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    Sandra day O’Connor did not have had the right to serve on the Supreme Court and sally ride should not have had the right to go into space. These two American women did not have the right to break the “glass ceiling”. Back in the seventies and eighties women would go to school and graduate. Most women would start families and some would go to college, those that went to collage faced hard judgment because they were women. Those women that started families and are house wives are very smart…

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    main character, Sally, is continually tormented by the battle of having to conform to societies standards in order to survive even if it means selling her soul. Sally knew that if anyone discovered…

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    secret rescue to save hostages in Tehran. The U.S, however the Government failed to rescue the hostages. The hostages did not get released until 270 days after the U.S.Government had left. On June 18, 1983, Sally Ride became known as the first woman to launch into space. One year later, Sally decided to focus more on her training instead of going into space. The next challenger mission that was…

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    actually is. He rides a train to his home state, where he wanders around two days, trying to figure out what everything really means in his life, before heading home to his parents for forgiveness and another chance. Although Holden clearly states he does not like “phonies”, it is obvious to the reader that Holden himself is a “phony” through his encounter with a mother on a train, with some nuns in a coffee shop, and with Sally, an old acquaintance of his. Holden takes a train…

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    Relationship maintenance between Harry and Sally is important because the coincidental encounters over the years flourished into an amazing relationship and as a result, they fell in love. There were harmful and helpful forms of maintenance that led Harry and Sally to recognize their feelings for each other. Harry and Sally initially met on a road trip from Chicago to New York. There was no indication of a relationship forming. This is where an important conversation about men and women being…

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    Holden calls several people he knows including Sally Hayes, a girl he has dated in the past. Holden talks with her about why he dislikes school tries to persuade Sally to run away with him to live in a cabin in Vermont. After leaving Sally, he meets his old student advisor Carl Luce. Holden tries to get Luce to discuss sex with him, but Luce gets irritated with Holden’s remarks about homosexuals…

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    relationship between Harry and Sally and the many ways of how they met and became friends. Using the relationship maintenance and what happens in between. Harry and Sally met in college, their first encounter with each other was not so smooth. Harry was dating Sally’s friend, Amanda. Sally offered to ride with Harry to New York, where they both were going to start their careers. While driving, Harry wanted to know about Sally and her life. The whole conversation was about Sally and how she may…

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    Harry Met Sally When Harry Met Sally, was released in 1989 as a romantic comedy and has now made number 2 in the top 50 romantic comedies of all time according to Paste Magazine. It is one of my favorite romantic comedies and is a movie that can be used as an example in various student settings. It is a good example for interpersonal communications and even video production classes on how it was filmed and the shots they used. The explicit meaning of the movie is about a woman named Sally and a…

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    The story covers the three-days in the life of Holden Caulfield; specifically the ones he feels had to do, led to and explain his psychological condition. It begins that he has just failed his way out of Pencey, and he must go home to face his parents. But before he leaves Pencey, Ackley, the “phony” and “pimply” boy who occupies the next room, comes over to bother him. Stradlater, Holden’s roommate, then comes into the scene as well to “freshen up for a date.” Although Stradlater is handsome he…

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    their physical and medical fitness, however this program was shut down in 1962. In 1968, the first man landed in the moon, but no women were a part of this mission. In 1978, 6 women were admitted to be a part of the astronaut core, which included Sally Ride, the first woman in space in 1983. While women were not in space, they worked for NASA as computers, who figured…

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