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    Lee Bui's Short Story

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    “Lee Bui!” her professor hollered into the microphone, signifying Lee to receive her degree. She stood up with pride and carefully held onto her black graduation cap. As she walked down the Husky Stadium, all eyes were on her. Her family, her friends, and her professors were all gleaming with excitement. This concluded her journey as a scholar and established a new chapter in her life. But what is the rest of her story? Lee Bui, 25, wore a ponytail as high as the heavens and an enthusiastic…

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    Previous decades have been plagued with slavery and civil rights, but injustices still exist in today’s society such as prejudice based on social class, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, occupation, education and religion. Although civil rights movement was seen as a heroic and victorious episode in the U.S.’s history about equal citizenship rights between African-American and whites, the inequality and prejudice about African-American is still a painful blain. It’s not hard to find various…

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    The Rocky Statue Of Symbols

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    by Sylvester Stallone in the Rocky film series, is a boxer from Philadelphia whose statue is, in the movie, put atop the steps of the museum in thanks for all his contributions to the city. The statue made for the movie was a full bronze casting and was to remain atop the steps of the museum—and indeed it was a popular tourist attraction, Rocky being one of the most famous movies in the world. However, the museum and the Philadelphia Art Commission lobbied for and succeeded in its relocation,…

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    The two shows It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Arrested Development are both categorized as comedies, however one can be hardly considered a comedy. Arrested Development was a show that had aired only four seasons, whereas It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia has aired for nine. It can be said that Arrested Development is a “smart" comedy and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is more of a “vulgar” comedy. Arrested Development and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia are both sitcoms (situation…

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    haul Heater Shelter. Reporting might have been altogether Combative Furthermore America might have been at present being referred to onto how safe may be atomic force. Examination discoveries those opening front-page article starting with the Philadelphia inquirer provided for a point by point account from claiming how those atomic reactor spilled What's more given An outline how those atomic reactor…

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    Influenza In Philadelphia

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    estimates and while this pandemic affected much of the globe, Philadelphia was struck particularly with a vengeance. At the time of the epidemic, Philadelphia had a population of about 2 million. Over the course of the crisis, Philadelphia would see nearly 13,000 deaths, mostly in October of 1918 with many thousands being infected with the disease. This paper uses three main sources to frame the analysis of primary materials from Philadelphia during the outbreak. These sources include a journal…

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    Intro: On April 20th of 2010, the BP oil spill occurred in the Gulf of Mexico. Eleven people who were aboard the Deepwater Horizon rig were killed on that day due to the explosion (BP Oil Spill, 2015). Aside from the danger from the initial sinking of the oil rig, the oil that entered the environment after the explosion aroused suspicion of being dangerous as well. The issue that is present due to the leak is that the oil which was released into the ocean is harmful to the environment. The issue…

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    Barlett and James B. Steele is a short essay published in 2008 by Vanity Fair talking about the way Monsanto treats their customers, their workers, and how they do not seem to care about the general public. Monsanto created a genetically modified seed that was capable of withstanding “its own herbicide” and allow farmers to have a “convenient way to spray fields with weed killer without affecting crops” (819). Because they are the bigger company, they often try to contact farmers into buying…

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    the 1988 football team set in this beautiful Texas town grew into a socially motivated novel entitled Friday Night Lights. While researching small town Texas football for his novel Friday Night Lights, H. G. Bissinger took a leave from the Philadelphia Inquirer and moved his family to Odessa. His motivation was to experience firsthand the Permian Panthers and become a part of their environment. He is at heart a journalist and comes to Odessa…

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    1. What is the title of the text and what is the text about? The title is “Playing after Kennedy assassination tough chore for players in 1963” By Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA), September 12, 200. The text is about the decision of postponing games after crises and tough events. The text starts the game between Philadelphia Eagles and the Washington Redskins, which took place just two days after president Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. The Eagles team president refused to be…

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