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Haight Ashbury San Francisco
801 words
The district of Haight Ashbury covered a
five-block area starting at the Golden Gate Park
and ending around the intersection of Shade and
Haight The appeal of Haight Ashbury? Simple; low
rent, old Victorian homes, there were little shops
everywhere, and a small town good vibe atmosphere
and a need for acceptance from ones like
themselves. The appeal of Haight Ashbury was
simple: low rent, old Victorian houses, little
shops everywhere, small town atmosphere and a
contagiously good vibe. In the 19...
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Oregon Trail Gold Rush
1,781 words
California has always been associated with cutting
edge development and ideas. For over a century and
a half it has been the leader of what the rest of
the country follows. No single event has been as
groundbreaking (literally and metaphorically) as
the Gold Rush of 1849. This historic event
single-handedly connected the East to the West in
what proved to be the perfect model of expansion.
It was what brought hundreds of thousands of
Americans and immigrants alike to the fast-paced,
ever-changin...
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Indentured Servitude Tommy Hilfiger
2,040 words
The US General Accounting Office defines a
sweatshop as a business that regularly violates
wage, child labor, health and / or safety laws.
While sweatshop abuses in the garment industry
have been an issue of public concern for decades,
few people know about the sweatshops of the
booming electronics industry. Behind the gleaming
facade of the high tech industry are thousands of
low-paid, mostly immigrant women, who assemble the
nuts and bolts of our computers using hundreds of
toxic William Carls...
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World War Ii Chinese Americans
1,735 words
The latter half of the nineteenth century was an
important period in Chinese American history. The
story of their migration from their homeland to
America to seek riches with their combined
strength, knowledge and skills changed the face of
Hawaii and the American West. Unfortunately, this
dynamic period also saw the rise of racism and
paranoia over Chinese competition for jobs.
Chinese immigration to the United States in the
mid-nineteenth century was only a part of a
greater exodus from Southe...
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San Francisco Bay Francisco Bay Area
821 words
The primary responsibility of any elected official
is to operate in accordance with his or her
constituency. They are thus obligated to do so, an
obligation that at times forces the individual to
act courageously, against outside pressures, to
accomplish this task. When San Francisco Mayor
Gavin Newsom decided to issue marriage licenses
for same-sex couples in 2004, he did so with
tremendous courage, against warnings of committing
political suicide, and has subsequently ignited a
modern struggle...
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The Call Of Jack London
1,107 words
During a time when man had gold fever, and
philosophical views plagued the minds of many, one
man took these views and turned them into great
outdoor adventures. John "Jack" Griffith London, a
twentieth century author, wrote The Call of the
Wild, other novels, and short stories that depict
the philosophical views of the time and added
adventure to them by using his own life
experiences that carried thousands of men
including himself to the Klondike in search of
gold. In Winter 1876 San Francisco...
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Research On A Chemical Found In Common Products
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Research on a chemical found in common products
This paper is dedicated to chemical elements,
which can be found in everyday products and their
harmful effect. Humanity always wanted to make
life more easier and comfortable and developed
sciences for this purpose. At some point it became
easier and cheaper to replace natural products by
their chemical analogues. Nowadays we are able not
only to wear clothes made from artificial
materials but also consume products in which
organic elements are re...
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Santana Blues Band Carlos Santana Music
557 words
Carlos Santana Ryan Conroy All the world knows the
special magic of Carlos Santana. Since 1966, he
has led the group that bears his name, selling
over 30 million albums and performing before an
estimated 13 million people. In every performance,
Carlos shares with his audience a personal
communication that crosses all boundaries and
differences. Carlos was introduced to traditional
music by his father, Jose. An accomplished
mariachi violinist and experienced musician, he
taught Carlos the basics ...
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20 Th Century Museum Of Art
1,008 words
Alfredo Diego Rivera 65279; Gutierrez 1 Alfredo
Gutierrez Ms. Maureen A. Thompson Humanities 102
Tuesday, May 23, 2000 Diego Rivera (20 th century
genius). Diego Rivera (1886 - 1957), muralist
painter, was one of the greatest artist in the 20
th century. Born in Guanajuato Mexico on December
8 th 1886, He studied in the San Carlos Academy
and in the carving workshop of artist Jos?
Guadalupe Posada, whose influence was decisive.
Diego Rivera? s Legacy to modern Mexican art was
decisive in mura...
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Shock Treatments Sierra Club
1,406 words
The The Silent Destroyer 11 / 22 / 00 The Silent
Destroyer America the Beautiful! So why are we
destroying it everyday with the use of pesticides?
It has been proven that pesticides have affects on
its surrounding, although made to improve earths
resources, they typically take there negative
effect on the environment in time. Pesticides
affect more than the environment; they also affect
the animals and humans living in the environment.
There are alternative, to this major problem but,
we as the ...
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Lot Of Time San Francisco
1,328 words
During the time, leisure and recreation have been
always an important part of mans life and occurred
in many different forms. In the ancient Greece,
people used to entertain themselves by
participating outdoor games, which contributed
into both physical and mental development. In the
middle of ninetieth (19 th) century people used to
spend more time together socializing and learn
about and from each other. Nowadays, at the
beginning of twenty-first (21 st) century, where
everybody is trying to a...
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World War Ii Chinese Americans
1,765 words
Research Paper Immigration of the Eastern Dragon
Kok, Steven ID# 102951 B. Ellington English 201
Immigration of the Eastern Dragons The latter half
of the nineteenth century was an important period
in Chinese American history. The story of their
migration from their homeland to America to seek
riches with their combined strength, knowledge and
skills changed the face of Hawaii and the American
West. Unfortunately, this dynamic period also saw
the rise of racism and paranoia over Chinese
competit...
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San Francisco Bay Jack London
1,613 words
Jack London fought his way up out of the factories
and waterfront dives of West Oakland to become the
highest paid, most popular novelist and short
story writer of his day. He wrote passionately and
prolifically about the great questions of life and
death, the struggle to survive with dignity and
integrity, and he wove these elemental ideas into
stories of high adventure based on his own
firsthand experiences at sea, or in Alaska, or in
the fields and factories of California. As a
result, his wr...
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Jack London N Pag
1,087 words
One is led to believe that if a person is an
author, then that person would have the best
education that is available to them. However, this
is not the case for Jack London. He dropped out of
school at the age of fourteen and explored San
Francisco, stole oysters, worked for the
government, went to Japan, and traveled around the
United States by hitching rides on freight trains.
This is just a list of the few things he did
during the five-year period while he did not
attend school. He then retur...
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Lecture Tour San Francisco
554 words
Samuel Clemens 1861 In Hannibal, forms the
voluntary militia group Marion Rangers with 14
young men; after two weeks of training, the unit
disbands. Clemens goes to Nevada with his brother
Orion, who is appointed secretary of a new
territory. Clemens clerks for the Nevada
Territorial Legislature. 1862 Works for Virginia
City Territorial Enterprise 1863 Lives in Virginia
City; adopts pen name Mark Twain. 1864 Moves to
San Francisco; works for San Francisco Call 1865
Mines at Angels Camp, Californ...
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Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou
5,251 words
Chris More Maya Angelou: A Woman of Hope Marin
Luther King, Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey, Rosa Parks,
E. B. DuBois and Thru good Marshall are all names
that bring to mind the struggle that Black America
has been engaged in since the times of Abraham
Lincoln. All of these people were eloquent
speakers who had a great influence on the lives of
every American. Maya Angelou is one of the few men
and women who has had an impact on America as
these great black leaders have had. Angelou's work
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Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou
1,968 words
Maya Angelou is often labeled many things.
Feminist writer, activist, filmmaker, poet,
singer, actor, and storyteller. She learned
French, Italian, Spanish, Serbo-Croatian, Arabic,
and Fanti. Marguerite Ann Johnson was born in St.
Louis, Missouri, on April 4, 1928. Angelou
acquired the first half of her pen name from her
brother, Bailey Junior, whose babyish chatter
transformed my sister into Maya. In 1931, Maya and
Bailey were dropped off by train from Long Beach,
California, to Stamps, Arkansa...
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Women Of Color Sexually Transmitted
839 words
Two Prostitution 2 Solicited Sex Two consenting
adults can have sex, so why is it illegal for two
consenting adults to have sex but to have one pay
the other. Prostitution should be legal because it
would save money and make the live of partakers
more safe. The legalization of prostitution would
save tax payers money. The average cost, according
to San Francisco police department, of an arrest,
trial, and incarceration of a prostitute is 2, 000
dollars. If prostitution was legal would eliminate
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San Francisco Bay Francisco Bay Area
2,878 words
The late 1960? s and early 1970? s represented a
great deal of things to a great deal of people. To
the San Francisco Bay area, as well as the rest of
California, the late? 60? s and early? 70? s
represented terror, fear, and death. What started
out as a seemingly random, but brutal murder on
the night of October 30 th, 1966, turned out to be
the start of a series of horrific murders that
would span 2, 500 suspects, 56 possible victims,
and over 400 miles. On the calm, cool night of
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Francisco Jossey Bass San Francisco Jossey
4,955 words
1. Introduction So where do you want to go
tomorrow? This is the question business people are
asking each other these days. Well, they are
right, because not a whole lot of time left before
the end of the millennium and the anxiety
surrounding this big event is affecting everyone
including the business people of today. While I
was doing my research on this topic, on the
question of where we want to be tomorrow in the
new millennium, I have come across with many
books, many websites, many article...
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