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    It is widely accepted that Paul is the author of Ephesians (Taylor 113). In the early church, Ephesians was accepted as a letter of Paul and today, there are no strong objections to this theory (Walvoord 613). Some people are skeptical that the author is Paul, but a large majority believe he is, especially since he identifies himself as Paul the Apostle twice in Ephesians. Paul’s authorship of Ephesians was not questioned until the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries (Hawthorne 240). Until

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    Character and Author Interviews!” Loud intro music starts to play while an animation plays on the broadcast screen. “Today we are here with the main character, and the author of “The Testing”, Malencia Vale and Joelle Charbonneau!” My heartbeat quickens as the presenter says my name. I think her name was Susan, but I wasn’t really paying attention. I don’t remember how I got here, all they told me is that I am not the real version of Malencia Vale, and that I have to ask my creator, or author as they call

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    identifies personality traits of the author. It was determined through several personality tests that the writer exhibits a high nature of competiveness and an emphasis on the writer’s calling and career orientation. The paper identified that the author has a preference in probing communication to understand people and situations before making a decision. In addition, the paper identifies the leadership traits of the author. This paper found that the author operates in a delegate and participatory

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    masterpiece is Lawrence’s ability to use the author of the tale to manipulate the reader and portray certain information. The stylistic features of the author in this short story portrays to the reader that the theme of the tale is the morale lesson, that money doesn’t fix life or character problems. The first indication Lawrence is writing a moral based short story is the demonstration by the author that the story is a fairy tale like telling. To begin with, the author of this short story is

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    An issue which has been debated by scholars for centuries, the identity of the Satyricon’s author can be seen to be resolved through Tacitus’ obituary of one Petronius, an adviser to the Emperor Nero on taste and luxury. Petronius, according to various sources, was celebrated at Rome for his refined taste which attracted the attention of the Emperor Nero; however his high position in Roman elite society was eventually taken away because of Tigellinus’ conspiracies and machinations. The Satyricon

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    Through the time from the Colonial period to the Romantic period there has been many influential writings and authors. Many of the works receive a more prominent place in history. From John Smith starting the Colonial Period of writing through Edgar Allan Poe's Romanticzied poems and short stories all hold great places in history. In many respects all the works of the authors and authors themselves all affected the movement of writing periods but some stood out more than others. John Smith, the American

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    Author Scott Kronick

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    “Dear Scott, you are about to embark on the ride of your life, so, buckle up dude,” writes author Scott Kronick in the opening line of a letter his younger self. “…When you have the chance to move to China in 1995, jump at this. It will be an inflection point in your life you will not forget.” Kronick, CEO of Ogilvy Public Relations, Asia Pacific, the leading public relations consultancy in Asia, has lived in China for nearly two decades, during which he’s experienced tremendous social, economic

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    Contemporary psychodynamic authors define defenses as unconscious mental processes that function to defend against extreme anxiety (e.g. Valliant, 1994). Moreover, defenses are observed as being both protectors against unconscious feelings and relational and cognitive behaviours that protect the self (Cooper, 1998). Currently there is no consensus as to the number of defenses that exist however, in ‘The Ego and the mechanisms of Defense’ Ana Freud (1936/1986) discusses ten. However, subsequently

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    ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Christopher Browning is a historian on the holocaust and Nazi Germany. He is the Frank Porter Graham distinguished professor of history at the university of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. THE SUMMARY: Ordinary men take place during the summer of 1942 in the polish village of Jozefow. The book tells us the story of normal working family men of the Reserve Police Battalion 101 who were commission into carrying out horrific crimes and mass killings on Polish Jews. The main characters

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    to open ended projects, this class provided me with a myriad of opportunities to display my prowess and skill in the subject of literature. One specific assignment that greatly altered my perception of something in this class was the Contemporary Author Presentation, alternatively known as the ‘ERP’. In particular, this project developed my facilitation skills and my idea as an individual of how running a classroom worked in the eyes of an educator, helping me gain additional respect for my teachers

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