... inscription" reading: "Who loveth not wine, women and song, he remaineth a fool his whole life long."[21] The Brooklyn Bridge was opened for use on May 24, 1883. The opening ceremony was attended by several thousand people and many ships were present in the East Bay for the occasion. President  Chester A. Arthur  and  Mayor  Franklin Edson  crossed the bridge to celebratory ... were greeted by Brooklyn Mayor  Seth Low  when they reached the Brooklyn-side tower.[22]  Arthur shook hands with Washington Roebling at the latter's home, after the ceremony. Roebling was unable to atten...

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... , the Brooklyn Bride was opened. Stores, businesses, and even the Brooklyn schools were closed for the day. People came from all over the country to be a part of the opening ceremony and estimated 14,000 people showed up. Emily Roebling was given the first ride over the completed bridge with a rooster in her lap, a symbol of victory. Chester A. Arthur, president of ... , there was a great party in honor of the Roeblings" beautiful bridge. Hundreds of thousands of people cheered for over an hour as fireworks exploded from the towers. After the opening ceremony, anyone with a penny for the ...

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... . In 1936, at the New York Worlds Fair, RCA Corporation demonstrated the first commercial broadcast of TV with the remarks of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt at the Worlds Fair opening ceremony. At that time there were less than 2000 televisions in the broadcast area around the New York metropolitan area, most of those in the hands of RCA executives or wealthy ... ...

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... . Henry's first encounter with war was the church bells that sounded the news of victory. Jim's death is also described in religious terms. " They began to have thoughts of a solemn ceremony. There was something rite-like in these movements of the doomed soldier." As the story ends Henry evaluates his behavior and says, "he saw that he was good." This is ... ...

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... the old Mafia traditions are still in effect today. Murder and other crimes are still viewed as "business". The oath of a member is still pretty much the same; it's a brief ceremony where the initiate is taken into a room surrounded by all other Mafia members....

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... go to war, and I didn't want my platoon to leave me behind. I corresponded with the guys for a year, and after the war, my platoon returned a year later. At an award ceremony they received medals along with their combat patch. I was the only soldier in formation without one, and the guys in my platoon always reminded me about it. After Berlin, I was ... ...

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... attached, and a shock of thirty thousand watts is applied. The prisoner is literally cooked internally, and death may require multiple shocks. When someone was executed with the electric chair the ceremony usually took place close to midnight. This was because at that hour they knew not many people were using electricity; the chair needs thirty thousand watts or the equivalent of ... ...

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... action. And they expected it quick. To respond, FDR called an emergency session of Congress and began outlining the so-called "New Deal- legislation the very weekend of his opening ceremony. Congress, controlled by the Democrats was very open to FDR's ideas and accepted nearly everything put forward by the President. Like Napoleon's return to France from exile on Elba, this ... ...

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... 's first African-American church. When Mason died in 1891, she was buried in an unmarked grave at Evergreen Cemetery in Boyle Heights. Nearly a century later, on March 27, 1988, in a ceremony attended by Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley and 3,000 members of the First AME Church, a tombstone was unveiled which marked her grave for the first time. Someone I found extremely interesting ... ...

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... flying one in their yard. There were also many candle light ceremonies held at community churches or public facilities. I remember my parents and I went to our church for a candle light ceremony to show our sorrow for the men and women that lost their lives in the World Trade Centers. I was surprised that there were more people than seats in the church ... ...

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... let them announce their engagement." (Graves 24) During this time, Eleanor's uncle Ted was elected to serve four more years as President. Both Eleanor and FDR were invited to the ceremony as Ted was sworn President. "Two weeks later Eleanor and FDR were married." (Graves 27) President Roosevelt gave up Eleanor on her wedding day. FDR's mother gave them a house in ... ...

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... with the silver medal. We had lost miserably to the Yugoslavian team, but we were happy just to be there. We wrapped up the rest of our travel with a awards ceremony, and then we were on our way home. We were all happy (the girls" team had won the gold medal) and we couldn't wait and get home to show off ... ...

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... 93.5 million dollars and beat the record holder Jurassic Park by 20 million dollars in 1999. On December 26, 2001 "Boxing Day," Joanne Rowling married Dr. Neil Murry in a private ceremony attended by close friends and family members at their new home in Scotland. Rowling had also faced a court battle in which she was accused of stealing the Harry Potter book ... ...

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... the body catching fire. 'We were lead into a small room and sat down on folding chairs, the man was lead in and his rites read, then it was almost like a ceremony and everything was seemingly carried out so precisely, after the man was pronounced dead by the doctor he was taken away by the prison guards. Only then were we released ... ...

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... gay marriages in society. She lists an event that occurred when a lawyer had her job offer withdrawn after a state attorney found out that she and her lover were planning a marriage ceremony. Quindlen goes on to tell about the rights that straight couples have and take for granted versus the fact that gay couples are being denied those rights. Rights such as ... ...

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... a local woman but an American soldier father. "(Lloyd Wallace) begged her on his knees to marry her, and the store owner grudgingly let her go. They got married in a civil ceremony at the town hall, with the mayor as godfather. They took an apartment outside the base and fucked so furiously the neighbors banged on the walls and told them to ... ...

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... . Henry's first encounter with war was the church bells that sounded the news of victory. Jim's death is also described in religious terms. " They began to have thoughts of a solemn ceremony. There was something rite-like in these movements of the doomed soldier." As the story ends Henry evaluates his behavior and says, "he saw that he was good." This is ... ...

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