... chance of saving Linda's life was to go ahead, recognizing that any operation was fraught with risk for all those involved and success was by no means guaranteed," he said. "It is deeply regrettable, particularly for [the Norgrove family], that the information published on Saturday is highly ... his reports, the six gunmen who fought back against U.S. forces were killed, although women and children in the compound were not injured. No one from the U.S. rescue team was injured (Vogt). Prime Minister Cameron, defended the original reports, saying, "The statements were made in good faith a...

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... cleared, we were left with a new banking system, planned or otherwise. The independent banks that could once loan money competitively at their own discretion were bought out by holding companies on whom there are far stricter regulations. This makes it harder, going forward, for people to get loans, but it also insures that those who ... take loans will be more likely than before to make good on the loans they take out. That is why you might be the one who profits most from the bailout money given to the banks. If you need a home loan or a second mortgage, and you are credit worthy, the ...

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... to sell off the loans in a more stable economy at a profit. It really isn't a bad idea on the U.S.'s part when you think about it. They are helping in the present by contributing to the stabilization of the banking industry, and will earn their money back plus more in the long run. So those that are worrying about the added debt that ... is being incurred by the U.S. government really shouldn't stress too much. They should be glad that they are stepping in to keep us from going into another depression. Once the economy is back on its feet, the government will be able to reduce this ... ...

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... Michael J. Obus is rumored to be considering easing the outrageous bail conditions he originally imposed on Strauss-Kahn. Strauss-Kahn stands to be released on his own recognizance and freed from house arrest. In turn, it is likely that the serious criminal charges he faces will be dropped. The district attorney's office is insisting that Strauss-Kahn plead guilty to a misdemeanor ... of sexually assaulting the Guinean housekeeper when she showed up to clean his room. Although he will never reach that status again, the new discoveries will ease his case. Prosecutors from the office of D...

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... considered one of the best writers and philosophers of his time. He was known for his hectic lifestyle of traveling back and forth between Paris and his homeland of Geneva from the age of 16, when he suddenly found himself an orphan. His literary career did not take off until he was in his forties, with essays such as Discours sur ... arts and the well-known work of art Emile, ou l"education. In English translation it reads Emile: or, On Education. Emile was published in the year 1762, and was proclaimed by Rousseau himself as both the best as well as the most important writing he ever ...

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California Governor Jerry Brown recently signed an online sales tax into law that allows the state's tax board to collect sales tax from online retailers that have relationships with an affiliate, typically in-state blogs that drive sales to the retailers in exchange for a small ... but we have lost seven or eight music stores in the Bay Area in the last five years," Tucker said. "People think they are getting a deal by ordering their stuff online and out of state, but, in fact, they are hurting the schools, the police" (Hull). The State Board of Equalization estimates ... that around 25,000...

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... out. It was not done to upset anyone and we'd like to apologize to those of you who were offended by it (Busbee). NBC's Universal Sports issued a second apology from Chris McCloskey, the Vice President of communications, stating that a "decision was made by a small group of people to edit portions of the Pledge of Allegiance. This was a bad decision" (Marrapodi). The rendition sparked ... ...

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The United Nations Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence against Women recently awarded $10 million in grants to 13 initiatives in 18 countries. The UN Trust Fund, which is managed by the United Nations Development Fund for Women, or UNIFEM, was established in 1996 by the United Nations, and still remains the only multilateral grant-making mechanism solely devoted to supporting local and national efforts to end violence against women and girls. Its recent grant completed the UN Trust Fund's 14th grant-making cycle of 2009, which awarded a total of $20.5 million to 26 projects ...

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... out. No matter how difficult it will be," Gorbachev said. However, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague commented that troops would not be withdrawn from the country until their "very difficult" work was complete (BBC). Gorbachev, who speaks from experience after pulling Soviet troops out 20 years ago after a decade-long fight, believes it will be hard for the US because of their ... long history with Afghanistan. "We had hoped America would abide by the agreement that we reached that Afghanistan should be a neutral, democratic country that would ... year. The decision concerning US troo...

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... drum major, collapsed in a parked bus immediately following the Florida Classic, an annual football game against Bethune-Cookman University. The medical examiner ruled that Champion's death was a homicide caused by "blunt-force trauma." There were also many bruises on his torso and arms. Students then came forward to the band director, Julian White, stating that Champion had been punched repeatedly ... (Alvarez). Bria Hunter, another band member, came forward shortly after to retell her own experience with hazing. Hunter was initiated into the Red Dawg Order, a group whose commonality co...

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... had $6,325, and white households average $113,149 in wealth. Furthermore, unemployment rates for blacks and Hispanics rose at a faster pace than for whites, according to a study by the Center for American Progress. At the same time, median family income was declining faster for the minority groups than for whites (The Huffington Post). "The median wealth of white ... blacks and Hispanics and whites. The recession greatly affected industries that typically employed Hispanics, including construction and manufacturing. Also, Hispanics heavily populated parts of the country that suffered the...

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... power in much of southern Somalia, prohibits any international aid agencies from assisting the poverty-stricken Somalis (Raghavan). Although uncontrollable, natural elements played a huge role in the country's famine, the militia multiplied the effects by taxing the general public in Somali on food and other goods. ... In fact, this militia denies that Somalia is even suffering from a famine, but the United Nations has revealed the extreme condition of the country ... welcomes about 1,300 Somalis everyday, while Ethiopia receives almost 400 more daily (Raghavan). Since 2009, al-Shabab b...

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... are threatening any foreign journalists who embark on the journey, saying they will be banned from entering Israel for the next decade and their equipment will be impounded. The warning came from a letter signed by the Government Press Office, saying the flotilla is "a dangerous provocation that is being organized by Western and Islamic extremist elements to aid Hamas" (Chick). Israel defense forces are expected ... association said the threats send "a chilling message to the international media and raises serious questions about Israel's commitment to freedom of the press" (Weiss). The f...

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... [stretches] out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air, to save a fragment of the spot that she made lovely for him. But it [is] all going by too fast now for his blurred eyes and he [knows] that he [has lost] part of it, the freshest and the best, forever. (Gatsby, 153) This quote principally describes Gatsby ... would recede and disappear. This color and the mobility of her mouth gave a continual impression of flux, of intense life, of passionate vitality "balanced only partially by the sad luxury of her eyes. (Winter Dreams, 591) Judy's amazing beauty is what attract...

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... coexist. Still, the discrepancy between these two concepts usually drives them to exclude each other. Such elimination was captured by F. Scott Fitzgerald and embedded in the characters of his short story 'Winter Dreams.' Dexter Green starts out with power and status that wealth will afford, and then shifts his focus to Judy Jones ... the corruption of Judy's world spontaneously leads to the fall of the liveliness of his youthful desires. His epiphany into the greatest value of his dreams is not the goals themselves but rather the dreaming journey. Now, the satisfaction accompanying his ...

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"Winter Dreams" F. Scott Fitzgerald's" Winter Dreams begins by introducing the main character Dexter Green. Dexter's father owned the second best grocery store in Black Bear and Dexter caddied at the Sherry Island Golf ... want to dream about glittering people and things, but wanted the glittering things himself. After college Dexter went to the city, where most of Black Bears wealthy patrons come from. At twenty-three years of age Dexter bought into a partnership in a laundry with borrowed money. It was a small laundry but it helped Dexter learn to wash ... she swung her mashie impatiently an...

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The great Gatsby Vs. Winter Dreams The twenties were an amazing time full of hopes, dreams, and for the wealthy parties. Many of the great writers of our time emerged from this area of excitement; perhaps one of the most prominent of these writers was F. Scott Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald led a life much like that of other young men in his time. He grew up in a household where money ... , lust and infidelity, all of which were the foundation of the twenties. Much like the other authors of his time, all of Fitzgerald's works had a similar theme while still each maintaining its own uniqueness. Within ...

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... Lavish parties, twirling dresses, dapper men, and illegal alcohol fill the roaring times of the 1920s. F. Scott Fitzgerald's story "Winter Dreams- reflects on this overzealous period. The tale tells how sometimes even with great motivation dreams cannot turn into reality. Fitzgerald does this by showcasing the life of Dexter Green. The story begins with fourteen-year-old Dexter caddying at the Sherry Island Golf ... superiority over the staff. One day at the golf course she has a tantrum. Fitzgerald describes the scene by writing, "Miss Jones and her retinue became involved in a heated ...

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Lavish parties, twirling dresses, dapper men, and illegal alcohol fill the roaring times of the 1920s. F. Scott Fitzgerald's story "Winter Dreams- reflects on this overzealous period. The tale tells how sometimes even with great motivation dreams cannot turn into reality. Fitzgerald does this by showcasing the life of Dexter Green. The story begins with fourteen-year-old Dexter caddying at the Sherry Island Golf Club ... superiority over the staff. One day at the golf course she has a tantrum. Fitzgerald describes the scene by writing, "Miss Jones and her retinue became involved in a heated co...

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... within the first two weeks he was there because he could not bear the "lowly occupation" with which he paid his tuition. Rising from an impoverished childhood in North Dakota to become fabulously rich, Gatsby embodies the 'rags to riches' motif, a tell-tale characteristic of New ... people - his imagination had never really accepted them as his parents at all. The truth was that Jay Gatsby of West Egg, Long Island, sprang from his Platonic conception of himself. He was a son of God - a phrase which, if it means anything, means just that - and he must ... has an impassioned and autho...

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?Winter Dreams,? by Scott Fitzgerald, is a short story about the control of one person over the emotions of another. In this midpoint passage fromWinter Dreams,? Dexter has committed to Judy Jones, a young and beautiful girl he remembers from his youth. Only wanting the best for both of them, it turns out to be a nightmare for Dexter. Through the passage Fitzgerald illustrates how Judy has total control over ... Dexter's actions and emotions. Fitzgerald accomplishes this through his use of diction, ... are finished until further notice. However, it is never over for Judy and her men, the re...

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... both admired what each other lacked. Like Fitzgerald, Hemingway would become well known after death and make contributions to American literature like they both hoped (F. Scott Fitzgerald). Hemingway was born in July 1899 in a small conservative suburb in Illinois. From an early age in high school, Ernest ... as this, "both characterized the postwar generation and the literary movement it produced" (Ernest Hemingway Biography). Authors like Hemingway and Fitzgerald, "decried the false ideals of patriotism that led young people to war, only to the benefit of materialistic elders. These w...

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... . Regrettably, while Gatsby was fighting in the war she fell in love with, and married another man, Tom Buchanan. Gatsby's devotion towards Daisy was absolutely unhindered by her marriage, for he bought a house across the lake from hers, and would throw parties every weekend in an effort to impress her. Lucky for Gatsby, the narrator, Nick Carraway, is Daisy's cousin and is ... basic experiences as Gatsby, with a few minor changes. Dexter became rich by opening a chain of laundries which were used by rich people. Soon, he met a very pretty girl, Judy Jones, to whom he was totally infatua...

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... would grow up to be the writer who would sum up the Jazz Era with novels and short stories from 1920 to 1940. Francis" style of writing would be something that took the public by storm with his first novel "This Side of Paradise." F. Scott Fitzgerlad created his own legends. His life ... writer from his work; Fitizgerald was one of the most personal authors. The style of his writing was to sum up the Jazz Age like no one else was able to do. The characters in each book would take after some role in his life. The search for love in "Winter Dreams" demonstrates Fitzgerald's search ... for...

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... individuality, material wealth, better landscape, and religious idealism. They look for the idealistic concept of what they want it to convey, rather than what it actually is. "Winter Dreams- portrays different thoughts of Fitzgerald's, particularly from events that happened in his own life during the Jazz Age. The beginning of Dexter Green's dream happens around 1911 at a golf course in Minnesota that he caddied ... nothing more than a caddie for the girl, Dexter quits his job. He can now direct his attention towards her and nothing else. As the years pass by, Dexter's dream becomes a ...

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