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Son Of Sam David Berkowitz
2,084 words
... d trial... the defendant is a normal as anyone
else. Maybe a little neurotic. "Ultimately, it
didn't matter because David Berkowitz pleaded
guilty. He was sentenced to 365 years in jail. In
1979, Robert Ressler, the FBI veteran, interviewed
Berkowitz in Attica Prison three times. Berkowitz
had been allowed to keep a scrapbook he had
compiled of all the newspaper stories about the
murders. He used these scrapbooks to keep his
fantasies alive. Ressler made it clear that he
didn't buy the demon...
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Larry Bird Second Round
1,378 words
Jalen Rose is the starting forward for the Indiana
Pacers and has a great chance of being named most
improved player of the N. B. A. His coach and
longtime legend Larry Bird said that he might just
be the best player on his roster as of the 2000
season. Life was not always this great for Jalen
and his childhood proves it. The first time I saw
Jalen play was when I was watching a show on high
school basketball players on ESPN. The way he
played and involved his teammates made me like him
ever sin...
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Harold Pinter The Menacing Silences In Truth
3,612 words
... rt's 'night out', thereby, is well within an
endless series of interlocked rooms, each bigger &
yet smaller than the other! In The Lover (1962),
the iconic social differences between the married
wife & the elegant whore, between the socially
accepted husband & the widely denied external
lover, all turn blurred. They all become the same
again to mock at traditionally accepted universal
truths as they subvert radically at the face of a
linguistic & textual identically. Pinter's most
stage-succ...
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Lieutenant Jimmy Cross Bonnie And Clyde
1,716 words
First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross carried letters from
a girl named Martha, a junior at Mount Sebastian
College in New Jersey. They were not love letters,
but Lieutenant Cross was hoping, so he kept them
folded in plastic at the bottom of his rucksack.
In the late afternoon, after a day's march, he
would dig his foxhole, wash his hands under a
canteen, unwrap the letters, hold them with the
tips of his fingers, and spend the last hour of
fight pretending. He would imagine romantic
camping trips into ...
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Lieutenant Jimmy Cross Ted Lavender
1,743 words
... es of ammunition. You want my opinion,
Mitchell Sanders said, there's a definite moral
here. He put his hand oil the dead boy's wrist. He
was quiet for a time, as if counting a pulse, then
he patted the stomach, almost affectionately, and
used Kiowa's hunting hatchet to remove the thumb.
Henry Dobbins asked what the moral was. Moral? You
know- Moral. Sanders wrapped the thumb in toilet
paper and handed it across to Norman Bowker. There
was no blood. Smiling, he kicked the boy's head,
watched...
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Lieutenant Jimmy Cross Ted Lavender
1,745 words
... light. For a few moments, perhaps, they would
fall silent, lighting a joint and tracking its
passage from man to man, inhaling, holding in the
humiliation. Scary stuff, one of them might say.
But then someone else would grin or flick his
eyebrows and say, Roger-dodger, almost cut me a
new asshole, almost. There were numerous such
poses. Some carried themselves with a sort of
wistful resignation, others with pride or stiff
soldierly discipline or good humor or macho zeal.
They were afraid of ...
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Game Of Baseball Type Of Person
1,533 words
This film was first set in the 1990 s, however it
started off as one of the baseball players from
the 1940 s attending their installation in the
Baseball Hall of Fame. The story is told as one
long flashback to the 1940 s. The physical setting
of the film was in Cities of America including
Chicago, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and New York,
where the Baseball teams played their games. The
film contained feelings of war, happiness,
sadness, friendship, persistence and hardship. The
Second World Wa...
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Meaning Of The American Dream In Great Gatsby
649 words
The novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott
Fitzgerald, portrays a story about a mans attempt
to fulfill his American dream. Jimmy Gatz starts
off in life poor and eventually finds himself
hopelessly in love with a woman he thinks he
cannot have because of his low social status and
his lack of money. Early on in life, he boldly
sets out to achieve a picture-perfect life of
wealth and love. Jimmy Gatz transmutes his entire
world, erasing his past and much of himself.
Remaking himself as Jay Gatsby, ...
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Biography Of Marilyn Monroe A Hollywood Beauty
1,298 words
Marilyn Monroe made a definite impact on todays
society. For some it was good, for others, bad.
She set high standards for herself and was an
inspiration to many young people. Many are
expected to be like her, some are forced
unwillingly and others force themselves. Marilyn
Monroe changed Hollywood's outlook on women
forever. Her image, body, smile, and personality
are what is looked for in a young actress or any
new models today. Now, because of Marilyn's high
standards, it is much more complic...
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John Paul Ii Pope John Paul
1,865 words
Title: My Day of Non-Violence [Date] My Day of
Non-Violence Pre My day of Non-Violence My college
class assignment to participate in my one day of
non-violence seemed like the easiest work to me
and since the assignment completion date was days
away, I thought I could continue enjoying my
student life and complete the assignment just in
time before its handing over date. The assignment
did not worry me in the beginning but its subject
had like a seed germinated itself inside me and
slowly it for...
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Stage Direction English Soldiers
1,590 words
Translations Translations is about the
relationship between people who speak different
languages and come from different cultures. The
notion of communication is at the forefront of the
play and is used to generate audience interest.
Culture and language are also topical issues in
the play, and are used initially in this chapter
towards the interest of the audience for the
preceding events in acts two and three. The story
is set in the small town of Baile Be in the North
of Ireland in the summer...
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Age Of Innocence Martin Scorsese
1,739 words
... theme by Martin Scorsese. According to () has
done more to demythologize organized crime than
any other major contemporary film, while cementing
its makers reputation as, arguably, Americas
greatest director still living and working at the
end of the twentieth century. GoodFellas was based
on Nicholas Pileggis 1985 bestseller, Wiseguy:
Life in a Mafia Family, which recounted the true
story of Henry Hill. A low-level mobster who rose
up through the ranks, Hill was involved in the
biggest cash...
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Rock N Roll Part Of The Movie
813 words
Have you ever watched a movie and then watched it
over again just for the music? If this is a common
occurrence for you, then get your reminder ready
for The Commitments. Its not often that a movie
comes along with a soundtrack as good as this
ones. The music is an integral part of the movie,
but its not all that makes this movie worth
seeing. The cast was put together like a tight
fitting puzzle. The writers worked in the
necessary comedic elements, while also showing the
characters strengths a...
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Things They Carried Jimmy Cross
389 words
The Things They Carried: Possessions of Character
The Things They Carried, by Tim OBrien, contains
many references to possessions of character. Many
things Lt. Cross carries were carried by all,
including: military equipment, stationery,
photographs, diseases, food, the land of Vietnam
itself, their lives, and even more. OBrien
highlights these along with special things that
Lt. Jimmy Cross carries. He, thus, reveals
something of what Cross values. Belongings reflect
his character and thoughts. ...
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J D Salinger Catcher In The Rye
2,219 words
Being J. D. Salinger Salinger's Reality Being one
of the most widely read authors in the English
language, J. D. Salinger has successfully kept
himself out of the public eye for most of his
career (Grodin 1). Growing up during the times of
the Great Depression, the 1920 s and 1930 s,
Salinger never really felt any direct affects from
it. His father was a prosperous Jewish importer,
and his mother, a Scots-Irish house wife (Disc Aut
1). During his childhood, Salinger's family was
well off, and co...
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President Of The United States Jimmy Carter
397 words
Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr. ),
thirty-ninth president of the United States, was
born October 1, 1924, in the small farming town of
Plains, Georgia, and grew up in the nearby
community of Archery. His father, James Earl
Carter, Sr. , was a farmer and businessman and his
mother, Lillian Gordy, a registered nurse. He was
educated in the Plains public schools, attended
Georgia Southwestern College and the Georgia
Institute of Technology, and received a B. S.
degree from the United States Na...
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Rock And Roll Jimi Hendrix
986 words
Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix perhaps no other
rock-and-roll trailblazer was as original or as
influential in such a short span of time as Jimi
Hendrix. Widely acknowledged as one of the most
daring and inventive virtuosos in rock history,
Hendrix pioneered the electric guitar (he played a
right- handed Fender Stratocaster his Electric
Ladyupside-down and left- handed) as an electronic
sound source capable of feedback, distortion, and
a host of other effects that could be crafted into
an articulate ...
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Eighth Grade Bad Habits
1,190 words
First Musical Biography Dear A 038; E, First
off, I would like to thank you for giving me this
opportunity to share my musical biography
interview with you. I have many friends that would
get a thrill out of seeing my biography on A
038; E. My life has been filled with many peaks
and valleys, many hardships that I wish no one
would have to face. I have not been graced with a
beautiful life, but I feel that I have done the
best with what I have got. The following list of
songs is an attempt t...
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Tennis Player Personal Life
984 words
PETE SAMPRAS: A TRUE CHAMPION When people think of
their favorite tennis player, or if you ask
someone who barely knows anything about tennis,
usually the names Andre Agassi, John Macnroe, and
Jimmy Connors comes up. It s very rare that Pete
Sampras gets mentioned and if it is it s usually
that guy that always wins Wimbledon. Many people
don t see that Pete has overcome and conquered
many obstacles both mentally and physically that
most athletes could not. He s been able to balance
his personal ...
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Singer Songwriter Early 1990
1,109 words
Reading of the damage done Shakey: Neil Youngs
Biography by Jimmy McDonough 797 pp, Cape The
worlds greatest living singer-songwriter, Bob
Dylan, recently gave vent to his feelings
regarding the many self-styled biographers who
make a living trying to define his life and art in
book form. They live in their own universe and
they try to project it outwardly and it doesnt
work, he muttered disparagingly as though
discussing a bad tooth-ache. Usually, these people
have a touch of insanity and they ...
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