After the Bomb Cody Carlson After the Bomb, written by Gloria Miklowitz, is a thrilling novel that takes place before, during, and after a bomb that supposedly was sent to the U.S west coast from Russia "by accident". ... After coming to, they look around and see nothing but burning houses their house almost completely destroyed and frantic and injured people running everywhere. ... He did so and after a while drained water from a resident's pool and had it flown down to the hospital. ... After the Bomb is an exciting and story which shows the leadership of a teenager over hi...

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Frank McCourt is a strong individual who survives all of the hardships and heartbreaks in his life by helping to support his family and thinking of others before himself. ... Throughout his whole life he is constantly looking after his family, putting them before himself. Even when he was very young and lived in America he looked after his little brothers. When he would have to play outside in the park for hours with his brothers on frigid winter days, he would find food and warmth for his siblings before he would even think of himself. ... Even though he is weak after these illnesses, he is...

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In July 2003, the summer before my senior year in high school I drove a 1990 Ford Tempo with tinted windows, 14" chrome wheels, and a fifteen hundred-dollar sound system. ... Well, I was at a pool hall with some of my friends and they decided to have this girl come up and play pool with us, and I had never met her before, so I was pretty excited. ... After we hit the telephone pole the car was smoking so I told her to get out. ... After making sure she was ok a few people drove by and asked if we were ok. ... We are still together now, going stronger then ever before, so who knows, this cr...

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Before the Day, Bill did not feel he was very useful. ... After the Day, that was not so tru anymore. ... Before the Day, he was only a boy who attended school with his father to take care of them all. ... He with held new jobs and tasks that never before would be an obligation at his age. ... The times after the Day were the times given to him to prove not only to his family, but also to the entire town, that he was no fool. ...

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His father was the first to die before the play started. ... In act III Hamlet kills polonium after he finds out he was eavesdropping on a heated conversation with his mother. After Ophelia receives word that her father had died . ... In the some of the versions they didn't have the near death of Claudius the scene before. ... Gertrude drinks out of the poisoned chalice before Hamlet goes near it. ...

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Although there were not many good ones left, I was getting exhausted after roaming for hours. ... It was in memory of her, so that I can place it on her altar as an offering before the turn of the lunar New Year. ... It was hard for him to have looked after us alone when my mother had passed away while we were still young. ... Life was very tough and full of uncertainty; he even had to look after his family and his parents in Malaysia. ... We prayed and made some offerings and before we left I placed the yellow carnations beside him. ...

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She knelt before an image of Mary, the mother of God and asked her to pray to her son Jesus Christ. ... After the conversation they worked things and decided not to have an abortion. ... This really hit me hard, because before my brother Mike was born, my adoption parents found out that after I was born I had major heart problems which resulted in staying in the isolated unit in the hospital and being on an oxygen tank for 3 months. ... After traveling through the city we finally made it to our hotel stopping to unload all of our bags. ... The week before the march for life I was thinking ab...

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The "them- she was describing was children in general (This of course was before she married, and even when she did marry her opinions of children never changed nor her desire to be alone). ... This idea was that after death there's no paradise, angels, or an almighty power. ... We know before she never believed in words and now she's disobeying God. ... Kurtz's realization came to him before he died that there's nothing after death. ... But as the story showed she received pity, even after death. ...

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The author doesn't say much about her life before childbirth, however some passages presume that she had a beautiful and harmonious life before having a child "the man took is wife to dinner; they dressed and were beautiful again together" The author describe marriage as an imprisonment and a source of sickness. ... The outside world looked liberating and much better then her marriage " the room had a new views of the streets that she never seen that way before". ... It doesn't stop them, after the birth, Mothers have to care for the new bab...

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Accepting yourself before you accept others is very important part in social interaction. ... Josie's impression of Jacob after her first interaction with him changes over time, because she accepts herself. ... (Page 26-27) After she first meets Jacob properly she begins to change. ... This is an example of how Josie accepted her self before she accepted someone else. ... Josie's initial reaction to Michael Andretti's return changes after she accepts herself. ...

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Some women are forced to go back to work after their children are born. Mainly because they are single mothers, the family needs the second income, or they have established a good career before having children. ... Also, the cost of living is going up so much that it is just too much for one income so mothers have to continue working after having kids. ... Today's mothers have also established a career in life before having children. They have a good job that pays well and are happy with the career choice that they made in life and so they want to continue working after giving birt...

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Soon after this encounter Abadgi senior wife became ill and died. ... This after Nnaife went off to sea after his former employers the Meers left to go off to fight Hitler. ... But after they where feed properly they were fine. ... Nnu hears news that her father is dying and he wants to see her before he dies. ... Before coming home Nnaife gets a new wife on is only sixteen. ...

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She needs 24 hours assistance, my wife before marriage use to look after Maa very well, with all her toiletries and cleaning her every day. ... He wants his daughter to work, bring money and look after him and Maa, he wanted Delilah back in the house so that she can look after Maa. ... As I said before in my book she never liked her father. ... After I finished talking Derek told me "Is there anything more you want to talk" before I could answer him, he said, "Thank you" we heard you. ... We were promised the return delivery of the passports with the visas before Septembe...

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You act like you haven't done that before. ... After talking to her mother for about twenty minutes, Sam hung up the phone and retreated to bed. ... After she finished cleaning up her little sister's mess, Sam decided to soak in the tub for a while. ... After she got out of the tub and dried off, she got dressed. ... After about three rings, Sam's mother picked up the phone. ...

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Minh, Toan's father, gave up the chance to escape Vietnam before the fall of Saigon and instead choose to stay with his family and face whatever danger came to him. ... Before the boat departed, Minh left and went back to his family. ... After contemplating life she learns that "you grow out of everything either you let it destroy you or get on with what is left of your life" (p201). Linh secluded herself after the accident but started to recover after talks with family and friends. ... After meeting the ambassador, Minh explains their situation and his father's wisdom about fate and...

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She looked out for every one else before herself. ... The man that killed her was bringing his kid's home from the grand mothers funeral. 3 months after that had happened I lost mom more important people in my life. ... After she died James turned into a very bad person. He did everything he was never allowed or supposed to do before his mother had died. ...

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It was a cold winter night after Christmas as my mother tucked me in to bed, like she always had. After telling me good night her lips hit my cheek to give me the last kiss she ever would. ... Seven years have gone by and still my mom is gone, and my life has changed more than I thought it would. " Jess, get Drew's clothes ready for school tomorrow," my dad would admonish me every night before going to bed. Making sure my brother would be ready for school every morning, making sure he ate breakfast before he left for school, and making sure his homework was done everyday was what my mothe...

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This makes his father say something he's never said before. ... Before Dee seemed to hate her sister. After the house where both of the girls and her mother used to be live before. ... Right after his voice brakes and looks at his dad standing in the crowd. ... After leaving for so long with her mother she deserved those quilts. ...

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However, after years of learning and experience, I changed a lot as now I understand the reason why my parents did those things to me. ... The day before, it started out normal. ... Fortunately, my mother who let me suffer in front of her eyes stepped in and stopped him before it become worst. ... After she explained everything, it end up with just a misunderstanding and obviously it was not my fault. ... That experience somehow changed me a lot and made me become mature than before. ...

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After the proposal has been accepted, the groom's family goes to the bride's home and has a small ceremony of acceptance. ... One week before the start of the ceremonies, a separate ceremony is held at the bride's house called the Ubton. ... Before the groom enters the building or area where the ceremony is being held, the sisters of the bride stop the groom and demand money. ... After the mother, the guests congratulate and greet the newly weds and dinner is served. ... Before the bride enters the groom's house some people wash her feet in milk or sacrifice a chicken or a ...

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Well at least I did after the fact. ... After a long discussion with my parents, we decided to go out and start to look for a replacement. ... He had the results from the scans she had the week before. Unfortunately, my mom had to wait until the next day before she could talk to the doctor. ... After I got the car I did some thinking. ...

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The conclusion to the parable also seems be left open ended since we don't know what happened after the father talked with the older son. ... 'Prodigal' is defined as the reckless spending of money, practically what the younger son did before finding himself in hard times. ... He is asking to receive his part of the inheritance right away, before his father is dead and still making use of his wealth. ... The way in which the father repeats the phrase of how the younger son 'was dead and is alive, he was lost and is found' in the text seems to have the intention of gui...

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I had never seen my mom so happy before so I knew this guy was perfect. ... After hours in the emergency room, they admitted him. ... We had never seen my dad this sick before and we just wanted to know what was wrong with him. ... After days in the hospital they finally diagnosed my dad with Lupus. ... After my dad passed away, I just wasn't myself anymore. ...

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After her husband's death, Mollie, a Pomo Indian, and her three children, Justine, Alice and Sheldon, leave their reservation home to start a new life in a Northern California city. ... This shows that Mollie's life had to hit rock bottom before it could get better. ... After Justine's death, Mollie becomes more of a mother who is calm and kind, rather than drunk and enraged like at the beginning of the film. ... In the final scene before Justine's death, she tells Jean that she must make peace with her mom. ... Mollie calmly tells her to stop, after which Alice agrees....

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The boy travels alone and meets his father in New York before he continues his journey. ... After four visits on different restaurants with the same rude behavior and a fifth with a newspaper stand seller, the boy leaves his father with a sad goodbye, and he has decided never to meet his father again. ... After a while he suddenly leaves his father, and now we know he understands why his mother divorced his father for three years ago. After this meeting with the father he no longer sees him as a fatherly figure. ... His father treats him as if he is a stranger; like they'd never met bef...

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