After all of this, and all of his writings, he finally consented to an interview published by the New York Times Magazine. Then he began writing the first of the "Border Trilogy," All the Pretty Horses which was published in 1992. (Priola, Cormac 5) "All the Pretty Horses, was a national bestseller. ... Twice I found myself interested enough in the setting to refer to my maps to find the towns in the desolate border area McCarthy writes about" (Cogan, All of the Pretty 1) The second of the "Border Trilogy" was, The Crossing, published in 1994... Like All the Pretty Horses, this volume ...

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McCarthy has a "pattern of using characters who struggle against a brutal hostile world and All the Pretty Horses carries on the tradition- (Cormac 3). ... Through his descriptive imagery and use of Spanish, McCarthy in All the Pretty Horses efficiently unveils the dark side of society and of men in conflict to the innocence and freedom only found in nature. ... All the bilingual sections in All the Pretty Horses cause the reader to feel in the presence of the Mexican culture, and it's corrupt people. ... All these young people. They all returned full of ideas. ...

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Most of these cowboy events can be watched in pretty much all rodeos. (**) Black cowboys started out as slaves on the cattle plantations. ... The colored rodeo-cowboys were doing pretty well in entertainment. ... Bulldogging is a rodeo performance in which a rider leaps onto a bull from his horse and wrestles it to the ground. ... Bill would hop off of his horse Spradles and onto a bull and give it a headlock. ... Not all black cowboys were known for good. ...

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My Dad advised us to distribute all the money among ourselves so that if by accident one losses the money, we would still have enough money to spend .We were pretty much excited and anxious as it was the first time we all were going out so far on our own .So on the scheduled day we left with all our camping equipment and bags . ... We took horses from there which was the only mean of transport . The path on which the horses were crawling was so narrow that sometimes one leg of the horse was in the air pointing towards thousands of feet down into the valley which scared us to death. Finally...

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Just as he says in his Article if they would not have gotten away the war would have pretty much ended there. ... Ferguson could have took his rifle and shot Washington right off of his horse, but he didn't. It is very frowned upon to shoot an unarmed man of the back of his horse, and Ferguson just couldn't make himself do it. ... Morgan's militia attacked them from the rear making Tarleton think that he had pretty much won this battle. ... All in all the outcome of the Revolution would have been extremely different if just a few small things had gone in a different direction. ...

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Despite all their differences individually, as a collective they are poor. ... One of the main tragedies the family has is that Jewel's horse is given away for a mule. The horse is Jewel's prized possession but Anse trades it for a mule because Anse cant buy one himself. If the family had money Jewel's horse would have been spared. ... Except maybe the rotting corpse, its pretty hard even the richest of people to overlook such a stench. ...

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In this ad the Ford F-150 is pretty much directed towards any man. ... The 4x4 pickup truck can be a luxury family vehicle or it also may be an off-road work horse. ... It proved it can pretty much do anything by traveling through mud. ... Dodge Ram talks up a pretty big game. ... All of these trucks are being advertised to sell to men of all ages. ...

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They proved to be mere fops, and cowards to boot, and the Cid's vassals did all they could to hide the youths' flaws from the Cid. ... True, the Cid did commend all the lands he conquered to Alfonso. ... Very pretty. ... Almost all did so, whereupon the Cid presented Alfonso with a gift, a large number of finely saddled horses that were paraded in front of Alfonso. ... But Alfonso doesn't mind; he is more taken with expensive horses and ornate saddles than with the fighting men who should have been riding them. ...

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For instance, It seemed very odd that the men of the town were only paying attention to the pretty women and saying hello to them. ... After all, this is just the first scene in the movie. ... Belle is waiting at home when she notices her father's horse straying in without her father. Belle convinces the horse to show her where her father is and she ends up at the castle as well. ... So she did, and the Beast and Belle got to know each other pretty well. ...

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They are all the same right? ... Now that we pretty much established that we need a great story to tell to bring people to our product or service, what makes a great story? ... A great story hit's the target like a race horse bolting out of the gate. ... I mean it is 2014 after all and we almost all have the same point of view right? ... They didn't place too many ads which hurt them in the long run since we were able to advertise more then all of them combined at one point. ...

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It emerges from his throat as though he has sung it all his life. ... They blend and are contrasted, and the result is one of the best known passages in all opera. (Godefroy, V, 1976) The Quartet works itself out ppp (pianissimo) and Rigoletto quietly tells Gilda to go home, dress as a man, take a horse, and ride to Verona. A pretty tall order for so sheltered a young miss; but she goes obediently. ... Gilda returns with male trousers, male boots, spurred and as ordered by her father; but she has abandoned her horse and the road to Verona. ...

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An elderly man shoveling his walk way threw up a shovel full of snow and scared the horse. I later found out it was the first time the horse has been on the road and was very young. ... I barely missed the horse and hit the wheel. ... Even though all of this is nice, his memories were not all pleasant. ... He beat that kid up pretty bad, might I add. ...

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I)Darwin's Dilemma A)Darwin set sail on December 27, 1831 for a cruise around the world 1)He was well educated and had a strong interest in natural history 2)He also had keen powers of observation and an analytical mind 3)Each place he went he collected animal and plant specimens to his collection (a)He examined his specimens and filled notebooks with his observations B)Throughout the voyage he witnessed countless wonders of nature 1)He demanded explanations for these wonders II)The Diversity of Life A)When Darwin visited tropical South America he saw countless species 1)In one ...

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Lila giggled while her checks filled with a pretty pink blush. ... At this point Nick was feeling pretty unsure of himself. ... Nick had big lips that fit well, for all of his features were large. ... Nick worked at the butcher shop and did side jobs of shoeing horses. ... All you can do now is remember the life you had in you, and realize it was all worth-while. ...

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His notebook of all his notes is the most acclaimed notebook in history. ... As an acclaimed sculptor he planned the design of a huge monument of the Duke's father mounted up on a leaping horse. ... What was impressive was that Da Vinci became overly interested in the anatomy of horses and thus began to draw them very often. In the work for the Duke's castle Da Vinci experimented with horses" forelegs and measurements. ... He believed that an unbalanced wheel that would revolve forever would conserve pretty much all to most of the energy. ...

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Another similarity that all three of these versions contain is that they all end up with a pretty good and happy ending; well at least for Rapunzel and her "prince". ... The Disney movie Tangled ends in pretty much the same way with some minor differences. ... When it is finished I will climb down, and you can take me away on your horse"(Grimm 3). ... All these versions have similarities and differences. ... All versions have some witch or evil pers...

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My Dad's interview was all stuff I pretty much expected. ... My grandfather refers to sports as business, because pretty much it is now a days. ... Sunday night was a family TV night, as they all watched Disney then ED Sullivan. ... My family is the same as the previous generation family, we all pretty much disperse after dinner and do our own thing. ... Sports are usually all I follow through the media my TV is either on Speedvision, ESPN, or ESPN2. ...

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We have all somehow become experts at hiding ourselves from others and putting on a mask in order to gain what we all desire. ... And therefore, setting all this chat aside, Thus plain terms: your father hath consented That you shall be my life, Ur dowry GREED on, And will you nil you, I will marry". ... As when she falls off a horse, he denies helping her or even comforting her and often denies her food and sleep. ... In comparison they both involve the issue of money, and like petruchio who gets paid by Bapista Verona is paid by Padua's "Pretty Boy" Joey donner, who acts as a suit...

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The last half of the sixteenth century had been, as they say, pretty busy. ... He compares the whole world to a theater, and all the men and women as players on the stage of life. ... Duke Senior rightly remarks that he "uses his folly like a stalking-horse, and under the presentation of that he shoots his wit." ... At the end of the play, she orchestrates all of the marriages, including her own to Orlando. ... A melancholy cynic, he is a critic of the society in the forest and all of life. ...

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FOOL: all thy other titles thou hast given away; that thou wast born with. ... Lear's biggest mistake, perhaps, is in leaving himself without support, in trusting all he has to the goodwill and good faith of his daughters. ... And again, later in the same conversation, the fool alludes to this statement of Lear's, claiming that: Thou wast a pretty fellow when thou hadst no need to care for her frowning. ... Again, when Lear fails to comprehend these rather blunt statements, the Fool sums up with a simple and earthy truth, in the form of a question: may not an ass know when th...

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Growing up without a mother, who died when he was young, and having a father who constantly beat him, Huck is all alone in an unfamiliar world. ... None is more obvious than when Huck, Jim, and their new conning duo, the King and the Duke, (Page 143) ...was pretty well down the State of Arkansas, we come in sight of a little one-horse town in a big bend, Twain introduces the stereotypical white trash? ... Huck describes the place and people as (Page 145) All the stores was along one street. They had white-domestic awnings in front, and the country people hitched their horses to the awning post...

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All of this was about to change with Charlemagne. ... Another thing about the Frankish style was that they did not use the horse as a weapon but only as transportation which seems odd. ... The Franks fought entirely on the ground which might seem a disadvantage against the Muslim horse man and the Huns probably the best horsemen of the day. ... Charlemagne was a wise man when it came to fighting wars he planned it all very well and was most successful. ... All that is known is that his mother taught him as would be expected to. ...

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His father lost most of the family fortune to gambling so Lee wasn't very wealthy; in fact he was actually pretty poor. ... Seeing all this around the house made Robert strive much harder to succeed in life. Young Robert seemed to inherit all the best characteristics of both of his parents and none of the flaws. Although "Light Horse Harry" had problems with handling money Robert had no financial problems throughout his entire life. ... During this invasion Lee was appointed Commanding Officer of all Confederate forces. ...

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The account of Luca Pacioli measured the model to be twenty-three feet from the hoof of the horse to the mane, which is about twice the size of most of the other statues of the fifteenth century (Wasserman 10). ... He painted "The Last Supper" in 1495 and 1498, and is still holding up pretty well, but has been left in poor condition because of the years of decay. Leonardo was all was compelled to do new thing usually leaving many of his works unfinished as a result he only completed a few of his works of art in his whole life "The Last Supper" included. ... In addition, to all of his...

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Casinos are the only real winners out of all who play. ... All laws against gambling are formed by the state. ... Another simple law that is broken without concern is that one cannot bet on horse racing without being present at the track. ... People similarly bet pretty much their lives. ... Homicides because of debt happen all the time. ...

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