She was a dark woman with dark hair and eyes. ... The dark and brooding air could be seen and heard in every ally and every home. ... Some of America's own citizens are out digging in trash cans for their meals, living in dark allies in cardboard boxes, and begging on the sides of streets for money. ... The Marquis and his brother were very relieved to hear the news of her death. ... Death by guillotine is the revenge that Madame Defarge wants. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown."1 Therefore, it makes sense that if mortals cannot bear the darkness, they [should not] not go there. ... The remedy is very simple: Avoid the darkness and seek the light. ... He will immediately turn to the darkness. ... Children will always be afraid of the dark and men will always shudder at what they do not understand, yet everyone will continue to seek it.5 Perhaps it is because society, particularly American society because of its history, believes the final h...

• Word Count: 3126
• Approx Pages: 13
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• Grade Level: High School

However, Black men are more likely to be victims of police violence, racial hate-crime violence and urban gang violence than any other major ethnic group; it should also be known that homicidal deaths contribute to lowered life expectancy for African American males (Harper, 2009). ... A life of crime then leads to prison or in many cases leads to death. ... Homicide is the leading cause of death for 15 to 24 year old Black males (Evans, 1994). ...

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When someone is forced to do anything against their will today it is easily forgotten about, but in the early 18th and 19th centuries not doing what you were told (even if you did not feel it is right) could result in a severe beating or even death. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Language & Culture No one in other majors will be more sensitive than us about the relationship between language and culture since we are English majors. The exact nature of the relationship between language and culture has fascinated, and continues to fascinate, people from a wide variety of backgrounds. That there should be some kind of relationship between the sounds, words, any syntax of a language and the ways in which speakers of that language experience the world and behave in it seems so obvious as to be a truism. It would appear that the only problems deciding the nature of the relat...

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In 1927, Earl joined General Motors as chief stylist, but with the depression and subsequently the war, Earl's creativity "was temporarily stifled" as automakers, reflecting the mood of the nation, "painted most cars in drab colors: black, brown, dark green, and occasionally navy blue. ...

• Word Count: 7127
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

A Research of the Media Coverage of the War on Drugs: Marijuana: The Facts and the Media Coverage The "war on drugs" was announced by President Nixon in 1971. The media has been there since the very beginning: covering this so called war with every means at their disposal. Some feel tha...

• Word Count: 5937
• Approx Pages: 24
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• Grade Level: High School