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    Urban school districts have been making the switch to school uniforms at an ever increasing rate. Meanwhile, suburban school districts have been slower to make the move to uniforms, often citing that the benefits achieved from uniforms are restricted to high poverty urban areas. According to The National Center for Education Statistics website (https://nces.ed.gov), “Between the 2003–04 and 2011–12 school years, the percentage of public schools reporting that they required that students wear…

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    1950's Fashion Trends

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    and pants were saved for casual picnics or playing outside. Even around the Other than that dresses were the way to go. Another trendy women’s fashion from America were trench coats. Other form fitted coats like the high-waisted coat (1958) were also a popular trend. In the late fifties, more big boxy coats came into fashion. Coats almost always had a matching dress to go with it. Women’s swimwear was much more conservative than it is today. Bikinis were not common, and most swim suit bottoms…

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    One man, wearing a long trench coat, had his hands deep in the pockets of the coat. He was wearing several layers and I instructed him to slowly pull his hands out of his pockets and open his coat. He asked why I wanted him to do this and I again demanded of him to slowly remove his hands from his pockets. I pushed the retention bar on my gun holster forward as I demanded this, my hand still on my weapon. He slowly complied and then I instructed him to drop the coat on the ground where he…

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    Then the light turns green and he said”Here” and he had given her a note saying “Stop asking for money stupid bum”. She cried and then she walked closer to a corner store and a man in a long black trench coat walks out and in one of the pockets a lottery ticket and as he continues to walk it falls out and when she tries to give it back he say”Sorry lady I don’t have any extra money”. And so she later finds out that she had the winning card and she had…

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    caused him to fly thirty yards from his previous position. A tall dark haired man with a well groomed mustache pulled him towards the trench. “Ooww,” he moaned. The dark haired man dragged the injured boy vigorously, dodging explosions and bullets. The man grunted as he tossed the boy into the safety of the trench. The boy crawled to an unoccupied corner of the muddy trench. The Earth constantly shook, spraying dirt into the eyes of wailing men.”What is your name son?” the man said to the…

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    rhetorically. His new recruit turned on her shoulder, towards Liquid in her sleep. There were beads of sweat forming on her forehead and a pained expression on her face, a nightmare. Not uncommon for soldiers, especially the elites. He grabbed his coat and wrapped Phoenix in it, she was also shaking, most likely due to the cold. He then picked up her sleeping form and went to find Ocelot. As soon as Liquid left the room a familiar laugh filled the room, and Mantis seamed to appear out of…

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    Kassidys Narrative

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    A hand was placed on the desk, and a serious tone of a man spoke. Kassidy only saw his hand and not up at his face. "I would like to request to see my PO box, miss." Kassidy looked up to see a man in sunglasses, a charcoal black trench coat. He was looking off at the shelves to the side, where two girls were typing away on their phones next to a lady. Kassidy nodded and begun to look for it when he chuckled, making her look up at him. "C'mon Kass, here?" "H-How do you know my name?" The man…

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    If you are a believer in the paranormal, you are not alone. It may be the feeling of a spirit presence or a rush of air, followed by an ice cold temperature drop. The experience of supernatural occurrences varies widely from person to person, and studies have shown that most people believe in at least one form of paranormal events. A Gallup study conducted in 2005 revealed that nearly three out of four people in the United States acknowledge a belief in the paranormal, with extrasensory…

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    Columbine Research Paper

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    This created a wide separation of groups. People saw the “Trench Coat Mafia,” also known as "goths," as terrible people. Many assumed that just because they wore black, they were planning to cause harm as well. These types of prejudices still exist today, and are all an aftereffect of Columbine. While dressing…

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    event, speculation began as to why Dylan Harris and Eric Klebold would commit such horrific acts. Surveillance camera and home video images flooded the news and the minds of people watching them, imprinting ideas of “bullied outcasts, clad in trench coats, seeking revenge on ‘jocks’ and minorities” (James, 2006). Reports provided information that the shooters questioned one girl about her faith during their rampage, leading to speculations of religious motivations. Others cited Eric Harris’s…

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