending to prophesy, told the priests what he had heard at Umballa. They and the soldiers laughed at him. But the next day his prophecy came true, eight thousand soldiers were sent to put down an uprising in the north. Kim remained in camp. One day a letter arrived in camp from the lama. He enclosed enough money for Kim's first year of school and promised to provide that amount yearly. He requested that the boy be sent to ...
- 2922: Personal Writing: My Dog Oso
- ... chest rise with every laboured breath. I always thought she would be in my life. No one could ever tell me otherwise, or could have prepared me for the inevitable. It was a brilliant summer day, one of those days In which your mother always tells you to leave the house for fear of wasting it. My brothers were enjoying their summer freedom, I did not partake in their joy, I could not. I had not started school, so summer had no meaning to me, all I knew was hot and cold, dirt or snow. I know I was young, as this is the first day of my life I truly remember. I was playing about our yard when my older brother Jake slowly walked up to me. He had been supplied with money, and then instructed by my mother to ... store was an epic journey, which I had never taken on foot, only by car. I did not notice or care that Jake, normally tyrannical, dictatorial, and abusive, was being unusually nice to me that day Well, after the saga of the corner store ended, I was seated by my mother, who gently, nicely, and calmly told me that, Oso, after 16 years, was dead. I knew what death was, ...
- 2923: Hard Times 2
- ... with members of his own family, the principles of his "hard and fast system" were rigidly instilled in the minds of his students. Such pupils of the Gradgrind school were continually crammed with facts from day to day until they 'spilled over 'with them. Such facts were to remain in the mind, pressed down in all forms of memory until all finer sensibilities were deadened. As dramatic and unhearted as it may sound ... the circus definitely leaned more towards such philosophy than did an entrepreneurial man who created a strict curriculum of facts with barely any emotions. The circus members were more free to roam and live life "day by day". Examples are the sudden emotional whim on which Cecillia had to decide to come and stay with the Gradgrinds and most importantly, the way her father helped to hide Tom when he ...
- 2924: Computers Related To Turf Grass Industries
- ... 20,000 for an electric powered mower. Another real downfall is that they can only mow nine holes, then they have to be charged for ten hours, rendering them useless for the rest of the day. Hopefully technology can produce an environmental friendly machine, while not putting the oil industry in a bind, " And also keep the governments hands out of the cookie jar with new environmental taxes"!!!!!! The Internet has ... important tool to the people in the turfgrass industry. At any given time a golf course superintendent can log onto various company's home pages to learn something about their product.(Beard 101) If one day I am searching for a new fairway mower, I can bypass the phone calls and written estimates, and go strait to the information. Toro, Ransome, Jacobsen, and even John Deere all have home pages. You ... you. It has a water sensor located outside that tells the system to shut off if it has rained to much, or to come on if it is getting extremely dry on a hot summer day. It also can measure the amount of nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium in the soil, if necessary. It will test the water, and tell you the amount of salt or nitrates located in the water. ...
- 2925: Child Abuse
- Child Abuse It was a typical day at work, or so I thought. I was the opening shift at the before-after school program that I work at. We were expecting a new child to start this morning, a kindergartner, Sean. Around ... know what that word means. The woman left for work acting as if nothing major had occurred and I was left with a little boy with a huge bruise on his face for his first day at a new school. I immediately reported the incident to my chain of command, wrote up my observations, then had to wait patiently to see what would happen. The result - nothing. Child Protective Services said ... neglect 49%, emotional maltreatment 3%, and other forms of maltreatment 16%. An estimated 1,271 children died due to child abuse and neglect in 1994. Based on that statistic more than three children die each day as a result of child abuse or neglect. The most horrifying statistic is that approximately 45% of these deaths occurred to children known to child protective service agencies as current or prior clients. (Wiese & ...
- 2926: The Man In The Park
- The Man In The Park The sun shone and the children gleefully played as the lonely man in the worn blue sweater sat feeding the birds. He sat there every day, just feeding the birds and watching the children have their fun. As I ran around the paths in the park, I could see him sitting there, always alone. I slowly jogged around the path and ... the old bench in the far corner of the park. I could see him sitting there, one ankle, clothed in a shocking white athletic sock, crossed over his knee. He wore the same thing every day, the clothes looked like they had seen better days. His muddy brown pants were threadbare and looked like they belonged to a giant. To hold them up he had to use suspenders, on this bright ... could be seen through a gaping hole in the sole. These shoes had taken him to many different places. They were like an old friend that he couldnt say goodbye to. On this particular day the sun was shining down, warming the earth and lake, so many children played on the wooden swing set. From where I stood on the path, I could hear their cheerful shouts, but could ...
- 2927: Robinson Crusoe
- ... needed slaves to work their farms they asked Crusoe to sail to Africa. Crusoe agreed and set sail. On the way there they ran into many storms. Three men were killed very soon. The twelfth day was a hard one. The biggest storm hit. Its waves were giant. The ship was in very bad shape and Crusoe had to abandon it. He and the other sailors loaded into the small boat ... could see if any ships came and to protect him from any other sorts wild of beasts. Soon he learned that he should keep a calendar. He stood up a post in the sand. Every day he put a notch in the wood. Crusoe was a very skillful man. On the island he learned how to grow corn. Then how to turn the corn he made into bread. He also discovered ... and shelves for his cave. During the long and rainy days he learned ho to weave baskets. Then how to hunt. Finally he found a parrot and taught it how to say Robin Crusoe. One day he saw a distant island on top of a tall cliff. So he decided to build a canoe to travel to it. It took him almost a year to build a canoe. When he ...
- 2928: The Use Of Animals To Portray
- ... the development of a person/character. helps the audience to understand the true personalities of characters (not what their portrayed to be to others). 1. a) "... Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear, / The arm'd rhinoceros, or the Hyrcan tiger; / Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves / Shall never tremble ..." (Act 3, Scene 4, Lines 123-125). Macbeth is speaking to Lady Macbeth about Banquo's ghost he ... advantage of being King and use it to his advantage. this shows the future downfall of Macbeth as King. b) "A falcon tow'ring in her pride of place, Was by a mousing owl hawk'd at and kill'd." (Act 2, Scene 4, Lines 14-15). "And Duncan's horses ... Turn'd wild in nature, broke their stalls, flung out, / Contending with obedience ..."(Act 2, Scene 4, Lines 16-20). describes the unnatural ...
- 2929: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony Number Five
- ... of music, folksong collector, and champion of British cultural heritage, he died aged 85 in 1958. His ashes are interred in Westminster Abbey alongside the nation's greatest artists and poets. Symphony No. 5 in D Introduction The symphony contains a lot of material from RVW's then unfinished opera, The Pilgrim's Progress. When he began the Fifth Symphony, RVW thought he may never finish the opera, and didn't ... a Scherzo, a "Romanza" slow movement, and a "Passacaglia" finale. First Movement : Preludio From the very beginning, RVW puts the key signature of this movement into doubt. The movement opens with a horn call in D, set against a firm base (or bass?) of octave C's. Could it be that in the great traditions of British musical 'amateurism', RVW got his transposition wrong? Or is this a deliberate feature of ... the music once again winds down. The horn calls are answered by single notes in woodwind, and the movement ends as mysteriously as it began - the horns fade into the distance, in the key of D, but we are left, somewhat perturbed by the pianissimo cello C against the viola D. The movement is plainly 20th century, with many dissonances, yet the movement, for the most part, sounds serene, with ...
- 2930: Call Of The Wild 2
- ... of himself as Perrault only had so much time on his hands. If there was one problem it was with his companion Spitz. The two of them where aimed at each others throats from the day they met. It was a constant battle of who was king of the hill, one that would end in the others death. That day came when the team was chasing a rabbit through the woods. Buck was in the lead just inches behind the prey, when Spitz took a shortcut and jumped on Buck. It was a life and ... Bucks shear strength prevailed. Once the job was done, Buck was under a new owner. The duty was not to get the fastest time but to pull the most. It was grueling, heavy work each day. The team soon grew tired and slow, it was boring work and Buck hated it. The Driver promised rest as soon as they finished. Unfortunately the government decided to sell tired dogs instead of ...
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