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    Not a Love Story “Oh my gosh, it’s Ru Emerson!” A girl screamed out. Commotion rippled across the campus as a hoard of girls started gathering around a particular spot. Ru Emerson was quite used to this and casually dismissed the girls. “Sorry girls, another day!” Ru shouted as he grinned, since many girls were asking him if he was free or had football practice that day. In a split second, the girls dispersed with disappointed looks on their faces, knowing that they could never have a chance

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    “I like living in my head because in there, everyone is kind and innocent. Once you start integrating yourself into the world, you realize that people are nasty, mean creatures. They're worse than zombies. People try to crush your soul and destroy your happiness, but zombies just want to have a little nibble of your brain.” (J. Cornell Michel). Whether it’s a setting of World War Z or The Road, it’s you against the world. Just like a sports team in the playoffs the goal is to survive and advance

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    What being an American technically means and some people’s definition of being an American is two completely different things. Why is that? Even though the word “American” has the definition “a native or citizen of the United States”, the definition to most people is much more personal than this. Being an American not only means that one is a native or citizen to this country, but it also means that Americans have certain freedoms and rights. Citizens have the freedom of speech, religion, the

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    The white abalone is an invertebrate in the phylum Mollusca and the class Gastropoda. It is a member of the family Haliotidae and its scientific name is Haliotis sorenseni ("White Abalone - Haliotis sorenseni"). Abalone are large sea snails prized for their beautiful iridescent shells and have been sought out as food and jewelry since pre-colonial times. Though abalone have existed since the Precambrian era, the earliest harvesters of abalone were Native Americans who lived along the intertidal zone

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    To me, to be an American means that I am free. When you ask a person what their definition is of what it means to be “an American” you will get many different answers. You can speak your mind, even if others disagree. America is the land of the free and the home of the brave. Many people take advantage of living in the USA, but most all of the time it is those who are born and raised here. The people fleeing their own countries, just to come to America, seem to be the ones who truly appreciate all

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    When you’re young, there’s little that surpasses the love of a boy and his bike. From the first time experiencing the freedom of pedal-powered independence to exploring the mysteries of your neighborhood, there’s nothing else like it. It’s pure, unadulterated freedom of exploration — a feeling that Jimmy Hallyburton has managed to carry with him since the first time his sneaker hit pedal. For a lot of us, we’ve lost sight of this innate need to explore the unexplored. As work, school, family, social

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    Was the Black Panther as bad as the media portrayed them? As most people already know. Beyonce represented the Black Panthers in Super Bowl 50. She had got a lot of backlash for paying homage to the Black Panthers since for some reason. They are considered an internal terrorist of America; although there is a mass amount of evidence that proves this assumption wrong, there is a great deal of people that still believe this is true. The media has told the public that the Black Panthers are our worst

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    Drug Uses Media Analysis Pulp Fiction is a 1994 comedy, written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. Pulp Fiction describes the life of two hitmen, Vincent Vega (John Travolta) and Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson), and the challenges they face with their boss, his wife, a struggling boxer, and a pair of armed robbers. This suspense-filled movie displays many use of drugs, the main one being heroin. The film accurately portrayed the effects that could happen to your body when having an overdose on

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    "Papa? Papa? " Hime said while tugging Giotto's shirt. "Oh, sorry dear. I spaced out." He flashed a smile at her daughter. "Papa, I'm hungry. " Hime pouted. "Me too. " Hayato eyed G. "Okay.. Okay.. Let's go have lunch now. " Primo ruffled the two kids hair. So Giotto and G went out of the office with their kids and went down the dinning room. As they walk along the second floor they happen to bump into Daemon and his two kids. "Uncle Daemon! Mukuro-nii! Chrome! " Hime exclaimed. "Fruit family

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    Peace Keeper Quotes

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    I can’t believe I was stupid enough to throw a punch at a peacekeeper, and with the rest of the world watching no less. I mean, she was just doing what she was supposed to do in that situation, and Misty was the one that was openly flouting the one rule, really the only rule, about the reaping that almost everyone told her she absolutely had to follow. Which means that it was Misty, and not the peacekeeper, that was in the wrong, which made the way she responded perfectly reason.....You know what

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