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Existentialists: I Am Me, And You Are You
622 Words - 3 Pages.... implies that Tarzan and Jane are not one and the same.
Instead, they are two different people who lead very different lives. Tarzan,
the Ape Man, is by nature different than his newfound lady friend.
Existentialists would further this train of thought to say that since people are
always different, they can never be the same. They would then argue that every
person is an individual, not a copy from a predetermined mold. Jean-Paul Sartre
also portrays his characters as individuals, not carbon copies of each other.
Garcin, a soldier who went AWOL, certainly lived a different life than the baby-
killer Estelle.
These individualistic qualities lead to us by Tarzan's statemen ....
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Management From The Corps
848 Words - 4 Pages.... (though all Marines are trained to lead). The Corporal is the first of the Marine Non-commissioned Officers (NCO’S), then in ascending order is the Sergeant, Staff Sergeant, Gunnery Sergeant, and so on. Now back to the rule of three. Each Marine has three responsibilities. In our organizational structure, a Corporal has a three-person fire team; a Sergeant has a squad of three fire teams; and a Staff Sergeant has a platoon of three squads; and so on, up to the Colonels and Generals.
For the typical business, decentralizing and flattening organizational structure involves “gutting several layers of management, often leaving managers overwhelmed with as many as a d ....
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Surfing
345 Words - 2 Pages.... and filing to make the boards smooth.
Today's surfboards are manufactured in a factory using light balsa wood or
fiberglass and polyurethane. An added benefit of using these materials is a
great reduction in the weight of the boards.
Surfing is becoming more popular each year. For safety, new surfers
must be good swimmers. Boards should be checked for cracks and slivers before
each use. All surfers should check the water conditions posted at the life
guard station before entering the water. Surfing should only be done during the
daylight hours and when other people are present. A new beginning surfboard
costs $50.00 to $70.00. A helpful device is a leash which at ....
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Ice Hockey Vs. Roller Hockey
777 Words - 3 Pages.... of the wheels as well as between the floor and the wheels.
Turning, stopping, and making lateral movements are extremely easy to do on ice, but roller hockey is completely different. In roller hockey there is no such thing as making a tight turn or stopping on a dime, because the wheels just slide out from underneath the player. The stopping technique for roller hockey is basically the same as ice hockey, but the player slides a little before coming to a complete halt.
If a player happens to fall in ice hockey he or she just slides along the ice and most of the time it doesn't hurt, but in roller hockey if a player falls on the plastic floor, it is going to hurt. Whe ....
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Dandelion Wine The Effects
909 Words - 4 Pages.... looked at it” (Bradbury 103). With this type of situation kids are forced to make decisions to cope with the environment around them. “Whether they’re gossiping on the telephone or huddled in school hallways, teen-agers are constantly reaching out to their friends. They can’t imagine surviving high school and adolescence without them.” The very word of friendship is complicated in the world today. When someone leaves you for any reason you are going to miss him or her with many affects. As memories flow through your head remembering the person that left seems to get harder and harder. In the book Dandelion Wine John started to notice little t ....
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Ins And Outs Of Surfing
916 Words - 4 Pages.... better designed. The next surfboards to follow were made in the 1950’s, this time the boards where made of balsa wood and then covered in a layer of fiberglass, these boards reached a length of about 9-10 feet long.
In the 1960’s the long board was introduced and was made of Styrofoam and again, covered in fiberglass. In the 70’s the short board took over, which had a similar design to the long boards but were only around 6 foot in length. These proved to be very popular due to their faster speeds and easier maneuverability. Some of the people of today are still using the old fashioned long board, but as you would expect the design has changed significantl ....
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Serial Killers 2
4729 Words - 18 Pages.... kill total strangers in a bid to get even with whomever or whatever they feel wronged them. Whatever their reason is, they are usually cooperative and quite often docile if they survive the episode. It seems that this one-time outburst of violence, once enacted, puts an end to any future events of this type for that individual. While the mass killer may kill many people in one attack, when the attack is over, their mission is complete. The mass killer's victims may not be chosen for any other reason than being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
"A serial murder occurs when one or more individuals commit a second murder and/or subsequent murder; is relationship-less ....
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Dragons
696 Words - 3 Pages.... creature. A Dragon can be as good or evil as any one human can be.
Chinese
Chinese are snake-like with four short legs. Chinese have five toes verses the Korean Dragon with four toes and the Japanese with only three. Unlike other of legend they do not have wings. The five toed are a symbol of power. The Chinese dragon is often depicted as either being red or gold, although other colors are found. The Chinese term for the is “Lung”. There are four major categories of Lung.
1.Tien-Lung, The Celestial Dragon, who protects the place of Gods.
2.Shen-Lung, The Spiritual Dragon, who controls wind and rain.
3.Ti-lung, The Earth Dragon , which controls rivers, and ....
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