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…and traveling bands that need to beg for a gig to support them. But it is always the pursuit of the love of music that pushes them to keep doing what they do. In the painting Old Guitarist, the man is continuing his love for the guitar despite it ruining his…

…biologist convinced that the ridleys sea turtle was a sterile hybrid of the green and the loggerhead turtles. No one could find nesting beaches or an egg-bearing female. In 1963 an old film was discovered, made in 1947 by Mexican engineer Andres Herrera…

…novel, Old Wars, by David Helwig, the author uses symbolism to represent the characters and their lives. Some examples are Margaret’s drawer, McAllister’s wooden doll, and the weather and leaves that represent Malcolm. When we first read about Malcolm…

…Old Yeller This book is named Old Yeller and it is by Fred Gipson. This book is based on a 14-year-old boy named Travis and his dog Old Yeller. This book takes place in an old log cabin in Birdsong Creek, with Travis explaining his story from…

…The Dead Sea Scrolls, discovered in caves along the western shore of the Dead Sea from 1947 to 1956, are considered by many to be the single most important archaeological find of the twentieth century. They comprise about 800 documents, some complete…

…An old proverb once said “ tis not the path to hell, but hell itself that is paved with good intentions”. Indeed, good intentions were what lead the people of Salem Village to act as irrational as they did when they falsely accused innocent God…

…Darwin's Sea Change In the mid 1830's, The British ship the Beagle set out to survey the shores of Chile, Peru and other islands in the Pacific; and to carry a chain of chronometrical measurements around the world. The ship's captain was Captain…

…is just a child. And I, I am an old man.” Nervous, with his guilty conscience, blanked out a bit while she talked to him. She told him of her father’s job and how she got along with her mother and sister Adriana. What school she went to and where she live…

…Sly Milon In Guy De Maupassant’s “Old Milon,” the title character is exceptionally clever. For example, receiving the Prussian soldiers at his house, giving them the best treatment he can, he is in fact avoiding conflict with the Prussians…

…Old Testament The Old Testament is a compilation, and like every compilation it has a wide variety of contributors who, in turn, have their individual influence upon the final work. It is no surprise, then, that there exist certain parallels between…