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Leonard Bernstein

was born in Lawrenceville, Massachusettes on August 25, 1918. He was the first born child of Samuel and Jennie Bernstein, who lived in Boston, but had gone to Lawrenceville to visit some relatives. Bernstein's parents had little knowledge of, or interest in classical music. The only records ...

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La Amistad

It is a case that challenges the very foundation of our legal system, but for the African captives on trial, this is not a clash of politics or ideologies. This is a fight for the basic right of all mankind...freedom. It is the story of the Amistad, a slave ship that didn’t quite make it. When it ...

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Denzel Washington

Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. was born on December 28, 1954 and is from Mount Vernon, New York. He is the son of father Denzel Sr., which was a Pentecostal minister and of mother Lennis, which was a beautician owning her own beauty shop. Denzel had two siblings in which he was the middle child. ...

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Billy Wilder’s “Ace In The Hole”

Paying the Price of Gambling With Fate: Billy Wilder’s “Ace In The Hole” “I’m a pretty good liar, done a lot of lying in my time…” Charles Tate, Ace In The Hole. Seizing an opportunity for self advancement, regardless of the consequences or who may be harmed, is to set oneself on a path ...

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The Khmer Rouge Revolution

The Khmer Empire was one the most powerful empires in Southeast Asia. The rise of the Khmer Rouge ranks as one of the most disastrous in modern history and could be argued that it is the worst. In this century, there has been no other revolution that has completely altered an entire population. ...

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The History of Batteries

The History of Batteries Around 1936, archaeologists uncovered in a village near Baghdad a set of terracotta jars which each contained a rolled-up sheet of copper which housed an iron rod. Some scientists speculate these to be ancient galvanic cells and dubbed them the "Baghdad Batteries". ...

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Misinformation In The Media

Misinformation In The Media The truth cannot be seen with a simple glance. One must look deeper into the source of information. The media provides us with our day to day information, but there are many problems with knowledge acquired in this way. The question we must ask ourselves is how do we ...

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Racism in "Remember the Titans"

Racism in "Remember the Titans" Anisa Abdi HSB4U Mr. Reid 25 April 2014 Remember the Titans is a movie based on the true story of a racially integrated ...

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Impact of Digital Technology on Jerry Uelsmann's Art

A critical review: The impact of digital technology in relation to the art of Jerry N. Uelsmann ā€¯The digital evolution is now providing artists with exciting new alternative ways of generating images. While I am interested in these computer options, I still have a basic love of the darkroom ...

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Public Schools vs. Charter Schools

Public School vs. Charter School Khaliq Mitchell The College of New Rochelle Author Note This paper was written for Urban Community class. Dr. Feder, SSC100AQEA, The College of New Rochelle, Spring 2017, May 9[th], 2017. Abstract The charter school movement has grown tremendously ...

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Oprah Winfrey

\"The Show\". Her show is known to not only all over the United States, but also known to all around the world. Today she is known as the America\'s most famous and powerful woman. Every woman in America envies her great fortune and her intelligence. But Oprah insists that she is not special or ...

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Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley was born into a poverty stricken family on January 8, 1935. He and his twin brother (Jessie Garon who died at birth) were the sons of Vernon and Gladys Love Smith Presley. Gladys Smith gave birth in two-room house built by her husband and her brother - in -law. His way of life ...

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Maurice Sendak

may be the best-known children's author / illustrator in the world today. His artwork has become somewhat of an American icon; some even became the basis of an advertising campaign for Bell Atlantic. This extremely gifted genius was actually cultivating within Sendak since his childhood, and ...

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Bob Dylan

Middleweight boxing title contender, Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter was falsely accused of a triple murder in a New Jersey bar and was sentenced to serve three life terms. In 1966, wrote a song, "Hurricane" that depicted the murder, corrupted authorities and expressed his belief in Carter's innocence. ...

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Jerry Garcia And The Grateful Dead

Jerome John Garcia was born in 1942, in San Francisco's Mission District. His father, a spanish immigrant named Jose "Joe" Garcia, had been a jazz clarinetist and Dixieland bandleader in the thirties, and he named his new son after his favorite Broadway composer, Jerome Kern. In the spring of ...

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Selena

could you Imagine what it would be like to grow up as a performer in a world that didn’t even except female Tejano singers? Can you imagine how much courage and work it would take to make it to the top? That’s was Quintanilla Perez had to go through. was born in Lake Jackson, Texas on April 6th, ...

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Frank Sinatra

Francis Albert Sinatra born on December 12, 1915, in Hoboken, New Jersey later became known as and one of the greatest entertainers of his generation. American singers - Bing Crosby and Billie Holiday, influenced . Sinatra then developed a signature vocal phrasing in his music that influenced ...

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Eugene Gladstone O'Neill

was a very talented man and was very fortunate in having the writing skill he did. Eugene was a man of the theater, he was born in it, lived in it, worked in it and wrote in it. (Henry, “Eugene O'Neill”, p.157.) O'Neill is referred to as the most important twentieth century writer, not ...

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Ellis Island

Within the shadow of the Statue of Liberty lies , the immigration center for the Port of New York, between 1892 and 1954. While Bartholdi's soaring statue was a world famous symbol of liberty and opportunity, the sight of and it's low-lying buildings also encouraged hope in the hearts and ...

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Female Circumcision

" A Look Into Female Genital Mutilation" "She only loses a little piece of the clitoris, just the part that protrudes. The girl doesn't miss it. She can still feel, after all. There is hardly any pain. Women's pain thresholds are so much higher than men's" (Denniston, 7). This was a direct quote ...

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