Anastasia

One of the most well-known and infamous organized crime families in the history of the United States is the Bonanno crime family. The Bonanno Italian mafia crime family’s origins go back to the beginning, in Sicily. In 1908 Salvatore Bonanno moved his family to New York. There he quickly took over the Bonanno-Magaddino-Bonventre clan and ran all business in the neighborhood of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Later he returned to Sicily and died of a heart attack in 1915. The clan went through several…

The passing of the eighteenth amendment provided an opportunity for Lucania to recruit some new meat. Lucania became one of the “Big Six” of bootlegging along with Meyer Lansky and Bugsy Siegel (“Luciano”, n.d.). His bootlegging gang grew throughout the 1920’s. Lucania and his friends recruited new Jewish gang members, including Louis “Lepke” Buchalter, nicknamed “Lepke” by his mother, Abner “Longie” Zwillman, another Jew, and Zwillman’s partner, Willie Moretti (Gosch, 1975). These unscrupulous…

A woman named Cheryl Hughes was a single mother who pursued an engineering degree was unable to overcome the unequal pay due to the fact that she was an African American woman. Another woman named Anastasia Engebretson accepted the salary that she was getting paid without negotiating and ended up working with other male technicians, a few whom had less education and relevant experience than her but were getting paid more than her. These personal stories…

Movies are beautiful pieces of moving art that bring people together, regardless of gender, age, or skin color. The vast majority of these masterpieces just happen to be made by straight, white, rich, males over the age of forty. Hollywood’s diversity problem is allowing for an unbalanced ratio of women in the industry, as well as inaccurate minority representation, and the use of white actors for a racially ambiguous role. The gender discrepancy in the film industry, to no one person's…

The year was 1434 and fashion just began to bloom just like the new spring season; new styles, new colors, and some brand new artists. Going through the years, many unspoken rules were in place for people to follow. You had to walk, talk, eat, and even stand a certain way because it was the proper thing to do. Women alike took to fashion to be able to express themselves without using words; to make their statements standout and last longer than a Hollywood star on the walk of fame. Women would…

Lost but Gained When a death occurs you don’t know how to act, until it’s someone you love. On June 21st I was at my best friend’s going away party in Modesto. I was gone for about six hours, but when it was time for me to come home my best friend dropped me off. I walked in my house with a huge smile on my face but as I walked in the energy in the living room felt different. The room felt mournful, I found my mom and dad sitting on the couch with a forced smile asking me how the party went.…

prince. In fact, in the sequel to the first Disney film of Cinderella titled “Cinderella 2: Dreams Come True” Cinderella actually helps one of her step-sisters to find love thus helping to heal their relationship in the process. Her step-sister, Anastasia, develops a crush on the village baker (shown in figure two) upon strolling through town with her mother and biological sister. However, under the tutelage of her mother and overbearing nature of her sister she is having trouble approaching…

proved, many champions start from nothing and work hard to earn the gold. Of course, Nastia Liukin was not a United States Women 's Gymnastic team member from the start. As a matter of fact, she was born not even a United States citizen. She was born Anastasia Valeryevna Liukin on October 30, 1989 in Moscow, Russia when it was still apart…

The War on Female Genital Mutilation The term “Social Injustice” is often referred to as the mistreatment of a group of people. Police brutality, the One-Child policy in China and human trafficking are just a few of many. Social Injustice can happen anywhere and anytime. It has on effect on everyone in some way. Whether it happen halfway across the world or nearby, it still has a negative impact on everyone. There has always been debate over US involvement in other country’s social injustices…

Animal Experimentation and Research Many lives are lost each year as a result of disease, and scientists are frantically trying to keep up by producing cures to new diseases. Experimentation in animals is a common method to achieving such a cure. The experimentation is controversial for several key reasons. Animal rights has been an issue for several decades, and the ethics of experimenting are constantly being questioned. Yet animal experimentation clearly has benefits to humankind and has…