Walking down the stairs at the end of the school day, I was as happy as can be, because I had brought my rollerblades to school so I could skate at SACC on the black top. ... He walked out with a huge brown box, like one of those moving boxes. ... He told me to look a little closer in the box, that there was something really in there. ... There was a jewelry box. In that jewelry box was the first necklace that anyone had ever given to me. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

He was sleeping in a box in the beginning and then he was staying at his friends house, then he had his own place, then he lived with his girlfriend and then someone said something about his parents having money, I was very confused by all of this. Also, I didn't know that Andy Worhol was whacked, but I guess all creative people have to be at least a little crazy, that's not a bad thing. ... For instance, when Basquiat was sleeping in the box outside and Rene was on the bench, Rene didn't even acknowledge him when he stepped out of his box. ... Until they were both at a party ...

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I pulled the tin door open to the shed, on the door was some writing on it that someone spray painted in black. ... I was a little disoriented for a while, but kept looking. ... As I was walking back, I noticed a metal box of tools right next to the door. Lying in the box were the exact things I was looking for! ...

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They were the ones with the black-patented leather. ... I remember getting them out of the box every day and just putting them on my bed so that I could walk around and look at them from different angles. ... I had forgotten the fact that I was growing, even if it was a little bit. ...

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A box of macaroni and cheese would last them a week. ... Mariah had simply come to New York in one pair of clothing which was a short jacket, a pair of black stretch pants, and a pair of laced up shoes that was her mother's. ... Mariah was scared because she had a big phobia being onstage ever since she was a little girl. ... There was a bit of a little problem though Warner Bros was still interested in Mariah and would be even more interested if they found out that Sony wanted her too. ... Ever since she was a little girl she knew she was going to be a singer no matter what came her ...

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From box office ticket sales, "Titanic" is the greatest movie of all time. ... As you wonder about that question, you see during the movie that four men, dressed in long black trench coats, walk directly with the sundown to meet their opposition wearing red sashes. ...

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