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    The same old grilled burgers and dogs, melted ice, and ants. Why not switch it up this year with a party, exclusively planned by Black Diamond Events? Black Diamond Events is the premier party planning company in Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton, Louisville and the surrounding areas. Give your coworkers a day (or night) to remember by letting the experts take over! Party planning can be tedious, especially when you have many people to please. Leave it to Black Diamond—they’ll put together a picnic…

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    Olympic boxing team and traveled to Rome, Italy. Ali defeated Zbigniew Pietrzykowski from Poland to win the light heavyweight gold medal. After his Olympic victory, Ali was heralded as an American hero. He soon turned professional with the help of the Louisville Sponsoring Group, and continued overwhelming all opponents in the ring. Ali later started a different kind of fight with his outspoken views against the Vietnam War. Drafted into the military in April 1967, he refused to serve on the…

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    the south at a time of segregated facilities. He was named after his father, Cassius Marcellus Clay, his father supported a wife and two boys by painting billboards and signs. "When clay was 12 years old, he took up boxing under the tutelage of Louisville policeman Joe Martin." At 22 years old, clay was a great young boxer, but only a few gave him a chance against Sonny Liston. Sonny Liston, who had knocked out Floyd Patterson in the opening rounds of the fight a week…

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    In chapter 6 of The Great Gatsby, Gatsby speaks to Nick Carraway about his prior life in Louisville with Daisy. Nick informs Gatsby that the past cannot be repeated because Daisy married Tom and conceived a child during the time Gatsby participated in war. However, Gatsby believes that their relationship may be rekindled after five years. Gatsby possesses everything he wants: money, power, and success; however, Gatsby gained his new money to partake in a relationship with Daisy once again…

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    United Airlines Shaped by Moments Formally known as “Varney Air Lines in 1926…, [an airline] that would eventually become United Airlines” founded by Walter T. Varney ("United Airlines," 2016). Throughout history UA has been a leader in the aviation sector, being the first to make benchmark accomplishments. Notable points of reference were: “[i]n 1955 united became the first U.S. airline to order jetliners with an order for 30 DC-8s… [In addition, in] 1984 United became the first airline to…

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    self-centered and dishonest female golfer. Hollowness is a recurring theme thought the story, which affects not only the newly rich in West Egg but the old aristocracy in East egg. Jay Gatsby longs to recreate a vanished past of his time with Daisy in Louisville before he went away with the Army. He was a young military officer at the time, stationed in here before deporting for World War I in 1917. Gatsby meet the charming and graceful Daisy, who had an aura of luxury about her. Thus Jay…

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    Muhammad Ali born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. was born on January 17 , 1942 In Louisville , Kentucky. Known all over the world for being a professional boxer and an activist. Muhammad started training amaturally at the age of 12. At the age of 18 he won his first gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics and then later that year started boxing professionally. He then went on to win the WBA, WBC, and Lineal Heavyweight titles from Sonny Liston. Mahammad then changed…

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    Muhammad Ali Legacy

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    Cassius Clay and his corner man David Brown. Better known as Muhammad Ali, he has a legacy of being the greatest fighter whoever lived. Muhammad Ali has a career record of 56 wins, 5 losses, and 37 knockouts. Just a kid from a southern town of Louisville, Kentucky, raised in a normal middle class family where he and his brother were expected to either work or go to the military; his father was a painter and his mother a housewife. However Cassius Clay would soon become the great Muhammad Ali.…

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    were accused of robbing a woman at gunpoint. According to Civil Liberty.about.com, they stated that the boys robbed a woman at gunpoint on March 22, the night of mob violence in downtown Louisville. After 70 days in jail the boys were free from guilt. The boys did accept the apology from the mayor of louisville, but they believed that the police racially profiled the african americans. The gGood thing is that they did receive 1.5 million dollars from the city. This says that America is judging…

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    Gatsby’s newfound wealth and arrival at West Egg is in fact part of a life long goal , a goal to win back Daisy Buchanan, a woman who he fell in love with in Louisville before he was sent off to war but lost soon after she married Tom Buchanan. The extent to which Gatsby goes to win Daisy back is showed by Nick Carraway, the narrator and neighbor of Gatsby.Nick caught an early glimpse of Gatsby's mission as he…

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