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…, but it was the homeless blues. You had not voted when you had a home. You had not voted when you had a job. You did not vote when domestic violence was not a problem. You did not vote when the house was not on fire. And surely you did not vote when you were out of your…

…firing a large number of rounds without reloading and are therefore unsafe in private hands. Critics of handgun control clam that if we limit access to guns it will have little affect on the rates of homicides, because people who want to kill work really hard…

…, have a very instinctive awareness of the rising animosity among the servants. They sense rage and danger all around, as Antoinette feels that that the "the sky and sea were on fire"--an ominous description that foreshadows the burning of the house. Indeed…

…to this thought. The vignette opens with a nasty image. Victim to either machine gun fire or shrapnel, Nick is dragged away from immediate danger by comrades. He was propped up against "the wall of the church." This description is both ironic and powerful. While Nick…

…. She imagined a horrible external landscape for this boy. For example, she thought about his house catching on fire, or his parents becoming crippled. These thoughts indicated that internally she knew that boy was not perfect, and that she would never know…

…the heavy iron gat. Walking up the steps to the front door, blood red images of rage flash through my head. They fill my insides with fire and knives until I want to scream. But I stop myself. No screaming. I have to be a ghost. When I turn the handle…

…immoderately" when he tells him that he has just accidentally caught a building on fire with five blind men living on the top floor of this building, but was able to put the fire out. Riis recalls " 'Why don't you know,' he said, 'that house is the Dirty Spoon…

…to transport raw goods like iron, lumber, and cattle to wood mills, slotter houses and elsewhere. (Doc 4, 5, 6) When the Rail road was built and they had no idea of when the trains were coming. With this disaster they developed time zones. People used hand cars…

…Coal Mining The living condition of miners was shocking and horrid. They lived in shacks inside their patch village (neighborhood) which was owned by the coal company. As well as the coal company owning the houses they also owned the schools…

…The Trenches: Dug in to house men before the decisive battle. But they were stalemated and the trenches were around for years. German trenches were up to 12 metres deep and used concrete to reinforce. British were never as good - they preferred…