The opening Act portrays how Hotspur has fought this horrible battle in Homledon against the Scots, and while King Henry praises his efforts, he is also discomfited that while this young brave man is off fighting wars, his son, the heir to throne, Prince Hal, is found in taverns through the common class peoples areas of England, drinking wine and playing jokes on his friends, whom many are common folk of the London area. ... As a joke Poins, Peto and Hal all decide to play a joke on Falstaff (who is with Gadshill) by pretending to rob them of their loot. ... The joke is then placed and precede...

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His artworks are saturated with obviousness, mental inertia, cliches and bad jokes. ... His artworks are saturated with obviousness, mental inertia, cliches and bad jokes. ... His artworks are saturated with obviousness, mental inertia, cliches and bad jokes. ... His artworks are saturated with obviousness, mental inertia, cliches and bad jokes. ... His artworks are saturated with obviousness, mental inertia, cliches and bad jokes. ...

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The California election is turning into just a big joke and something ought to be done for future recalls. ... Another trouble of excessive candidates is that they turn the electoral system into an absolute joke. ... If people do not examine the faults in recall elections carefully and resolve them, then more elections in the United State might turn into a joke, and voters would ignore several important issues in those elections. ...

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As a non-native English speaker I could laugh about an overweight, oversexed representative of Britain in Africa (yes, in the few moments I understood the subtle jokes and satirical situations). ... This book is funny, but it's not always easy to get the joke. ...

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In this play there are a few elements of tragedy that are apparent in this play, The Merchant of Venice should be classified as a comedy because of its abundance of happy endings, light-hearted jokes, and true love. ... Shakespeare wittily enters funny scenes and joyful jokes to lift up the pressure or tension that the play delivers. ... Launcelot pretends to give his father directions just as a joke. ...

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She has remained steadfast in her denial of having any prior knowledge or involvement in planning the assault on Kerrigan.1 By mid-February, Tonya Harding and this tale of amateur intrigue had been the top news story every day for weeks, as well as the subject of numerous jokes and other forms of folk communication. ... Why was I hearing jokes about Tonya Harding on "The David Letterman" and "Tonight" shows? ...

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Sanakuya means "cousinage," "joking relationship," and it refers to a social norm present especially among the Mandingo ethnicity. Those in a sanakuya relationship may treat one another as if close family members with whom familiar jokes or humorous insults and intermarriages are exchanged. ...

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"Juveniles are like the rising sun, on whom our hope is placed." This is one of the most familiar aphorisms of the former Chairman of China, Mao. Nevertheless, it turns out to be a provoking sarcasm nowadays whenever we read newspapers - teenage crimes have reached a severely mounting state in Hong...

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Hostile environment sexual harassment occurs when there is unwelcome sexual conduct such as touching, teasing, name-calling, sexual posters, pictures or jokes, which create an atmosphere that negatively impacts a student's daily routine. ...

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Often times the harassment is disguised by jokes or teasing, but it always feels threatening to those on the receiving end. ... Every employee must know the definition and that sexual harassment can be anything from jokes to physical grabbing. ...

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In the case study, Howard stated that she almost came to blows with a White woman at her work, because of the racist jokes that she told in the predominantly White department. ... Although she was serious, Howard incorporated her jab into a joke, which delivered the general meaning but soothed the impact. ...

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A company has to be very careful of the kind of jokes, games, gimmicks and languages that its employees uses because what can be deemed ok for one employee another employee might find it very offensive, especially a new employee. ...

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Although Mrs Malaprop does indeed provide a fair amount of the humour in the play through her unique "malapropisms", it is at her own expense and she remains the butt of many of the character's jokes in the play, as Jack Absolute proves in Act 3 Scene 3. ...

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This is something you should know. I was raised in California and have been exposed to unusual people and places. The Bay Area, a place that portrays the epitome of eccentricity, is filled with nonconforming characters who explore the endless possibilities of their imagination. These individuals ...

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"Sometimes, all we need is a little shift in perspective to change our entire sense of who we are and where we are going." St. Albert's Catholic High School's production of "The Breakfast Club" taught the audience at the Arden Theatre a few valuable life lessons about social status and friendship. ...

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Communication To speak does not necessarily mean to communicate. Even if a person blurts a conglomerate of words from between his or her lips, most people will still have a difficult time following or understanding the point of the conversation without the use of other communication skills. From a ...

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A friendly and joking atmosphere filled with a tone of teasing banter prepared the audience for an experience filled with laughter and softened even the most serious of theatregoers. ... For example, the actors would have typical, witty and British accents to make the play seem more realistic as well as adding an essence of mis-punctuation to the words leading to even more humour produced even when there is no joke or punchline. ...

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Local High School Deputy Principal Not Meeting Student's Needs Today marks the beginning of what could be the most morally contentious event of the Singapore American High School's history: the day a student finally had the balls to bring his case against the local Deputy Principal, David Norcott...

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We then came across a great attraction called "Pacific Island," which offers a dolphin, penguin, and sea lion show, kind of like sea world, when the mammal show was over a Russian family show started, and featured amazing gymnastics, awesome jugglers, and practical jokes, which provided a fun learning experience for the entire audience. ...

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Burton stays true to the old-school Batman comic books, in the sense that Michael Keaton as Batman wins every fight, simply because he is the hero, and always appears to defeat the villain just in the nick of time, often adding a quirky joke after a win. ...

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A Modest Proposal is a satirical essay by Jonathan Swift. Swift intentionally uses the essay to draw attention to the horrible economy in Ireland and how oppressed it was by England. Many pamphlets have been handed out during this time regarding the horrible conditions in Ireland, but they were most...

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REPORTING TERRORISM Since the increase of available information and around-the-clock news coverage the interaction between the media and terrorism has intensified throughout the 20th century. Freedom of speech is guaranteed by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which meant that the peop...

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In Father Returning Home, Dilip Chitre gives an account of the ordinary life led by modern man, classically represented here as a father and breadwinner of his family. Chitre focuses on the isolated existence the man leads, alienated from his near ones, a sordid and desolate life. There is focus on ...

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Many women as young as six years old often base their image of the ideal look, size and weight on pictures of models seen in magazine advertisements. The average American is exposed daily to anywhere from 400 to 600 advertisements, which includes newspapers, magazines, television and radio. Out of...

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This tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet is written very carefully it is full of Puns and oxymoron's it also has a rising and falling of action this is a very smart technique the story starts with a lot of action to get the audience interested but then the action falls and its all talk and romance that's when the audience gets bored but then all of a sudden there is an uprising of action in Act 3 Scene 1 which gets the audience interested again there is also a trick he uses in his plays he writes one word which has 2 meanings this is called for example when Mercutio is coming...

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