The two brothers butchered the young man in the prime of his life. ... At least then she could have avoided the embarrassment of being returned to her family on her wedding night when her future husband found out that she was not a virgin. ... She looked for it in the shadows, she found it at first sight among the many, many easily confused names from this world and the other, and she nailed it to the wall with her well aimed dart, like a butterfly with no will whose sentence has always been written." ... She had multiple opportunities to tell Santiago that the Vicario brothers were waiti...

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• Grade Level: High School

His older brother, Adam Nolan, oftentimes found himself incarcerated for drug possession and theft (Tavernise). ... He had to see his brother in and out of rehab and jail. ... Lane's grandparents, who had custody of him and his brother, described Lane as extremely remorseful and unable to stop crying. ...

• Word Count: 587
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• Grade Level: High School

In the context of the book no other event was more prominent than Winston's Affair with Julia, this event really showed Winston's rebellious side, and made him less and less careful about the watchful eye of big brother because he knew he was to be caught in the long run eventually, so he made sure he enjoyed his time left. I believe Winston's affair with Julia was his way of rebelling against big brother, which is a stupid thing to do because he was always going to get caught. ... He knew it could have been a trap, as he was suspicious of O"Brien in the first place, however he...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

His older brother, Adam Nolan, oftentimes found himself incarcerated for drug possession and theft (Tavernise). ... He had to see his brother in and out of rehab and jail. ... Lane's grandparents, who had custody of him and his brother, described Lane as extremely remorseful and unable to stop crying. ...

• Word Count: 590
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

His older brother, Adam Nolan, oftentimes found himself incarcerated for drug possession and theft (Tavernise). ... He had to see his brother in and out of rehab and jail. ... Lane's grandparents, who had custody of him and his brother, described Lane as extremely remorseful and unable to stop crying. ...

• Word Count: 587
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

One of Thomas's older brothers, Samuel Ketchum, left his wife and kids to become a cowboy along with Thomas. ... In 1892, Black Jack, his brother, Sam, and several other outlaws learned that an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad was on route to Deming, New Mexico with a large payroll. ... The $20,000 dollars was never found. Black Jack's final attempt to rob the Santa Fe Railroad train by himself ended in defeat, the conductor had shot his arm, and Black Jack staggered off into the night when they found Black Jack he was at a watering hole it was there that he surrendered peaceful...

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• Grade Level: High School

Taking into account the goal and premise of community-based partnerships, such as Big Brother Big Sisters, which target at risk youth as well as the general population, the programs reduce the likely hood of violent behavior, substance abuse, teen pregnancy, incarceration, and dropping out of school. ... When comparing children who received program services from Big Brother Big Sisters and those waiting but had not been matched with a mentor, researchers found that children who had been matched with a mentor and had the benefit of receiving program services were 46% less likely to initiate dru...

• Word Count: 1000
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He rode with a group of outlaws called the James-Younger Gang, which included his brother Frank and two cousins, Cole and Jim Younger. ... Robert James, was a Baptist minister who helped found William Jewel College in Liberty, Missouri. ... He has two step-brothers, two step-sisters, and two natural brothers ("Biography of Jesse James"). ... In 1866, Jesse became one of the leaders of a band of outlaws with the Younger brothers and Jim Reed, where his partnership in crime and trail of robberies and murders moved through most of the central states (Belle). ...

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In my opinion I think that police officers do this to say they've found the killer. ... Crowe just happened to be the brother of a girl that was murdered so therefore he had to be the one who kill her, right? ...

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In a civilized society like United States such a barbaric attitude would not only be against the principles for which the country was founded, but will also send a bad message to rest of the world who look up to the United States as an embodiment of law and order. ... I will never forget the event of about fifteen years ago when a drunk driver hit my brother and confined him to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. Whipping a thieve who stole someone's else possessions or a drunk driver who permanently crippled an innocent man- like in the case of my brother is like slapping a kid on the...

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Larry and his newly found gang would hang around their neighborhood, which were the slums, at the corner of Green St. and 68th on the South Side of Chicago. ... Earl porter's brother by the name of Mike Mayor was found dead after a multi million dollar drug deal had turned for the worst. ... The gang found it really easy to go to these new cities and start setting up new cliques....

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But a lot is said about him and his brother, Buck. ... In a car that they stole, officers found a prescription bottle filled by Clyde's aunt and they left fingerprints. ... Clyde was found helplessly hanging through the steering wheel. ... They started picking casing from trees, the ground and anywhere they found them. ...

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If Ned is to be taken at his word, he is the wronged party, unknowingly accepting a stolen horse and subsequently being jailed for it: "Wright who was a stranger to me was in a hurry to get back to Mansfield and I gave him another mare and he told me if I found his mare to keep her until he brought mine back". ... The inference in "The Jerilderie Letter" is that Ned Kelly acted with his brother Dan, his stepfather George King or alone, not backed up by a gang. ...

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The need for fulfillment in young girls" lives are growing because all-female gangs, found mostly in large urban areas, spread to smaller towns. ... Melissa lived in a home where two of her three brothers did drugs, which one of the two died of a crack cocaine overdose (Atkin). ...

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