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Alexander Hamilton Continental Congress
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Alexander Hamilton was born as a British subject
on the island of Nevis in the West Indies on the
11 th of January 1755. His father was James
Hamilton, a Scottish merchant of St. Christopher.
His grandfather was Alexander Hamilton, of Grange,
Lanarkshire. One of his great grandfathers was Sir
R. Pollock, the Laird of Cambuskeith. Hamilton's
mother was Rachael Fawcett e Levine, of French
Huguenot descent. When she was very young, she
married a Danish proprietor of St. Croix named
John Michael Lev...
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Catcher In The Rye Vs Huckleberry Finn
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J. D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye Compared to
Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn All famous American
authors have written novels using a variety of
characters, plots, and settings to illustrate
important themes. Throughout literary history many
of the same themes have been stressed in different
novels. In J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye
and Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn, each author writes about the common theme of
coming of age. The two novels were written more
than half ...
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Music Hall York City
553 words
One summer my Aunt Janet invited me to go on a bus
trip with her church to Radio City Music Hall in
New York City. Radio City Music Hall is theater
where musical shows are held, getting to go there
would be a new experience for me. With out knowing
the next sound, smell, touch, or taste, the visit
to New York City became an adrenaline rush to my
senses. My memory of that day starts on the bus
sitting by the window, watching the birds fly
through the sky looking for their morning meal. As
the bus...
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Warm Springs Georgia Eleanor Roosevelt
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Roosevelt was born at his family's estate at Hyde
Park, in Dutchess County, New York on January 30,
1882. He was the only child of James Roosevelt and
Sara Delano Roosevelt. James Roosevelt was a
moderately successful businessman, with a variety
of investments and a special interest in coal. He
was also a conservative Democrat who was
interested in politics. His home overlooking the
Hudson River was comfortable without being
ostentatious, and the family occupied a prominent
position among the so...
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War On Drugs Selling Drugs
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The topic of this research paper is War on Drugs.
There are many problems that drugs cause, but
there are also problems that the war on drugs has
caused too. The following paragraphs have
supporting ideas for both ideas. Every president
since Eisenhower had created new measures to
decrease drug use in the United States, but, until
1979, none had actually succeeded. In 1989, the
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) released a
report stating that there was a 37 % drop in
casual (non-addicted) u...
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Kung Fu Hip Hop
997 words
Break Dancing or B-being is a form of hip-hop
dancing, which is popularly known as breaking. It
consists of top or up rock, footwork, spinning
moves (power moves), and freeze. B-being came from
Bronx, NY. The term "B-boy" or "B-being" was
created by Kool Herc who was a DJ spinning at
block parties in Bronx back in the days. B-Boys
means break boys and they were called so because
they dance to the break part of music. Later, by
repeating this break part done by DJ,
"breakbeat's" was born. Althoug...
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Racial Profiling Terrorist Attacks
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NYPD and Preventing Terrorism Terrorism is not a
new concept it is something that exerted itself in
a variety of ways, and has long existed throughout
the history of our world. Todays new technological
advancements have made it easier for terrorists to
operate more freely, as a result terrorist acts
have increased world wide not only in the number
of attacks, but also in the amount of devastation
caused by each individual attack has also
increased. Along with this quick advancement of
technology...
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Education In Japan Since World War Part 2
2,380 words
... problem solving. They are also seeking the
less tangible academic skills that allow the new
employee to interface in a social and supportive
manner within the organization. Some new employees
in Japan come into businesses with a high academic
record but totally lacking the fundamental social
skills to fit into an operating and functioning
business. Not only does a lack of interactive
personal skills have a significant impact on other
employees within the business but also has a
dramatic impa...
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Senior Citizen Rental Housing
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... The some price increase would certainly be
expected due to the market reaction to the
liberalization policy for rents, yet it is not
expected to raise substantially unless some force
majeure event occurs. One of such effects could be
in my opinion, the massive immigration of Iraqi to
New York after the USA is making there a real war.
d. government officials. The government officials
are not influenced by this policy directly in any
way. The fact that in order to be a government
official they...
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Authoritative Text Backgrounds African American Review
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... circumstances of Sethe's determination to
avoid her past life that her child departs this
world. When the reader first comes into the story
it is past the event of her Beloveds death. In
fact, Sethe does not even remember her daughters
name, but she does remember what the priest said
at the funeral. The priest said Dearly Beloved
hence, the name Sethe now associates with her dead
daughter. In addition, the specter of Beloved has
taken to haunting the house at 124 and people now
experience a ...
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Wanted To Die Summer Solstice
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Hands: Paranoia Pierce English 102 b Jan. 28, 1997
It seems that in all three of these works there is
a sense of paranoia. In Hands a man is fearful of
what might happen if he continues to do as he has
done in the past, touch people. A terrible fear of
what a small touch could lead to. In the story
Eveline a young woman is confused about what to do
with her life. Whether to go with a man she thinks
she loves or stay with her father. In the poem
Summer Solstice, New York City This man is made
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Ellis Island York City
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Since the Dutch first colonized what is now New
York, this seaport city has welcomed millions of
people to Americas shores. They have come from all
four corners of the world: from England to
Ethiopia, Italy to Indonesia and Turkey to
Thailand. Between 1855 (the year New Yorks
official immigration center at Castle Garden
opened) to 1880, the largest numbers of immigrants
to the United States were from Ireland and
Germany. Between 1880 and 1919 more than 23
million people emigrated to the United S...
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Catcher In The Rye Holden Decides
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The Catcher In The Rye: Book Review December 14,
1996 The Catcher In The Rye, written by J. D.
Salinger, is a fictional novel that was first
published in 1965. The novel takes place in New
York City and in Pennsylvania over a duration of
four days. This novel tells the story of an
emotionally disturbed teenager who has been kicked
out of a boarding school. The story is told from
the point of view of a teenager who is the
narrator of the story. The main character in this
novel is Holden Caulfield...
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African American Men Racial And Ethnic
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A Sociological Critique of Spike Lees Jungle Fever
Liana R. Prieto (April 1998) Spike Lee? s Jungle
Fever is not a unique cultural production, but a
reflection of splintered aspects of real life. It
depicts relationships between African-Americans
and Italian-Americans centering on one interracial
relationship. The film is as much a critique of
urban life in New York City as an examination of
interracial relationships. It presents a bleak
picture of city life full of stereotypes where no
racial g...
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Ballets Russes York City
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DANCING AND BALLET Dancing is the art of moving
the body in time to music. Dancing is both an art
and a form of recreation. Most people dance to
have fun or to entertain others, but dance can
also be used for communication. Dancers express
feelings of joy without saying a word. Since
prehistoric times people have danced, and there
are lots of kinds of dancing. There is folk
dancing and religious dancing, popular dancing and
theatrical dancing, to name a few. Out of all
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Alfred Stieglitz Georgia Okeeffe
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Georgia OKeeffe was an artist of world renown but
a person of mysterious character. She lived a
unique life which was not accepted as moral by
most people. She surrounded herself with artistic,
creative minds and carefully selected her friends
and confidants. Events in her youth influenced her
actions and artwork for almost 100 years. OKeeffe
moved about the country, a lover of travel who
never was satiated. She came from an eccentric
family with mixed ethnic heritage, and the women
around her w...
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American Civil War Washington D C
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Throughout his life Ralph Bunche worked to improve
race relations and further the cause of civil
rights. For 22 years he served on the board of the
National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People, earning its highest honor, the
Spingarn Medal, in 1949. He participated in
several civil rights demonstrations, including the
1963 March on Washington. That same year, U. S.
President John F. Kennedy awarded him the Medal of
Freedom, the nations highest civilian award.
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Brothers And Sisters Land
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My Side of the Mountain By Jean Craighead George
Sam Gribley is tired of living in a crowded New
York City apartment with his dad, mom and 8
brothers and sisters, so he runs away looking for
his Great-grandfather Gribley? s land in the
Catskill Mountain wilderness. The Gribley land had
not been inhabited by any Gribley? s for around
100 years. Sam hitched rides trying to get to the
farm. Sam thought he prepared himself for this
adventure by reading books in the New York City
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Internal Affairs Unit York Times P
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Police corruption is a complex issue. Police
corruption or the abuse of authority by a police
officer, acting officially to fulfill personal
needs or wants, is a growing problem in the United
States today. Things such as an Internal Affairs
department, a strong leadership organization, and
community support are just a few considerations in
the prevention of police corruption. An
examination of a local newspaper or any
police-related publication in an urban city during
any given week would most l...
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Hip Hop York City
704 words
This movie was off the hook! First of all, these
are the type of movies that should be known to
mankind. Save the Last Dance, is a blend of love
and romance with a little piece of hate crimes,
racism, and of course most definitely violence.
Well to tell you the truth, most of the people
don? t like love and romance. Save the Last Dance
is a nice blending of a little piece of everything
so it can entertain the people with different
likes and dislikes. Even the people who don? t
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