Nothing Is Bigger Than Life

Kennedy This text is an extract from “the Pursuit of Happiness” by Douglas Kennedy published in 2002. Actually it is mainly a dialogue between the main character Eric Smythe who works for a TV network and an FBI agent who accuses him of being a communist.We should mention that the dialogue is set against the back-drop (toile de fond) of the Mc Carthy witch-hunts in the 50s. During the cold war, many US politicians were afraid of communism because the USSR represented a big threat to American security

scientific breakthrough. Thus, stem cell technology is only one of the possibilities offered to people with a spinal cord tear. First, having the possibility to replace injured tissue, progenitor cells will change forever the way paraplegic anticipate their future. The spinal cord is defined as, “a major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain”1. Of course, that means the spinal cord is an essential part of the human body. Accordingly

It's real pain pain douleur Ce qui est fait est fait You can't put the clock back put back retarder C'est fort de café It's over the top   C'est la croix et la bannière It's the devil's own work devil diable C'est le clou de la soirée Here is the high point of the night   C'est réglé comme du papier à musique It's settle like clockwork mécanisme d'horloge C'est simple comme bonjour It's easy as a pie pie tarte Chercher la petite bête To split hairs   Il est temps de nous retrousser

It's a big fat myth that being thinner makes you happier By Ursula Hirschkorn Last updated at 4:26 PM on 8th October 2010 * Add to My Stories What woman doesn’t believe that losing a few pounds would somehow make her happier? That if her thighs were less wobbly and her jeans less tight she would become a new woman, that all her problems would melt away with the fat? We all believe that being slim is the path to happiness because everything we see and read tells us so, from the slender

proverb” in Warren Dean, With Broadax and Firebrand: The Destruction of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest ) As the symbol that the physis chose as one of its guises around last century’s end, Amazonia has now become an arena in which a decisive match is being played: the players involved, bringing together the micro and macro-political in unprecedented ways, compete over the meaning of the future. Leaving behind the dialectics of State and Nature, these two imaginary totalities that have been reciprocally

his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre The Masque of the Red Death  The red death killed thousands of people. Its signs were red stains on the body, especially on the face, a lot of bleeding through the skin, and that was it: death was there in less than half an hour. Prince Prospero did not care about that. He just worried about himself and his friends. When the red

interested in the gambling phenomenon since I first arrived in UK. One of the main reasons must be that in my country gambling is regarded very differently by people as well as by the government. Now I am attracted by the games and in particular, those that are not very spread in the place I live like betting on sport. But before realizing by myself how gambling is rooted in British culture by observing my friends, people in pubs, casinos or even just by watching TV (poker tournaments, racing

Sun is shining down Eastern Valley way There's some news I need to tell... you Give my mother a kiss tell her I'm okay I recall her words "If it's too easy, it never lasts" I have compromised But I'm finally free of the past Now I can dance Clouds have all disappeared And freedom I hold so dear 'Cause nobody knows me here Though I can only imagine Sadness in your eyes Please udnerstand Now I can dance All alone the other night I came to realise we'd be friends for life It was

nearer, Matthew could distinguish his figure. It was a big man with a long black coat. His name was Marco. He had worked for the Corleone all his life. He was an assassin. ‘The money’, Marco said, he had a strong Italian accent and didn’t look very smart in the way he talked with his deep voice. That’s how Matthew would be able to get out of that situation. He may not have had the same strength as the assassin but his brain was a lot bigger and he would take advantage of that. ‘I don’t have it’

silence. Dora and Annenkou are on the scene, motionless. We hear the sound of the door one time. Annenkov makes a gesture to stop Dora seems to want to talk. The bell rang twice, in quick succession.  Annenkov  That's him.  He leaves. Dora is waiting, always moving. Nenkov year-Stepan he holds back with the shoulders.  Annenkov  It's him! That Stepan.  [14]  DORA, she goes to Stepan and takes her hand.  What happiness, Stepan!     STEPAN  Hello, Dora.  DORA, she looks