... for salmon and clams. Doing his job one day, Gatsby rolled to a nearby yacht sailing on the water to warn them of an impending storm. The yacht belonged to Dan Cody a wealthy mogul. Thankful for the advice, Dan Cody took Gatsby onboard his yacht to become his Personal Assistant. Aboard the yacht Gatsby gave his name as Jay Gatz. Cody took him on the ... yacht to a trip in Barbary Coast and West Indies, where Gatsby gained a window into the life of the wealthy and famous. Nick notes that Cody and his ... yacht represented to Gatsby, "all the beauty and glamour in the world." (106) Cody ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... Condorcet so enthusiastically supported. They joined the Confederation des amis de la verite, which, along with the Cordeliers, was the leading club in the movement to establish a democratic republic. It drew leading feminists such as Etta Palm d'Aelders. The Confederation was especially devoted to ... she joined the progressive political circles of the salon. Etta seized the Revolution and established herself as a public speaker in the revolutionary club movements who strongly advocated for women's rights. Mme d'Aelders published a pamphlet entitled Appel aux Francaises sur la regenera...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... the east coast punk rock world."(Beeber, 45) The owner of CBGB's, an aspiring entrepreneur and supporter of artistic endeavor named Hilly Crystal, founded the club in 1973. The name CBGB's stands for "Country Blue Grass and Blues,"" but it was punk rock that emanated from bands such as "Suicide," ... "The Misfits," "The Dead Boys," "The Talking Heads," "Blondie," and countless others who were launched into stardom and immortality from the stage of the infamous club at 315 Bowery @ Bleecker Street, in lower Manhattan. A gig at CBGB's came to be like a badge of honor for many young aspir...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... without officially advertising it, that if people came to see the play, they would be allowed to remain in the nightclub afterwards, thereby avoiding both the club's entry fee (about double the cost of a ticket to the play), and the long waits behind the velvet rope. Furthermore, tickets to the ... surprise, every performance had a line around the block of people my own age wanting to get in to see the show", i.e. get into the club for cheap with the small sacrifice of having to sit through a play beforehand. This sacrifice seemed especially small to our audience because the play ran ......

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... overshadowed in the late 1840s by the "New York game," a popular version of which was devised by the members of the New York Knickerbocker Club. Organized in 1845 by a band of aspiring gentlemen and baseball enthusiasts, the Knickerbocker version was devised by one of their members, Alexander J. Cartwright ... of play, rules, and decorum. Since no leagues or playing schedules existed, formal games in the 1850s were arranged by correspondence between club secretaries. By the end of the 1850s, victories and the prospect of gate receipts were becoming more important factors. As more clubs e...

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... indebted many people of Salud to herself. While Dona Amparo worked in the manner she was also a very strong female because she was the owner of the town's only gentlemen's club, cock-fighting arena, and she employed men under her service. Marisol greatly relates to these two lost woman because as they were, she is also lost in life. While she ... ...

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... Blanton Elementary School, Ann Preus heads multicultural clubs and works to perpetuate the understanding of and tolerance for diversity. After the terrorist attacks, Preus spoke with her Kindergarten students and club members about what the United States should do. Porter includes ten year old Kyle Frank's response, "I would say to the president love is much stronger than anything you can think ... ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate