... well as listings of musical events in the city. Its readership included subscribers across the United States and in several foreign countries. Information scarce - In the young discipline of popular music studies, material on musicmaking in local communities is scarce. As Sara Cohen has said, 'What is particularly lacking in the literature is ethnographic data and microsociological detail.' That's particularly true of ... ...

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... would a child find?" Elsa shrieked. "Especially a girl. You have no sense Margaret. No sense at all" (Auch, 83) . This was true because jobs for girls were very scarce and the ones that were available treated workers differently because of their gender. When Rose was able to find a job, she was given opportunities at places where women were subjected ... ...

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... ." (New York Times; Her Eyes Were Watching Harlem). Like any other aspiring author, success does not come easily and working toward it can be laborious, especially due to the scarce amount of existing African American women authors in the mid-1960s. Hurston did what other writers could not. She captured the rhythms of African American life and speech in her ... ...

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... . 10) Commercial property in New York City has less elasticity than hot dogs in New York City because Office space in the buildings of New York City is limited or scarce whereas, there are hot dog vendors on virtually every street corner of Manhattan....

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... legs." (59) As Eleanor experience grew, she became more active in the discussion or solutions and laws that were so important for the American people during a time that resources were scarce and money was scarcer. FDR served for four terms, from 1933, to 1945, possibly one of the hardest terms for an American President because of the Great Depression and World ... ...

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... and all the excitement it provides. She convinces herself continuously that she was in fact visiting, and not living in New York. She bounces from apartment to apartment keeping furnishings scarce. She even has a map of Sacramento County in her bedroom to remind her who she was. She and most of the people she meets perpetuate the idea in their minds ... ...

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... perspective of the biggest brother: the drinking habit of his father, all the sickness and poverty. The city was going through a depression along with the rest of America. Work was scarce and The McCourts could not even afford to support themselves. While living in Brooklyn, New York, Angela and Malachy also suffered the loss of their little girl, Margaret, which was ... ...

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... , page 1). Donner remained above many other families who fell into poverty for a while, but was eventually forced to move to Dubuque, with his wife's parents, to find work. Food was scarce in cities, as vegetables and many other items had to be brought in from outside, where the crops hadn't been doing so well. Soup kitchens and "82 badly managed breadlines ... ...

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