The Day of the Dead is a holiday many Spanish speaking countries enjoy. ... The day of the dead is mostly celebrated in places where there is a high Hispanic population. Dia de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, originated in Mexico centuries ago. ... After doing my research I found how interesting, and unique the Day of the Dead has become and been to the Hispanic culture. ... Next, I think the Day of the Dead should be something everyone learns about. ...

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In the movie Dead Poets Society, A young man by the name of Neal Perry goes out to play "Puck" in "A Midsummer Night's Dream", against his father's strict orders not to. ... The movie of Dead Poets Society shows this value well, when Charlie Dalton paints Indian symbols on his body to celebrate his new found identity know as "Nuanda". ... From Thoreau to Dead Poets Society they have all taught me to live life with a different meaning. ...

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In the movie Dead Man Walking, Helen states, "We have something in common. ... In the movie, Dead Man Walking, when the convicted man is strapped and about to be put to death, he states, "Killing is wrong, no matter if it's me, y"all of the government." ...

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In the 1970's around Lake Ontario, Mike Gilbertson, a seasoned biologist, began seeing unhatched herring gull eggs and abandoned nests everywhere, and also some dead chicks. ... Reports began coming in from all over northern Europe about dead seals washing up on the beaches. ... Examinations of the dead dolphins showed collapsed lungs, breathing difficulties, and abnormal movement and behavior. ...

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They was dead. ... The repeating silence came upon us again and we all got up and started walking away leaving everything behind us like the dead do. ... We went after it and thankfully found five horses, a sorta' beatin' up house, and five dead people. ... This feeling was strange, but we had to start over it was a dead man's land back there. ...

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Into the Wild Chris McCandless my former name, I know think of myself as Alex, if you are reading this that means I am dead, but rather be dead then still living an unwanted life. ... After I abandoned my car because of a dead battery (from being stuck in the mud), I hitchhiked to the Stampede trail from Fairbanks and met man known as Gallien. ...

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For instance the death toll on allied troops was 282,000, on just Americans the toll was 55,000 not including the 365,000 civilians dead resulting in 1.3 million casualties of war. ... This was a result of 100,000 Iraqi soldiers dead, 200 Allied troops dead, 90 American soldiers dead, and 175,000 Iraqi prisoners. ...

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Reported casualties were given as 2,330 dead and 1,347 wounded. In 1955 official casualties were given as 2,330 dead and 1,347 wounded. ... Reported casualties were given as 2,330 dead and 1,347 wounded. In 1955 official casualties were given as 2,330 dead and 1,347 wounded. ...

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The old aristocratic political order was dead. ... Nearly nine million soldiers were dead, and another twenty-one million were wounded. In addition, about three million civilians were dead of disease and starvation. ...

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Most of the American Army was farmers and store keepers who were un experienced Some of the Americans would even go so far to keep suicide when they saw their family's dead. ... However it gets a bit gruesome and he takes out all his frustration by constantly attacking an already dead British officer. ... I also enjoyed the part when he walks into the fort and he gets back his soldiers and all the British men get is 18 dead men. ...

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As it is defined, chivalry is dead and gone, forgotten in the past. ... Yet another reason that I consider chivalry to be dead is that women have become independent and are insulted when men offer them any kind of help. ... I see chivalry as dead because it isn't a part of the way our society functions anymore. ...

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A grainy - but credible - video was released that showed a wounded Gadhafi making his way to the hospital, and second one showed his dead body with a head wound (Basu). ... A former aide of Gadhafi's, who switched sides after his nine years of service to the former dictator, rejoiced in Gadhafi's death, saying that it didn't matter if he was dead or alive just as long as he was no longer free. ...

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However, the ship's captain, to everyone's grief, has "Fallen cold and dead" (Line 8). ... The rhyme scheme of the poem is AABBCDED, the last words of the first stanza are "done"(a) "won"(a) "exulting"(b) "daring"(b) "heart"(c) "red"(d) "lies"(e) "dead"(d). ...

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But of the 20000 Americans who had fought at this point. 4280 were dead by September 15. ... Having there country back did have a price for South Korea, 111000 dead and 57000 MIA. American casualties totaled 6,954 dead, 13,659 wounded, and 3,877 missing in action. ...

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Imagine living in a time when nothing was equal-everything is unjust. People assume things about you that are completely untrue. This was true for the three minority groups in the late 1800's-women, Native Americans, and emancipated slaves. These groups lived in this period, yet most everyone besi...

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From the lyrics: "When I'm dead/ No more good times will I crave/ You can stand and shout hero/ All over my lonesome grave"(1.) he shows us that war will do nothing for him but kill him. ... In the end of the song Dylan proclaims that he wants these men dead, he is very hateful and it is easy to see how strongly he feels about these men. "And I hope that you die / And your death'll come soon / I will follow your casket / In the pale afternoon / And I'll watch while you're lowered / Down to your deathbed / And I'll stand o'er your grave / 'Til I'm sure th...

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Walmart, McDonalds, or a local grocery store bagger; these places hold what are thought to be "dead-end jobs". ... A sense of fight and desperation almost pulses off of the older generation who works in these "dead-end" work areas. ... These older employees who work at dead-end jobs have put themselves in a real tough situation. ...

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Cloning offers the possibility of allowing those who are dead, in a sense, be born again. ... Families could bring back a dead family member or relative. ... One Japanese family, who lost their baby boy in accident, has already donated to the Clonaid Company, founded in February 1997, by Raël, the leader of the Raelian Movement, in order to clone their dead baby. ... This is not the only case; many families are saving the cells of their dead family members in hopes that one day that may be able to see them once again. ...

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Cloning offers the possibility of allowing those who are dead, in a sense, be born again. ... Families could bring back a dead family member or relative. ... One couple who lost their baby in a botched surgery, has already donated $200,000 to the Clonaid company in order to clone their dead baby. This is not the only case; many families are saving the cells of their dead family members in hopes that one day that may be able to see them once again. ...

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Paul Krugman disprove Obama's assertion in his New York Times article Rubio and the Zombies by denoting Obama's case "a Zombie idea proposition that has been thoroughly refuted by analysis and evidence, and should be dead –but won't stay dead because it serves a political purpose" (Krugman). ...

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DEAD MAN WALKING Sister Helen Prejean (Susan Sarandon) is a Catholic nun who exemplifies the compassion of Jesus in her work with death row prisoners. ... In the anguished minutes before this "dead man" walks to the execution chamber, she assures him that "Christ is here." ... A truly emotional and heart wrenching film, Dead Man Walking was an excellent movie because it portrayed the feelings of both the families of the victims and the murderer himself. ... Dead Man Walking also showed how the death penalty could be biased against the poor. ...

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One aspect of this is how journalists report on the casualties and if they should actually show pictures of dead soldiers. Respected journalist Ted Koppel, who is reporting from Iraq, does not believe that broadcast journalists should be "notifying the next of kin through images of the dead soldiers- (Kurtz). ...

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At each allowed stop, the dead were buried. ... And then all American children know that The only good Indian is a dead Indian. ... Jackson spiced everything up for the people in his speeches but in real life ironically forgot that if it were not for an Indian he would be dead himself. ...

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Asad's father was already dead but his mother, 2 brothers and 2 sister were killed in the attack. ... That night was the first night Asad had spent with a woman and the first night he killed someone or had seen a dead person. ... discovered that all the people he had loved were dead he sought revenge. ...

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America is known as the land of opportunities. Thus, people from different parts of the world flee to America for that reason. Although we cannot consider ourselves a nation because we share nothing in common except for our government. The definition of a nation, as found in the dictionary, state...

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