-------- -------- -------- -------- Urban Sprawl Living in the small city of San Luis Obispo, with that small town feeling we are aware of the issue of urban sprawl. ... Sean Clancy in his essay "The Problem in Our Own Backyards" thinks that this is a problem and that it can be stopped. ... The reason that it happens in small towns is that more people move to the small towns to get away from the big ones. Eventually, if it keeps going the way it is every small town will become a city. ...

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In our everyday lives we hear about drugs manipulating people to the point of nearly insanity. ... In the beginning of the story there is a classic example, Dionysus uses his powers, as a god, to somehow manipulate all of the women in this town of Thebes to go out in to the mountains. ... The king of the town, Pentheus, feels as though it is his place to go into these mountains to somehow stop this madness. Dionysus comes back to this town disguised as a normal person and advises Pentheus to go in to the mountains dressed as a woman giving him the confidence that there is no way that this plan...

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Sumner is a small little delta town full of old people. ... The way she drives can be very dangerous for all the children that live on our street. ... About ten minutes later a crop duster fly's over our houses, and more than likely is going to another field somewhere close.We live in front of a field of cotton, and crop dusters fly by alot. ... His grandmother does not seem to care where he I because I always see him all over town riding his bike. ... Sumner is a very pretty town that usually atays clean and has beautiful antebellum churches. ...

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This passage really made me think, there are many different ways to apply this to our lives and the town of Maycomb. ... In my opinion Maycomb is a very judgmental little town. ... For example with Mayella, really none of the town liked her, yes I can understand why with all the wrongs she has done, but they are only looking at that. ...

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He said, "our life is a war and I have been a traitor all my born days, a spy in the enemy country... The dream happened after he went through a traumatic situation with some of the most respected people in town. ... The narrator failed to realize how the people in town really thought about him. It did not matter to the town that he was graduating at the top of his class, all they saw was the color of his skin. ... The town used him, as a token but had no respect for him as a person. ...

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(Pg. 5)" The grass growing on the sidewalks shows that Maycomb is kind of an wild/untamed town. ... Putting this together, you can determine that this a very old fashioned town, giving you a very mild calming tone. The second example is in which Scout describes the Radley Place: "The Radley Place jutted into a sharp curve beyond our house. ...

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I am very grateful for our country, and all of the privileges I have growing up here. ... We don't only have one ruler who makes all our rules and laws, but instead the people in America are ruled by the people. ... We aren't just represented by our president. We are also represented by our town councils, our mayors, our governors, senators, and everyone else that makes up a part of our government. So there are always places open in our society that we can fill to make our own changes. ...

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This movie takes place in a small western town called Refuge. ... From the name of the town itself, to the concept of where and how one enters heaven or hell, to the understanding that each character is responsible for their own fate by the actions they choose. ... Our deeds lead us in one direction or another, one path or another. If the consequence were immediate to our every deed, which path would we choose is the question the film left this writer with, making it thought provoking and entertaining at the same time....

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Then, I might follow another ambition of mine which is someday to have my own house on one of the beaches of my beautiful home town. ... Sometimes our wishes and dreams, which have seemed absolutely unchangeable, are being changed in an instant. In my opinion we have to work hard, following our personal, academic and career's goals, even the smallest ones, and to believe that everything is possible. If we smartly make plans for our future, we will be successful, these plans will be realistic and our dreams will seem more believable....

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The water was cold on our legs and tired feet. ... All the teens were really nice and we got to hang out the rest of our stay there. ... Time was going by so fast that before we all knew it our stay was coming to and end. ... This trip was planned also as a good bye for our whole class. ... That there is a lot more beyond our towns, there is a whole world out there to discover. ...

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The world is at our doorstep and the media brought it there. Terrorism, immigration reform, ethnic conflicts; each and every day the headlines scream of violence and hatred and international strife. Because of this immediacy, it is impossible to keep these issues from impacting the workplace and, un...

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"It was a savage clangorous alarm to the whole town, a brazen tongue to warn mankind against the menace of some peril, secret, dark, unknown, greater than fire or flood could ever be." (37) . ... "They came up swiftly, fairly baying at our heels as we sped across the sow-white square." (62) . ...

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We develop new technology, make new discoveries, and even fight wars just to keep our people happy. ... A beautiful wonderland is painted in the reader's mind as LeGuin writes of a sort of annual festival happening in the seemingly perfect town of Omelas. ... The thing that upholds our society so much is also a choice for the reader. ... It could be Hell, or a barren wasteland, or maybe our real world. ... All of this can easily be connected to our own society. ...

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My Barbie doll was the most beautiful, talented and intelligent. There are so many people whom I wanted to be, but my Barbie was my ideal model in my life. We attended same schools, and she was always a star whom most teachers and students adored. She is my elder sist...

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When the two of them drive into town, she asked about the fights that her husband wanted to see. ... This way of thinking is strongly engraved in the minds of our society, but slowly the views are starting to shift where women can become the providers and men become the stay home parents and tenders of the home. ...

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I came from a small town in Florida where my family was, and where I desperately wanted to be right now. ... After I gathered my self together, picked up my camera and began to take pictures of the planes soaring over our heads. ... I was impatiently waiting for Frank to come running back to me, so we could go develop our pictures of horror. ...

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Oh, and yes we were going to help a small church build a bathroom and do a vacation bible school for the town children. ... The bus was packed, but our group was able to sit together. ... After arranging our air mattress and sweeping up we wanted to find the bathroom to freshen up. ... To our surprise the bathroom we were to build this week would be the first one with indoor plumbing in the area. ... It was time for our siesta so we decided to go get a pop at the local store up the hill. ...

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He is the town sheriff, and he must uphold the law. ... "As my father took another drink of whiskey, this time a longer one that shuddered through him, I could tell that he was making a long journey while he stood in our kitchen."" ... He has to move away from the town with his wife and with David. ...

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I know if I am the reason your marriage with Jem is broken, then the whole shadow hunter society will look down upon our marriage and Jem will be heartbroken. ... Our marriage would be the talk of the town and pasted on as a life lesson and made into a book called "What Not to Do When You Grow Up.... I will show you my knowledge of classical literature and we can enjoy the works of classics in our home library together. ... I want to spend every day showing you that our love is star-crossed like Romeo and Juliet; but smarter. ... " I can be Darcy to your Elizabeth, Anthony to your Cl...

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As Steinbeck tells his story, it is obviously full of metaphors on the basic belief of our society that everything must be the same and reasonable at the same time. ... Miss Martin went to Tularecito's house and blamed it all on him because he was the freak or the town and a good scapegoat, for Tularecito knew not what he did wrong, therefore feeling no remorse. ...

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At the beginning of the novel, we first meet our protagonist and future heroine, Meg Murry. ... Most importantly, Meg learns that what we or others may see as faults, can actually be our greatest assets. ... Although Meg does not fully understand most things she encounters on her journey, especially the town of Camazotz and IT, she does not let that stop her from focusing on her mission to find her father and keep herself and her companions safe. ...

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Donald Williams ( a psychological reviewer ) quotes, " The film challenged our genderizing routines by showing us a "road and buddy" movie with women in the lead roles. ... She has never been out of town without her husband, Darryl, and she can't bring herself to tell him that she's going away for a weekend with Louise. ... Thelma and Louise fulfill our appetite for freedom, self-respect, and courage. ...

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So we both pulled away in our muscle cars and made way to her house to show her mother, whom I must say was upset her daughter had a nicer car then her. ... Within a week I had purchased a house in the beautiful town of Quogue, Long Island for 1.2 million dollars. ...

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So we both pulled away in our muscle cars and made way to her house to show her mother, whom I must say was upset her daughter had a nicer car then her. ... Within a week I had purchased a house in the beautiful town of Quogue, Long Island for 1.2 million dollars. ...

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Has there ever been a fear or challenge in life that you wanted more than anything to over come? In Doris Lessings short story "Through the Tunnel" Jerry wanted nothing more than to be considered equals with the big kids but diving down into the bay and swimming through the rock tunnel. To do so he...

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