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    One way in which Burgess’s study shares ideas with the way in which Robert Moses’s planning is that they both took class into account. For example, Burgess (1967) mentions that there are areas of Chicago where there are poorer workers living closer to the city (p.94). Bruce Epperson (2007) states: “On the other hand, it was beset by problems, many of which the exhibit touches on only lightly. Just 15 percent of those displaced by the slum clearance program were relocated in the Title I or Title…

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    gives us various ways to bring us closer together. Although it does sometimes bring us together, technology tears us apart even more. Ever since the invention of technology, it has been mostly been part of our daily lives. Technology is now everywhere and getting bigger as an essential. It has separated us, disconnected us, and overtook the beyond our control. For many years technology has been a controversial topic, if will separate us human beings or become closer as better people. We still…

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    my first ramp by myself. I started accelerating myself as much as I could but I didn't know if I could make the jump, adrenaline started coursing through my body and felt like my heart was beating just as fast as I was moving. I came closer, and closer, and closer until I finally hit the ramp. The 600 pound beast and I were thrown into the air.It felt like my heart had stopped for seconds in the eternity I was in the air for. Suddenly I came crashing down with the vehicle under me. By now you’d…

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    A simple gift with a note reflects your appreciation and brings you closer to the recipient – even if you're far away. The recipient will surely remember you every time he or she sees or uses your gift. While you the giver yourself have achieved your part of maintaining a closer bond with your loved ones. Really, it is the thought that counts. 3. Gifting gives us thrill and surprise. Do you look forward to the look of…

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    pairs are unconventional and others are a match made in heaven. George and Lennie may not seem like a common pair but throughout John Steinbeck's novel, Of Mice and Men, the duo grows even closer throughout their adventure of the Great Depression. As they develop into the characters they are, they also grow closer together. Without each other, who knows where they would be and who they would…

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    Aldous Huxley’s, Brave New World explores how humans find value and meaning in life. Two characters that Huxley uses to explore how humans find value and meaning are Bernard, who wants to find real feelings, and John, who thinks all humans have a basic right to value and meaning. John also goes against the World State and isolates himself to purify his life. In the Brave New World, Bernard Marx wants to find his own real feelings. In the World State people do not have their own real feelings.…

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    Ikemefuna was treated the same way Nwoye was, with a heavy hand. This brought them closer together to even call each other brothers. “As for the boy, he belonged to the clan as a whole, and there was no hurry to decide his fate (9).” Ikemefuna was just a sacrifice because, Mbaino killed one of Nwoye’s people. Neither Nwoye or Ikemefuna…

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    Family means more than anything to Ashli Derifield. Family is all about being together, supporting each other, and most of all having fun together. She spent many vacations together with her family that brought her family closer and made their family bond stronger. Family events, such as weddings and anniversaries, were the times she was able to support and celebrate with her family. Being in the outdoors with her brothers, parents’ and grandfather are some of the fun memories she has that…

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    apparent almost immediately. He returned bearing something quite heavy. As be brought it closer I could see what it was. A pile of bricks. He was going to fill the entrance to the recess, trapping me inside. I shook the chains in an attempt to get free, he was at the third tier by this point. He stopped and sat down. I continued for many minutes, until I tired. He began again after I had ceased. He was getting closer to completion, in vain, I yelled, it echoing through the tunnels. I heard the…

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    In 2008, all of the female first graders, and probably even a few of the male first graders, had a crush on the same seven year-old kid (for his sake and mine I'm going to change his name to John Smith). In the years to follow, the entire elementary school would have heard of and, of course, fallen for John Smith. But for the moment I, being a naive, newly turned seven year-old, thought that I would be the one to date John Smith. So one day towards the end of the school year, my teacher…

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