The only thing that was worse then leaving my dogs was we were two days late leaving to New Jersey. ... This is when my journey to New Jersey started.  ... I sat there looking out the window and listening to music. ... Although the summer didn't start off how I wanted it to, I had fun in New Jersey. I saw new sites, visited new places, ate different kinds of food, which may have looked gross and made your stomach sick but when the first bite entered your mouth  it was heaven. ...

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At one point, she even climbed up about 30 feet into the air on a leafless tree, and sat at the top observing her surroundings. ... The mother was the primary nurturer for the children, while the father sat isolated for most of the time. ... I left the zoo shocked at the similarities between us, which left me with a new understanding of how we could have possibly evolved. ...

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It seems as though the children of new are more angry, more agitated, and never seem to just smile at the simple things. ... My mom was home, my dad went to work and when it was dinnertime we all sat at the table and discussed how our days went. ... We sat down with our marbles for hours and tried to knock our opponent's marbles out of the circle to win theirs. ...

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Well, this was just something new to experience. I sat down onto the couch, pondering over what I was going to be doing until the power resumed. ... Startled, I sat up on my bed. ... My cousins' new school year had begun and well I had been on my own now. ... I have transformed into a new person now, and I am proud of who I am today....

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When I sat in my father's blue 2003 Ford Taurus at the age of fifteen, little did I know my life was to change forever. "Alright children, your mom and I have to speak with you about something important," exclaimed my father. My elder sister and I knew what was going to come next. I whispered under...

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In the new Millennium today, because the divorce rate is at it's peak, thousands of dollars are being funded for such things as child support, counseling, and many people emotionally unhappy, which is all too common. ... When dinner was finally ready, we all sat down as usual. ... We just sat there listening to Rick Dee's play the top 40 on the radio. ...

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I sat down next to the fire gazing into its endless orange glow, as I pondered why mother insisted on putting huge curlers in her hair even camping. ... Once I had let out enough line I set the rod in Dad's homemade holder, and I sat back to wait for an attack on the lure. ... As the tears rolled over her swollen cheeks, she told me heaven has a new angle, and he will be beside me always. ...

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I sat there in the midst of my father's shadow, I watched him as he spoke to an unknown man about the papers he held out. ... In fact, this wasn't just a divorce, a split up, a break up, or whatever you may call it, this was a way to our new lives. This was a new beginning for us, for me. ...

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Every year my family members usually come home together to have new year dinner. ... Normally, after my father's statement, everybody started eating, talking and giving to each other all the best wishes for new year. I sat at the corner of the table and looked at every single family face. ...

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The reason she did not remove them, however, was that it was one of the rare moments that my sisters and I did not fight but gathered together and sat around instead with smiles on our face. ... As time has passed by and circumstances have changed, my family members are spread all over the world now like the bottom part of a seashell: myself in New York, my older sister in Boston, my mom and younger sister in Seoul, South Korea, and my dad at Dadaepo. ...

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The reason she did not remove them, however, was that it was one of the rare moments that my sisters and I did not fight but gathered together and sat around instead with smiles on our face. ... As time has passed by and circumstances have changed, my family members are spread all over the world now like the bottom part of a seashell: myself in New York, my older sister in Boston, my mom and younger sister in Seoul, South Korea, and my dad at Dadaepo. ...

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In the story "Everyday Use", there are three main characters Mrs. Johnson, the narrator, Maggie, the narrator's youngest daughter, and Dee, the narrator's oldest daughter. As the reader begins to read the story, the narrator describes Maggie's emotions towards Dee's visit home to prepare the reader ...

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When I sat down to think about why I decided to get married several reasons came to mind? ... When you are in the process of finding the one person who you would like to spend the rest of your life with, you go through a series of dates that involve meeting many new people and trying to get to know each of them to see if they are the person you have been looking for. ...

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The reason she did not remove them, however, was that it was one of the rare moments that my sisters and I did not fight but gathered together and sat around instead with smiles on our face. ... As time has passed by and circumstances have changed, my family members are spread all over the world now like the bottom part of a seashell: myself in New York, my older sister in Boston, my mom and younger sister in Seoul, South Korea, and my dad at Dadaepo. ...

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Human beings develop over the periods during their life. A momentous period in which a person has a huge turning-point change from a kid to an adult is called puberty. Many psychology researchers showed that puberty is one of the most important periods in human ages because the changes in this perio...

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My earliest childhood memories are of Sao Paulo, Brazil and my later childhood memories are of New Jersey. ... This busy city is very similar to New York City. ... Newark, New Jersey is were the other half of my childhood was spent. ... My mother was frequently remind us that we were going to go cross eyed because we sat too close to the TV. ...

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The stories I can remember being told as a child such as having to live in the "projects" in the Bronx, New York, not having any food to eat and having to wear the same clothes everyday, have always made me wonder how people in those situations are able to survive with such little income and so little support. ... I truly came to this experience with an open heart and a very clear conscious, and sincerely wanted to understand life outside of the suburban shelter in which I grew up in Bergen County, New Jersey. ... As we sat down at a picnic table in the park, I first went over the six topics...

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I was one of those boys who were born with a golden spoon in his mouth. When I was 3 years old, my dad had cars he put on the road for public transportation, though he was riding a Vespa motorcycle. He eventually acquired a lot of cars which were at the disposal of my younger ones and me. We had our...

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