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    Brice Coltm A Short Story

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    This is the story of a young man who is introduced to a gift he couldn’t imagine. The gift is what he imagines. His imagination or what he thinks can happen if really wants it to happen. This young man’s name is Brice Coltman. Brice Coltmans gift was discovered one day when he was headed to the gym (Brice is an athletic, smart, average man, so the gift comes from his intelligence and an unusual mixture of his genes when he was born). Brice was crossing the street and a car was headed straight…

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    Examples Of Undertale

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    Who knew Undertale a RPG is the best game ever? Undertale is a roleplaying game where you play as a child who fell down a mountain into a place called the Underground. The Underground is where the monsters live because the humans put a magical seal to trap them down there, inside the Underground you can spare or kill everyone. Anything can enter, nothing can leave, or so they thought. Undertale is the best game because you get to choose what your gonna do in the game, The characters make the…

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    Now Make We Merthe is a collection of early Renaissance English carols and rounds sung by The Purcell Consort of Voices, Boys of All Saints, the London Brass Ensemble, David Munrow, Bernard Thomas, Michael Oxenham, Don Smithers, John Sothcott, Francis Grubb, Tess Miller, and Michael Morrow (Now Make We Myrth). This CD is a compilation of three different recordings. One recording was done in 1965, the next was in 1966, and the third was in 1969. The highlights from all three of these recordings…

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    Outcasts Essay

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    When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for lonely people to be free with loneliness and to become as one with the rest of the world. Without doubt to explain why we deserve to be with the society, we as outcasts wrote our own declaration of independence for the rest of the world to see and understand why we should be and will be together and share bond with each other. As outcasts, we can sacrifice our life to be one with the world so that we do not feel insecure and die of…

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    Chapter Thirty-Two Slipping Through Glass I sat in my room on the floor, silent, still, straining to make out the sound of footsteps downstairs, while I waited for what seemed like forever. Finally, I saw an arm holding a stack of books, a leg, another arm, and Emma slipped all the way through the glass. “That was awesome,” she said, setting her books down on a table. “We made it back, and hey, look, your room is perfect, except for the pile of dirty clothes in the corner.” “Right, which is…

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    “Smokey” Robinson. After being turned away by Jackie Wilson’s manager, a dejected Smokey Robinson was heading back to his car and Berry Gordy stopped him and told him he liked the songs they were auditioning (Gordy 90-92, Posner23-25). After more conversation Berry discovered that Smokey had written over 100 songs and Berry ask to look and critique them, leading to a lifelong business and friendship between the two. This meeting would actually lead to the development of Motown Records, with…

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    Berry Gordy Jr was born on 28 November 1929 in Detroit. After a period as a professional feather-weight in the late Forties, Gordy was then drafted for service in the Korean War in 1951. Discharged in 1953, he married 19-year-old Thelma Coleman. Then in 1959, at the age of 30, Berry Gordy Jr. started a company called Motown based off a eight-hundred dollar loan from his family. Little did Gordy know that his automobile assembly line based music label would be starting a revolution. He wanted to…

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    Berry Gordy Biography

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    During the year of 1959, Berry Gordy, who was an African American songwriter, founded “Motown Records”. With a loan of close to $800 which came from his family. Gordy managed to create the company that later came to be known as “Motown Records Corporation”. Berry gave this name “Because Detroit had long been known as the “Motor City”. (Motown Music). Instead of city Berry used town and then combined the words, creating the perfect name for his new record label, Motown. Motown and is soul-based…

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    African Americans in the Music Industry As the founder of Motown records, Berry Gordy created change in society and music through the sound of Motown. Berry Gordy opened up Motown records and at the time African Americans had very little opportunity in the music business. The Motown record label released many songs that supported the civil rights movement, and made African Americans proud of their heritage. He also collaborated with many of his signees to create new groundbreaking music. Though…

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    Marvin Gaye Net Worth Marvin Pentz Gay Jr was born on the 2nd April 1939 in Washington D.C USA and died on 1st April 1984. He is known to the world under the short name, Marvin Gaye, the American soul and R&B singer. During his career, Marvin has released a total of 17 studio albums, some of which include “The Soulful Moods Of Marvin Gaye” (1961), “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” (1968), “What`s Going On” (1971), “Let`s Get It On” (1973), “Midnight Love” (1982) among others. Have you ever…

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