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Once upon a time, in a static (5) land called Lake Charles, there was a young college freshman named Courtney Liccardi. She had very transcendent (10) plans for such a small town girl. Courtney had just been accepted into Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard gave Courtney a magnanimous (2), full ride scholarship for a track. Track was her heart and soul, she then later met her whole heart, Bentley North. They were meant to be, he ran long distance, just like Courtney did. He asked her to be "his girl" on the first day of their eighth grade year. Courtney remembered his exact words,"Everyday with you feels like a heyday (1), will you be mine?". Her simple, yet affable (5) response was "of course".Many proms, formals, and homecomings later they were voted couple of the year by their school, Hamiltion Christian Academy. They promised each other they would stay together throughout college. Bentley was going to Yale, only one-hundred and thirty three miles away from Harvard. But, Courtney had to make a pivotal (4) decision, to enjoy college and find out who she really was or stay with her first love, Bentley. Days before she made her decision she thought about the numerous times she put her first name next to his, Mrs. Courtney Lynn North sounded perfect to her high school self. But in the end, Courtney was planning on having a strident (2) conversation with her high school sweet heart. She practiced the words she would tell him in the mirror over and over "…

relocations and separations, along with the loss of friendships and starting over in a new town, are among the most noted stressors for the average military child. Yet, despite these stressors, studies have shown military adolescents are significantly less likely to engage in risk-taking behaviors such as alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use (Hutchinson, 2006). They are additionally more likely to exhibit improved behavior and resiliency (Weber & Weber, 2005). For example, alcohol use among…

Some of her most important excavations include her first one at the site of Halae, Eutresis, and the mound of Tarsus. At the site of Halae Goldman along with Alice Walker excavated a small sanctuary of Athena and a necropolis between the years 1911 and 1914. The excavation of Eutetris led Goldman and her team make “important finds that established the character of the pre-Mycenaean Bronze Age in Greece and formed the basis of later studies.”() And her celebrated excavation Tarsus, where she and…

This is understandable since the whole story is portrayed in a rural area of America. In the novel there are not black women or immigrant from another country, so is hard to comprehend the reality of women during the Great Depression when, according to the article “Women and the Great Depression”, “...Women experienced the Depression differently based on their age, marital status, geographical location, race and ethnicity...”. According to the book “Economic Activity during Boom, Bust, and War”…

I. Introduction Claudia Goldin is one of the world’s leading economists and economic historians. By utilising her knowledge and education in economic theory and quantitative analysis, Professor Goldin has made a series of outstanding and original contributions to the application of economic theory and quantitative methods to the study of history. Professor Goldin graduated from Cornell University in 1967 with a BA in Economics (Magna Cum Laude) before completing her Masters in 1969 and PhD in…

century. Women did not have the freedom or equality they desired and they were restricted to the “domestic sphere” during the 19th century (Martin). Kate Chopin was not scared and had the courage to express herself and the life women’s in the 19th century had. She expressed it in many different way in her novels and short stories. Even more, there were more female writers during that time that expressed in different ways the role women had to live through. Another author was Charlotte Perkins…

The book I read and reviewed was Rampage: The Social Roots of School Shootings by Katherine Newman. She is a respected professor at Harvard Universities Kennedy School of Government and Dean of Social Science at the Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study so she has the appropriate credentials to investigate the social roots of school shootings. However, Newman has very little knowledge about school violence causing some sociologists to fault her for failing to have the expertise to draw upon the…