teacher said her attacker told her he had broken into her apartment on orders from al-Qaeda. The terrorist group, he said, wanted him to take her computer because of some information that had been downloaded onto it. The Auburn, Ala., native testified she had just moved to the Savannah area for her first job at a local middle school. On Nov. 18, 2001, she returned from church and found things amiss, with her computer piled on a chair. Then a man stepped out from behind a door. “He looked
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“Coming mom” said Eric, “Wait one second and let me put on my shirt” Eric added. The bus pulled up in front of the white picket fence house and Eric is still not ready so he grabs his comb, brush, and his book bag and rush onto the bus. Everyone on the bus starred at Eric as he walked up the three black and dirty stairs. “C'mon boy sit down so we can leave to head to school” the rude bus driver said. Eric didn't know who to sit by because he was new to the school and obviously he thinks no
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Most of her recent trips had been day trips. She knew James and Sadie could fend for themselves, but now that they were older, she didn’t like leaving them alone. They were more trustworthy when they were younger teens. Now they were interested in drinking, even though they were underage, and throwing parties. Georgia knew that if she left
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Madison Avenue above 70th Street to buy her what he called an appropriate outfit. For an hour and forty-five minutes she modeled clothes, watching with critical interest her image in the three-way mirrors, unable to decide if this was one of her really good days or only a mediocre day. Judging by Oliver’s expression she looked all right, but it was difficult to tell. The salesclerks saw too many beautiful young women to be impressed, though one told Ginny she envied her her hair - not just that shade of
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The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State
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Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson Copyright© 1999 by Louise Rennison All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. Printed in the United States of America. For information address HarperCollins Children’s Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers, 1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019. _______________________www
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there was always this fear of hurting my family, so I kept it bottled up inside of me until the age of 16. Then I finally decided to tell the man that I Idolized most! When telling this to my grandpa he said “you can’t help who you have feelings for, as long as you are happy, you will be loved no less.” He then encouraged me to tell the rest of my family, and I did and of course, with mixed reactions. Starting to realize the difference of my attraction to men at the age of 9 or 10 made me realize that
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He has no mother,he has no skates”.The narrator couldn't believe what just happened Jerry had just lied to her about having a mother after thinking about that she felt like tears were going to drop.Miss Clark said the narrator I am about to make jerry's dream come true, I am going to adopt him.Miss Clark hangs over some papers to the narrator to sign,done she says miss Clark looked at the narrator and said you are going to make that kid so proud and happy the narrator said he deserves a good mother
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* It all starts with a girl named Jane. She’s a 18 year old girl who’s sweet, nice, shy, fun, and smart. She lives in Napa, California. She’s always wanted to go to Australia and this summer she is. Jane has had her suit case packed for weeks and the day has finally come for her to go to Australia. “Janie! It’s time to go c’mon!” Jane’s mom called from downstairs. “Coming mom!” She replied running down with her suit case. “You ready to go sweetie?” Her father asked her. Jane nodded and they headed
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half minute. “Ugh, who could be ringing the doorbell at this time of day?” Angeli grumbled as she wearily got out off bed to answer the door. “Good morning-!” A guy greeted cheerfully. Angeli, not knowing who was standing in front of her, was still in her jammies and had her eyes half-closed. She then felt a light slap on her cheek. “What the?! First, you ring the doorbell early in the-” She ranted but stopped when her vision finally cleared and saw Harry standing on their doorstep. “I
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