After the two men discover each other's lust for Louisa, Bob confronts Tom in a knife-fight. ... She is rather undecided between the two men and likes being desired by both. ... This meekness and passivity toward the two stimulates their competition and foreshadows the violence to come. ... Whenever Tom's name comes up or Tom is with Louisa, Bob becomes infuriated " [Bob] walked calmly to their meeting place. ... Blood-Burning Moon. ...

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The two children seem to be brothers. ... The older of the two now has the ball. ... It was a place I knew well for two years of my life. ... The blue-eyed dog stops a foot or two in front of me and I held out my hands towards her. ... The air is much cooler, and the moon is out, which cast an eerie vibe throughout the park. ...

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His short literary work "The Moon in Its Flight,"" may be defined as a self-reflexive fictional work, in which two parallel stories are narrated through the use of peculiar techniques and devices: one story tells the summer romance between Rebecca and a young boy, who are immersed in a particular socio-historical context, and the other refers to the act of writing a story. ... In "The Moon in Its Flight"," there are numerous instances that show that it is a metafictional work. ... One Christmas Eve, he leaves the office party at two and she is outside, waiting for him. ... They walk to the su...

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Aldrin, Jr. were the first to land on the Moon. ... Yes, to the Moon" (http://www.ksc.nasa.gov, Apollo 13). ... The first step on Moon, was at exactly 10:56:15 p.m. ... At this time, the two astronauts on the surface received probably the biggest phone call of their life, from the president. ... Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, both flew in the Apollo 11, and were the first two people to walk on the moon. ...

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Their assignment - to walk on the moon. However, two days before launch, Mattingly is scrubbed from the mission because he has been in exposed to the measles a week before. Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon) took Mattingly's place with only two days of preparation. ... Some faulty wiring created an explosion which would cost the crew of Apollo 13 the opportunity to walk on the moon; but far more importantly, it could have cost them their lives. ... The other two functions of the media are entertainment and reporting the news. ...

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They also had the first person to take a space-walk in 1965. ... The first manned Apollo missions and the first flight around the moon took place in 1968. ... The shuttle takes off like a rocket with an external fuel tank and two solid rocket boosters. The two rocket boosters, which are attached to the external fuel tank, provide additional thrust during lift off and are discarded after first two minutes from take off. ... Before an astronaut could go on space walks, astronauts and cosmonauts had to breathe pure oxygen to rid their bloodstreams of nitrogen. ...

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Prior, still not wanting the reality that was hitting to be true, walked over to the window confirmed his thoughts. ... "I already told you if not done during a full moon it would take days for me to finish what could be done in one night.... You are usually able to walk right through them.... " Sprouting his wings Ross took off into the distance while trying to guess when the next full moon is. ... One year without replenishing was fine and I could stretch it to two, but where did I get the idea that I could handle four years of constant battles draining my mana. ...

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Lame Deer and Sanchez In the two short passages, "Listen to the Air" by John Lame Deer and Richard Erdoes, and "Sanchez" by William Least Heat Moon, we learn about two different Native American representatives and their likes and differences on Native American values. ... (Moon 459) That's also when we realize that Sanchez is basically a bum who caries his belongings with him and hitches rides to get where he needs to go. ... I walk one mile before another ride. ... (Moon 460) Sanchez may have killed a rattlesnake but explains how after the kill people of his society use parts ...

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It feels like we are floating on clouds above the moon and the stars. ... She composes herself and peck my two lips. ... We were reunited as two love birds. ... I shut her door and glanced into the sky seeing the stars twinkle and the moon soaring. ... It was around eight o" clock and it was a weekday with two days left in the month. ...

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Any two forces can be added by drawing a parallelogram, in which the two adjacent sides represent the forces (the length of each is determined by its numerical value). The (weighted) sum of the two forces is the diagonal of the parallelogram. ... A body that weighs 100 newtons [2] on earth would weigh only 17 newtons on the moon. ... Thus, the task of pushing a truck along a smooth surface on the moon is no less difficult than it is on earth. ... Similarly, when we walk, our legs exert force on the floor. ...

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In line 8, the shape of Pleasure Mouse's newly shaped foot is described as 'the point of a moon sickle.' ... Also in paragraph two, there is a significant contrast between the names of the characters. ... The women then 'chanted' together, urging Pleasure Mouse to walk. ... The women tell Pleasure Mouse that she 'must walk or [she] will sicken.' ... When forced to walk yet again, Pleasure Mouse is 'grabbed' by Lao Bing and is 'shaken' by Lao Bing. ...

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When the Apollo 11 crew successfully landed on the moon, the crew and millions of Americans were filled with pride and a sense of accomplishment. ... They watched history being made as Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the surface of the moon. ... Landing on the moon was comparable to the first powered flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. ... Landing on the moon and other great accomplishments achieved in space gave Americans a sense of accomplishment and national pride. ... The advances are great, according to Sara Moody, a leading children's worker, because the techn...

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It took a while to find the perfect place, but as soon as I walked into The Graycliffs I knew that is where I wanted to have my party. ... The entire court was at my house by two o' clock. ... We slowly walked around the perimeter of the dance floor to greet the guest. ... There was a tall Eiffel Tower right next to the bench, along with a moon and a star. The Eiffel Tower, the moon, and the star were filled with the blue tulle and lights. ...

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These two characters are two totally different people who are from two different worlds with different beliefs. ... Le Guin uses the myth of the two brothers as an intro of light and dark to show the duality between the two. ... We need the shadows, in order to walk (Le Guin, 267). ... An easy way to picture this idea of dualism is how at nighttime usually the only way that the moon and stars are visible is because of the darkness caused by the night. Without the darkness in the sky, the light from the stars and moon would not be as easy to see. ...

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We were to build houses for two families in Luperon, Dominican Republic. ... I felt like Neil Armstrong taking his first steps on the moon. ... But in this circle, huddled together eerily quiet in the dark, with no light except that which was cast from the moon, stereotypical age and maturity vanished. ... " He then got up and walked back down to the village to help set up for our job the following morning. ... The whole town seemed to come together and unite in order to help accomplish the building of these two houses. ...

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The third is those who were violent against God and are condemned to walk on burning sands. ... The first two levels, antepurgatory, holds those not ready to begin their journey of repentance. ... As they walk a wall shows the consequences of being proud. ... Beatrice guides Dante to the first circle, the moon. The moon contains those who were forced to violate their religion. ...

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In the sky there are swirls of blues and white and yellows, along with eleven brightly shining stars and a glorious half-moon. ... He remained in the asylum for two years, during which he produced many works, including "Starry Night". ... Two months later he was dead, having shot himself "for the good of all." ... He walked out into an open field and shot himself in the chest in an attempt to commit suicide. He didn't succeed and stumbled back to the inn he was staying at and died in his room two days later on July 29, 1890 (Jen Green, 2002)," (online). ...

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The tale begins with two brothers 1 Hunahpu and 7 Hunahpu who are engaged in a ball game in Guatemala. ... A daughter of an underworld lord soon passes by a tree where the brother's heads hang and as she walks by one of the heads spits into her hand. ... Upon this victory the brothers ascended from the underworld to take the place of the sun and the moon. ... Heaven was considered a place of rest, while hell was a place of suffering similar to the journey of the two hero twins. ... After suffering, the twins were eventually reborn into the sun and the moon. ...

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My hair was another great pain as I was growing up, I was forced to keep it long in two tight braids which would hurt my head. ... Through the door an elderly gentleman of fifty walked in, dressed to impress with a buchet of flowers in his hands. ... I failed to notice that mom spend a great deal of time cleaning the house and making everything look polished, slowly I began putting two and two together. ... Lord Mitica was a very good man, who would have given me the moon from the sky if I asked for it, but how could I love a man thirty-five years older than me? ... Whenever I walked into a ro...

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This style of dance included strutting, moon-walking, waving, and angular, robot-like contortions of the body. ... The clothes, the language, the attitude, the actions, the way one walks, talks, and looks are all part of the hip hop culture. ... The word ebonics comes from two separate words, ebony and phonics. ... Therefore, hip hop is a provider and it is an occupation, which gives it two more definitions. ... It is music, language, attitude, actions, clothing, the way one walks, talks, and looks. ...

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Sixty years later however, the two girls confessed that the photos were a hoax (http://www.randi.org/library/cottingley). ... "Anpu and Bata are two brothers who quarrel and are suddenly separated by a magic river full of crocodiles. ... If you asked a Faery Wiccan to show you a faery, they"d tell you to look at the trees, the grass, the stars, moon, and sun. ... Adventure a spring day with a seven-year-old or witness the wonder of a harvest moon kissing a silent pond at midnight. ... The next time you are sad, walk three circles around a fairy ring (any natural formation that resembles a ...

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Hamilton places on her character the two most common stereotypes women encounter: the image of perfection and an innate insecurity with themselves. ... I guess Paige and Tina want to date football players, so these two will do. Erik and Arthur want to date cheerleaders, so these two will do? ... Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech is a book that I believe presents a very well rounded and complete character in Sal. ...

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From that day these fountains run in every fifteen minutes performing on more than fifty classics like Hallelujah, Winter Games, Billie Jean, Fly Me to the Moon etc. ... There are two spouts on the left and right hand side of the four rotating doors. ... I walked into the hotel and ask the receptionist "Who created these fountains". ... I knocked on the door and walked in. ... There were two black chairs for visitors and Mr. ...

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White like snow, white like the icy moon that shines it's light through space into the whites of my eyes. ... It topped the cars and buildings in little top hats of white and it squished under your boot when you walked as I was doing. ... Two bags that carried the weight of my entire world. ... As we walked up from Columbus Circle we stopped at small coffee shop. ... The huddled masses of cold New Yorkers sat around me, talking, laughing holding and their coffees with two hands. ...

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I have walked out in rain -- and back in rain. ... Yin is female, negative, and represented by the Moon,'' says Paul E. ... (http://www.nisbett.com/symbols/yin_and_yang.htm) Even though these two elements are meant to balance one another out, quite often men refuse to acknowledge their darker side. ... "I have walked out in the rain -- and back in the rain." ... This leads into the next two lines of the stanza. ...

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