The Turn of the Screw by Henry James can be interpreted in many different ways. ... In The Turn of the Screw, the children are corruptive in a different way because they are under the influence of ghosts rather than being ghosts themselves, but the idea of corruption in a child is the same. ... The issues that come up in Henry James" The Turn of the Screw are not very far fetched if seen in the right context. ...

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Among some of Archimedes' other achievements, is the Archimedes Screw pump. The Archimedes Screw was originally developed to remove bilge water from the inside of the hull of the Syracusia. The mechanics of the pump were a screw shaped blade inside a cylinder that could be turned by hand, this action would bring water from one side of the device and pump it out of the other side. ... The Hyperion Wastewater Treatment plant in Los Angeles, CA utilizes ten Archimedes Screw pumps to raise sewage to a high level that allows gravity to drop the waste through filters before the treated water is...

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I also learned the hard way that day that when you are behind the wheel, it is not the time to screw around and play games. ... I almost had my license for a month, and I felt that I was doing better at watching my speed, but there was always that one time when I would be driving somewhere, and I'd get that feeling that I want to go fast, Turns out that feeling came back to bite me. ... Not taking note of the road still being wet because it had just rained, I went into the turn going 65 and the rear tires started to spin and it made the rear end of the truck kick out to the right, so I ...

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Once the unknown was pure a single large colony was selected and inoculated onto two tripticase soy agar slants with a screw cap tube for storage. The TSA slant tubes were then stored at room temperature, with the caps unscrewed half a turn from its fully tight position. Once growth was seen the caps were then screwed on all the way and one of the tubes was stored at room temperature and the other in the refrigerator. ... While being incubated the caps were backed off half a turn to find the best storage condition for the environmental isolate. ...

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Three leveling screws are along the base that is used to level the instrument along with the on-board circular spirit level. The leveling screws raise and lower the gun by turning them in either direction until the gun is level by checking the circular spirit level to see if the air bubble is within the center circle, once the air bubble is in the circle the gun is properly leveled. It is a good idea to turn the instrument 90 degrees in any direction and recheck the spirit level to ensure it is indeed level. ...

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On the front and top were primitive propellers that could be turned from inside to provide movement. ... A line attached the device to an auger screw that would be drilled into the hull of the target vessel from underneath her. The screw would then released leaving the gunpowder charge attached to the ship. ... That turned out to be an advantage to the German designers. ... One U-boat had to turn back due to engine troubles. ...

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Then he put it in the lathe and turned it down to size and smoothness. ... The cylinders were turned from fine-grain gray cast iron and had a bore of 4 inches. The tops and bottoms of cylinders were threaded so they could be screwed into the crankcase and a water jacket could be screwed onto them. ... He eventually moved to California and lost touch with Orville Wright, (Wilbur died of typhoid fever in 1912), but things soon turned bad for him. ...

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In Philadelphia and New York City, colonists made the tea ships turn and head back to England before the ships could unload. ... Hutchinson, the governor of Boston, didn't make the tea ships turn around, instead, he docked the ships and let them sit until the colonists made up their minds on whether or not they wanted the tea. ... As Adams went around town, conversing in taverns, he kept reminding people about how the British were taking control and sort of "screwing them over." ...

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That condition being that Orpheus would not turn around or look back until Eurydice reached the upper world. ... Eurydice describes how Orpheus could have taken her back and how she could have walked with the live souls on earth again if he did not screw up. ... "'His songs turn everything to tears,' wept the serpents. ...

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While studying in Egypt, he also invented the Archimedes" screw. This is a pump that, when turned, carries water from a lower level to an upper level (Archimedes of Syracuse. ... There turned out to be more water displaced than there should have been, which means the crown contained another substance, possibly silver (10.2. ...

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Unfortunately, their hopes quickly disintegrate; like thousands of other unskilled immigrants at the turn of the century, financial necessity forces them into virtual slave labor in order to survive. ... (Pg. 99) "The Jungle" also shows precisely how wounded, diseased, and pregnant animals are turned into food under just the same unhealthy conditions that soon leave healthy men wounded and diseased; "There was no heat upon the killing beds; the men might as well have worked out of doors all winter . ... Jurgis relies on his own strong back to carry his family, to cope with inhuman work, but he...

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But the main idea, kept in secret from Dave, was to screw Charlie's prom, taking advantage of broken hearts from Ashley and Kim. ... When he appeared, he saw Ashley and Charlie kissing under one tree, and Kim was dancing with the captain, he was just destroyed, the anger was running into his blood, his neurons turned blurry. ... I hate you both, screw you....

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On one isle are nails, and screws, the next isle there are power drills to go along with power saws and power sanders. Now imagine the world with no tools, no nails or screws. ... These, in turn, were closely related to Neanderthal's increased brain size(Haviland 234)." ...

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Jekyll had turned into the wicked Mr. ... Some people turn to drugs and alcohol as a way to get a "high" or to relieve stress and emotional problems that they may be feeling at that time. ... Jekyll, when he is turned into Mr. ... A mist dispersed; I saw my life to be forfeit; and fled from the scene of these excesses, at once glorying and trembling, my lust of evil gratified and stimulated, my love of life screwed to the topmost peg." ...

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The novel One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest was written by Ken Kesey. The novel takes place in a mental institute. McMurphy is a man who tries to escape a work farm by saying he is not sane. McMurphy is sent to this mental institute to be examined. Here McMurphy is the hero who sacrifice himself in o...

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The logging industry in the Upper Midwest at the turn of the 20th century has become legendary, with an almost mystical history, in which the likes of Paul Bunyan were born. ... Initially, the company raised the logs by screwing an eyebolt into the ends of several logs, stringing a cable through, and then attaching the cable to an airbag to hoist the logs to the surface. ...

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(p 256)" She knows that Macbeth is a loyal warrior and it would be difficult, and she does it by questioning his manhood, "But screw your courage to the sticking-place And we"ll not fail. ... By this time Macbeth's ambition had turned into violence just as his wife's. ...

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The New York office of the Attorney General has found state laws from 1921, which could possibly turn the office into somewhat of a corporate watchdog. ... It has been my observation that, more often than not, when a company tries to screw over its employees, they get caught. ...

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Turns out that freezing people is a bit harder than it sounds. 40 years after the birth of cryogenics, freezing people for indefinite periods of time is just as implausible, but freezing them for a few hours to postpone death is becoming a very likely reality. ... The process is challenging and there are many steps where the surgeons can screw up and the patient can end up dead, but if the procedure is successful then they have, in essence, saved someone's life and brought them back from the dead. ...

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After all, the main character, Sarah, doesn't know what her book will turn out to be, she simply expects a work "completely different" and satisfying to her. ... Heroines may act in unconventional ways, screw guys, smoke, get drunk and stoned, and they can even get away with murder. ...

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Just think is someone turned Ebola or Aids into a biological weapon the result would be a tragedy. ... Some answers like government screws you over to the point where a person just snaps. ... Federal agents have already turned up some worrisome evidence. ...

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Things, these little nuances of text, are brought about every day by us and of course. If they weren't then it wouldn't be the same, would it? The emotion that brings about the most of these ample flexes is love. An omnipresent force that takes supremacy over everything else, all we do and all we sa...

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As she reached the bottom of the stairs, she turned to her right and moved silently to her brother's bedroom where she figured he lay asleep in his bed. ... With that answer, the man gave his son a look of pure hatred and growled, "Get back to bed or I'll - Sam was tired of sitting on the sidelines and decided that it was her turn to speak, so she cut in, "Or you'll what Dad? ... As she got to the garage she turned to her left and walked over to the stairs that led upstairs. ... The big-screen television was already on and turned to Nickelodeon, so Sam decided to watch it whil...

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" In this version of that story the Beast, or Rumpelstiltskin, turns himself into the Beast by becoming the Evil One. ... There is something vaguely familiar about stories when you lose out because you have barked up the wrong tree, or made a deal with a person that has screwed you over. ...

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Roger Ebert says, "Fight Club" is the most frankly and cheerfully fascist big-star movie since "Death Wish," a celebration of violence in which the heroes write themselves a license to drink, smoke, screw and beat one another up. ... She goes to support groups because "when people think your dying they really listen to you instead of waiting for their turn to speak." ...

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