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  2. Day of the Fight - Wikipedia

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    The year after the fight chronicled in Day of the Fight took place, Walter Cartier made boxing history by knocking out Joe Rindone in the first 47 seconds of a match (16 October 1951). Cartier had played some bit parts in movies before he appeared in Day of the Fight , and afterwards, up until 1971, he continued to appear occasionally in films ...

  3. Five-paragraph essay - Wikipedia

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    When a thesis essay is applied to this format, the first paragraph typically consists of a narrative hook, followed by a sentence that introduces the general theme, then another sentence narrowing the focus of the one previous. (If the author is using this format for a text-based thesis, then a sentence quoting the text, supporting the essay ...

  4. A Piece of Steak - Wikipedia

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    Though King is much more experienced and tactically advanced than Sandel, King loses the fight. He knows that had he been able to eat a steak before the fight, the outcome would have been different. Because he has already taken out credit on the loser's share of the purse, he leaves the fight penniless and in despair. The story ends with King ...

  5. The enemy of my enemy is my friend - Wikipedia

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    "The enemy of my enemy is my friend" is an ancient proverb which suggests that two parties can or should work together against a common enemy. The exact meaning of the modern phrase was first expressed in the Latin phrase "Amicus meus, inimicus inimici mei" ("my friend, the enemy of my enemy"), which had become common throughout Europe by the early 18th century, while the first recorded use of ...

  6. Moral Injury: The Grunts - The ... - The Huffington Post

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    “We just collected up that weapon and kept moving,” Nick explained. “Going from compound to compound, trying to find [the insurgents]. Eventually they hopped in a car and drove off into the desert.” There is a long silence after Nick finishes the story. He’s lived with it for more than three years and the telling still catches in his ...

  7. Wikipedia:Quotations - Wikipedia

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    For quotations longer than 40 words, use the HTML tag <blockquote>like this around quoted material</blockquote> or the template {}, which has optional parameters to include citations. Both of these methods set text apart from non-quoted material. You don't need to add quotation marks when using the <blockquote> tag or the template {}.

  8. I’m Still Here - The Huffington Post

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    “No. I just woke up in the hospital and then they brought me over here.” “You’re lucky. Usually they’d put you in the tower. It’s awful up there—like you’re stuck in somebody’s bad dream. I was up there once for a week before they even knew who my psychiatrist was. They give you your meds and forget about you.

  9. De Brevitate Vitae (Seneca) - Wikipedia

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    De Brevitate Vitae (English: On the Shortness of Life) is a moral essay written by Seneca the Younger, a Roman Stoic philosopher, sometime around the year 49 AD, to his father-in-law Paulinus. The philosopher brings up many Stoic principles on the nature of time , namely that people waste much of it in meaningless pursuits.