... political turmoil and personal turbulence. In 1920 she quietly divorced William Sanger, and to improve her poor health she went to California, where she spent three months writing a book entitled, Women and the New Race. The book focused on "free motherhood" and women's responsibility to determine her fate. She discussed women's right to choose whether or not she will conceive. In the ... book she states that it "was immoral having unwanted babies, or leading oneself to believe that governments were right to encourage large families." She referred to this as "the most serious ... 1922...

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... war. Billy was an optometrist. Billy has no fear of dying. After each death in the story he says, "So it goes". The conflict in this book is that no one believes Billy about the Trafalmadores and how he was captured and taken through time. Every one thinks he is insane. They blame it on ... of his captivity on Trafalmadore or his ability to time travel to the past and to the future, this is the climax of the conflict. In this book German soldiers in World War II captured Billy Pilgrim. When he was released he was assigned to work hard labor in Dresden, Germany. While Billy was ... assas...

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... . It gave the reader a small view into the whole story. The introduction also did a good job of introducing us to the author. This book was influenced strongly by the writer's perspectives and opinions. It was important to understand his history and were he came to get his values. His ... the ability to relate these stories to his audience. The introduction told us of the importance of the advances in photography. Without the advances this book would not have been as powerful. The images presented give us visual representation and proof of tenement life. It gives faces to the victims of ....

• Word Count: 950
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• Grade Level: High School

... in the series for first grade. Within the instructions of the basal, it was stated that each unit, and there are two units within the book, takes anywhere from 4-6 weeks to complete. I would guess that this particular text is geared toward the January through March time frame. The ... the Dinosaur" there is the use of three syllable words which is not a characteristic of "Cookies". It is for those reasons that I believe that this book is most appropriately rated at Level I. Say,A. (1993) Grandfather's Journey. Houghton-Mifflin: New York. Grandfather's Journey is a masterpiece of illustra...

• Word Count: 1992
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• Grade Level: High School

... At War written by Harry Mazer for my book report. The main character in the book A Boy At War is a boy named Adam. Adam's father was a Lieutenant in the United States Navy. Their family was required to move around a lot. Adam went from military school to ... military school. He never really could call any town a home. He was known as a military brat. At the time this book was written, Adam and his family had just moved to Honolulu, Hawaii. Adam would have to start this school year late. He was in high school. This would be his ... ...

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... the reader into a by-gone era where young girls are sold to be raised as geisha, and where their virginity is sold to the highest bidder. The book is written as a sort of autobiography about one of Gion's most celebrated and respected geisha, although it is actually a novel. Memoirs of a Geisha is ... Golden's first novel. It is extremely well researched, as it provides an accurate account of the life of a geisha. The book follows the progress of a small girl, Chiyo-chan, as she finds herself going through all sorts of cruelty as she trains to be become a geisha. Chiyo-chan ... the way A...

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... Number of pages: 189 Publisher: Scribner Paperback Fiction in New York Copyright date: 1991 Setting: Around the summer of 1921or 1922 in Long Island and New York City Type of book: Classic novel The Great Gatsby is narrated by Nick Carraway but he also implies that he is the author. Carraway narrates in both first and third person, just talking about ... dreaming, both Gatsby's dream and the American dream is finally over. I think that what the resolution meant is that the American dream doesn't always go the right way. I like this book because it has numerous of great themes. Some them...

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Song Vs Book When Ella Fitzgerald sang the hit single, "It's Only a Paper Moon," she never expected it to go as far as it did. It is metaphorically rich & full of symbolism. It has meaning to all that have lost the love, or never actually felt the warmth of true love in a lifetime. It shows the ...

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... the attacks. However, they still felt a need to remember those who lost their lives in some way. My hometown newspaper, The San José Mercury News, tells the story of Pat Kintzley, an employee at Oak Hill cemetery in San José, California. Kintzley felt a need to create some sort of memorial in honor of the victims of September 11th. Though almost ... airliner, flagpoles, lights and landscaping -- [to] be dedicated to the victims of Sept.11."" The monument is a permanent fixture that is visible from the air by planes flying into nearby San José International Airport. This is just one o...

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• Grade Level: High School

... Beat philosophy" (amazon.com-#1). Also, Library Journal writes: "Undoubtedly one of the most influential and important novels of the 20th century, this is the book that launched the Beat Generation and remains the bible of that literary movement" (barnesandnoble.com-#1). The purpose of this research paper is to find out why ... style founded both on jazz and drug-induced vision" (amazon.com-#2). The first stage is about his first trip leaving New York to get to San Francisco to meet his friend Dean Moriarty. He starts hitchhiking for awhile, but he gets frustrated and decides to travel b...

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• Grade Level: High School

... the Marcos regime over the Philippine population. From the struggles between military forces and the "bandidos", otherwise known as the NPA populace, Colonel Jose Zabarte is reported to have captured an NPA leader. " Colonal Zabarte: I, Ferdinand E. Marcos, President of the Republic of the Philippines ... censorship, a blatant hypocrisy." (p. 214) Such words infuriate the Philippine government, and so Sal X's fall from grace begins at this point in the book. The government places a censorship an all things related to Sal X, whether it is his music, his pictures, his videos. Anything and...

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... be progressing in our society the Zero Tolerance- policing model could be applied to any setting. Myself, I would apply this model particularly to the downtown city core area. I think it would be particularly effective in this setting because that is where most of the crimes occur. Although the majority ... of crimes do occur in the downtown city core area, we cannot leave out the fact that incidences do occur in small communities. May it be high density, multi-cultural, urban ... as the SDPD only increased their size by 6.8 percent and the effectiveness was a lot greater. A lot of the s...

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... the whole room. The room had 3 regular walls. I started to read the significance of the art and the history behind the figure which was really interesting. The author's name is Jose Bedia. He also had a lot of different paintings in that exhibition. Once I started searching in his life and work I found that he is well-known for that kind of exhibition ... . Jose Bedia (Cuban, b.1959) is an abstract painter who illustrates ideas of spirituality and indigenous cultures. He studied at the Escuela de Artes Plasticas San Alejandro in 1976, and at the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana, Cuba...

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... many reasons to join a gang. Why do youths join gangs? Adolescents join gangs for many reasons, including individual needs for identity, recognition, protection, love and understanding, and opportunity. In the book, Gangs: An International Approach, Wade lists others such as status, power, structure, shelter, food, clothing, nurturing, discipline, unconditional love, activities, economic support and respect. She goes on to comment ... likely be eliminated anytime soon. However, there are several things that can be done within the family to help minimize or decrease the activity and prev...

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• Has Bibliography
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... company that carried passengers and goods from the Gulf Coast up the river as far as Rio Grande City. Once down in the valley area, Stillman was partnered up with Jose Morell. The both of them established retailing outlets and founded one of the first textile factories at Monterrey. Stillman, in the 1850's, had some mines between Laredo and Monterrey called ... they're weapons, ammunition, etc. America defeated the Mexican troops and after this, Stillman purchased massive properties of the Garza grant north and northwest of Matamoros from the children of Jose Narciso Cavazos. He now own...

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... illegal. The grand-opening gala, on Friday, March 12, 1926, featured Fletcher Henderson's orchestra, which would be the house band for a time. Built on the second story of newly built stores on Lenox Ave, the ballroom was growing quickly. The youth of Harlem converted the Savoy into a celebration of jazz music and swing dancing, not to mention an incubator of a distinct ... to practice, by night to dance to the best swing bands in the world. As word got around about the sensational swing dancing at the Savoy Ballroom, requests came from downtown socialites and rich folk who wanted to ha...

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• Has Bibliography
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... today, some people still say "I"m not harming anyone by smoking but myself, so why should you care?" Smoking should be banned all together in public places such as government buildings, stores, restaurants, theaters and workplaces. Health considerations are the number one reason why it should be banned, but banning smoking could also help businesses financially. Restaurants and other places have tried ... spouses had a 30 percent higher chance of getting lung cancer (National 10). After a study done on 3 groups of mice, according to Dr. Stanton A. Glantz of the University of California ...

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... she had symptoms of a common cold. The same results are reached with the autopsy of Harmonica man. Austen then goes to investigate the death of a thrift shop dealer. There Austen finds a list of sales and purchases. Austen figures out that Kate had purchased a small box from her. Austen retrieves the ... damage happened, although nine people were infected. In the end the virus is gone and Austen gets to eat sushi. The main science in this book is Virology. The federal agents were dealing directly with a Virus. It was more of a super virus though because it had been genetically engineered...

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... today, some people still say "I"m not harming anyone by smoking but myself, so why should you care?" Smoking should be banned all together in public places such as government buildings, stores, restaurants, theaters and workplaces. Health considerations are the number one reason why it should be banned, but banning smoking could also help businesses financially. Restaurants and other places have tried ... spouses had a 30 percent higher chance of getting lung cancer (National 10). After a study done on 3 groups of mice, according to Dr. Stanton A. Glantz of the University of California ...

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... world. There are different kinds of television channels that show true ghosts stories, ghosts hunters, and there are even tours of haunted places, just like the Winchester House located in San Jose, California. There are many people think ghosts do haunt houses, places, and personal experiences. In another way, majority of people don't believe in ghosts and spirits because they didn't have ... ...

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... what appeared to be defecting Cuban air force pilots. At 6 a.m. in the morning of that Saturday, three Cuban military bases were bombed by B-26 bombers. The airfields at Camp Libertad, San Antonio de los Ba ¤os and Antonio Maceo airport at Santiago de Cuba were fired upon. Seven people were killed at Libertad and forty-seven people were killed at ... the factors that lead the American government to believe that it could handle Casto. Before the Second World War ended, a coup in Guatemala saw the rise to power of Juan Jose Arvalo. He was not a communist in the traditional sense of the t...

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The sports card and memorabilia market is as lucrative as ever in our culture today. The number of sports card and memorabilia stores, however, has never recovered since the backlash of the late 1980's and early 1990's. My business plan is to open ED"S SPORTS CARD & MEMORABILIA WORLD in a small (400 square foot) ... on pace to break Roger Maris" single-season record (61 in 1961). If this happens, the Griffey Jr card will soar to a new value. This will not be unprecedented. When Jose Canseco became the first player to hit 40 homeruns and steal 40 stolen bases in one season, his 1986 Donruss r...

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... almost a super hero type. Directly after Connery is cleaned up in the movie he escapes with one of the greatest car chase scenes ever. Connery gets to drive a hummer through downtown San Francisco demolishing everything insight while Nicholas Cage attempts to follow in an absolutely gorgeous canary yellow Ferrari. The entire car chase scene Connery is completely calm and looks like he ... ...

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... was still in hardback and lists for $23.95. Lily Burana is a freelance journalist and essayist who has written for the NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, GQ, NEW YORK magazine, VILLAGE VOICE, SPIN, and SALON. But before she became a professional writer, Lily was an exotic dancer ... professional life working in seedy dives in Times Square. From there, she moved to San Francisco, where she danced at the high‑profile, pro‑feminist, female‑owned Lusty Lady. Still in San Francisco, Lily moved on to the internationally infamous Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theater. Eventually ... this is a fasc...

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... things all changed their ways due to the new ideas brought about by capitalism. Commercial art schools sprung up in a number of places and the book even went into the fact that many "furniture designers, and designers of wrapping papers, combs, labels, and packaging visited the Brooklyn museum" (p170) ... expand their minds and products. The new places had an impact on things like the transportation even, "special subway stations were erected for the big department stores and hotels" (p173). Things were changing in a big way. This is also the section where religion is expanded upon, as ...

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