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I felt Liz's small shoulder pressing into mine. I leaned over as close as I could, and when I was sure Solomon wasn't looking I whispered the letters 'D.C.' to her. All she did was nod her head and a smile spread across my face. We were going back. Solomon hadn't seen us, which was a good thing considering he would have us help out the 7th graders for days as they practiced their roundhouse kicks. The rest of the trip I was freaking out--only on the inside though. Either we were getting a rematch with the Blackthorne boys or we were doing something else. I just didn't know what that something was. Which was starting to scare me. The helicopter made its slow decent to the ground and I excitedly bumped Liz. All the other girls where also getting jittery and so Liz, being the mother she is, told every to "Shhhh" before Mr. Solomon could himself. I am guessing he will have her accompany us from now on. "All of you should have figured out where we are going about ten minutes after we took off. If you haven't...You shouldn't even be going to the academy. Ladies, your mission is to steal a highly valuable an icon of our culture. You should already be familiar with it and be able to get it in the next three days. I will be watching you, from a respectable distance to allow you all to practice working as a team. Here are you legends; read, memorize and then destroy them." Solomon finished just as the plane landed. What could he have possibly meant when he said 'icon of our culture.' We simultaneously scrambled to take off our blindfolds and read our legends. I was busy learning that my new name was Marlaina Donahue, I had blue eyes, black hair, and very tan. I was the cheerleading captain of my squad that was here for a competi... ... middle of paper ... ... started putting on her outfit as soon as I handed it to her. Bex and I shared a major eye roll. “Come on, it can’t be that bad. I bet you look super hot.” Bex was trying to cajole me out of the bathroom that I had gone into to put on my outfit. Mr. Solomon had been here a couple minutes ago to drop off a folder. He handed it to Tina since I was ‘busy.’ Then there was some insane whispering which was ended by a very loud whisper by Bex. I took one less look in the mirror; I didn’t even look like myself anymore. I unlocked the door and walked out. Everyone, who I assumed were my sisters since they also had on their disguises, turned to look at me. I had been the last person to get dressed since I was working with Liz and Bex to figure out how we were going to get those shoes. I started handing out the instructions to everyone when there was a knock at the door.
Toni Morrison, in her novel Song of Solomon, skillfully utilizes symbolism to provide crucial insight into the story and to help add detail and depth to themes and character developments. Fabricating a 1960’s African American society, Morrison employs these symbols to add unspoken insight into the community that one would feel if he or she were actually living there, as well as to help the reader identify and sympathize with the characters and their struggles. By manifesting these abstract concepts into tangible objects such as gold or roses, the author is able to add a certain significance to important ideas that remains and develops further throughout the story, adding meaning to the work as a whole. Pilate’s brass box earring, containing
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During the course of the Soviet-Afghan war between 1979 and 1989, 1986 was the turning point for the Soviet Union. Soviet Union General Secretary Gorbachev was convinced that the Soviet effort at rebuilding Afghanistan was failing: the Afghanistan government, the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA), made little progress in reaching out to the population, economic aid did not reach its destination, and the majority population supported Mujahideen (Matthews 2011). The Soviet Union felt the DRA should take a leading combat role against the Mujahideen (Graw and Jalali 2001). The DRA’s Ministry of Defense decided to destroy Zhawar, a logistic transfer base at Khost Province that was responsible for 60% of Mujahideen supply, and named Lieutenant General (LTG) Nabi Azimi as the overall commander for the Afghanistan forces (Yousaf and Adlom 1992). Through the six steps operation process, LTG Nabi Azimi’s mission command failure by his inability at visualizing solution process for the problems, directing units with achievable goals, assessing the operation environment with accurate information, and leading the unit physically from the front overwhelmed his success in understanding the operational environment and describing his intent to subordinates units.
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Operation Just Cause In 1988 relations with Panama and the U.S. Deteriorated. The. The commander of Southern Command, Gen. Frederick F. Woerner increased the number and strength of U.S. forces in Panama. This was in hopes of deterring the dictator, Noriega, from attacking U.S. citizens or the Panama Canal.
In this essay I will discuss how my life led me to a career in the United States Air Force, outline my most important experiences while serving, and describe how I contribute to the larger Air Force mission.
Every individual has a biological influence on their development; two individuals combine their genetic information to create a new organism, carrying biological predispositions that will shape their expressed behaviors and characteristics. However, Susan Griffin, author of the essay “Our Secret,” argues that while genetic influences are significant, they are not the sole contributors to an individual’s development. Throughout her essay, Griffin reveals to her readers that the presence of external, uncontrollable factors from an individual’s environment can be equally influential as they diverge the individual off of the predetermined path of life created by biological factors.
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After two plane rides and a long four hour bus trip all fifty of us finally arrived in Farmington, New Mexico. It was my first time being away from parents for more than a couple days and my first mission trip. I was extremely nervous. I thought the trip was gonna be a miserable ten days. It was the summer going into my senior year and before I left I was having a blast hanging out with my friends, going swimming, riding bikes, and relaxing every single day. The last thing I wanted to do was go on a church mission trip, but my parents insisted that I go. My parents said, it would be a, "great experience" and "life changing." They were right! I did not believe them until I got to the reservations. Met all the amazing Navajo Indians and learned
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I let out a withered sigh, which caused me to choke in the middle of yet another sob. I had had enough. I weakly pulled myself out of the pool and walked to my towel. I grabbed the huge, orange and white stripped thing and wrapped it around my shivering body, hoping to find some warmth and comfort; but even my monstrous beach towel could not cut the chill I felt inside. I started to walk to the changing room past the hundred faces I knew nothing of, but by now were familiar. I had searched each face a hundred times hoping to see someone I knew. Finally, I realized that I knew none of them, and the person I was looking for just wasn't coming.
and I did it almost every day. I would try on almost all of her jewelry