Poem - I years had been from home By Emily Dickinson

I years had been from home:

I years had been from home,   
And now, before the door,   
I dared not open, lest a face   
I never saw before

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Quotes - Edward Abbey

Edward Abbey:

Our 'neoconservatives' are neither new nor conservative, but old as Babylon and evil as Hell.

Story - Theft Occurs Everywhere

Theft Occurs Everywhere:

An elderly woman told the police that, as she entered a restroom, she was jostled by a woman behind her. A few minutes later, as she was about to pay for a mustache remover at a nearby store, she discovered that her wallet was missing from her purse. Apparently the woman who had bumped into her had cleverly stolen her wallet. This type of theft is called pick-pocketing.

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Vocabulary - Organdy

Organdy:

Very thin stiff cotton cloth, used as dress material.

Persian: ارگاندی

The Boston Massacre

The Boston Massacre:

The Boston Massacre, called the Incident on King Street by the British, was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers killed five civilian men and injured six others. British troops had been stationed in Boston, capital of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, since 1768 in order to protect and support crown-appointed colonial officials attempting to enforce unpopular Parliamentary legislation.

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Story - Water Under the Sink

Water Under the Sink:

The 36-year-old bachelor ate his usual lunch at home. He had an apple, a ham sandwich with a sliced dill pickle, a bowl of chicken noodle soup with a couple of soda crackers, and a small candy bar, all washed down with an eight-ounce glass of milk.

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Vocabulary - Medallion

Medallion:

A piece of metal shaped like a large coin, worn as jewellery on a chain around the neck.

Vocabulary - Palpable

Palpable:

Able to be touched or felt; plain to see or to comprehend.

There was a palpable sense of relief among the crowd.

What he said is palpable nonsense.

Their love was almost palpable in the small room, warm as the fire, strong and soothing as sweet tea.

Persian: ملموس، هویدا، آشکار، محسوس

Quotes - Sebastian Horsley

Sebastian Horsley:

But really death seems the least awful thing that can happen to someone.

Quotes - Marsha Norman

Marsha Norman:

Success is always something that you have to recover from.

Poem - To learn the transport by the pain By Emily Dickinson

To learn the transport by the pain:

To learn the transport by the pain,   
As blind men learn the sun;   
To die of thirst, suspecting   
That brooks in meadows run

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Story - The Model Millionaire By Oscar Wilde

The Model Millionaire:

Unless one is wealthy there is no use in being a charming fellow. Romance is the privilege of the rich, not the profession of the unemployed. The poor should be practical and prosaic. It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating. These are the great truths of modern life which Hughie Erskine never realised.

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Story - Book Him

Book Him:

A man accused of failing to return more than 700 children’s books to five different libraries in the county was released from jail yesterday after a book publisher agreed to post his bond of $1,000. The publisher said, “There’s a story here. This is a man who loves books. He just can’t let go of them. He hasn’t stolen a single book. So what’s the crime? We think that Mr. Barush has a story to tell. We plan to publish his story.”

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Poem - I gained it so By Emily Dickinson

I gained it so:

I gained it so,   
        By climbing slow,   
By catching at the twigs that grow   
Between the bliss and me.   
        It hung so high,                           
        As well the sky   
        Attempt by strategy.  

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Quotes - William Congreve

William Congreve:

Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.

Story - A Missing Cat

A Missing Cat:

The owner of a missing cat is asking for help. “My baby has been missing for over a month now, and I want him back so badly,” said Mrs. Brown, a 56-year-old woman. Mrs. Brown lives by herself in a trailer park near Clovis. She said that Clyde, her 7-year-old cat, didn’t come home for dinner more than a month ago. The next morning he didn’t appear for breakfast either. After Clyde missed an extra-special lunch, she called the police.

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Poem - I had been hungry all the years By Emily Dickinson

I had been hungry all the years:

I had been hungry all the years;   
  My noon had come, to dine;   
I, trembling, drew the table near,   
And touched the curious wine. 

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Quotes - Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin:

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

Quotes - George Orwell

George Orwell:

We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.

Poem - This merit hath the worst By Emily Dickinson

This merit hath the worst:

This merit hath the worst,  
It cannot be again.   
When Fate hath taunted last   
And thrown her furthest stone

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Story - Goats Being Hired

Goats Being Hired:

Goats are being hired to do the work of men in a neighborhood just outside of San Diego. The fires that occurred in Hillborough four years ago destroyed thirty homes, most of which have been rebuilt. While contractors were rebuilding the homes, nature was regrowing the grasses, bushes, and shrubs. The area is now so overgrown in brush that it again poses a major fire hazard.

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Quotes - Donald Walters

Donald Walters:

Leadership is an opportunity to serve. It is not a trumpet call to self-importance.

Vocabulary - Banquet

Banquet:

A formal dinner for many people on an important occasion.

A state banquet.

A huge banquet was planned to celebrate the city's millennium.

The dinner is said to be held in the banqueting hall.

Persian: سور، ضیافت

Story - Wanted To Know How His Pig’s Doing

Wanted To Know How His Pig’s Doing:

Two mayors made a bet on the outcome of the Vegetable Bowl, the annual football game between their high school teams. If Arvada’s team lost, the mayor of Arvada would send the mayor of Boulder ten pounds of sliced potatoes, ready for frying. If Boulder’s team lost, the mayor would send ten pounds of sliced tomatoes, ready for sandwiches or salads.

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Vocabulary - Inmate

Inmate:

Someone who is being kept in prison.

Persian: زندانی

Quotes - William James

William James:

How pleasant is the day when we give up striving to be young -- or slender.

Story - Food Fight Erupted in Prison

Food Fight Erupted in Prison:

Inmates released two correctional officers they had held for a week in the tower at the state prison complex. The inmates captured the officers a week ago after the two officers tried to quell a food fight in the main dining room. The food fight erupted when the prisoners discovered that their candy ration had been cut in half. The candy is a popular bartering item.

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Poem - Unto my books so good to turn By Emily Dickinson

Unto my books so good to turn:

Unto my books so good to turn   
Far ends of tired days;   
It half endears the abstinence,   
And pain is missed in praise.

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Quotes - Mark Twain

Mark Twain:

Eternal rest sounds comforting in the pulpit; well, you try it once, and see how heavy time will hang on your hands.

Quotes - Bo Bennett

Bo Bennett:

When it comes to success, there are no shortcuts.