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Achieve This Goal Letter Of Credit
1,180 wordsBy the late 1700 's, the young United States began to look westward and dream about the possibilities it presented. They wondered if there was in fact an all water route from the Mississippi to the Pacific, what the whole continent actually looked like, and really, what was out there. There were many individual and groups of people that helped pave an opening for the eventual settlement of the American west. Two of the most recognizable and important groups that opened up the west were the Lewis...
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La Cosa Nostra Obstruction Of Justice
1,831 wordsWhat is the Mafia? Many people ponder the true definition of Mafia. The literal translation of the word Mafia means my daughter. According to Rick Porello of American Mafia. com, the Mafia, more specifically the Italian-American Mafia, is a group of criminals organized into "families, " and operating primarily in North America. Also known as La Cosa Nostra, at one time there were 26 families in the United States - roughly one for each major city. The Mafia "commission, " composed of bosses of nu...
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Los Angeles Times Secondhand Smoke
1,064 wordsIn 1998, Drew Carey held a sit-in because of the smoking ban in the California bars. Even though Drew is not a smoker, he smoked that night and called the ban stupid. Three years ago, California enacted a state law that forbade smoking in bars and other work areas for the sake of the employees. Drew felt "It should be up to each bar owner and patron to decide if they want to smoke or not. Drew Carey was not cited by police for the incident, but the owner, Irwin Held, was. Held said, "It's smokin...
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Boy Willie Piano Lesson
415 wordsBerniece and Boy Willie's uncle is a railroad cook, trying to keep the peace while testifying to the past. A few short generations removed from the African who carved the piano, he comes to Pittsburgh from Mississippi on a mission to sell his piano in order to buy a piece of the land where his ancestors slaved. Boy WIllie's partner watermelons is anxious to finish the business and begin his new life in the north. Boy Willie's sister, Doaker and the action of the play reside in her house. She ref...
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Stands Six Foot Weights Two Hundred Marino
783 wordsJohn Elway, Jim Kelly, Todd Blackledge, Dan Marino and Boomer Asian all started their National Football League careers in 1983. They are known today as the great quarterback club of 1983. Arguably, the greatest class of quarterbacks ever drafted. There has not been a single NFL draft, prior or since, that has produced such talent at this position. Some of these quarterbacks had immediately success; some had it later in their careers. In a profession where the average career spans less than three...
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19 Th Century Symphony Orchestra
527 wordsThe string bass, also known as the double bass and bass violin, is widely used in a symphony orchestra in the left and / or right back rows. The string basis strings are four notes apart like most other music instruments and unlike the five notes apart that some other odd instruments are. The string bass belongs to the string family. Most stringed instruments are found in orchestras. The string bass is also the largest instrument in the string family. It is a lot like a larger version of the vio...
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National Football League Super Bowl
1,553 wordsThe sport of football is viewed by many as one of the most exciting and greatest sporting event of all. There are many reasons to believe this. Forms of football have been around for centuries. The history of modern football can be traced to the nineteenth century, where it has been developed from forms of soccer and rugby. (Encarta) Also, Football is one of Americas and the worlds most exciting and most popular sports, attracting millions of spectators every year. Its biggest event, the Super B...
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Moved To New York Antonia And Jim
1,606 words1. Jim Burden, a successful New York City lawyer, leaves an acquaintance a memoir of his Nebraska childhood in the form of a recollection of their mutual friend, Antonia Shimerda. Jim had first arrived in Nebraska at the age of ten, when he was made the trip west to live with his grandparents after finding himself as an orphan in Virginia. On this same train, Jim has his first glimpse of the Shimerda's, a Bohemian immigrant family traveling in the same direction. As fate would have it, the Shime...
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Freedom Of Speech Radio And Television
1,222 wordsThe Internet offers a much greater potential for interactive communication between information senders and receivers than the more traditional methods of communication such as newspaper, radio and television. Freedom of speech ascertained by the constitution is not an absolute right. Depending on the medium through which information is delivered various degrees of the freedom to express one's self is protected. Internet communication may be analogous to either a specific existing communication m...
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Crude Oil Refined Oil
1,836 words... his interest. The partners renamed the firm Rockefeller, Andrews & Flagler. What Rockefeller saw in Flagler was not necessarily Flagler's own capital, but his business genius: a shrewdness in identifying new opportunities and then capitalizing on their potential. Although Flagler could fail in business, as he had done in Saginaw, Rockefeller offered a counterbalance: his own fanatical fascination with wringing a profit from the close control of the day-to-day operations of the business. Samu...
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Aunt Ester In Gem Of The Ocean
699 wordsAunt Ester in "Gem of the Ocean" The Gem of the Ocean takes place in 1904 in Pittsburgh. It is the ninth part of August Wilsons cycle of dramas, where he speaks about the struggle of black Americans against slavery. The slavery is exposed not only as a physical slavery, but also as emotional one combined with slavery on a government. It forces people to protect themselves, to defeat their ideas and beliefs. The drama shows us rather the slavery of soul than the slavery of body. The play is a bri...
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University Of Michigan Jonas Salk
2,446 wordsJonas Salk From the beginning of mankind, man has looked for cures of illness. Jonas Salk found a cure for one of the worst illnesses in the history of man, polio. Jonas Salk's polio vaccine was a great discovery of his time, and it is still being used today to eradicate polio worldwide. Dr. Salk is also known for other medical discoveries. He was a quiet man who lived a rough childhood. He was not looking for fame, instead, it found him. During the time before the vaccine, many people, mostly p...
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Chamber Of Deputies Czech Republic
1,349 wordsThe Czech Republic Czechoslovakia was split into two different independent countries on January 1, 1993 (J. Clements). These two countries took the names Czech Republic and Slovakia. Earlier that decade a new constitution was formed, preparing these two countries for a new type of government. A bicameral Parliament formed and became the dominant branch of government. The Parliament of the Czech Republic consists of a two-hundred member Chamber of Deputies, just like the House of Representatives ...
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Diesel Fuel Oil Spill
1,486 wordsJames M. CrunkletonWeek Six: Ashland Oil Inc. Case Study Excellent Press Release. Good ethical analysis, but pretty light on legal analysis. Watch sentence construction, review assignments before submittal. 25 points. Ashland Oil Case Study On Saturday, January 2, 1988 at 5: 02 pm. a four million gallon storage tank at the Florence terminal outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, collapsed while being filled, releasing a 3. 9 million gallon wave of diesel fuel. As the fuel gushed, it slammed into a...
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University Of Nebraska Willa Cather
1,583 wordsThere are few female authors that have had an impact on literature as great as that of Willa Cather. Not only was she an exquisite author, but she broke through into writing during a time when few female authors were successful. Her life, which was directly influential to her writing, was of a simple nature. However, she was able to over come a drab, mundane life, and turn her experiences into stories that would be enjoyed by many generations. Willa Siebert Cather was born in her maternal grandm...
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Thor Tolo Sports Talk Steelers
227 wordsKDKA AM 1020 Pittsburgh, PA Thursday Nov. 16 6 pm- 10 pm I listened to a show called? Sports Talk With Thor Tolo. ? I really enjoyed this show. There were not to many commercial breaks, and the commercials they did play were usually about cars, lawn care, and tools and equipment. Basically KDKA? Sports Talk? is geared towards an older male audience. For a while the topic of talk was the Pittsburgh Steelers. I could listen to? Steelers talk? all day long. Their coverage of discussing all the aspe...
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Sicilian Mafia American Mafia
1,430 wordsThroughout history, crime has existed in many different forms and has been committed by not only individuals, but by groups as well. Crime is something that knows no boundaries; it exists in all cultures, is committed by all races, and has existed in all time periods. Crime exists as a part of the economic institution and is a lifestyle for many people. (The True Story) Crime also exists in both organized and unorganized forms. Since the early 1930 s, organized crime has existed in the United St...
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Moved To New York Antonia And Jim
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Los Angles Police Brutality
861 wordsPolice Brutality By Matt Howard Composition Period 1 Mrs. Kolar December 20, 1996 We were following are training as L. A. P. D. officers, said officer Stacey Koon who was one of four officers accused of using excessive force against Rodney King. {Brutality in Los Angles 7 } Koon along with fellow officers Timothy Wind, Lawrence Powell, and Theodore Brine's chased King through downtown Los Angles. King had allegedly committed numerous traffic violations and was thought to be high on PCP. After a ...
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Meriwether Lewis Whiskey Rebellion
1,137 words? Many Polish Immigrant? ? Many people have tried to do what Meriwether Lewis has done, but have failed. ? Lewis was born August 18, 1774. ? His family had a history of Hypochondria (depression). ? As a boy his father died and he inherited a 2, 000 acre plantation, 520 pounds in cash, 24 slaves, and 147 gallons of whiskey. ? By the time he became a teenager Lewis had become an alcoholic. ? As he became older he joined the army and helped put down the whiskey rebellion. ? The whiskey rebellion st...
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