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    When I walk into the cold church basement, I am immediately overwhelmed with sounds. In one corner, a group of actors are gossiping about the show, the director, the other actors, and how well (or how poorly) everyone else is doing. On stage, some of the younger actors are practicing the dances they are having a tough time with so they can impress the older actors and the choreographer. Around the room, there are smaller groups of people talking, laughing, gossiping, and practicing. In the center

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    Why You Should Not Ignore a Wet Basement –Your Waterproofing Expert in Edmonton Explains Like countless other Canadians, keeping your property in good condition and its occupants healthy are probably top priorities for you. To meet these objectives, property owners must pay attention to the changing conditions of their buildings. Certain issues may not seem like problems initially, but they can indicate present or future problems. A wet basement can certainly seem like a minor annoyance, but

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    Bethany Russell Mr. Mott English 102-Rhetorical Analysis September 10, 2015 Using an Anonymous Character: A Weak Appeal to Ethos In The Basement of the Ivory Tower is a very illustrative and witty analysis that presents the idea that not everyone is suited for college. The author, who goes by the alias Professor X, presents himself as a man of scholar with the difficult task of teaching English to students he believes should not even be in college. He is an adjunct professor that teaches at two community

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    INTRODUCTION Bargain Basement Books has done well with the many bookstores it owns and operates throughout the Midwest. The incredible discounted prices have been a big attraction to many consumers. Bargain Basement Books has struggled to keep up with the demand for low-priced best-selling novels and children’s books. Panama, Japan, and Finland have shown an interest in the chain of bookstores. In pursuing the possibility of a new location, profitability projections are taken into account.

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    Sports Basement: I use to work for a high-performance establishment when I live in the San Francisco Bay Area. The easiest way to describe Sports Basement is to compare it to the “Costco” of sporting goods. Sports Basement motto is “Providing high end apparel at basement prices.” (Sports Basement) Four friends who had previously started their success from the dot-com era in Silicon Valley established the company first in San Francisco then opened up more location throughout the Bay Area. I was the

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    In Professor X’s essay, In the basement of Ivory Tower, (X) Professor X goes into great detail, arguing that his students have the desire to maintain high academic standards, for example, to receive a promotion, to further their career, or because it is a job requirement. However, these same students cannot possibly pass their classes due to their lack of educational abilities. Initially, I found myself believing the author was hostile and unhappy in his career, although the more I read and re-read

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    Response The article of “ In the Basement of the Ivory Tower” really remind me to considered plenty of things that I have never been thinking about before. In my mind, pursuing and accomplishing a higher level of education is always good for people. However, the view that the Professor X

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    material, the main readings that connected to our challenges are Barbie Basement, Unplanned Parenthood and Ascending Borders. What brought my friend and I together was having the French language in common, we would practice the language and go to school together. However, she is a year older than me. We both went to the same elementary school and high school but when it came to University we went our separate ways. Barbie Basement from Secrets & Confidences portrayed the friendship between three

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    Water Leaking Into Your Basement? Learn How To Prevent It Chances are that your home’s basement is the place that is going to be affected first when you have a water leak. This part of the home is also used for storage, so leaks have the best chance of causing damage to things like holiday decorations, photo albums, and other personal items. The best way to prevent water from getting into a basement is by waterproofing and repairing your foundation. It will reduce the chance of water getting inside

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    In the article, “A Fire in the Basement”, Bob Herbert discusses the state of corruption in America today. He suggests that whatever problems we experience in society today are all because of the American government; we have become even worse at resolving those issues than were in years past. Even when America was fighting the war in Vietnam, Herbert says, “there was a sense that the nation was trying to right its wrongs, that it was moving in the right direction, however difficult and dangerous

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