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    Escape from Sobibor was a movie created in 1987 based on a true story. The movie is based in 1942-1943 and tells the story of how the biggest and most successful revolt came about. Sobibor is a death camp running during World War 2. Esther Raab, a Sobibor Holocaust survivor explained Sobibor as, “You see our ca- the other camps were half slave labor, and half death camp. There was no such thing as slave labor camp…. Sobibor was just a death camp” (Holocaustresearchproject.org, Esther Raab). To my

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    Our past is what defines our future, and our future is made possible because of our past. It is a never-ending cycle in ways that films make us perceive our history, our reality, our fictionality, and/or our lives. The way a film is executed and produced to alter our emotions and opinions—positively or negatively—is astounding. The perception that it can outcast to the audience in a plot that bends the storyline or one that tells it as if one was there decades ago is hallucinating. From the film

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    The crazy cat lady might be crazy, but she sure does have some fuzzy socks. Okay, the socks come later in the story. Let’s start from the beginning. Since childhood, Alex had an intense love for her numerous cats. As she was incredibly awkward, she was much more comfortable around cats than she was people and often secluded herself in the fortress that was her room. However, as of right now her room seemed more like a prison than a home. All she really wanted to do at that moment was to get some

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    (i) Table of Contents: Introduction – Biography.......................Page (1) Executive Summary..............................Page (2) Nature of Work.................................... Page (3) Training Background Work Inspiration Designers Work Overlap between Australian/International Counterparts References (ii) Introduction: Born in Sydney, Australia, Alex Perry is one of the world’s most renowned fashion

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    Lanark Research Paper

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    John's wife, a mother and grandmother to so many Lawsons passed away by 1842. The brothers Robert, Peter and Alex stayed on the same patch of land with father John heading the lot. Eventually Peter moved out just down the way once he got married and Alexander eventually married in 1861 to Rachel Taylor (b 1831, Scotland) and he too moved away but not far. John Sr. lived past his 86th year having farmed in Lanark for over 40 years. For Peter and Robert Lawson in 1870, their farms continued to provide,

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    Soulmate Research Paper

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    they feel. If you don't find a soulmate by the age of 20 you are classified unmatchable and are just left single in society to never find a pair. The year is 2045 and our setting takes place in California. Here we have two teens, one 17 and one 18. Alexander Broom, all his friends call him alex. He is 18, he isn't really popular but he isn't a nobody either. He is pretty naive and confident. He is a dirty blonde, with greenish hazel eyes, he has a normal build. He’s usually seen wearing a jacket, a shirt

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    The Doom Clock Chapter 2.

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    An old, blue Ford truck sped down a mountain trail. Trees of fiery leaves lined the dirt road. Alexander sat in the back seat of the car. In the front sat his mom, dark-haired and green-eyed, and his dad, wearing a faded jacket and a look of desperation. It was Sunday in November. Normally, Alexander would be at the park playing baseball with his friends or at the library. Today was different. "A family trip," his mom had told him. But something seemed odd. Maybe it was the way his parents were

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    There was a troubled 17 year old boy, his name was Alexander. He grew up in a poor household with abusive parents. He struggled with anger issues, depression, drug abuse, and had an amazing girlfriend her name was Nadia. They went along like two peas in a pod. Nadia grew up in a troubled household as well. Her mother was a drug addict and was never home or there for her in general, and her father was never in the picture until she was 5 years old. She was taken away from her household by the cops

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    just a few of the many was that makes us unique. Coming from the Greek name Alexandros, Alexander meant “defending men” from the Greek alexo, “to defend. Help” and aner, “man”. The name Alexander also belongs to a hero of Paris in Greek mythology and belongs to several characters in the New Testament. Even know with all these Alexander’s, the biggest one was Alexander the Great, King of Macedon. Alexander the Great name spreaded all throughout Europe because of his great power and money. Kings

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    Alexander The Great Red

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    Alexander came from the Greek name Alexandros, which meant “defending men” from the Greek alexo, “to defend. Help” and aner, “man”. The name also belongs to a hero of Paris in Greek mythology and belongs to several characters in the New Testament. Even know with all these Alexander’s, the most famous one was Alexander the Great, King of Macedon. Alexander the Great name spreaded all throughout Europe because of his great power and money. Kings of Scotland, Yugoslavia and Poland, eight popes, and

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