past the wilderness and out over the mountain top. How many years had it been since I climbed this mountain,. I remember vaguely but so much time has past I don't think I could still find the trail that led me up here. My Jill, my friend, where would she be by now. A pain in my chest caused a lump in my throat, my eyes watered and burned. I tried desperately not to let tears roll down my face. IT angered me, too many years had I shed tears for the reason I really had no choice over. You see, many years
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imagined she had once been a beautiful dancer, perhaps a ballerina or acrobatic performer that twirled ribbons. “I know Lihua. I had to get these children settled first,” Aunt Em said. “This is Madison, Twist, and Seth can you please fix them something to eat. Ryan will probably eat too.” “Yes Miss Em,” Lihua said. Her accent sounded unfamiliar—Chinese perhaps. She plunged a large spoon into a sauce pan and added a spice. I could smell the rich tang of apples with a tinge of nutmeg. As she swished
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Silva Sleeping With Guns By BRUCE HOLBERT THE summer before my sophomore year in high school, I moved into my father’s house. My father had remarried and the only unoccupied bedroom in his house was the gun room. Against one wall was a gun case he had built in high school, and beside it were two empty refrigerators stocked with rifles and hundreds of rounds of ammunition. My bed’s headboard resided against the other wall and, above it, a resigned-looking, marble-eyed, five-point mule deer’s head
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outside in the freezing horrible snow. She wanted to stay in the searing, blistering, hot house all alone. That girl’s name is Xena. She wasn’t like any ordinary girl. She was special but in a good way. Xena had everything: a perfect life, a brilliant family, and a million dollar home. She was diagnosed with Brain Cancer but she was going to be able to live a long life till about 56 years old. Her family worked their butts off just to get the medicine she needs for her. Xena was their good luck
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wealth when the deals were made. The court indicated that both claims would return to the High Court. After the ruling, Ms Sharland said she was "relieved" and Ms Gohil said there were "no winners in divorce". The ruling could pave the way for many more people to seek to renegotiate their divorce settlements. BBC legal correspondent Clive Coleman said it was an "incredibly significant ruling" that meant a division of the parties' financial assets had to be based on a "valid agreement".
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1 EFFI BRIEST Theodor Fontane 1895 TRANSLATED AND ABRIDGED BY WILLIAM A. COOPER, A.M. Associate Professor of German, Leland Stanford Jr. University CHAPTER I 2 CHAPTER I In front of the old manor house occupied by the von Briest family since the days of Elector George William, the bright sunshine was pouring down upon the village road, at the quiet hour of noon. The wing of the mansion looking toward the garden and park cast its broad shadow over a white and green checkered tile walk
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everything with, has cancer. My aunt is like my second mom. I feel like I lost the good memories and was left with the bad ones. “Jane! I’m going to work sweety, I’ll be home by 10,” said mom. “Okay mom,” I uttered from under my comforter. Every morning I wake up to her yelling “I’m going!” I never like it when she says that because then I know, starting now, I’m alone. I dragged myself down the stairs with my starfish pajamas still on. Yawning on the way down, I hear a noise coming from our backyard
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Chapter 1 The twins Madame Benetton wore a suit blouse and her long straight hair was loosened on her shoulder. She had dyed her hair into yellowish-brown to cover her growing graying brown hair. She walked up the stairs to reach her children. She walked into her daughter’s room. Her room was a square studio size with purple-painted wall. A white plastic table with a laptop in a sleeping mood was sat in front of the window. There were tons of books stacked beside her laptop with a book opened on
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otherness and orientalism. Within the orientalist mind-set exists a clear distinction between the oriental "other" and the occident (Said, Orientalism 2). The East is represented as weak (Said, Orientalism 152) and feminised (Said, Orientalism 309) whereas the West is strong (Said, Orientalism 321) and masculine (Said, Orientalism 309). In his work Orientalism, Edward Said remarks that in orientalist discourse the West is often depicted as dominant in contrast to the East (321). Moreover, the encounter
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are you awake?” a soft voice said to me. I got up and saw a young woman with emerald-green hair and eyes. Her beauty astonished me, and I didn’t answer. “Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa,” was all I said. I quickly got to my senses and answered her. “Er, yeah. I’m awake.” She looked super relieved that I was alive. “I’m so sorry! My chauffeur fell asleep, due to heavy drinking, and he hit you, but I'm surprised that you’re alive. Most people would’ve died from a hit like that,” she held out her hand. “I’m Gumina
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