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..., is part of a computerised reading program devised by journalist/author Dave McKay. The program, which paraphrases classic novels, primarily targets people who are learning English as a second language. It enables older students to quickly read classic novels despite having a very limited reading vocabulary. Each book has a number on the cover, showing how many different ...

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...ems, but Mortaumal [Mort] doesn’t seem to, thanks to his grandfather. However, when that support is gone and foster parents fail, and there are nasty people demanding he do evil deeds...things begin to look pretty desperate. From the age of ten to eighteen Mort lives with and meets an extraordinary variety of people, gets himself into and out of very hot water, sees rath...

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... a bystander to leap into the truck and drive it a few metres back, squeezing out more of Simon’s innards and revealing such a mess that several more people followed the driver’s example. A deep voice directly behind Mortaumal began to chant softly: ‘Mother dear, what have we here, Spread out like strawberry jam? Hush dear boy, it is your Pa Run over by a tram.’ ...

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...ge. They were, after all, the owners of the crops these farmers were attempting--against increasingly-dismal odds--to grow. The women talked about people, mostly. They talked about babies born, children half-grown, young men off to service, young women awaiting their return, and the inevitable moral challenges that lurked within the time between...always with a wary eye...

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...it; although from it, despite its limitations, he was always introduced to people so different than he was. They were the favored ones whose ideas we... ...icemen, who could easily be bribed, were never to be trusted. The favored people did not have everyday to roam the streets like homeless but highly m... ...the pronouncement of street names called out from the back seat. "Do young people like you have money to go off wherever you wish?" The words pierced ... ...e such a woman. He tried to contemplate what love was like for normal people. It was surely a dust storm one invented in one's mind to escape lo... ...lf in comic books and the latest American sounds when not engrossed in her French palaver with the cassette recorder. She would continue to disconnec... ... "That but also Americans who didn't want to fight against King George... Frenchmen, of course in Montreal." "Why don't they have kings now?" ... ...olors. They flowed in tight brushstrokes of an earthy tone. They were of French-Canadian mannequins performing their perfunctory duties of marriage.... ...oughts of another being. It was all gone including those canvasses on French Quebec mannequins. His evolution as an artist had been stunted. He... ... on top in the fuck show (a boy 18 or 19 who was a snowman with a bit of a French complexion) was seated next to him. He remembered paying top Canadi...

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...ing works on the Internet; and (4) private uses among a limited number of people. 3 C. Legal Background Section IV of the Report provides the lega... ...ing works on the Internet; and (4) private uses among a limited number of people. It is important to keep these categories in mind when considering... ...ibing a music professor’s search for published music and manuscripts of a French female composer; after contacting the French National Library and SA... ...ale composer; after contacting the French National Library and SACEM, the French collective rights administration organization, no estate or known re... ...es. Commenters recommended that the Copyright Office provide guidance to people who want to reduce their rights and/or donate works to the public d... ...s prior to that time would discourage use of orphan works and would “tax” people who are trying to do the right thing. 306 Others suggested that i... ...table Tr. at 83 (“The issue of so-called [right of] first publication some people might be surprised to find was not really much of an obstacle for u...

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...ing works on the Internet; and (4) private uses among a limited number of people. 3 C. Legal Background Section IV of the Report provides the lega... ...ing works on the Internet; and (4) private uses among a limited number of people. It is important to keep these categories in mind when considering... ...ibing a music professor’s search for published music and manuscripts of a French female composer; after contacting the French National Library and SA... ...ale composer; after contacting the French National Library and SACEM, the French collective rights administration organization, no estate or known re... ...es. Commenters recommended that the Copyright Office provide guidance to people who want to reduce their rights and/or donate works to the public d... ...s prior to that time would discourage use of orphan works and would “tax” people who are trying to do the right thing. 306 Others suggested that i... ...table Tr. at 83 (“The issue of so-called [right of] first publication some people might be surprised to find was not really much of an obstacle for u...

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...ntrate on his work as a programmer, but he has been subject to various type of psychological torture. This torture has been conducted by some regular people, and there has been some intelligence agencies involved. What is evident is that there is an intelligence agency from Lebanon which is involved, and since this intelligence agency is also operating in Tunisia, this mea...

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...very successful student and he graduated from three universities top of his class, they are: The Arts and Science University of Lebanon, The Lebanese French University and The Lebanese University. He has multiple degrees, including: Computer Communication , Master in Business Computing and Master in Computer Science, Computer Communication Engineering. Mohamad worked in...

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... Aim of this torture Usage of this torture Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism The DREAMS dreams that they have said that other people have had about him dreams that they have said mohamad wael had Sexual Dreams they tried to make him have Aim of this torture Usage of this torture The audio hallucination torture in lebanon in hi...

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...Political polarization occurs when the views or expectations of one person or a group of people reflect those of a political party (in the US: Democrat or Republican) or an ideology (liberal or conservative). Political polarization isn’t something to fear. In fact, it’s a test for democracy and for progress. The ...

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...is de Tocqueville was the first to pinpoint that exceptionalism and to give it his approval or benediction in his book Democracy in America. He was a French observer of American democracy who traveled throughout the new American country and let his French colleagues and philosophers back home know, afterwards, that the ideas that were dear to them were working in America. ...

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...Blessed with enchanting landscapes and heavenly mountain ranges, Nepal has a lot to offer people who seek adventure and experience. Trekking in Nepal allows you to explore the beautiful nature, flora and faunas residing on the highs and lows of trekking trails. The heavenly mountains and snow peaked Himalayas re...

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...lly for those living today? Humanity is ever developing. In ancient times, people’s needs were very basic: food, shelter, and procreation. These are ... ...t’s next?” Then the chase begins anew. For how long? Today, more and more people are asking this question. And not only, “For how long?” but also, “... ...re questions about the purpose and meaning of life have arisen in so many people. In the past, we simply didn’t ask. We lived because we were born. ... ...ily needs a personal room, a personal car, and virtually a personal home. People find it very difficult to maintain relationships, and divorce rates... ...are we leaving for our children? Today’s generation is the first in which people have stopped believing that their children will have a better life ... ...multaneously interpreted into seven languages—English, Russian, Spanish, French, german, Italian, and Turkish—by skilled and experienced interprete...

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...e earth an ark of testimony; and to that end will turn his Holy Spirit unto his ancient people the Jews, and bring unto them those days of refreshin... ...upon it! ye Christians have fathered upon the scriptures the optimism of the German and French infidels! Coming of Messiah Vol. 1 Irving: Prelimina... ...and real character upon the other; both centering in and radiating out from the Jewish people.’ And this appeared to me to be written in these the ... ...ersecuting the true and faithful servants and witnesses of the Lord, and both kings and people shall be confederates against the Lord and his anoint... ...t upon the continent, but have never been able to see more of it than is contained in a French abridgment. Upon which I explained to him the remarka... ... noviciates, in which situation, he showed his zeal for the spiritual good of the young people under his care. But this employment having proved bur... ...battle of the day of God Almighty.” Almost all believe that the 1260 days closed in the French revolution, and that the seven vials then began to be ... ...eep in check by military government; of all which we have had a notable instance in the French revolution, that first great work of the spirit of the... ...harles the Second, king of Spain, of the house of Austria died, and Philip the fifth, a Frenchman, of the house of Bourbon, succeeded him in the ki...

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... to catch by its hand the time. Worries start to teem on the street with people in the mouth. Irrational pains slap my unbeing. In front of the mir... ... that the Romanian readers in particular would not be found among the last people to learn of the activity of a compatriot so productive in some segme... ...985­1986). Finally he lost his job, earning his living by preparing school­people and students (1986­1988). From this short sequence of didactic activ... ...anaged to cross the border illegally and arrive in Turkey, where he taught French for a year and a half. In 1990 he reached the U.S.A. where he became... ...Bucharest, Editura " Litera" 1981. In 1983, the volume was translated into French by Chantal Signoret from the University of Provence and appeared in ... ...ms), Fès, Marocco, 1982, all in Romanian, and then, a series of volumes in French: Le sens du non­sens, Fès, Marocco, 1984, containing a non­conformis... ...The majority of his works were, fully or in part, translated into English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, some of them having a third edition in the U.S... ...n every issue. Many of the Romanian ones are also presented in English and French. Florentin Smarandache is an authentic poet of haiku, whom we pr...

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...nager, shouted at everyone within earshot, commanding the floor like a general. “Let’s go people! Twenty minutes to airtime.” Simmons had been with ... ...most ready,” she said and walked away. Jamieson Stone sat there watching at least fifty people preparing for his nightly news cast, plus another t... ...world. A hundred and forty countries tuned in via satellite and Internet – over a billion people at last count. However, his fame had not been meteo... ...ear?” Barton said, still not looking at Jacobs. “For Christ’s sake, just about a billion people saw him blow his brains out.” “I don’t care if the... ...grily. “And, if you don’t mind me saying, I think you’re an asshole.” “I know a lot of people in this town, and they’re going to hear from me,” Ja... ... careful to consume a moderate amount. Jose served huge platters of pasta, vegetables and French bread with butter. The group dug in. Georgi said, “...

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...r shiny black eyes. "Spanish is it?" "Correct. I've also had a semester of French, another of Italian." But Therese knew that the woman was more inter... ... "I would not. I only read—" "My thoughts." "Not at all. I merely read ... people." Something told her he wasn't being completely honest with her, but... ...t devices called telephones and radios that emitted the faceless voices of people he would never meet or see, and ... Just a whole wonderful array of ... ... saints, madmen and geniuses. Nothing had changed, just horrible and great people doing better and worse things on a bigger, more global scale than he... ... of the room, then looked at her again. "Kane, you can't go around turning people into ... into dromedaries." "Why not?" "Why not?" She stared at his ... ...ou're a guest..." Therese raised her voice for Justice. "Unlike some other people around here." Justice simply chuckled from his spot at the dining ro...

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...?” The question was an easy one, though Julia did not like explaining it to people who did not know her history. Thankfully she didn’t have to go i... ... laws governing guns and child molestation. Do you think that thousands of people went before congress to propose the concept of those bills?” Cad... ...n his knees. “It’s just a thing,” she said, shaking her head. “Something people used to call me.” I’ll Do Anything ... ...at across from him. The table was wide and round, large enough to fit ten people. In Cade’s opinion, it was not near big enough for both his fath... ...de, sturdy table — with Cade less than three feet away. They were the only people in the entire building and he looked relaxed and comfortable with ... ...r throat and tears threatened in earnest. The closest exit was a pair of French doors. Julia escaped, gladly losing herself in the Mayor’s garde... ...k inside. Dance and have fun.” Carly slanted a longing glance toward the French doors. “Are you sure?” “Go ahead,” he said. “I’ll there in a min...

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...the memory of that light, white American, Kimberly Debecrois--or something French--pulling away from his grasp of her hands disconcertedly, half blind... ...uccessfully that he began to believe it himself. On canvas, distorting the French-American into an Asian half-breed and a lady of the night, he brough... ... be perceived as another wealthy and indolent foreigner (usually German or French but not always so) suffering and despondent because of a katzenjamme... ...n of such comfort to them as teenagers. Back then, before finding the dead people and each other, each of them had been wandering respectively through... ...re it belongs out of the corners. This was his response to silence. - Why, people ask me are we, I, an archaeological anthropologist and you, a playbo... ...ory, analyzing them, and splicing them together like film; and as were two people walking down a sidewalk without looking at each other, who were and... ...like a news reel seen in various colored filters and in reverse of a young French and English teacher jumping from her balcony. It was a means by whic... ...es or being stripped of them. And as the door of the fitting room by which people came in to wear him and be worn by him never seemed to shut well, al... ...ckroach in burnt rouge cream at a Laotian restaurant attempting to emulate French cuisine, only lasted a moment and then he smiled, putting at ease di...

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...Born in 1890 in Vietnam under French colonialism to a committed nationalist father, Ho Chi Minh would grow up to lead not one, but two successful wars of independence to liberate his country. In his formative years, Ho traveled widely as a sailor and live...

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...I was born in Thai Binh province. My family were farmers. In 1948 my father was killed in the French War. My mother was with child when he died and she raised us four children alone. In 1968 I volunteered to be a people's soldier, bo doi, and I spent five years in the field during the most terrible time of the war. Wh...

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...When French equestrian Claire Delacroix loses her fiance in a tragic accident, she comes to live at the Paris Opera during its 1890s heyday. Whilst working at the opera, she meets a mysterious, masked stranger: Erik. Is it possibl...

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... During the 19th century, and for nearly the first half of the 20th century, French women were not allowed to vote, nor to have a bank account or pas... ...eautiful things,” he whispered. “Of course,” I responded in surprise. “Most people do.” “Then how can you bear to look on me,” he responded, still wh... ... my words, mademoiselle; when the twenty years for this permit is gone, the people of Paris will demand that this eyesore be razed to the ground.” We... ... chose to buy nothing, walking around looking at the goods and watching the people was very entertaining for me. The nights that Erik did not come t... ... the house. “My dear wife, this is not Paris. I am not known here. Perhaps people will presume I’ve an injury. A burn or something of that sort. I... ...o. “As do I,” Erik responded in that language, without a trace of his native French accent. He turned more solemn then. “I saw your cousin in the vil... ... I could not help overhearing the girl’s remark about “that bloody ignorant French woman.” Before long the musical evening was upon us. I was qu... ...th the plate when I overheard Alice Harrington discussing me. “Well, she is French, you know. They’re all lazy creatures. Her husband is a charming... ...Look at these books she reads: Balzac and Hugo. I ask you. Everyone knows French books are filled with filth. And I hear she drinks absinthe.” Al...

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...Catalan speaking people have been (and continue to be) important to the development of Spain. However, they also have been (and continue to be) important to the development of the United States of America. In fact, you can learn Catalan (es...