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...A young black man is shot down in the streets in a drive-by. But a mistake has been made. Kelly shouldn't have died. So he's returned to Earth?in the body of a young comatose white woman married to a hot looking Latino narc cop. Can Kelly resolve the question...

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...illis Barnstone 3 SAPPHO’S JOURNAL 5 CHRIST’S JOURNAL 155 LEONARDO DA VINCI’S JOURNAL 221 SHAKESPEARE’S JOURNAL 343 LINCOLN’S JOURNAL 511 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 621 COLOPHON 625...

...(second edition) American Research Press Rehoboth 2002 2 Titu Popescu THE AESTHETICS OF PARADOXISM (second edition) Translated from Romanian by... ...andache/ ISBN: 1-931233-53-5 Standard Address Number 297-5092 Printed in the United States of America 4 Foreword In the history of thought and... ...States of America 4 Foreword In the history of thought and creation, the decisive events, the great and significant moments, the strongly affir... ... emission. I have added to the suggestions of Smarandache’s biography some new 6 ones, coming from other sources. Furthermore, I have put as a bas... ...being the unforeseen, the unexpected (which generates and also perturbs a new tension). Therefore, the paradox is simultaneously a conclusion and a ... ...utiful, abolition of hierarchies, insufficiency of reason. And a way to a new dramatic tension is then opened, so that it feeds radical reactions (t... ...cks! The notion of literature has become out of mode in this century and people laugh at it. I am ashamed to affirm that I create lyric and dramati... ...ed to affirm that I create lyric and dramatic texts. I dissimulate them. People don’t even read them, don’t listen to them. Anyway a paradoxist mo... ... of the long universal history of versification. The above mentioned New-Yorker critic, James Gardner, affirms that the contemporary art belongs to...

...In the history of thought and creation, the decisive events, the great and significant moments, the strongly affirmative stages - then the imposition of the optimizing novelties - have depended on the name and prestige of a pe...

...In aesthetics, the paradox means the apparent resolution of an enigmatic situation (the result of such a process is the satisfaction of a distention), the emotional moving force being the unforeseen, the unexpected (which generates and al...

...ugust 13, 1813, p. 6. 37278_u00.qxd 8/28/08 11:04 AM Page ii James Boyle The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind Yale University Pres... ...e The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind Yale University Press New Haven & London ___-1 ___0 ___ 1 37278_u00.qxd 8/28/08 11:04 AM Pag... ... www.caravanbooks.org. Copyright © 2008 by James Boyle. All rights reserved. The author has made an online version of this work available under a Crea... ...ttribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. It can be accessed through the author’s website at http://james-boyle.com. Printed in the United Sta... ...t ten years. None of that work has been done alone. As a result, the list of people to whom I am indebted makes Oscar night acknowledgments look haiku... ...” 2 For several years now I have been a columnist for the Financial Times’s “New Economy Policy Forum.” Portions of Chapter 5 and Chapter 9 had their ... ...cases it effectively removes the privilege of fair use. Each day brings some new Internet horror story about the excesses of intel- lectual property. ... ... where discus- sion of network effects had yet to reach the pages of The New Yorker, 26 and where our concerns about the excesses of intellectual prop... ...or, even better, just stay at home and read A River Runs Through It. The New Yorker, and not a sheaf of printouts from the Web, still sits on my coffe...

... economic welfare all depend on a delicate balance between those ideas that are controlled and those that are free, between intellectual property and the public domain. In The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind (Yale University Press) James Boyle introduces readers to the idea of the public domain and describes how it is being tragically eroded by our current...

...AVELLI by H. G. Wells A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The New Machiavelli by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania Sta... ...LI by H. G. Wells A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The New Machiavelli by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State U... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ate University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associ- ated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...he document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The New Machiavelli by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State University, Electron... ...ania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 H G Wells THE NEW MACHIAVELLI by H. G. Wells BOOK THE FIRST THE MAKING OF A MAN CHAPTER C... ...red, happier, finer, securer. They imagined cities grown more powerful and peoples made rich and mul- titudinous by their efforts, they thought in ter... ... Natural History, a brand-new illustrated Green’s His- tory of the English People, Irving’s Companions of Columbus, a great number of unbound parts of... ...nd voluminous, and succumbed very easily to a low shooter or an unexpected Yorker, hut usually he was caught early by long leg. The difficulty was to ...

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...on the Mississippi by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnish... ..., for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Nei ther the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyo... ...a State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the mate... ...o this. Exclusive of the Lake basin and of 300,000 square miles in Texas and New Mexico, which in many aspects form a part of it, this basin contains... ...ifty feet. But at Bayou La Fourche the river rises only twenty four feet; at New Orleans only fif teen, and just above the mouth only two and one hal... ...fif teen, and just above the mouth only two and one half. An article in the New Orleans ‘Times Democrat,’ based upon reports of able engineers, state... ...t upon the grand fact: the educated eye never mistakes those people for New Yorkers. No, there is a godless grace, and snap, and style about a born a... ... No, there is a godless grace, and snap, and style about a born and bred New Yorker which mere clothing cannot effect. “APRIL 19. This morning, struck... ...change for the worse. There was an old negro woman of this sort. A young New Yorker said in her presence, ‘What a wonderful moon you have down here!’ ...

...Excerpt: The ?Body Of The Nation? But the basin of the Mississippi is the body of the nation. All the other parts are but members, important in themselves, yet more important in their relations to this. Exclusive of the Lake basin and...

...he Air by H. G. Wells A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The War in the Air by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania Stat... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyo... ...ate Uni- versity nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...blished in the Fall of that year. At that time the aeroplane was, for most people, merely a rumour and the “Sausage” held the air. The con- temporary ... ...e under notice to quit, the last patch of country in a district flooded by new and prbaa things. He did his best to console himself, to imagine matter... ...rench artichokes and aub- ergines, foreign apples—apples from the State of New York, apples from California, apples from Canada, apples from New Zeala... ...a whole day before he was five, and nearly drowned in the reservoir of the new water-works before he was seven. He had a real pistol taken away from h... ...iscredited were the newspapers of that period that a large majority of New Yorkers, for example, did not believe the most copious and circumstantial a... ... and supplied the newspapers with exciting headlines and pictures. The New Yorkers felt perhaps even more certainly than the English had done that war...

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...24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 ii The Bostonians Chapter 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... ...ee you, because she doesn’t know whether she is or not, and she wouldn’t for the world expose herself to telling a fib. She is very honest, is Olive Ch... ...h a visitor, kept waiting for a few moments, was already absorbed in a book. The gentleman had not even needed to sit down to become interested: appar... ...hink much about Europe, and that he had always supposed she was domiciled in New York. This last remark he made at a venture, for he had, naturally, n... ...s dishonesty, however, only exposed him the more. ‘If you thought I lived in New York, why in the world didn’t you come and see me?’ the lady inquired... ...tay tomorrow? Why, what’s the use of that? Well, mind you come and see me in New York; I shall be sure to be part of the winter there. I shall send yo... ...ly provoking, indeed, that Mrs. Burrage should have so much the air of a New Yorker who didn’t particularly notice whether a Bostonian called or not; ... ...ssive of a rank civilisation. The establishment was of the kind known to New Yorkers as a Dutch grocery; and red faced, yellow haired, bare armed vend... ... slim provincial girl, pretending to fascinate a couple of hundred blase New Yorkers by simply giving them her ideas, would fail of her effect, that a...

...y, but either nine or eleven. She didn?t tell me to say she was glad to see you, because she doesn?t know whether she is or not, and she wouldn?t for the world expose herself to telling a fib. She is very honest, is Olive Chancellor; she is full of rectitude. Nobody tells fibs in Boston; I don?t know what to make of them all. Well, I am very glad to see you, at any rate.? ...

...Future by Henry James A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Madonna of the Future by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvan... ... for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Nei- ther the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... .... “None the less so, I trust,” I an- swered, “if the young man is a sordid New Yorker.” “New Yorkers have been munificent patrons of art!” he answered... ...one the less so, I trust,” I an- swered, “if the young man is a sordid New Yorker.” “New Yorkers have been munificent patrons of art!” he answered, ur... ...ood in every perfor- mance I have re-absorbed into the generative force of new creations; the bad—there is always plenty of that— I have religiously d... ...s happy in a certain good faith of which we have lost the trick? There are people, I know, who deny that his spot- less Madonnas are anything more tha... ...haelesque touch, which they declare is a profane touch. Be that as it may, people’s religious and aesthetic needs went arm in arm, and there was, as I... ... “but, as a rule, it’s a monstrous mistake. Is Florence of the same sex as New York, as Chi- cago? She is the sole perfect lady of them all; one feels...

...Excerpt: We had been talking about the masters who had achieved but a single masterpiece--the artists and poets who but once in their lives had known the divine afflatus and touched the high level of perfection. Our host had been showing us a charming little c...

...ication North America: Volume Two by Anthony Trollope is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- o... ...ate University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- one associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...makes great cities, and commerce has refused to back the general’s choice. New York and Philadelphia, without any political power, have become great a... ... by one might, 7 Trollope perhaps, have done for the skeleton sketch of a new city. Less than half that would contain much more than the present popu... ...y the names of the respective States. At the Capitol, Pennsylvania Avenue, New Jersey Avenue, Delaware Avenue, and Maryland Av- enue converge. They co... ...the sun shines nowhere else; and Boston Common is very pleas- ant. The New Yorkers believe in Fifth Avenue with an un- swerving faith; and Fifth Avenu... ...er mouth! Life in Alexan- dria at this time must have been sad enough. The people were all secessionists, but the town was held by the North- 25 Trol... ...iefly to the excel- lence of his cause, and the blood and character of the people who put him forward as their right arm in their contest; but that he...

........................................................................................................................................ 30 CHAPTER III: THE CAUSES OF THE WAR .......................................................................................................... 47 CHAPTER IV: WASHINGTON TO ST. LOUIS ............................................................

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...d A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- o... ...ate University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- one associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...hat was interesting was that he would boast of it openly. He used to say: “People think I make a lot of money in this schooner of mine. But that is no... ... the mere story. A rascal steals a large parcel of a valuable commodity—so people say. It’s either true or untrue; and in any case it has no value in ... ...ilence to anarchist speeches at the meeting, the enigmatical patron of the new revolu- tionary agitation, the trusted, the wealthy comrade Fidanza wit... ...nrad Aristocrat and Nostromo the Man of the People are the artisans of the New Era, the true creators of the New State; he by his legendary and daring... ...lic of the past disregarded by men awaiting impatiently the Dawns of other New Eras, the coming of more Revolutions. But this is the idlest of dreams;... ...to these ways … American bar? Yes. And over there you can see another. New Yorkers mostly fre- quent that one——Here we are at the Amarilla. Ob- serve ...

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...Captains Courageous A Story of the Grand Banks by Rudyard Kipling A Penn State Electronic Classics Series ... ...te Electronic Classics Series Publication Captains Courageous: A Story of the Grand Banks by Rudyard Kipling is a publication of the Pennsylvania Sta... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...t any real harm to him. He’ s more to be pitied than anything,” a man from New York drawled, as he lay at full length along the cushions un- der the w... ...t what’ll amuse him, I guess. Florida, Adirondacks, Lakewood, Hot Springs, New York, and round again. He isn’t much more than a sec- ond-hand hotel cl... ...uldn’t it be great if we ran down one?” “Shut the door, Harvey ,” said the New Yorker. “Shut the door and stay outside. You’re not wanted here.” “Who’... ...’t it be great if we ran down one?” “Shut the door, Harvey ,” said the New Yorker. “Shut the door and stay outside. You’re not wanted here.” “Who’ll s... ... you’re through. Hurry! Dad’ s waitin’.” Like many other unfortunate young people, Harvey had never in all his life received a direct order-never, at ... ...ry .” Harvey had a notion that the greater part of America was filled with people discussing and envying his father’ s dollars. “Mebbe I do, an’ mebbe...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1. The weather door of the smoking-room had been left open to the North Atlantic fog, as the big liner rolled and lifted, whistling to warn the fishing- fleet....

...s Series Publication Washington Square by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...uring the latter part of it, there flourished and practised in the city of New York a physi- cian who enjoyed perhaps an exceptional share of the cons... ...was at its height. He was very witty, and he passed in the best society of New York for a man of the world—which, in- deed, he was, in a very sufficie... ...wenty-seven, for love, a very charming girl, Miss Catherine Harrington, of New York, who, in ad- dition to her charms, had brought him a solid dowry. ... ...saved him a good deal of drudgery, and his wife’s affiliation to the “best people” brought him a good many of those patients whose symp- toms are, if ... ...had elapsed Austin Sloper was a widower. For a man whose trade was to keep people alive, he had certainly done poorly in his own family; and a bright ... ... such features— so delicate, so chiselled and finished—among the young New Yorkers whom she passed in the streets and met at parties. He was tall and ...

...ES PUBLICATION A Little Tour in France by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ... for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Nei- ther the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...ng in, which the French, as the vota- ries of art for art, excel all other people. The little sol- diers, weighed down by the contents of their enormo... ...vantage, are in the vulgar taste which seems doomed to stamp itself on all new Catholic work; but there was never-theless a great sweetness in the sce... ...te, the happy proportions, the color of this beautiful front, to which the new feeling for a purely domestic architecture—an architecture of security ... ...le an image of the good King Louis. Good as he had been,—the father of his people, as he was called (I believe he remitted various taxes),—he was not ... ...le wizened, ancient peasant, who had put on, in honor of the occa- sion, a new blouse of extraordinary stiffness and blue- ness. We hired the trap of ... ... it filters down through centuries and migrations till it titillates a New Yorker who forgets in his elation that he happens at that mo- 94 A Little ...

...The Wings of the Dove by Henry James The Wings of the Dove by Henry James The Wings of the Dove by Henry James A... ...e Dove by Henry James A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Wings of the Dove by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania S... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...stranger opportunities, confronted with rare questions and called upon for new discriminations. Thus the scheme of her situation would, in a comprehen... ...wer—blooming alone, for the fullest attestation of her freedom—of an “old” New York stem; the happy congrui- ties thus preserved for her being matters... ...nt compactness. For already, from an early stage, it had be- gun richly to people itself: the difficulty was to see whom the situation I had primarily... ...the less visibly my “key,” as I have said, that though my regenerate young New Yorker, and what might depend on her, should form my centre, my circumf... ...less visibly my “key,” as I have said, that though my regenerate young New Yorker, and what might depend on her, should form my centre, my circumferen... ...s him to watching her, as it were, through the successive windows of other people’s interest in her. So, if we talk of princesses, do the balconies op...

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...and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylva- nia State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsi- bility for the mate... ...workhouses, and judge whether those are monsters who disgrace our streets, people our hulks and penitentiaries, and overcrowd our penal colonies, or a... ...what is ridiculous or wrong at home, so I then hoped that the good-humored people of the United States would not be generally disposed to quarrel with... ...LIC DINNER given to me on Saturday the 18th of April, 1868, in the city of New York, by two hundred representatives of the Press of the United States ... ...ges in the amount of land subdued and peopled, changes in the rise of vast new cities, changes in the growth of older cities almost out of recognition... ...r some months past been collecting materials for, and hammering away at, a new book on America has much astonished me; seeing that all that time my de... ...’s the New York Sewer, in its twelfth thousand, with a whole column of New Yorkers to be shown up, and all their names printed! Here’s the Sewer’s art...

...erson. I sometimes ask myself whether there may occasionally be a difference of this kind between some writers and some readers; whether it is always the writer who colors highly, or whether it is now and then the reader whose eye for color is a little dull?...

... Staff List xiii–xiv Preface xv 1. “WE HAVE SOME PLANES” 1 1.1 Inside the Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National C... ...Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 ... ... Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin’s Appeal in ... ...NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin’s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988–1992) ... ...8) 63 3. COUNTERTERRORISM EVOLVES 71 3.1 From the Old Terrorism to the New: The First World Trade Center Bombing 71 3.2 Adaptation—and Nonadapta... ...6.3 The Attack on the USS Cole 190 6.4 Change and Continuity 198 6.5 The New Administration’s Approach 203 7. THE ATTACK LOOMS 215 7.1 First Arr... ...esident of the United States, the United States Congress, and the American people for their consideration. Ten Commissioners—five Republicans and five... ...mitted to share as much of our investi- gation as we can with the American people.T o that end, we held 19 days of hearings and took public testimony ... ... assistant secretary for labor at OSHA that tests show “it is safe for New Yorkers to go back to work in New York’s financial district.” (OSHA’s respo...

...Excerpt: We present the narrative of this report and the recommendations that flow from it to the President of the United States, the United States Congress, and the American people for their consideration. Ten Commissioners--five Republicans an...

...CONTENTS List of Illustrations and Tables ix Member List xi Staff List xiii?xiv Preface xv 1. ?WE HAVE SOME PLANES? 1 1.1 Inside the Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin?s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of B...

...SERIES PUBLICATION A Bundle of Letters by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...ed, which made me want to give them a good shaking. There are a great many people—and a great many things, too—over here that I should like to perform... ...hough by no means coming up to the Ameri- can standard. The manners of the people are in some respects extremely peculiar, and I feel at last that I a... ...d in foreign parts. It is, however, a truly elegant city (very superior to New York), and I have spent a great deal of time in visiting the various mo... ...Letters CHAPTER III From Miss Violet Ray, in Paris, to Miss Agnes Rich, in New York. September 21st. We had hardly got here when father received a tel... ...when father received a telegram saying he would have to come right back to New York. It was for something about his business—I don’t know ex- actly wh... ...mp, a certain grace; I like to talk with them, to study them. The fair New Yorker is, sometimes, very amusing; she asks me if every one in Boston talk...

...d, although my letter will not have reached you yet, I will begin another before my news accumulates too much. I am glad you show my letters round in the family, for I like them all to know what I am doing, and I can?t write to every one, though I try to answer all reasonable expectations. But there are a great many unreasonable ones, as I suppose you know--not yours, dear...

...ication North America: Volume One by Anthony Trollope is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- o... ...ate University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- one associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...................................................... 20 CHAPTER III: MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND VERMONT.................................................... ................................................. 169 CHAPTER XII: BUFFALO TO NEW YORK ..................................................................... ............................................................ 201 CHAPTER XIV: NEW YORK...................................................................... ...that dollar-worship- ing, it will of course seem that I am abusing the New Yorkers. We all know what a wretchedly wicked thing money is—how it stands ... ...er of things sacred. The world is agreed about that, and therefore the New Yorker is in a bad way. There are very few citizens in any town known to me... ...n known to me which under this dispensation are in a good way, but the New Yorker is in about the worst way of all. Other men, the world over, worship...

...TER II: NEWPORT?RHODE ISLAND ................................................................................................. 20 CHAPTER III: MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND VERMONT ............................................................................ 34 CHAPTER IV: LOWER CANADA ................................................................................................

...ssociate Editor David Russell Best of Freshman Writing is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. The Pennsylvania State University is an ... ...shman Writing Best of Freshman Writing: Student Voices is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. All the student essays contained herein ... ...n were produced by students registered in English 004, 015 and 030, within the Commonwealth College of the Pennsylvania University, during the academi... ...for the hat and the name patch, which I sewed on myself. The hat became my new good luck charm. It seemed that I met more girls when I wore it to the ... ...o shock their audi- ence. They both make a very good living coming up with new ways to stun the world. Sometimes their methods are vulgar and violent ... ...y are die-hard fans for the here and now, and quickly lose interest when a new talent comes along. Un- derground music fans show much more loyalty tow... ...nport.org/ history.htm>. Kolbert, Elizabeth. “Indian Point Blank.” The New Yorker 3 March 2003: 36-41. “NRC Probes Peach Bottom.” 16 January 2003. EFM... ...2003: 47. 27 Best of Freshman Writing 28 IN THE MARCH 24 issue of The New Yorker, Henrik Hertzberg, a columnist for the magazine, wrote a commentary ... ...n of the convention refers to the “humane” treatment of prisoners. The New Yorker stated that in President Bush’s State of the Union Address, he highl...

...Excerpt: Welcome to the eighth volume of Best of ?. For the past several years we have been publishing student writing with the intention of both celebrating the work that our students do and of sharing it with others for a variety of instructio...

.... 8 Tammy Lenig English 4 ? Hazleton campus ?Neighborhood? .......................................... 9 Josh Gilligan English 15 ? Du Bois campus ?In the Beginning There Was Rap? ............. 11 Laura Hope Stawski English 15 ? Hazleton campus ?Hopeless Hope? ........................... 13 Samuel G. Lepadatu English 15 ? Hazleton campus ?A Good Samaritan? ....................

...Captain Brassbound’s Conversion by George Bernard Shaw is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnishe... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- o... ...ate University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- one associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the mate- ... ...e most dangerous chieftain in these parts, the Sheikh Sidi el Assif, has a new American machine pistol which fires ten bullets without loadin; and his... ... has sixteen shots in the magazine. DRINKWATER (indignantly). Yuss; an the people that sells sich things into the ends o’ them eathen bleck niggers ca... ... who begins a casual acquaintance at the point usually attained by English people after thirty years ac- quaintance when they are capable of reaching ... ... gone. Y ou have taken the old meaning out of my life; but you have put no new meaning into it. I can see that you have some clue to the world that ma... ... a farfetched combination of the French eu and the English e, with which a New Yorker pro- nounces such words as world, bird &c. I have spent months w... ...arfetched combination of the French eu and the English e, with which a New Yorker pro- nounces such words as world, bird &c. I have spent months witho...

...Excerpt: ACT I. On the heights overlooking the harbor of Mogador, a seaport on the west coast of Morocco, the missionary, in the coolness of the late afternoon, is following the precept of Voltaire by cultivating his garden. He is an elderly Sc...