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| Paper: McCarthyism |
high-school |
| topic: |
US History |
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The causes of McCarthyism reach back to the early 1900's with the first Red Scare. Other causes include the
Russian expansion after World War II, the Truman doctrine and Marshall plan, the Berlin Blockade and
creation of NATO, the loss of the China Hands and the "fall" of China, the Atomic Spy cases, the police action
in Korea, the Truman loyalty oaths, and the McCarran Act. These factors contributed to the public fear of
communist expansion. There was, however, another important pre-condition; there had been nearly 20 years
of progressivism and the public was tired of it, they could not keep up with the changes. The common men who
were down and out in the 30's would tolerate the changes because they wanted economic conditions to
improve; by 1950, the common men had been brought out of the depression and had a lot of buying power. Now
that they personally did not need more improvement, they forgot the past, and went against the `New' Dealism
that they associated with Communism. |
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1994-04-01 |
quality 3 |
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| About The Depression |
high-school |
| topic: |
US History |
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The definition of depression is a condition in economic life in which a great many people have no work,
machines stand idle, and the standard level of economic activity is low. During the depression, the high
management of companies lost money along with everyone else, but during the recession, in order to maintain
profits, the high management cut the workers' jobs. |
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HTML (2.9kB)
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1994-04-01 |
quality 3 |
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| Paper: Slaughterhouse 5 |
high-school |
| topic: |
A.P. English |
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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. is not complementary to any of the characters in Slaughterhouse-Five; the attitudes
entertained by the characters except Billy can be considered to be the ideas that Vonnegut does not like. Most
of the women in Slaughterhouse-Five are stupid, materialistic, and treated as sex objects by most of the
characters. |
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HTML (8.3kB)
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1994-03-21 |
quality 3 |
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| Hamlet: Ultraviolence and Beethoven |
high-school |
| topic: |
A.P. English |
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"In great literature, no scene of violence exists for its own sake." This claim is validated in Shakespeare's
Hamlet by the brutal display in which nearly all the main characters are sent to "the undiscovered country." |
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HTML (5.3kB)
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1994-02-25 |
quality 3 |
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| The basis of Satanism |
high-school |
| topic: |
Literature I distrubted as a joke in High-School |
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HTML (4.1kB)
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1994-01-01 |
quality 3 |
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| Paper: Titan Was Tripped: The Merchant of Venice |
high-school |
| topic: |
A.P. English |
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If The Merchant of Venice was intended to be a comedy, then the characters' actions are very distressing.
Shylock's persecution was intended to be humorous, however it is never amusing to have someone be taunted
and molested out of hatred. A superior piece of literature should have an equal balance of both distress and
satisfaction, but this play presents a harsh reminder of how some people are hypocritical bigots with little or no
integrity. |
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HTML (4.9kB)
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1994-01-01 |
quality 3 |
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| Paper: Contrasting Yeats' and Roche's translation of Oedipus |
high-school |
| topic: |
A.P. English |
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Both William Butler Yeats and Paul Roche have translated Oedipus Rex to English. Because they both came
from the same original text, one would assume they would be the same also. The two translations show many
differences. One such difference is that Roche's translation portrays a more powerful Oedipus. |
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HTML (4.7kB)
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1993-12-09 |
quality 3 |
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| Interview with my Grandmother |
high-school |
| topic: |
Assignment for English Class |
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Beatrice Smith celebrates her 72nd birthday this month. She lives in Verona, Wisconsin with her husband of
45 years. She writes children's books and is a mother and grandmother (mine). She has been an elementary
school teacher and continues to tutor people of all ages and several nationalities in English literacy. |
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HTML (7.4kB)
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1992-01-08 |
quality 3 |
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| untitled poem about high-school |
high-school |
| topic: |
a description of a day in high-school |
| formats: |
HTML (2.1kB)
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1991-12-20 |
quality 3 |
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| HighSchoolRant(tm) -- Accelerated Science |
high-school |
| topic: |
Letter to High-School Superintendent |
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Accelerated Science, a course recommended by the freshman counselors as a good preparatory class for
students who plan to study more advanced sciences, was a complete waste of time.
The material was not only not advanced enough for a ninth grade course designated for above average students
but was also redundant. In addition, there was no laboratory technique taught preparing students for more
advanced laboratory courses. |
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HTML (2.8kB)
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1993-06-03 |
quality 2 |
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| HighSchoolRant(tm) -- National Honor Society II |
high-school |
| topic: |
Letter to NHS Selection Commitee |
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As you will have noticed by reading his qualification form, much of Zak's leadership and service contributions
exist in the global computer communications culture outside of the community of Arrowhead High School. |
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HTML (1.4kB)
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1993-03-10 |
quality 2 |
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| HighSchoolRant(tm) -- National Honor Society I |
high-school |
| topic: |
Letter to NHS Selection Commitee |
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Zak has certainly shown responsibility, integrity, self motivation and academic leadership equal to what we see
in many professionals beyond the high school setting. He is willing to discuss with anyone anything from
philosophy or literature, to math, chemistry, physics or his favorite, computer programming, Those with whom
he shares ideas include fellow students in the high school setting and the college setting and more importantly
people in the world of adults. |
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HTML (2.7kB)
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1993-03-08 |
quality 2 |
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| How to make a school that doesn't suck |
high-school |
| topic: |
Reflections on an "ideal" school |
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I like classes in which I am interested in the subject, and I learn things that interest me at the time. If the
objective is for students to learn, they must be interested. The question is how to get them interested. |
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HTML (4.0kB)
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1993-01-01 |
quality 2 |
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| Paper: Laws in Cyberspace |
high-school |
| topic: |
Enlgish |
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Conventional laws sometimes do not stay aligned with their original intent when they are applied to computer
communications systems and networks. The basis of these laws has been built up over many years prior to the
advent of computers and computer information systems, which have evolved in less than a generation.
Computers and information systems bring with them new concepts and situations which existing laws do not
always cover. This new environment has been termed "cyberspace," and refers to the all computer messaging
and information services globally. |
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HTML (9.0kB)
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1992-12-01 |
quality 2 |
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| Zak Launches Technology: Film at 11 |
high-school |
| topic: |
Summer Institute for Creative Engineering and Inventiveness application |
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In the past, the elite controlled information, leaving the rest of the populace at a disadvantage with limited
knowledge. Communicating with computers removes the barriers that are a result of prejudgment of another's
physical self, race, sex, or ethnic origin.
Advances in technologies of computer connectivity allow all people access to vast quantities of information. I
can contribute, now and in the future, by advancing these technologies. I believe that information empowers. It
allows people a wider view of the world. |
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HTML (2.0kB)
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1992-02-23 |
quality 2 |
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| 1992 -- A Brave New World? |
high-school |
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Try to imagine yourself in an unnatural world where most people are produced in factories, where there is no
freedom or morality as you know it, and you are considered a savage because of your human origin.
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HTML (2.1kB)
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1992-01-01 |
quality 2 |
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| Self-Esteem |
high-school |
| topic: |
Some random reflections |
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I believe that I have good self-esteem because I can be an individual and not rely on others to dictate what I do,
wear, or think. I use my own opinions, not anyone else's, and I make decisions based on what I want, not what
others want me to do. I can be mentally self-reliant.
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HTML (2.8kB)
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1992-01-01 |
quality 2 |
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| HighSchoolRant(tm) -- Accelerated English |
high-school |
| topic: |
Letter to High-School Superintendent |
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If the objective is to raise the average test scores, by using the top students in each class to teach the rest, there
is the risk of not challenging the top students. This may result in an overall rise in test scores, but it will be at
the expense of boring the students who have been in the accelerated track.
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HTML (3.0kB)
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1992-01-01 |
quality 2 |
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| Essay on Transcendentalism: Then and Now |
high-school |
| topic: |
American Literature |
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Some aspects of transcendentalism can be applied in today's society, while some others cannot because of
social and economic conditions different from the time of Thoreau.
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HTML (4.2kB)
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1991-12-19 |
quality 2 |
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| Essay on Puritans |
high-school |
| topic: |
American Literature |
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The beliefs in God and man, and the view of literature have changed much from the Colonial Period to the
present day. I will contrast these values from the Age of Faith, the Revolutionary War Period, and the current
day. |
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HTML (3.3kB)
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1991-10-01 |
quality 2 |
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| Experience: Friend or Foe? |
high-school |
| topic: |
English |
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Experience is the usual conscious perception or apprehension of reality or of an external, bodily, or psychic
event. It is commonly acquired direct participation in events, or it can be knowledge or skill derived from such.
Experience is also the conscious events that make up an individual life, the past of a community, nation, or
humankind in general. |
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HTML (2.2kB)
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1991-01-20 |
quality 2 |
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| Soul of a New Machine |
high-school |
| topic: |
English |
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The Soul of a `New' Machine, by Tracy Kidder, describes the saga of the designing and building of a
minicomputer.
This story describes the computer laboratory of a company whose engineers sometimes come to work hours
early just to be there first, while others burn out and go home in the middle of the day. This company has risen
from nothing to the ranks of the Fortune 500 in ten short years. This great book describes a segment of the
history of the Data General Corporation.
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HTML (1.9kB)
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1991-01-01 |
quality 2 |
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| Herman the German |
high-school |
| topic: |
English |
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This paper describes the life and achievements of Gerhard Neuman. Gerhard started working as a mechanic's
apprentice in a small garage in Germany. He is now in charge of jet engines at General Electric. |
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HTML (4.8kB)
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1989-12-10 |
quality 2 |
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| How to make a peanut-butter sandwich |
high-school |
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It is relatively easy to make a peanut butter sandwich if you just follow these simple directions. All you need is
peanut butter, two pieces of bread, and a knife. |
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HTML (1.1kB)
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1988-01-01 |
quality 2 |
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| Short Story about Woodland Morals |
high-school |
| topic: |
English |
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A shot rang through the brisk morning air. It came from John's .300 magnum automatic. Then, some shuffling
leaves, some twigs cracking, and finally a thud and a bubbly wheezing followed by absolute stillness. |
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HTML (2.8kB)
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1988-01-01 |
quality 2 |
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| Documentation about my i8039 microcomputer project |
high-school |
| topic: |
Summary of Report for Marquette Science Fair |
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This is a small microcomputer whose basic components are a microprocessor chip and an EPROM (Erasable
Programmable Read Only Memory) chip. The EPROM chip contains a data value at each address. The
processor chip runs through these address in order and executes the instruction at each. By putting different
data sets, or programs, in the EPROM chip, the computer can be made to do different things. |
| formats: |
HTML (8.5kB)
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1994-12-01 |
quality 1 |
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| To Kill a Mockingbird |
high-school |
| topic: |
English |
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To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, is a splendid book which tells of a stage in a young girl's life, while, at the
same time analyzing the extent of racial bias in a small town. |
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HTML (1.4kB)
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1991-01-01 |
quality 1 |
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| Why poor poeple don't totally suck |
high-school |
| topic: |
English |
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Some people think that people who don't want to be poor don't have to be. Well, I think that people who say
that are wrong. Some people have grown up in a hostile environment and don't know any way to not become a
poor person. Also, some people have disabilities that keep then from earning money. When someone can't
work because of a disability, there is nothing they, by themselves, can really do about that. |
| formats: |
HTML (1.2kB)
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1991-01-01 |
quality 1 |
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| Mr. Gunderson, Super Science Teacher |
high-school |
| topic: |
A teacher who made an impression |
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As the years pass, it is not uncommon for teachers to fade away in a student's memory. I have had many
teachers during my 11 years in school; one of them stands out in my memory more than any other. My seventh
grade science teacher, called crazy by some, showed a high level of interest and enthusiasm. |
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HTML (1.5kB)
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1991-01-01 |
quality 1 |
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| The Battle |
high-school |
| topic: |
English |
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The samurai warriors where fighting against the evil Emperor. The Emperor's army was huge, but badly
trained. The samurai were outnumbered fifty to one. After two hours of fighting the samurai had killed many,
but were making no progress. The majority had decided to retreat, even though samurai were supposed to fight
to the death. Myself and my companion, Musashi, had decided to hold off the opposing army while ours
retreated and regrouped. |
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HTML (2.0kB)
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1989-11-16 |
quality 1 |
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| Report on the madision artist Larry Elliot |
high-school |
| topic: |
Art Class |
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Larry Elliott was born on December 12, 1948 and is still living. He is a native of Madison. He has lived here
most of his life. His father was an aluminum siding salesman. Larry is glad his father wasn't a famous artist
because then he would have to live up to his father's reputation.
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HTML (3.5kB)
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1989-04-28 |
quality 1 |
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| Two Years Before the Mast |
high-school |
| topic: |
English |
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I was introduced to the book Two Years Before the Mast by my father, who had gotten the book from his
mother. This book was originally written and published in 1840, but it was reprinted in 1959. This book was
written by Richard H. Dane, Jr. The book is about the adventures of someone in first person form. The story is
a narrative about life on a sailing ship in the 1800's. |
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HTML (2.3kB)
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1989-01-01 |
quality 1 |
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| Stale |
high-school |
| topic: |
English |
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Here I am sitting listening to the screaming children and the distinct clicking sound of the buttons on the cash
register being pushed. All of a sudden I hear the double doors being smashed. I hear a lady scream. A putrid
stench comes lingering into McD's. |
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HTML (1.2kB)
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1988-01-01 |
quality 1 |
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