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    In 1979 Long Island, New York, an Iranian family struggles to survive amidst the Iranian hostage crisis. . BRIEF SYNOPSIS: It’s 1979, Long Island, New York. The SHIRAZI family struggles to survive amidst the Iranian hostage situation. Protesters at the White House demand the deportation of all Iranian immigrants. Young BOBBY SHIRAZI (14) works as a crossing guard and at the local drug store in his neighbor to earn his own money for a trip to visit his Uncle in San Francisco. He hides the…

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    The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger features a boy named Holden who gets kicked out a school. In the Catcher in the Rye Salinger uses many different objects to symbolize Holdens anguish and happiness. Most of the objects being symbolized, have a deep meaning to Holden. A meaning that goes back to his childhood. One of the things that Salinger uses as a symbol in this book is a red hunting hat that Holden carries around with him all the time. Holden has had this hat since his childhood, and…

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    However, the extent of the brewery tour company’s concerns is stated in the company’s description of their services. The tour company recommend that all patrons arrange safe and sober (taxicab or designated driver) post tour transportation back to your home or hotel. Thus, the company is acknowledged the possible risk associated with non-sober driving, so they placed that statement in the description to protect themselves. However, the…

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    Essay On Harm Reduction

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    Harm reduction is a way of promoting health and reducing the spread of disease by using a set of strategies and ideas aimed at limiting negative outcomes related to drug abuse. Harm Reduction is also a set of policies for social justice used to manage behaviors and based on a belief in, and respect for, the rights of the people who use drugs. Human reduction is used to manage both legal and illegal behaviors. Harm reduction is non-judgmental and focuses on taking small steps to reduce harm…

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    Vnukovo Airport Case Study

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    Vnukovo International Airport (VKO) is one of the three major airports serving Moscow. It is located in the homonymous district of Moscow, 30 kilometers to the southwest of the city center of Moscow. Arriving and Departing in VKO Public Transit from VKO As in the case with the other two airports of Moscow, Vnukovo Internation Airport has a high-speed connection by Aeroexpress train, which runs without stops from the airport to Kiyevsky Railway Station of Moscow and back. Thanks to that,…

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    was the least dependable. Steam power proved to be successful. Stanley Steamer broke the record when he drove 127mph in 1906. Electric cars were more effective in the cities. They were quiet and reliable. Electric cars were mostly used for urban taxicab. There was also electric fire trucks which drove a moderate speed to get to the destination in 1922. The internal combustion engine dominated because it went longer in distance. The wealthy and adventurous men were the first ones to acquire…

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    colored coat whispers to a group people on a street corner. The snow gently falls from the sky like dandy lion petals drifting through the fresh summer air. While the young girl known as social media begins to finish her rumor, the freshly painted taxicabs begins to honk as the streetlights grin with a murky red smile. Social Media moves on to her next group she fills them with wonder and curiosity as well as rumors and dramatic thoughts. As Social Media continues to spread her lies of wonder,…

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    Why should anyone’s dream be deferred? Everyone should have equal rights despite their race, religion, skin color, gender, et cetera. In the play, A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry, members of the Youngers family had their dreams deferred. The Youngers family faced many struggles, but it was all futile because in the end, they could not achieve their dream. Walter jr. was born around 1905, where the Plessy versus Ferguson law had been recently passed. This left him, a black person,…

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    The roads and sidewalks were covered in tar and made to support one of the largest cities in the world. On the road, vehicles—mostly taxicabs—zoomed by. Their engines and vicious horn honking could be heard from the highest fire escape of the neighboring apartment building. Packs of people engulfed the sidewalk as the sewer and subway air brewed beneath their feet. Over the vents on the…

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    Morality is the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad. Walter’s perspective of morality and money is different than his family’s outlook.Walter is seen as a passionate and desperate man that believes opening a business will solve his economic and social issues. Walter ardently surmises the only way to the pursuit of happiness is money. The theme “Money and Morality” are developed through the experiences of Walter in the play “Raisin In the Sun” because he theorizes money brings…

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