This tradition is the reason why fraternities only consist of men and not women. ... When Riker means the "higher and lower" in his last quote, he means the high or low active rate that the fraternity is in. ... I think that Riker summed it up in the quote fairly well. ... Other fraternities try to limit the problem of alcohol by not having parties or social gatherings. ... Twenty-five years old Michael Davis died after two weeks of hazing from the Kappa Alpha Psi. ...

• Word Count: 1880
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• Grade Level: High School

Occasionally a line of gray cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak, and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-gray men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud, which screens their obscure operations from your sight. (Fitzgerald 27) The valley of ashes mentioned in this quote from the novel The Great Gatsby by F. ... In the following quote Tom Buchanan is passing through the valley of ashes on his way to New York when he decides to stop by George Wilson's garage: "Hello Wilson, old man,' said Tom, slapping him jovially on the shou...

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• Grade Level: High School

In Rich's essay, she tries to encourage the crowd, to which she is speaking, by saying how important it is to know that women are just as good as men and by telling them that they "[have] enormous potential, even if that potential is as yet realized" (65). ... I disagree with this quote from her because I believe what she is saying here is that in order for women to survive, the education process and real life, they must be united as a whole, which is hypocritical, I believe, because this gathering of women excludes men, which is reverse discrimination. ... Also due to her mother...

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"Abigail's father often worked with his own hands, planting corn and potatoes, gathering hay, sowing barley, or making sure that his sheep received proper care . ... "There was never a shortage of teachers: her parents, older sister, and grandparents"(pg 9). ... Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. ... The quote refers on how she's putting everything aside to support the war against Britain. ... From the beginning to the end, he supports it by using quotes form her letters to John Adams and Merry Otis Warren. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Lantin, and he met a girl at a gathering and fell in love with her and then he married her. ... In Emotional Infidelity, I learned that flirting with coworkers, sending funny e-mails to your friends, or hanging out at gatherings with other people the opposite sex, is considered to be committing emotional infidelity (23). ... In the story she is referred to as a girl and not a woman, which means he could of well have been very much older than her. ... Casual sexual involvement occurs more in men, whereas emotional involvement without sex is more typical among women, Extramarital emotional invol...

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• Grade Level: High School

This first job was working alongside his older brother James as an apprentice. ... Common men soon began to find themselves worthy of a Gentleman. ... Wood quoted an early-eighteenth century observer by saying, The title of a gentleman, is commonly given in England to all that distinguished themselves from the common sort of people, by a good garb, genteel air, or good education(35). ... Through the beginning of his marriage Benjamin did not really bring Deborah to any of his social gatherings or groupings because she supposedly embarrassed him. ... He started spending time with men of the sci...

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• Grade Level: High School

Although it can be argued that Church's first roots lie in the coming of Christ, many scholars consider this gathering in Acts, the first church. ... He is adamant that the old way of viewing the law, or the Old Testament, is based on misconception. ... Martin Luther was born into a middle class family and when he was five years old, he was to school in Mansfeld, where his parents now lived. ... He is quoted to have saying "Now," he said, "I shall certainly lead a far more God pleasing life than I ever did at the University." ...

• Word Count: 2443
• Approx Pages: 10
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• Grade Level: High School