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San Francisco Maximum Security
1,111 words
... n working in the industry buildings was a
privilege. Life on the rock was not always as
gruesome as is commonly supposed. alcatraz would
allow certain freedoms for those who respected the
rules and did as they were told. These freedoms
were called privileges, and for some prisoners
they were their reason for living, and an escape
from imprisonment and the confines of their cells.
Such privileges included the right to ask for a
light or heavy portion of food in the mess hall
(however an inmat...
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Chief Salvager Hesely Face
593 words
In the heart of the night of Boise the old city
artfully lighted. The palazzo rising from the dark
dreary desolate piazza floodlit, intensely
medieval with its arched windows and battlements
like a jack-o-lanterns teeth. The bell tower
soaring into the black sky. The bats will chase
mosquitoes across the clocks glowing face until
dawn awakes the shivers by the bell. A Glisten of
flicking light showers over a chief investigator
Renaldo Salvager. His raincoat black against the
marble statues fixed...
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Gold Rush James Marshall
1,012 words
Imagine yourself building a sawmill and all of a
sudden you see something shiny in the ground. You
pick up the shiny pieces and determine that you
just found gold. You go tell your foreman what
just occurred. Soon, the news spreads that gold
was found. Millions from all around pour into a
place they had never seen before. These young
white men were in a pursuit for happiness not
realizing the hardships they would encounter on
the way to California. In January of 1848, James
Marshall had a work c...
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Pulitzer Prize Los Angeles
850 words
Tony Kushner was born in New York City, Manhattan,
New York in 1956. He was raised in Lake Charles,
Louisiana. Both of his parents were musicians, and
they encouraged him to follow his dreams seeing
that he took interest in theatre at a young age.
Hes Jewish and practices the gay lifestyle. He was
educated at both Columbia University and New York
University. He received degrees in medieval
studies and in theatre. Hes currently living in
New York City. Kushner started writing his plays
in the ear...
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Back On Track Selling Drugs
773 words
Street Soldier, by Joseph Marshall, is a inspiring
well written book. The book is about his life and
how he started the Omega Boys Club. The Omega Boys
Club is a club that helps keep inter city kids off
the streets. There is a connection between the
author's life and certain events in the novel. For
example his personality traits, his special
skills, what he has done for society, and what his
day-to-day existence has done for other people,
you will also see how his work has greatly
effected him....
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Judeo Christian San Francisco
1,460 words
The occult is on the rise; many young people are
seeking their spiritual identity through Satanism.
Satanism has become an issue of great concern in
our society. It is a phenomenon that crosses the
city limits into the rural areas of our nation.
Satanism is not just a big city problem. The news
wires carry story after story about young children
being kidnapped, only to be found later as victims
of some bizarre ritualistic crime. This paper will
analyze and will come to a conclusion to the most
f...
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Dorothea Lange Didn T
1,223 words
Dorothea Lange was born on May 25, 1895 in Hoboken
New Jersey. Her real name was Dorothea Nutzhorn.
She attended a teacher-training school before
studying to become a photographer with Clarence
White. Dorothea opened up a photography studio in
San Francisco, California in 1916. Dorothea took
many pictures during the Depression and of the
World War. Dorothea Lange led a very busy life.
Dorothea Lange lived with her mother in Hoboken,
New Jersey. Her mother Joan worked in a library in
New York Cit...
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California And Arizona Seventeenth Century
1,369 words
The early explorers who came ashore and saw the
naked Indian woman and believed they were the
Amazon women of another continent named
California. What is the history of California and
Arizona? Most people think of the 49 ers and the
Gold that they found in northern California during
the 1800 s. The 49 ers were not the first of the
colonial settlers it was the Spanish with the aid
of the Catholic church. With the expeditions of
Cabrillo, Cortez, and men like Blonaquez they set
the foundation for ...
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Earths Crust San Francisco
1,193 words
An earthquake is shaking or trembling of the earth
that is volcanic or tectonic in origin. A broadly
satisfying explanation of the majority of
earthquakes can be given in terms of what is
called plate tectonics. The basic idea is that the
Earths outermost part also called the lithosphere
consists of several large and fairly stable slabs
of solid and relatively rigid rock called plates
(Bravely 154). These plates continuously move
pushing and rubbing against each other. Since the
earliest of time...
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People With Aids Medicinal Marijuana
897 words
Marijuana-for-AIDS Study? The first domestic study
of marijuana's effects on AIDS patients is
expected to begin in May in San Francisco. While
this preliminary study is designed to focus on
whether marijuana is safe enough for AIDS patients
to use, it is the first clinical trial in 15 years
that would obtain any data whatsoever on
marijuana's medical effectiveness. On September
18, 1997, the National Institute on Drug Abuse
(NIDA) announced that it would give Donald Abrams,
M. D. , a grant to st...
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Diversity Of Instruments Andres Segovia Guitar
626 words
History of the Guitar Throughout its centuries-old
history, the guitar has alternately experienced
times of extreme popularity and cultural
obscurity. Through the diversity of instruments
that now belong to the guitar family and through
the diversity of musical styles played upon the
guitar, its existence has now been secured. The
guitar originated in Persia about four thousand
years ago. Historians think that a resonating body
such as a tortoise shell combined with the
plucking of the hunting b...
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San Francisco Chronicle York Harry N Abrams
1,169 words
Nathan Cathy Marilyn McDowell English 102 March
30, 1999 Is Star Wars a Modern Day Fairy Tale? The
Star Wars trilogy has been labeled as a
groundbreaking science fiction, space opera, and
swashbuckling adventure. But it is hardly ever
recognized for what it truly is, a fairy tale. At
first thought, it is difficult to acknowledge Star
Wars as a fairy tale because of its label as a
Science Fiction movie. One reason for this is the
great special effects and technology that are
exhibited throughout ...
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World War Ii Jack
1,124 words
? World War II marked a wide dividing line between
the old and the new in American society and the
nation? s literature? (The World Book Encyclopedia
427). When world War II ended there was a pent up
desire that had been postponed due to the war.
Post war America brought about a time when it
seemed that every young man was doing the same
thing, getting a job, settling down and starting a
family. America was becoming a nation of
consumers. One group that was against conforming
to this dull Americ...
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Charmian Kittredge San Francisco First
568 words
Jack Griffith London was born in San Francisco in
1876 his mother was of a wealthy background, her
name was Flora Wellman. His father may have been
William Chaney, a journalist, lawyer, and major
figure in the development of American astrology.
Because Flora was ill, an ex-slave, Virginia
Prentiss, who was a major mother like figure while
he grew up, raised Jack through infancy. Late in
1876, Flora married John London, a partially
disabled Civil War veteran. The family moved
around the Bay area ...
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Jack London Physical Ability
1,171 words
I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather
that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze
than it should be stifled by dry rot. I would
rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in
magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent
planet. The proper function of man is to live, not
to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to
prolong them. I shall use my time Jack London Jack
London fought his way up from a life of hard,
factory labor in Oakland, California, to become
the highest pai...
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Jack London San Francisco
633 words
Jack London was a prolific writer, one of the most
widely read American writers of the early 20 th
century. During his short life, he wrote fifty
books, plus many articles and short stories.
Besides being one of the most widely read authors,
he was also the highest-paid. However, Jack London
did not spend all of his time writing. Besides
being an author, he also was a gold prospector, a
homeless, a pirate, a sailor, and a factory
worker. London was determined to live an
adventurous life: I would...
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Maya Angelou Caged Bird
1,318 words
A poet, an author, a play-write, an actress, a
mother, a civil-rights activists, historian and
most important a survivor. Perhaps Maya Angelou,
award winning author of many books is one of the
most influential African Americans in American
history. I believe that she rates at the top of
the list of American authors, with Hemingway,
Hawthorne, and Voight. I believe through my
research and reading of Maya Angelou that she
should be among the members of The American
Authors Hall of Fame. Maya was b...
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Life On The Mississippi Huckleberry Finn
799 words
Mark Twain Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel
Langhorne Clemens, he was born in Florida, MO, on
Nov. 30, 1835, and he died on Apr. 21, 1910.
Through this pen name he achieved worldwide fame
during his lifetime as an author, lecturer,
satirist, and humorist. Since his death his
literary stature has further increased, with such
writers as Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner
declaring his works particularly Huckleberry Finn
major influence on 20 th-century American fiction.
Twain was raised in...
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Samuel Clemens Mark Twain
607 words
Samuel Clemens was born and grew up in Hannibal,
Missouri. This was the home of his later
characters Tom Sawer and Huck Finn. In these books
he incorporated such features that really existed
in Hannibal; features such as Holidays Hill, Bear
Creek and Lover? s Leap. Clemens described the
residents of Hannibal as happy and content with
the lives they led in their small town. In his
late teens, Clemens left Hannibal on a riverboat
to become a printer in St. Louis. He moved up in
the ranks of printi...
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Samuel Clemens San Francisco
420 words
Samuel Clemens was born and grew up in Hannibal,
Missouri. This was the home of his later
characters Tom Sawer and Huck Finn. In these books
he incorporated such features that really existed
in Hannibal; features such as Holidays Hill, Bear
Creek and L In his late teens, Clemens left
Hannibal on a riverboat to become a printer in St.
Louis. He moved up in the ranks of printing and
moved to New York and eventually to Washington D.
C. Clemens remembered how much fun he had had on
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