It starts to quicken and the notes then overlap. ... As the note's pitch gets lower, the speed becomes faster and it seems the note is going to fade but the last note is higher in pitch than the previous, giving the impression that it will return, which it does. ... As time passes, the speed gets unstable and the sounds come quickly. ... In the next part, the speed changes are really quick and it is easily noticed. ... In Ribbons, it starts out with one note at a time. ...

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It starts to quicken and the notes then overlap. ... As the note's pitch gets lower, the speed becomes faster and it seems the note is going to fade but the last note is higher in pitch than the previous, giving the impression that it will return, which it does. ... As time passes, the speed gets unstable and the sounds come quickly. ... In the next part, the speed changes are really quick and it is easily noticed. ... In Ribbons, it starts out with one note at a time. ...

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Froo dee doo ..................... Oh, the good times. Yes they were to be had at the first annual Evans Eagles' reunion. The setting included giant green oak trees, a view of lake water from the back deck, fireflies, stars, crickets, bullfrogs, and roadrunners. The food was tasty and plent...

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Mallard, whose emotional state can be separated into three stages: quickly moving from grief, through a sense of newfound freedom, and finally into the despair of the loss of that freedom. ... The delicious breath of rain, the notes of a distant song, the countless sparrows and the patches of blue sky are all the beautiful images of life. ... With Brently Mallard's returned, her new life, her freedom, is lost to her in an instant, taken even quicker than it had been discovered. ...

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Similarly, the repetitions in the fifth paragraph serves to build the tension. " In the way the their rafts run, in the way they glide quicker in the way they little boils appear in the way waves begin to crest over in the way eddies become more pronounced and powerful", the characters can "feel the river in their arms- Also, the repetition makes the events real, physical, and tangible, symbolizing a living battle. Furthermore, Aljaz's reflection of his memories is interesting to note since they appear in the same paragraph describing the present. ... Initially, Aljaz was equated with the...

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Readers are quick to treat novel characters like other people and immediately upon their introduction, the reader often can begin to decipher the kind of person that she or she is reading about and will make no hesitation to like or dislike the character very quickly. ... It is interesting to note, therefore, that the meaning of the name, "Ralph- symbolizes: good, positive leadership, responsibility, dedication, survival, and means counsel'. ... Jack, a choir leader introduced as a wild-haired red head with a short temper, quickly becomes Ralph's opposite. ...

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Life has high points and low; situations are either black or white, and the only way to get through it is to walk through it to the beat of your own song. Piano is one of the most complex yet simplistic instruments, just like life there are black and white keys, high sounds and low which create a be...

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The Wedding Day "Wake up sleepy head, you"re going to be late." my husband said loudly into my ear. "What time is it?" I asked him in a groggy voice. "It is almost nine, and you have to be at the church by nine-thirty to set up," he stated matter of factly. I quickly jumped up and ran to the ...

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This tactic is sometimes risky, but most drivers would be so inclined as to speed up when they"re being pushed, at least a little bit and hey, you"re going to get to your destination quicker. ... If you can't pass somebody quickly and without running them off the road, then you are a bad driver and quite frankly, shouldn't allowed to control a two ton vehicle. ... This is often difficult to do because there are few other people that will be driving as quickly as you, but sometimes you can find an unsuspecting driver who won't realize you"re using them like a cheap whore. .....

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Tian struggles practicing his violin "with a clear intensity; each note attacked the air, quick and piercing as a dagger." (20) This passage shows a violent image as if Tian is almost fighting his violin to get to the place where he can publicly perform. ...

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I'm going over in my mind the seven steps: count, grab the controls, check the dome, note the position of the other skydivers, locate the jump area, determine the direction of the wind and prepare for landing 1500 feet above ground. ... When the world is small from above, the movement seems innocuously slow, but now, being so close, I see that I am falling down quickly. ...

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My brother and I stayed hidden for three hours before hanging upside down in the funnel, revealing one eye at a time for a quick radial look around. ... In a room full of strangers, I am the man who takes mental notes of everyone's location and what they are doing; I will not be surprised. ...

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He stumbles across the sow's head, the "Lord of the Flies," now merely a gleaming white skull-as white as the conch shell, he notes. ... However, the boys pay more attention to playing than to monitoring the fire, and the flames quickly engulf the forest. ...

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