... still being sold, as a young adult's novel. There was a movie and plays made about it, and today there are still many high schools that use this book for English classes. The Outsiders is about a gang. They live in a city in Oklahoma. Ponyboy Curtis, a 14 year old greaser, tells the story. Other ... them. The descriptions make the reader know the characters better and understand their actions. The physical description of Ponyboy can be found in the first page of the book, page 9: Quote "I have light-brown, almost-red hair and greenish-grey eyes. I wish they were more grey, because I hate...

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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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... , and restaurants that do not serve alcohol can only allow smoking in closed or ventilated rooms." (D and C 1/16/03 #1) New York City and many more counties around the state have already passed a local legislation to limit smoking in public places. (D and C 1/16/03 #2) Governor George Pataki said, "last month he supported a ban similar to the one in NYC, which went into ... ...

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... % were sold at gun shows, flea markets or through ads in gun magazines, none of which require buyers to show identification or undergo background checks. A senior administration official said the report would disprove widespread skepticism that there was an illegal market for firearms used in crimes. In the past, gun makers argued, with the support of many law enforcement authorities, that ... wounded in the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan. New gun control laws passed by numerous states in America, like those limiting purchasers to one handgun a month. According to the r...

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... year, and stared an entirely black cast. These plays that were written for a white audience, as with much of the art produced in this period, created controversy over its stereo typed characters. Regardless of the mixed emotions that surrounded Harlem art, many starts such as Florence Mills gained a foot hold in the world of theater. Wealthy Harlemite residents made much of ... ...

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... human beings do," said Ferrer. Councilwoman Kathryn Freed says, "Unmonitored subways entrances will invite crime." Mark Green who is also running for mayor released a report in June stating, "The proposed cutback would pose a significant security risks or inconvenience to scores of riders."(8) With token booth clerks on subway platforms, ... opportunity which otherwise wouldn't be there. But there are other issues pertaining to the new vending machines. In August 1999, there was a report out on MetroCards buyers getting overcharged by the vending machines through the use of credit cards. ...

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... prosperity. Every country has its own problems and situations to drive their citizens away and for this reason, some immigrants seek a life in America. In the book Ashes of Roses written by Mary Jane Auch, the protagonist Rose Nolan travels to America with her family yearning to achieve her American Dream. However, as her ... luck decreases it becomes hard for Rose to attain the American Dream and by the end of the book, she never does. Acceptance is important when going through a new experience and wanting to feel as if you belong with the people around you and the ... gender she wasn't...

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... in the languages, some of his early works were written in both French and Latin (Poe: A Reflection.). At the age of fifteen he had enough poems to publish a book, but John talked him out of doing so. Not only was Poe a tremendous scholar, but he was also a suburb athlete. He was known to swim six miles in ... Edgar to return to the university. He was instead, forced to work in John's firm. After two years, Poe moved to Boston and published his first book. By the time the book had come out, Poe had enlisted in the army, and he had done quite well. He advanced to the rank of sergeant majo...

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... trial that takes place in New York during the eighteen hundreds. The cases will then be compared to a case of more recent trial. The trial centered in the book Celia, A Slave is a trial that focuses on many issues. Celia is charged with the murder of her master, Newsome. She had been repeatedly raped by her ... date was pushed back. On December 21 she was sent to the gallows and hanged. On the other end of the spectrum is the case found in the book The Murder Helen Jewett. This is a case involving a young white male, Robinson, is charged with the murder of a prostitute named Helen Jewet...

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... breed. Always on the go, catching the next train or hailing the nearest taxi. I longed to live the life of a city girl, so I decided to book a flight for the best of em all. New York City. Ahhh, New York City. The Big Apple. The city that never sleeps. The diversity, the shopping ... And that left me with an hour and a half to spare. I decided to take a stroll down to the closest gift shop, purchase a magazine, a book, and maybe stay for awhile to browse the magazines. It was one of my favorite pastimes. Browsing the magazine racks but walking out with only one magazine and ... having b...

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... could (Reed). A reason thinking that Tupac is still alive is because while Tupac was in prison he did a bunch of reading and was interviewed and he mentioned that he read a book about Machiavelli ("Tupac"). Niccolo Machiavelli was a 15th century Italian who wrote books about war. In one of his books he talked about faking your own death to fool ... songs he "Expect me liked they expected Jesus". Tupac was also wearing a new pair shoes that had not come out until 3 years after he had been dead. A coroner's report about Tupac said he was 6 foot and weighed 215, but really he was 5 foot 10...

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... abroad. Madonna did and continues to make strong statement through her music. She has been criticized for being controversial through her lyrics, music videos, her book, and through many of her actions. Madonna was born on August 16, 1958, in Bay City, Michigan. Her real birth name is Madonna Louise ... Ciccone. Before Madonna began her superstar career, she attended school at the University of Michigan. Before she even attended college, she was already well talented in the field of dance. This was the main reason she continued onto Smith 2 college. However, she began to get bored with h...

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... evidence of the spread of hazardous materials outside the EPA's chosen boundaries for cleanup, including into Manhattan Community Board #2. With all the aforementioned in mind, Community Board #2 appreciates the OIG's report on the EPA's response to the World Trade Center disaster. In the same vein, the board protests that it has been a little more than two years since the fateful day ... after September 11, hearing on the news that there was not an immediate threat to the air in Manhattan. I knew this was just a blanket statement that was false because I had already begun having proble...

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... self defense class. Another form of protection is in a anticrime "watch groups". These are people who watch out for the neighbors and if they see any thing suspicious, they will report it. In the past decade, 200,000 Americans have been killed or wounded by guns. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, forty-seven percent of those people killed were ... we need new methods for gun control to take a major impact.In the first half of 1991, guns killed over fifty children. All fifty states and the District of Columbia already have restrictions on public access to certain firearms...

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The Impact of Education "Having Our Say," was an interesting chronicle of two colored women growing up during the 1900's. As I read this book I realized how amazing these two women really were. They grew up during a time when most people didn't attend college especially women. All 10 ... feature in the lives of the Delaney sisters. Their father was lucky and was taught to read and write when he was a slave. When slavery was abolished he already had an advantage that most slaves did not have. He was able to read and write during a time when most Africa -Americans couldn't even recognize their n...

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... has been informed of his expulsion from Pency Prep school. What worries him the most about being kicked out of school is his parents" reaction, for he has already been expelled from other educational institutions. He cannot bear to remain in the dormitory after he has been beaten up by his roommate, Stradlater, and on a ... him to an inevitable emotional breakdown. Phoebe, Holden's younger sister, whom he loves and respects completely. She is ten, but very clever and passionate. Throughout the book, Holden thinks Phoebe is the only person in the world who understands and loves him comple...

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... " was his fourth project, and it showed the men and women in Brazil fighting to reclaim their native land. "Terra" was followed by the Migrations Project, which culminated with his book "Migrations and The Children," an illustration of the "plight of displaced persons, refugees and immigrants in over forty countries" (kjjljl, 90). Although Salgado's work is linked together like different chapters ... for work in the city." The babies of Salgado's photograph are orphans, deprived from the love of their parents, who will grow up to be children of a city that has already too many people, a ...

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... had much of a formal education. Young Ben Franklin had a few years of grammar school under his belt, but he primarily learned through emulating that which he thought was good. As already stated, he developed his own writing style from prominent writers, many of whom were liberals and also shaped Benjamin's political views. Much of his reading was done between work times ... master's son's copybooks and he emulated little Thomas's writings. He put his newfound skills to work by secretly reading the newspaper and sometimes even books, like "The Columbian Orator." This book in particular s...

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... mother-in-law and her husband were very dissatisfied with my new line of work, so I made the decision to move out. One year later I was accepted by the "Blue Book Agency", an agency that prepared models for a career in motion pictures. As my marriage didn't mean much to me anymore we made the decision to get divorced. By spring 1946 ... my face had appeared on 33 covers of magazines and in a lot of advertisements. My teacher at the "Blue Book Agency" advised me to lighten my hair but I wasn't really convinced of it. It was only when another photographer demanded me to dye my hair that I...

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... fulfillment service can cut ticket transaction costs by about two-thirds and deliver the specialized servicing that has been lacking in the online environment."" Honeywell, headquartered in Morristown, NJ, has already begun using the service, which American Express began offering in a pilot phase for large customers two months ago. Honeywell, which has used incentives to encourage travelers to ... book online, currently has 70 percent of its $135 million annual airfare budget handled through this online channel. "As a Six Sigma company, we're very conscious of process improvement and in...

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... to popular belief, street racing isn't only found on the fast moving streets of the major cities, its going on all over the country. Recent articles published on MSNBC.com report on street drag racing as an increasing problems in such out of the way places as Spokane, Washington and Forth Worth, Texas; other articles found on www.abc.com ... report on accidents and coverage of events in Washington D.C., Boston and New York City. Los Angeles County is a big street racing scene however, was recently given a $200,000 state grant to ... ...

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... raided a brothel while in uniform and terrorized and raped the women there." Furthermore, civil claims filed against New York City for police misconduct have been rising steadily for some years. A report prepared by the City Comptroller in February 1992 stated that the number of police misconduct claims filed with the Comptroller's Office "had increased 53% over the five years from 1987 ... six months of 1995 (the last figures available) compared to the first six months of 1994. In addition to physical brutality, the sample of cases reviewed by Amnesty International, their report is bas...

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... , is clearly a diegetic character. He narrates the opening sequence as a monologue, covering various aspects of the city in the context of his writer character perfecting the opening paragraph to his book, clearly set in New York. He starts "chapter one" several times, each time from a different angle, which allows the audience to gain an insight into many varying sides of the ... , can afford to take its time a little more: the main purpose of this opening is not so much to attract attention: it was made for cinema, and those watching have already paid to see the film: they want to be th...

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... part in dangerous or criminal activities. People think the speech of poor city kids will be different and automatically assume that these children are unintelligent. This book shows that many kids are in school but sadly because of lack of money, the schools aren't able to provide a good education. Some kids ... just see dropping out as a better alternative. Money is the root of the problem. A quote which Kozol's book provides about this is the following. ?Like many children I have come to know in the South Bronx, Jeremiah and his friends do not speak during our ... television, it was so...

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... sold on streets by drug dealers for less money to those people who did not have Medicare to cover for it. Some asthma pumps that were given out were expired already and people were not aware of this. There were high rates of death from asthma in poor neighborhoods like the South Bronx. This was because there was scarcely any care ... point, and it appeared from under 97th Street and split the avenue in two. People in Urban America lived in worst manageable conditions. This is clearly seen in Jonathan Kozol's book Amazing Grace. Innocent children suffered in the Urban Community of Mott h...

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