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Puerto Ricans Parking Lot
4,001 wordsBeing a New Jersey public school teacher for thirty-four years meant that I had to find summer employment to supplement my mediocre yearly income. Since schoolteachers are contracted employees they are not eligible to collect unemployment benefits during their ten-week unpaid summer vacations. In fact teachers dont receive paid vacations at all! My job predicament allowed me to find and explore many different alternative occupations that I wouldnt have dabbled in if I had been in a profession th...
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Ethan Frome Chapter Summary
2,164 wordsPROLOGUE One thing that sets Ethan Frome apart from other novels is the way the story is told. Edith Wharton doesn't just start at the beginning and tell you what happens. Rather, she uses a narrator who knows no more about Ethan Frome than you do. The narrator, who remains nameless, is a young engineer. He tells you how he uncovered Ethan's story bit by bit. He recounts what people said to him and what he observed during the months he spent in Ethan's hometown one winter long ago. This opening ...
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Plot Of Land Hdb Flats Sunset
700 wordsSeriously, I only witnessed the sunset few times during my existence. Though explanation may take quite some time, but do allow me. Singapore- a tiny piece of land lying at the tip of Malay Peninsular. Having a population of around three million (yes, same as the number of cows providing us with milk in New Zealand, as emphasised in that famous milk advertisement), that leaves us pondering over the sufficiency of living space for the growing nation. Adolf Hitler wanted living space for his Germa...
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Commercialism Invading Communities In Economic Growth
1,058 wordsIn many growing communities across the nation they are worried about the big developers coming in and making the town into a commercial hellhole. Many are concerned with the economic, social, and wildlife tolls that suburban sprawl will take on the community. A well-known solution to this urban sprawling is smart growth. Smart growth distinguishes the diversity between expansion and the quality of life. Smart growth recognizes the community, but still lets some expansion in through the door. Sma...
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Half An Hour Fifteen Minutes
1,027 wordsCreative Writing: Unexpected Horizons Wow! I love going deep sea fishing on our boat. I was excited when my dad had asked me if I wanted to go this weekend. We departed that Saturday morning after almost a week of sheer anticipation, our destination, Port Canaveral, home of of some of the best fishing on the east coast of Florida. The sea is a very dangerous place when riled by a storm, even a mild one, so we always made sure the day would be at least close to perfect before we ventured out into...
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Rest Of Her Life White Woman
1,840 wordsMary Jemison: White Woman of the Genesee The story of Mary Jemison is both inspiring and intriguing. She was captured at a young age by Indians, and forced to live with them. She endured many hardships while under captivity, but she grew within the tribe, and chose to stay with them for the rest of her life. Mary Jemison was born either 1742 or 1743 in a ship en route to America. Her parents Thomas and Jane Erwin Jemison were Irish-Scottish. They had left their home country in order to escape ci...
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