... named Camille. After staying there for a short time, Sal decides to leave Denver and go to San Francisco. When he arrives there, Sal stays with his friend Remi Boncoeur and his girlfriend Lee Ann outside of San Francisco. Sal is unhappy staying with the bickering couple and decides to take the bus out of California. ... . Dean persuades Sal to join them. Dean, anxious to keep moving, tells Sal that he has left his girlfriend Camille and their new baby in San Francisco. The group drives to New Jersey and then to New York. The group travels to Louisiana and stay with a friend, Bull Lee, a...

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... from an infected partner to an uninfected partner. New York City would be the second city in the nation to adopt such aggressive measures, following San Francisco who began early treatment of HIV in 2010. Like in San Francisco, doctors in New York City probably already begin treatment early, but there are no official guidelines that enforce it, said Dr. Moupali Das, director of ... research in the San Francisco health department's HIV prevention section (Hartocollis). While Dr. Farley is a firm believer that early treatment can help stop the disease from spreading and lead to longer liv...

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... returned to New York and he also became an American citizen. After word spread about the gold rush in California, Levi decided to travel west to San Francisco to get rich. He did not have intentions of looking for gold, but instead he wanted to sell supplies. When Strauss arrived in ... San Francisco during March of 1853, he established a wholesale dry-goods store that was located on 90 Sacramento Street. He began by selling tents and wagon covers ... jeans. Strauss was a very generous man, he gave away 28 scholarships to the University of California and he also donated to many of the o...

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... is based in 1976 and the American scientist Don Francis becomes aware of a growing number of deaths from unexplained sources among gay men in Los Angeles, New York City and San Francisco, and the investigations begin of the possible causes. The scientists from the Disease Control and Prevention is working with no money, limited space, and outdated equipment. Don Francis contacts politicians ... because they tried to find out where this all lead too. As information and data was collected the scientists found that most sexual intercourses with homosexuals were happening in the San Francis...

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... produce as much writings as she use to. She eventually died in her sleep Shirley Hardie Jackson was born into an upper middle-class family on December 14, 1919 in San Francisco, California. Her father, Leslie Hardie Jackson was a British born Lithograph company executive. Shirley's mother, Geraldine Bugbee Jackson was a descendant from a family of very well known architects. (Alessio 114). Just two ... years after she was born her parents had another child named Barry. When Shirley was six and her brother was four, the Jackson family moved from San Francisco to a suburban town 30 miles ...

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... of Dusseldorf. During summers he worked as a hired hand on nearby ranches, "nourishing" his impression of the California countryside and its people (Lisca 32). He made occasional exciting trips to San Francisco with his family and more frequent trips to the Monterey peninsula (Fontenrose 2). In 1918, he became ill with pneumonia and almost died, but he was able to recover. After graduating ... returned to California in 1926 (Fontenrose 3). For the next three years, periods of temporary employment alternated with periods devoted entirely to writing; and he moved from place to place, to S...

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... , William went to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He graduated from West Point in 1840. During the Mexican War, William was posted in San Francisco, but resigned and in 1853, he became a partner in the bank of San Francisco. William then became superintendent of the Louisiana State Seminary and Military Academy at Alexandria, Louisiana. After the war, the school moved to Baton Rouge ... ...

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... through the next year. She began to study photography at Columbia University in the year 1917. There she interned under Clarence White. She then was swept away and employed in San Francisco only for about a year as a freelance photographer. After doing well there she opened her own studio another year later in Berkley California. Lange documented change and it's human cost. She ... didn't start her truly well known work until 1932 she began to get away from portraits and doing more of people in their social context, the streets San Francisco. With her direct manner she took pictures wit...

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... the United States to become involved in the growing racial conflict. Upon moving back to the U.S., she attended the University of California at San Diego. She would later earn a master's degree in philosophy in 1969. While in San Diego she became very active in politics where she met Kendra and Frank Alexander, who were active members of the Black Panther Party as ... to save the city as the people of New Orleans citing the racism, capitalism and imperialism as the reasoning behind the abandonment of those in need. She has lectured at San Francisco State University, Stanford, Bryn Mawr ...

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... would most likely get paid around $30.05 per hour, however that really depends on the location they choose to work in. Some large cities, such as New York City, San Francisco, and San Jose (California) offer a higher pay rate because web development there is more popular than in some small areas. (BLS 1) Web developers often work in groups so they can receive ... ...

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... of California are earthquakes and droughts. Los Angeles – the City of Angels – is the most peopled city in the state. Its biggest attractions are definitely the Hollywood Hills. San Francisco, California's third largest city, is known for its hippie movement in the 1960s and the famous gay street – Castro Street. The Northwest region includes Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and ... ...

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... check he had endorsed and a few federal government persuaded witnesses. In October 1931, Capone was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison. In 1934, a new prison in the middle of San Francisco bay, Alcatraz. This prison was created for the most dangerous of criminals. However, Al Capone being arrested only for tax evasion was still one of the most dangerous men in ... ...

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... received her BA in Education at Peabody College (members.tripod.com/~spaceagegirl/bet5.html). Bettie's teaching career was something she only briefly entertained, since her young marriage moved her to San Francisco. To pass the time while her husband was away on leave, she began modeling in local newspaper ads, her first being modeling fur coats. When Bettie's husband returned from the ... ...

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... . After this incident my close friend Milton Greene and I decided in the summer of 1954 to form our own production company. On January 14, 1954 Joe and I were married in San Francisco. The wedding captured the headlines worldwide. Joe was extremely jealous of my popularity among other men. He had retired and wanted to avoid public attention, yet I was at the beginning ... ...

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... Okeefe's work and she was invited to show at the Whitney and had a retrospective that traveled from the Museum of Modern Art to the art Institute of Chicago and the San Francisco Museum of Art. In 1971 Okeefe learned that her eyesight was failing and she stopped painting in 1972. In 1976 she published she published "Georgia Okeefe" a best selling collection of ... ...

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... , which took place in New York City loft, they was a politically incorrect guy, the cute model from long island, the well sheltered girl from Ohio, the feisty black women from San Francisco, and the wanna be rock star. Lot of work has been put into this project (Observing people in their most private moment) which turn out to be the fast money ... ...

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... . Unfortunately, when their fame was at a peak, two of the most talented musicians ended their careers. Bradley Nowell, a husband, and father, was twenty-eight years old when he died in a San Francisco hotel room ("Lovin's" 1). His addiction to drugs throughout his life led to a heroin overdose. Twenty-six years earlier Jimi Hendrix, only twenty-seven years old, died in his sleep in ... ...

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... it might have been some other city, had the circumstance been different and the time been different and had [she] been different, might have been Paris or Chicago or even San Francisco, but because [she is] talking about [herself she is] talking here about New York". Didion first arrives in New York at the age of 20. Upon her arrival, she comes ... ...

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... that began to gain her increased attention. In 1953, she became involved with baseball great, Joe DiMaggio. They fell in love and in January of 1954, they got married in San Francisco. However, problems arose in their marriage and in October 1954, they were divorced. Shortly after her divorce from DiMaggio, she moved into a New York City apartment. It was around this ... ...

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... routes, and lakefront recreation. All of these added amenities would help municipal government function better. These ideas were so well received that he was hired to help planning in Cleveland, San Francisco, Washington D.C., and Manila in the Philippines. Although none of his plans were ever fully built, Burnham set a standard for years to come. His ideas of how a city should be greatly ... ...

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... U.S. 1851-1900, internet, no documentation.) While Europeans arrived on the East Coast, Asians-primarily Chinese- arrived on the West Coast and gained admission through one main part: Angel Island in San Francisco Bay. Between 1910 and 1940, nearly 50, 0000 Chinese immigrants entered the United States. (History book, The Americans, Chapter 15, page 441, Angel Island.) These two entrance points, Ellis Island ... ...

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... . Author/s: Allison Perlik Issue : April 1, 2002 Synopsis: Tony Chi & Associates, his New York City design firm have been in high demand across the globe, putting his signature on restaurants from San Francisco to Singapore. Chi tries to make his designs less visible, the subtleties of understated decors rather than flamboyant restaurant interiors are essential in creating a look that has timeless beauty. Chi ... ...

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... in a New York apartment with a male spouse In 1964 while working on Wall Street as an investor he also campaigned for Barry Goldwater. Embracing the hippie culture, Milk moved to San Francisco in 1972, where he opened up a camera store on Castro Street. ...

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