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Fruit That Grows Fruit That Grows In Man Arp
535 words
Art is a fruit that grows in man, like a fruit on
a plant, or a child in its mother's womb, once
commented Jean Arp -- a remarkable
twentieth-century sculptor, painter and poet
associated with and a forefather of the Dada and
Surrealist movements. The avant-garde artist was
born on September 16, 1887 in Strasbourg, France,
where he studied at the Ecole des Arts et Mtiers.
In 1905, he transferred to the Weimar Academy and
then to Paris at the Academic Julian in 1908, and
subsequent to graduation ...
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Big Mistake Great Things
1,056 words
The theme of the book, The Eyes of the Dragon, by
Stephen King, is to stick to one's beliefs no
matter what happens and always do what one knows
is right. Don't give up on oneself; anything is
possible. King Roland was the noble king of
Delain. He was known as Roland the Good. He was,
by far, not a bad king, though he was really not a
great king. He meant no harm and was successful,
but whenever he meant to do great things, he
seemed to be unsuccessful. Roland, king of Delain,
had two sons and h...
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Sweet Sickly Smell Front Feet Forward Light
1,129 words
THE RUN She had only recently returned from the
last fruitless round, and had just fallen into an
exhausted sleep; when the persistent prodding was
pulling her back into this warm, don't want to
move, half awake daze. The probing became more
urgent, more demanding, and she rolled away from
it to face the entrance, a soft grey against the
black surround. Slipping from under the cover, she
stretched her legs, shook the mist of sleep from
her head, and moved wearily towards it. The frost
lay heavy ...
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Greek Theatre Greek Drama
906 words
There have been many artistic achievements that
have had a substantial role in shaping outlooks
and tastes for cultures and generations for 1000 s
of years. Of all the different kinds of
productions the Greeks have established, the
tragedy is the most extraordinary of their
spiritual contributions. Everything from style,
intellect, appearance of stage, costume, and
people have all been the main influences of drama
and theatre over the past twenty-five hundred
years. The earliest of Greek theatre...
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The Scarlet Letter Scaffold
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, centers
its plot, setting, and characters around the
unifying scaffold. With each encounter at the
scaffold, the four main characters, Hester, Pearl,
Rev. Dimmesdale, and Mr. Chillingworth, become
more emotionally connected to one another. Each of
the three meetings symbolizes a major turning
point in the novel where a sin is confessed and /
or developed. All four main characters interact
together only at the scaffold. During the first
scaffold scene, He...
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Spoke Too Freely Women Who Gossiped Crime
761 words
A notable time during the late middle ages was
when Queen Elizabeth was in power, from 1558 -
1603. She was a dictating, powerful, and cruel
monarch. She also believed in extreme punishment
for crime, in order to run a peaceful country. The
death penalty could be prescribed for any offense,
even some as minor theft, or highway robbery.
During this time, a person of higher social
standing could accuse a peasant of a crime without
any evidence. Chances are the peasant would be
tortured until they ...
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Prison Camp Men Died
1,140 words
Torture, screams, no food: These are the
conditions of prisons during the Civil War. The
lack of attention to prisoners led to many
gruesome things such as eating live animals. The
two most infamous prisons were Andersonville in
the South and Elmira in the North. Both had
terrible conditions that were largely caused by
the psychology of the War: If the other side
doesnt have men they cant fight and likewise with
weak men. Both prisons were alike in that men
died, but each is infamous in their ow...
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Jim Thomson House Baht Per Person Thai
956 words
The first time when I heard this name "Jim
Thomson's House" in the class of English for
Guide, I didn't know what this place is like and
there were many questions about this house in my
head such as where is it located? who is Jim
Thomson? what did he do? why his house is famous?
and what are interesting things in there?
Fortunately, when the list of my questions
finished, my friend who sat beside me suddenly
told me, she had ever gone to Jim Thomson's house
two years ago. So I eagerly asked her...
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City Of Rome One Of The First
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of all time. The city of Rome once was home to
more than one million residents in the early
centuries. The Romans had a fine selection of
building monuments in the city of Rome including
the forums for civic services, temples of worship,
and amphitheaters for recreation and play. The
Romans made great use and pioneered great
architecture mechanisms Architecture of the
ancient Roman Empire is considered one of the most
impressive including arches, columns, and even
mechanical elements in pulleys ...
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Cuban Jam Session Tenor Sax Cachao
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His name is Israel Lopez, but he is known as
Cachao. His real name is music though. Born into a
family who were all bass crazy, at least thirty
five members of the Cachao clan have played the
double bass at one time or another, either with
the Havana Filarmonica, or in popular combos. Some
of them, like his older brother the late Orestes
played with the Filarmonica under the baton of
Eric Kleiber, formerly the conductor of the Berlin
Opera Orchestra. Cachao was so young then that
they had to bui...
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Rusty Fence Barely Separated House
689 words
The small townhouse always had the inviting
fragrance of freshly cut flowers in the morning
and the delicious aroma of my mother's secret
recipes in the early evening. Anyone who entered
was immediately greeted by the fragrances and
found themselves staying a little longer than they
planned. The delicate light from my grandmother's
antique lamp beckoned sleep and the faded striped
cushions on the worn living room couch held many a
drowsy head in those days. The inside of the house
consisted of r...
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First One 000 Prisoners
878 words
Five hundred men moved silently toward the gates
that would shut out life and hope for most of them
forever. Quarter of a mile from the railroad we
came into a massive palisade with great squared
logs standing upright in the ground. Fires blazed
up and showed us a section of these and two
massive wooden gates with heavy iron hinges and
bolts. They swung open as we stood there and we
passed through into the space beyond. We were at
Andersonville. Private John McElroy. A camp where
laws were left ...
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An Exposition On Peanut Butter Cookies
542 words
Have you ever tried to bake peanut butter cookies,
and for some reason they were a complete flap
because they were dry and crunchy, too moist and
crumbly, or perhaps they had a terrible taste?
Well, I have discovered this cool new recipe and I
have never failed at making them. Have no fear,
the ultimate peanut butter cookie recipe is hear.
We will need the following ingredients: 1 c. of
brown sugar, 1 c. of white sugar, 1 c. of
margarine or butter, 1 c. of peanut butter, 2
large eggs, 1 tsp. of ...
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Primary Source Living Things
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Amerindians of the "Salado id" culture, originally
came from the Venezuelan mainland. They were
referred to as "Arawaks", because of the language
they spoke. Using Trinidad as a stepping stone
they spread up the Caribbean and beyond.
Ethnologist have noted common characteristics with
the cultures of south eastern USA. For many years
this led some to believe that they originated
there, archaeological finds have confirmed that
their origin is most certainly Amazon. The Arawaks
people inhabited the...
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York Franklin Watts Gas Chambers
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... and Soviet prisoners of war. It became a death
camp in 1941. "Auschwitz was divided into three
areas: Auschwitz 1 was the camp commander's
headquarters and administrative offices. Auschwitz
2 was called Birkenau and it was the death camp
with forty gas chambers. Auschwitz 3 was a slave
labor camp. "On the gate of Auschwitz was a sign
in German which read, 'Arbeit macht frei', which
means work makes you free. " Auschwitz included
camp sites a few miles away from the main complex.
At these sit...
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Work Of Art Art Work
1,142 words
... e case of water) - which cannot be predicted
from a complete knowledge of the constituent parts
(single gas molecules or hydrogen and oxygen). Can
the thinking process be surmised from the study of
a single neurone - or is the Whole brain under
observation the precondition? We can never be sure
that the essence of the Whole is, indeed, resident
in the part. Holograms and fractals are one case:
the shape of the Whole is absolutely discernible
in the tiniest part. Still shape is only one
param...
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Moby Dick Symbols To Draw Attention
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Often in great works of literature, symbols are
incorporated to add depth. These symbols make it
more interesting to the reader by making
connections from one idea to another. Herman
Melville depicts a great number of characters and
symbols in his 19 th century novel Moby Dick.
Melville uses symbols to develop plot, characters,
and to give the reader a deeper interpretation of
the novel. (Tucker) The author successfully uses
the symbols of brotherhood, monomania, isolation,
religion, and duality...
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Restaurant Called Chateau Bordeaux Called Chateau Bordeaux Candle
441 words
High on a mountaintop overlooking the shoreline of
Cruz Bay in St. John of the U. S. V. I. , there
sits a small restaurant called Chateau Bordeaux. A
mid-sized deck protrudes out the back of the
restaurant. Nine tables are randomly placed on
this patio, each with its own single white candle
in the center. It is night, and bright wicker
torches line the veranda, consecutively spaced
about six feet apart. Looking down at the bay,
colorful lights from the inner Caribbean city
reflect onto the glist...
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Chemical Reaction Test Tube
682 words
Background An example of a gas would be hydrogen.
A chemical property is how a substance changes its
identity. An example of this would be being able
to support flammability. A physical property
distinguishes one type of matter from another and
can be observed without changing its identity. An
example of this is somethings boiling point
because when you change a liquid to a gas it does
not change its identity only its form. A chemical
change is when something changes identity and
example of this...
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Boys And Girls Code Of Chivalry
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Knighthood began in the 9 th century. As a request
of the fall of Charlemagne's Empire in Western
Europe a new way of life began. Little kingdoms
replaced the old Empire that were held together by
kings or lords. Because of continuous attacks by
invading Moors and Vikings, the greatest need in
these new settlements was for protection and
security. Therefore, a new form of civil
government arose. Which was called feudalism based
on mutual agreement between the kings and lords,
and their knights o...
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