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  2. A Hunger Artist - Wikipedia

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    Whether the protagonist's starving is seen as spiritual or artistic, the panther is regarded as the hunger artist's antithesis: satisfied and contented, the animal's corporeality stands in marked contrast to the hunger artist's ethereality. Another interpretive division surrounds the issue of whether "A Hunger Artist" is meant to be read ...

  3. Starvation - Wikipedia

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    In a leaner person, the fat reserves are depleted faster, and the protein, sooner, therefore death occurs sooner. [citation needed] Ultimately, the cause of death is in general cardiac arrhythmia or cardiac arrest, brought on by tissue degradation and electrolyte imbalances. Conditions like metabolic acidosis may also kill starving people. [18]

  4. Résumé - Wikipedia

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    A résumé or resume (or alternatively resumé), [a] [1] is a document created and used by a person to present their background, skills, and accomplishments. Résumés can be used for a variety of reasons, but most often are used to secure new jobs, whether in the same organization or another.

  5. Curriculum vitae - Wikipedia

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    ˈ v iː t aɪ,-ˈ w iː t aɪ,-ˈ v aɪ t iː /, [a] [1] [2] [3] Latin for 'course of life', often shortened to CV) is a short written summary of a person's career, qualifications, and education. This is the most common usage in British English. [1] [3] In North America, the term résumé (also spelled resume) is used, referring to a short ...

  6. Cover letter - Wikipedia

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    It is a pitch describing one's interest in the position, skills and relevant experience for the advertised job. Employers may look for individualized and thoughtfully written cover letters as one method of screening out applicants who are not sufficiently interested in their positions and/or lack the necessary basic skills.

  7. Feed a cold, starve a fever - Wikipedia

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    His idea was the fever was the disease, and starving the sick person would starve the disease. In 1574, John Withals published "Fasting is a great remedie of feuer" in a dictionary. The adage states that eating will help cure a cold ; not eating will help cure a fever .

  8. Quiz - Wikipedia

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    A printed quiz on health issues. A quiz is a form of mind sport in which people attempt to answer questions correctly on one or several topics. Quizzes can be used as a brief assessment in education and similar fields to measure growth in knowledge, abilities, and skills, or simply as a hobby.

  9. Drawing up a comprehensive list of words in English is important as a reference when learning a language as it will show the equivalent words you need to learn in the other language to achieve fluency. A big list will constantly show you what words you don't know and what you need to work on and is useful for testing yourself.