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    Three million rivets and 1 ½ million bolts hold together the 26,000 tons of angles and plates. The Brooklyn tower drops 17 stories underground and the Staten Island tower drops 10 stories underground (Young 24). Parella 2 The most expensive project on the bridge was the $56.9 million cable spinning that holds down the 264,000-ton weight of the entire structure. There are four of these cables that each weigh 39,192 tons and are made up of over 26,000 individual wires. Each of these cables creates a great deal of pull and are 35 ⅞ inches wide and 7,205 feet long. During the spinning process, catwalks were built under the soon-to-be cables to allow the cable spinners to walk back and forth between the towers and to allow the cable spinning machines to travel between the towers as well (Young…

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    preserving neighborhoods than communities. They dispel the notion that “historic districts are where all the rich white folks live”. Stating statistics about the racial breakdown of NYC’s historic districts. When compared citywide, the historic districts have a larger white population and a correspondingly smaller share of minority populations than the rest of the City. But when looked at on a borough by borough basis, the data is changed. In the Bronx and Brooklyn, the black population…

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    Incredibly Close

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    Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, by Jonathan Safran Foer, tells the story of a young boy with, what readers can assume, Autism whose Father was killed during the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Oskar, the young boy that the novel is centered around, finds a key in his Father’s closet and makes it his mission to find out what this key, the last ‘clue’ his father left him, opens. Oskar is dedicated to his mission as he walks all the way to Staten Island, the Empire State…

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    In The Pigman, John Conlan and Lorraine Jensen narrate, in alternating chapters, about their fun and exciting time they had with Mr. Pignati. In the beginning of The Pigman John and Lorraine relate to each other about their feelings of Mr. Pignati’s death. After they relate, Lorraine, John, and their “supposed” friends play a prank calling game. When it was Lorraine's cheats and calls Mr. Pignati so she can get the longest time. Then the next day Lorraine and John go to the Pigman’s house to…

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    In the novel, The Pigman by Paul Zindel, two teens fool an old man, but find the most valuable friendship they will never get again. John Conlan and Lorraine Jenson are two, out of the four in their group, friends that find the friendship of a lifetime. One night, they do their normal routine when hanging out with their friends Norton and Dennis, and have a competition. They compete to see who can have the longest conversation,using prevarications, with a stranger on the phone. Lorraine…

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    The Pigman Essay

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    The Pigman by Paul Zindel is about two sophomores in high school named John and Lorraine. The story is narrated by John and Lorraine switching off every other chapter. Both of them had some impression in one way or another by the ‘Pigman’. Towards the beginning of the story they begin to speak about themselves and how they were up until sophomore year when they met “the Pigman”. Seen through Lorraine's eyes, John seemed to be more into fun pranks, an advocation of his, and not getting caught,…

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    Meghan Trainor is American. Meghan Trainor is 24, she was born in Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States of America. Meghan Trainor has two brothers their names are Ryan and Justin. Her parents names are Gary and Kelli. Meghan Trainor is engaged to Daryl Sabara. She sings many songs in different styles they are R&B and pop. R&B combines many different music genres including pop, soul, hip hop and electronic dance. Pop stands for popular appealing kind of music to a large audience. At the age…

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    Moises Arias is an influential Hispanic American actor. He was born in New York City, NY on April 18, 1994. Both of Arias’ parents were from the Paisa region of Colombia and immigrated to the United States before their oldest son, Mateo, was born. Moises currently resides in Los Angeles, California. He isn’t an extremely well-known actor but has starred in many well-known movies, television shows, and music videos. Acting has been a part of Moises’ life for a long time. He even…

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    Amy Duggar Monologue

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    Amy Duggar just recently tied the knot with Dillon King and of course now everyone is wondering if she has plans to have babies right away. Most of the Duggars don’t believe in birth control and getting pregnant on their honeymoon is something that happens often. The thing is Amy Duggar has never done things like a Duggar normally would do. She is a cousin of the 19 Kids and Counting family and not actually one of Jim Bob and Michelle’s kids. US Magazine was able to catch up with Amy Duggar and…

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    Duggar Baby Showers

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    It is almost time for Jessa Seewald to have her baby and Duggar fans can't wait. This will be her first child with husband Ben and the two are excited. News is out that her recent baby shower will actually be airing on TLC on an upcoming special that is all about Jessa and Ben. IB Times shared the news that Jessa's shower is going to be on the special along with the birth of the baby when that happens. Jessa is not due until November 1, but at this point the baby could be here any day. Word is…

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