The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) Translators: Albert M.C. McMaster, A.E. Henderson, Mme. Quesada, & others. The girl was one of those pretty and charming young creatures who sometimes are born, as if by a slip of fate, into a family of clerks. She had no dowry, no expectations, no way of being known, understood, loved, married by any rich and distinguished man; so she let herself be married to a little clerk of the Ministry of Public Instruction. She dressed plainly because
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supermarket. There, he was also turned down. On the way out of the store, feeling pretty defeated, John noticed a brightly colored flier by the exit door. When he took a closer look, it was an advertisement for a small, short story contest. He ripped off one of the tearable strips at the bottom, with the address to submit the story to. He went home, with the bad news of not finding a job, but he was excited to enter in the
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Case Overview and Product Description In December of 2011, 14 year old Anais Fournier purchased and consumed two 24 oz Monster Energy drinks within one 24 hour period. This is the equivalent of 6 servings for an adult. She went into cardiac arrest the night of December 17th and died the evening of December 18th. Her parents sue Monster for damages on the basis of Strict Liability and Negligence. Monster is sold as dietary supplements instead of food item, so it is not as strictly regulated. It
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of thousands others to get the coveted spots in the seventh series "The X Factor". Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson did not know each other before the audition of the British talent show but they were grouped together by fate and later achieved fame in one direction. The members applied as solo candidates but they did not qualify as "Boys" category, thus judge Nicole Scherzinger suggested them to form a group so that they would qualify as "Groups". One Direction
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face adversity in trying to survive, saving the loved ones, and accomplishing something. People face adversity trying to survive because they are put in a place where the vast majority do not survive, saving another's life can be adversity because the person attempting to save life must do what is necessary to achieve his/her goal. Attainments are not easy based on backgrounds and family wealth. Adversity is also a big theme in the book Night. Elie Wiesel was faced with adversity in the attempt
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THE NECKLACE GUY DE MAUPASSANT The girl was one of those pretty and charming young creatures who sometimes are born, as if by a slip of fate, into a family of clerks. She had no dowry, no expectations, no way of being known, understood, loved, married by any rich and distinguished man; so she let herself be married to a little clerk of the Ministry of Public Instruction. She dressed plainly because she could not dress well, but she was unhappy as if she had really fallen from a higher station; since
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don't call her Queen Bey to no end. Beyonce not just stole the show at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night with large portions of the world's top female pop stars in participationtep hustling for our consideration, she utilized the minute to delete the pessimistic cloud around her family status with a lovable appearance by girl Blue Ivy and hovering spouse Jay Z to complete off the night. "MTV, welcome to my reality," Beyonce said close to the highest point of her execution, and for the following
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between £6000 and £1.3 million. This is a vast amount of money and with our help we could raise neough money for them to buy the equipment they need and boats. To raise money we could have cake sales every summer, book sales, competitions, movie night etc…… There are just over 500 people in Year 7 and if everyone co operates nothing can go wrong. Also some of the children can do things around their neighbourhoods or get sponsored by someone. This is for a really important cause. In a single year
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One of the most interesting topics when holding a conversation about life is “What is your profession”. The question that will more than likely follow is “What made you choose Nursing?” It never takes me long to answer that question as I carefully evaluate every long-term choice. Far before I was even able to enter nursing school, I was I was assessing my goals and the routes to get there. I came to the conclusion that I wanted to make a difference in someone’s life. I needed something that would
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been countless efforts by anti-abortion activists to enact state laws that restrict abortion rights, often in the guise of protecting women’s health. But few laws have gone as far as the Texas statute, which places so heavy a burden on hundreds of thousands of women across the state — particularly those in poorer rural areas — that it has effectively destroyed their constitutional right to an abortion. Lawmakers claimed that the law, which requires abortion clinics to meet the strict standards of ambulatory
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