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by Anton Chekhov

The nineteenth century offered two important developments to Russia which are manifested in the play. In the 1830's, the railroads arrived, an important step in Russia's move into a more international sphere. More importantly, in February of 1861, Russia's vast population of serfs was liberated for…

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Posted By cynthia c #222469 at Jan 01, 2012 7:12 PM

what is the main conflict?

is it person vs. person, or what? Is it external or internal? How does it affect the main characters?

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Posted By rossi m #217409 at Dec 03, 2011 8:28 AM

 

Posted By angie o #120399 at Dec 28, 2009 3:05 PM

Orchard Water

We recently had our water tested because we moved to a new home. Beautiful, our dream home actually. Our property joins acres of cherry trees in an orchard, the blossoms are so lovely in the spring. Anyway the water test came back from http://www.rainsoft.com/locate-dealer.cfm and had higher than legal levels of chemicals in the water. So high that we were advised against drinking or really using it for anything other than washing. Turns out this isn't that uncommon because of all the pesticides that are put on the trees. Its a shame that we put so many horrible things into our drinking water.

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Posted By k w #182291 at Apr 28, 2011 7:33 PM