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One Of The First African Americans
1,524 words
The life of Robert Johnson, one of the most
influential early blues artists, in shrouded by
vague details and encompassed in mystery. His
emotion filled playing and singing blends to form
some of the most moving, original blues music ever
produced. Ironically, despite being one of the top
influences to blues music, little is known about
the shy, mild mannered bluesman. "Almost nothing,
is known about his life he is only a name on a few
recordings. " Where did he come from? Who was
Johnsons famil...
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S E Hinton E Hinton Hes
487 words
The novel I read was The Outsiders by S. E.
Hinton. My copy of The Outsiders was published in
1997, but the original was first published in
1967, both by Viking Penguin. S. E. Hinton wrote
this novel when she was just sixteen in the 1950
s. The times are different, so some thing were a
little confusing, but overall the book was written
well. The story takes place in a city in Oklahoma
in the 1950 s. The storys main character is a boy
by the name of Ponyboy who is fourteen years old.
He is sensit...
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Bob And Randy Curtis To The Stand Pony
573 words
The following is a transcript of the recent
hearing of the L: Randy were you there the night
of Bobs death? L: What happened that night and how
did it happen? R: Well it all started when we all
saw the two Greasers (Pony and Johnny) in the
park. We were completely drunk and had no idea
what we were doing so I guess we all just wanted
to beat the two of them up, no really big reason
it is just that the we hate the Greasers and the
Greasers hate us. So we got out of the car and
started to gang bea...
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African American Poetry Nineteenth Century
1,010 words
... bar called, The Colored Soldier depicts, as
well as The Reason Why how African American
soldiers fought bravely for the union. I think its
horrible especially the line They were good to
stop a bullet And to front the fearful fray.
(African American Poetry of the Nineteenth
Century) This shows how terrible it was on the
blacks fighting for the south. It was terrible
because the South, or the Union, was fighting to
legalize slavery. They were used and abused as
people. It seems they all stand ...
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Bugs Moran Johnny Torrio
1,544 words
... temper stayed under control for about five
weeks. But then, Joe Howard, a small-time thug,
assaulted Capone's friend Jack Guzik when Guzik
turned him down for a loan. Guzik told Capone and
Capone tracked Howard down in a bar. Howard had
the poor judgment to call Capone a dago pimp and
Capone shot Howard dead. William H. McSwiggin,
called "the hanging prosecutor, " decided to get
Capone, but in spite of his diligence he wasn't
able to win a conviction, mostly because
eyewitnesses suddenly dev...
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5 7 97 Guest 5 7 97 Erik
998 words
(Frank Poncherello) Erik was born on March 16,
1949 as Henry Enrique Estrada in NY City. Back
around 1968, he was in a dance troupe and earned $
38 a week with free lunches and all the acting
lessons he could take. In return, he had to
perform daily in downtown Los Angeles. He had a 10
-day hospital stay in August 1979 caused by on-set
accident when he was thrown from his motorcycle
and the 900 -pound bike landed on him. At 5 ' 10
'', 160 pounds, he was an inch shorter and 15
pounds lighter than...
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On The Waterfront And High Noon
1,357 words
... of the law, and true good is shown instead to
be in the in the individual character and his
actions. Society is clear-cut, black and white,
good and bad. It is a deliberately
anti-intellectual film, emphasised by the constant
repetition of how smart it is to give in and run.
The gratification of traditional ideals is
complete when the obvious rightness of siding with
Kane is supplanted by the desire to bring big
business to town. It just seems so narrow minded
and egotistic that not one pers...
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Johnny Depp H 2
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h 2 >Information The Film: Chocolate United
States/United Kingdom, 2000 Running Length: 2: 00
MPAA Classification PG- 13 (Sexual situations,
mild profanity) Cast: Juliette Binoche, Victoire
Thivosol, Johnny Depp, Alfred Molina, Hugh Oconor,
Lena Olin, Judi Dench, Carrie-Anne Moss Director:
Lasse Hall strm Producers: David Brown, Kit
Golden, Leslie Holleran Screenplay: Robert Nelson
Jacobs, based on the novel by Joanne Harris Music:
Rachel Portman U. S. Distributor: Miramax Films Plo...
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Bugs Moran Johnny Torrio
1,080 words
... Brewery. Knowing full well that there was
going to be a raid, O'Banion arranged to close the
deal with Torrio at the brewery. Not only did
Torrio end up in jail, but O'Banion refused to
return the money for a now padlocked brewery. Even
worse, he bragged about how he had tricked Torrio.
His fate was sealed. Dion's flower shop Mike
Merlo, the head of the Unione Sicilana in Chicago,
a group that provided national cover to gangsters
of that era, died of cancer. A huge funeral was
planned in whi...
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'paradise Alley ' 'paradise Alley Irish
1,295 words
Paradise Alley Until September 2001, three summer
days in 1863 were the most frightening in the
history of New York City. From Monday, July 13,
through Wednesday, July 17, mobs held much of
Manhattan. The rioters were working class,
overwhelmingly Irish Catholic and filled with
smoldering resentments -- at the Yankee
Protestants who exploited and demeaned them, at
the squalor in which they were forced to live, at
inflationary prices and lockouts and
strikebreaking. But the final spark was provid...
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Form Of Punishment Corporal Punishment
584 words
Corporal punishment has been a part of family life
for thousands of years, taking its place in
societies all over the globe. From wood switches
to thick leather belts, all sorts of tools have
been used to discipline naughty children. No one
has ever really examined the question of whether
or not this form of punishment is productive or
counterproductive. In examining the situation of
whether or not this form of punishment is
warranted or even what one might consider proper,
a sample situation mu...
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Solving Problems American Dream
1,307 words
65279; People have always had the need to share
their stories. From cave drawings to the drums,
smoke signals to the telegram, telephone to the
radio, television to the computer, people have
found many ways to entertain and communicate.
Communication has brought information to people
about values, trends, and cultural norms. Whether
it is oral tradition, dances, parties, plays, or
letters, communication has played a big role in
keeping historical records. Television reflects
people. With tele...
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Organized Crime Johnny Torrio
828 words
Of all the things Chicago is known for, organized
crime is the most widely recognized. Even though
it has been nearly fifty years since the rattle of
tommy guns has died in the streets, all over the
world when people think of Chicago, they think of
gangsters (Lombardo 1). Organized crime in Chicago
began in the 1870 s and is still around today.
During the roaring twenties, it reached its climax
not only in Chicago, but all over the US. This
rise in crime was attributed to Prohibition and
the inc...
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Made Her Feel Marriage To Logan
1,374 words
In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie battles to
find Individualism within herself. Janie, all her
life, had been pushed around and told what to do
and how to live her life. She searched and
searched high and low to find a peace that makes
her whole and makes her feel like a complete
person. To make her feel like she is in fact an
individual and that shes not like everyone else
around her. During the time of Their Eyes, the
correct way to treat women was to show them who
was in charge and who w...
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Janie Tea Cake
857 words
Lovely People Do Stupid Things How is love to
influence our lives? Love-struck people do crazy
things to express how they care for that
particular person yet it is a long and windy road
to these actions. It is down this path that
experience spawns and trouble and happiness are
felt. Janie Crawford of Zora Neale Hurston? s
Their Eyes Were Watching God, shows the road
through the steps of her three relationships.
These relationships, though not fulfilling ones,
conclude in bettering Janie? s searc...
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Perform Everyday Functions Living Piece Of Meat Live
550 words
Johnny Got His Gun is by Dalton Thumbs. The main
character is Joe Bonham. He went to war in the
1917. While there he got his arms, legs, and face
blown up; he was a living piece of meat. The
doctors thought that there was no feeling, no
thought in his body. However, they were wrong, but
they let him live with no sense of time and not
being able to see, hear, speak, smell, or even
touch without it being on his chest. The right of
living is a privilege to many, but being hooked up
to machines to l...
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Johnny Got His Gun Joe
754 words
JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN? Johnny Got His Gun? was about
Joe Bonham, a young man who was sent off to World
War 1, sharing a feeling with most of the other
youth of America, that he was invincible. Joe gets
hit by a shell and goes unconscious; not knowing
what has happened. As the novel progresses, Joe
realizes that he is never leaving the hospital,
and that he would rather be dead. The factors that
unfold during Joe? s hospital stay is that he has
no idea where he is, other than the fact that it
is a h...
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Started Smoking Didn T
722 words
Little John and Tall Sue She was, still is, and
always will be sixteen. That s how I will always
remember her. I was twelve and hopelessly in love.
She called me Little John. That was her joke.
Little John was also a character in Robin Hood,
but he was quite big. I was, still am, and will be
till the day I die, small. The doctor said that my
height was determined by genetics. Mom said it was
because I started smoking. My Rabbi said that it
was G-d s will. Nobody admitted my height resulted
from ...
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18 Th Amendment Volstead Act
999 words
II. PROHIBITION I. Introduction II. Early
prohibition A. During 1800 sB. During 1920 III.
The 18 th Amendment A. Who came up with it. B. How
and when it was enforced. IV. Mob involvement in
Prohibition A. Sherman Billingsley 1. Early years
2. Later years B. George Remus 1. Early years 2.
Later years C. Mob in Chicago D. Mob in Detroit V.
The art of Rum Running A. Who founded it. B. How
it was enforced. VI. Steps toward repeal A. Who
wanted it. B. Why they wanted it. VII. The End of
Prohibition A...
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Pied Piper Childrens Books
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The rat in the hat The Amazing Maurice and His
Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett 269 pp
Doubleday 163; 12. 99 A talking rat is fighting
for his life against a terrier, inside a circle of
excited men who whoop and roar and snarl. Another
rat bungee-jumps down from the rafters to rescue
him. In the instant of astonishment before both
rats are whisked skyward, the human onlookers just
have time to notice that the rescuer is wearing a
tiny boater on his head. He lifts it. Good
evening! he squea...
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