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Labor Union History In California
883 words
The various labor movements in California have
been among the most important in our nation. As a
state with a tremendously diversified economy,
California's workers are employed in every
industry imaginable; from our huge agriculture
base, to our docks, to aerospace, to construction,
to the entertainment industry-the list is endless.
And in each industry, workers struggled to
organize themselves into collectives to shape the
labor landscape of California. Some of
California's labor movements hav...
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San Francisco Bay Francisco Bay Area
1,457 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
December 20 th, 19...
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Younger Sister San Francisco
1,266 words
Ever since I was a young kid I have always been
interested with aircraft. I was so curious of how
airplanes fly. I remember taking my toys apart to
see how it works. As a kid I wanted to go to the
airport to watch the airplanes land and fly and
pondered how this happens. Other kids wanted to go
to the amusement places. As I grew older I became
more and more interested in aircraft and the
technology behind it. I always involved myself
with aviation early on. I read books and magazines
on aviation...
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California Gold Rush San Francisco Bay
2,773 words
California Gold Rush By: Don Gibson The California
Gold Rush Shortly after the acquisition of
California from Mexico a man by the name of John
Sutter arrived in East San Francisco Bay in 1839.
Born in Germany he had to leave because he was
unable to pay his creditors. With plenty of charm
and letters from friends he convinced the Mexican
governor of California to award him a land grant
of more than 50, 000 acres. John Sutter built a
stockade and a fort and soon after became referred
to as Captai...
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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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Closet Scene Kill Claudius
3,370 words
Hamlet went through various emotional states
because of different unfortunate circumstances
that confronted him. Yet Hamlet never went so far
over the edge so as to not come back from reality,
yet for reasons psychological, he procrastinated
actions that he should have taken, until it was
too late. I will first discuss Hamlet, the origins
for his queer behavior and if it twas feigned or
not. In the first act we see that Hamlet is a sort
of idealistic man coming back to the world from
university ...
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Helter Skelter San Francisco
1,127 words
PIG was the word smeared in blood on the door at
10050 Cielo Dr. on August 8, 1969. Beyond the door
lay the bodies of Sharon Tate, Abigail Folger,
Vote Frykowski and Jay Sebring all with multiple
stab wounds and bullet holes. A couple of them had
electrical cords around the necks and were hanged
from the rafters of the Tate residence, the rest
of the house had blood on the ceiling, blood on
the walls, and blood on the floor. The following
night at 3301 Waverly Dr. came the discovery of
more bodi...
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Fee For Service Board Of Directors
2,219 words
HMOs: The Health Care of the Beast Many people are
concerned about rising health care costs. In
reaction to this, some individuals and companies
are gravitating toward the assumed lower prices of
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) health
plans. HMOs spend billions of dollars each year
advertising their low cost services. While these
savings look good on paper, there are many pages
of small print. The explanation after the asterisk
indicates that not only do the HMOs lack lower
costs, but they...
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Hunter S Thompson Loathing In Las Vegas
1,961 words
In the late sixties a young journalist and
free-lance novelist named Hunter S. Thompson (HST)
emerged with a new, crazed and exaggerated brand
of reporting. It was sooner or later referred to
as? Gonzo? . HST? s own definition of gonzo has
varied over the years, but he still maintains that
a good gonzo journalist? needs the talent of a
master journalist, the eye of an artist /
photographer and the heavy balls of an actor? and
that gonzo is a? style of reporting based on
William Faulkner? s idea ...
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Caged Bird Sings Don T Worry
1,352 words
1) Summary of Character Traits a) School smart
(Maya is smart. When she moves to San Francisco
from Stamps, Arkansas, she is skipped a grade. )
b) Caring sister (she always talks of her devotion
to Baily) c) Determined (she wants to get a job
with the streetcar company and she keeps bugging
them until they finally give her a job) d) Proud
(she lives with the junkyard kids instead of going
back to her father? s; she slaps Dolores for
calling her mother a whore) 2) Appearance a)
African American, ...
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John Muir Forest Lands
1,557 words
John Muir's Trail in History John Muir was a man
of great importance in the history of the United
States and in the preservation of its beauty. His
tireless efforts to protect natural wonders such
as Yosemite Valley demonstrated his undying love
for the outdoors. Muir took a stand against the
destructive side of civilization in a dauntless
battle to save Americas forest lands. The trail of
preservation that Muir left behind has given
countless numbers of people the opportunity to
experience natu...
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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
the riverboat and...
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Samuel Clemens Mark Twain
585 words
Mark Twain s Western Adventures Samuel Clemens
began a 57 - year habit of traveling around the
world in 1953 at the age of seventeen when he
first left his home in Hannibal, Missouri. It was
not until 1861 that he began his western
adventures when he accompanied his brother Orion
to Nevada. The adventures that he experienced
during this trip and other trips to the West
became the basis of some of Mark Twain s future
writings. Samuel Clemens actually adopted the pen
name of Mark Twain in 1963 bet...
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Lot Of People Herbert Hoover
1,298 words
Masterminds of the Hoover Da Imagine creating a
dam 726 feet high and almost 1, 244 feet long.
Critics said it couldnt be done that it was
impossible. To many people it was a challenge of
great magnitude. From Herbert Hoover the president
of the United States in 1928, to a 69 year old
guard, the Hoover dam was created. The only way to
under stand the Hoover dam is to know its
masterminds. During the early 1920 s when the
legislation was thinking of authorizing a building
of a dam on the Colorado...
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Maya And Bailey Maya Angelou
1,232 words
Maya Angelou is a phenomenal woman. She was born
into a devastating decade, that suffered numerous
tragedies. Not only had society shaped her as a
woman, she has also shaped our society and
influenced many lives. She is still living today,
yet I believe her legend will never die.
Furthermore I will share with you what motivated
her and some of her gratifying experiences. How
she was effected by society, and what she did
about it. Also how the time period she was born
into made her the extraordin...
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Caged Bird Sings Contemporary Literary Criticism
2,130 words
Her life was never easy. From the time she was
born, Maya Angelou was subjected to racism, rape,
grief and dehumanization. She based enough
emotional stress in a time frame that most people
dont experience in a lifetime. Yet she prevailed.
She forced herself to become stronger. And in
doing so, she produced writings, which in turn,
helped others to become strong. Her experiences
and the lessons learned gave her confidence to be
a teacher, a preacher, and an inspiration to
millions. Maya Angelou ...
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Martin Luther King Jr Maya Angelou
796 words
Maya Maya Angelou Maya Angelou. Maya Angelou, born
April 4, 1928 as Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis,
was raised in segregated rural Arkansas. She is a
poet, historian, author, actress, playwright,
civil-rights activist, and director. She has been
working at Wake Forest University in north
Carolina since 1981. She has published ten best
selling books and numerous magazine articles
earning her Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award
nomination. At the request of President Clinton,
she wrote and del...
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San Francisco Chronicle Listening To Music
2,277 words
Mozart and the Mind Music appears to be one of the
fundamental activities of mankind. In nearly every
country around the world people are dancing,
singing, jiving, or chillin to their favorite
tunes. There is just something about the
variations of musical notes all mixed together
that can alter the way we act, feel, and even
think. It is generally agreed that music causes
some kind of increased arousal in those who are
the least bit interested in it and are listening
with some degree of concentr...
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