... Northern Manhattan. As graffiti grew in practice, it gradually became more and more noticeable as writings of graffiti-writer's nicknames appeared in black marker along subway cars. The idea of graffiti at the time was for writers to gain fame through city-wide recognition of their name or logo. Using nicknames based off their ... color. Writers would often dodge security and police, scale walls and slip through tight spaces in order to bomb subway cars or other objects in public. In the late '70's, many subway cars were so completely covered in spray paint that it was impossible to see...

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... stepfather died. In his immature state he managed to pile up on drugs and drinks. He became addicted to these drugs like weed causing him to steal cars and purses from citizens in New York. " My friends and I shoplifted. We broke into cars," is quotes from The Color of Water explaining how James" mistake in life was in his teenage years. Stealing ... cars and getting high off of Nyquil was totally inappropriate for his life. Ruth McBride and James McBride had a special mother and son relationship. They both experienced many bad points in ... ...

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... . With today's common knowledge of what might happen in the near future if significant changes aren't made in the lifestyle of most people it's hard to understand why 70 million cars continue to vomit their poison into the air everyday. All around the world environmental activists fight to preserve our patches of rain forests and wetlands, as well as protect a variety ... could really make a difference. Usually, these efforts are in vain. The majority of people are not willing to make any drastic changes in their lives. Energy-efficient refrigerators and electric cars are available but t...

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... asked. "Sounds great!" I replied. "Oh, and you can spend the night if you would like, since it's late." Kelly added. I was delighted and decided that I would. Since we took separate cars, Kelly led the way and I followed. The night was quiet and the roads were empty. It was very peaceful. We came around a corner and that's when it happened. The horrible ... 't. About twenty feet in front of me, Kelly drove around the bend and out of nowhere came two bright headlights that collided head on into Kelly's silver Mercedes, causing both cars to be severely damaged. The other car flipped over f...

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... time or another, been stuck behind a car or truck that is sending a billowing cloud of toxic smoke our way. When people choose public transportation, they are reducing the number of cars on the road, and emitting pollutants for only one vehicle, opposed to fifty. However, when people decide to all travel to the same location using their own vehicles, each vehicle ... very inconvenient during the summer time. When Friday evening rolled around and I knew I wanted to hit the beach on Saturday, I suddenly needed to phone all of my friends that owned cars to ask if I could tag along. Trying ...

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... were coming from Colombian and Hispanic countries, being transported to Florida and then up to New York. So the information that they had suggested that the drugs would be in cars driven by Hispanic or black people. So one would think that they actually were not doing anything wrong, they were just following their instincts and their leads, but more information ... that if they were not doing anything wrong then they have nothing to worry about. Part of the united task forces instructions could entitle going under cover and driving unmarked cars in order to stop the influx of drugs. It ...

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... time or another, been stuck behind a car or truck that is sending a billowing cloud of toxic smoke our way. When people choose public transportation, they are reducing the number of cars on the road, and emitting pollutants for only one vehicle, opposed to fifty. However, when people decide to all travel to the same location using their own vehicles, each vehicle ... very inconvenient during the summer time. When Friday evening rolled around and I knew I wanted to hit the beach on Saturday, I suddenly needed to phone all of my friends that owned cars to ask if I could tag along. Trying ...

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... his highest part, reason or mind." (Frost 131) If this is so what was Ford Motor Company so hungry for in the early 1970's to knowingly sell thousands of unsafe cars to its customers? Yes, we can all agree that the foreign automakers were taking a big chunk out of the American industry with its fuel-efficient compact ... cars. We can even understand the concept of Ford wanting to produce it's own compact car to compete with it's foreign competitors. Does this make it all right then to take ... ...

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... actual music or message that the artist wants to send is not communicated. These "sex" videos, after watching Mtv or BET become repetitious. They utilize the same women, the same cars (Bentley or a Ferrari is a must, of course), the yachts, and the same locations. For example, Jay-Z's (a long standing hip hop artist) new video consists of how many of these ladies ... between Ludacris and Jay-Z is that Jay-Z has been around for a long time, and as a result doesn't have to be talking (or rapping) about women in inappropriate ways or about cars. Not to say that he doesn't, but the beginner...

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... - which is found in The Book Of Virtues is a good example of perseverance. The little steam engine was faced with a problem. It was too hard for him to pull his cars up a hill by himself. Instead of just giving up and quitting, he decided to ask others for help. He came across many obstacles though. The other steam engines kept refusing ... not get discouraged though. He kept on asking others until eventually he came across another small engine that agreed to help him. Together they were strong enough to pull the cars up the hill. As one can see from that story, the steam engine's hard w...

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... . But how did we come to live in a consumers society? Let's look back a while. After World War II, there began to evolve a large need for machines that make life easier. Cars, airplanes, household-machines (such as vacuum-cleaners, ovens, microwaves), televisions, you name it and it was produced. It began to become a hype, to always have better material possesions than the ... people in society around you. Having the maniest, newest material possesions stated that you were wealthy. And wealthyness made people respect you. And even today, when we look at cars, cellular phones and computer...

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... and Dean hitchhike to Denver and stay with a poor family there. Later on, Dean gets into an argument in a bar and loses control. He begins stealing and wrecking random cars. One of the cars he crashes belongs to a police detective, so Dean and Sal leave Denver, running away from the authorities. At a travel bureau, they find out that a man needs someone to ... ...

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... of freeways to be built over a ten year period at the cost of $26 billion" (Wright 736). The highways not only would stimulate the economies by boosting the purchase of cars, gas, and tires, they also help aid the movement from cities to the suburbs that were starting to expand. The highways were to connect cities with a population of 50, 000 ... " (Brinkley 809). With the housing developments, the appliance industries benefited. By 1950, not only were people making more money, they were able to spend that money on new homes, fast cars, and modern house-hold appliances (Wright 735). Medi...

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... to guess, I would say that it takes place in about 2015 or 2020. I base this assumption on the fact that the cars seemed to be going very fast which I know sometime in the future will happen. I also assumed that the cars were still on the ground and not hovering, which will happen in the future. I was not able to figure out the ... ...

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... a promise in its name. There, I grew my toughness, my yearning for the outside world, and my ardent love of reading. The town had intermittent electricity, unreliable running water, and few cars. However, a child does not know to be disappointed by poor living conditions. I laughed when the electricity suddenly went off, delighted as if I had somehow tricked it. I played with mud, dug ... ...

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... was used to plate the eagles which nested from the inset on the 61st floor, which were actually were a version of hood ornaments that Chrysler included on his line of cars. The material notably covers the terraced vertex that has been visible for years. The building detailed with 34 elevators, 3750 windows and housing eleven thousand led to continuing to ideas ... ...

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... supervision. This gives children the opportunity to run the streets and find trouble. There is a lot of gang presence in these types neighborhoods which youth get attracted to the flashy cars, fast money, and clothes that come along with membership. Youth join gangs as a source of income. Gang members can generally make a week's worth of income in one day (Esbensen, Winfree ... ...

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... photographs unique. He also prepared some symbols that he wanted to capture, such as: flags, cowboys, rich sociaties, juke-boxes, and politicians. But the objects he ended up photographing were cars, american lunch counters, consumerism, suburbs, public parks, cemeteries, and juke-boxes. Frank inserted blank pages in-between to give the viewer a chance to reflect on the previous images, this helped ... ...

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... , has many more issues along side with air pollution. Mexico has attempted to reduce air pollution, particularly in Mexico City. Mexico made emission testing mandatory and also enforced retrofitting of cars with antipollution devices. In 1992 Mexico stated by presidential decree that all vehicles were to be converted to clean-burning fuels by the year 1996 or replaced (Collins and Scott ... ...

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... soldiers, and a host of informants. The dons of the underground business resorted to all sorts of strong arm tactics to force businessmen to share their Curran 3 profits. These tactics included cars and houses being set on fire and even the kidnapping of children. These ruthless crimes and attacks began to really attract the attention of law enforcement and especially Rudolph Giuliani ... ...

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... obsessions and the things that they believe will bring them true happiness. Ever since Jay Gatsby was a child he wanted the perfect, well organized life. Gatsby has it all, the cars, the money and a luxurious home. Being able to have any woman in New York, he is striving to be with Daisy and there are many things he does to try ... ...

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... eyes, wiping them away I thought about all the innocent people that had died as well. As we arrived the sight was just horrifying, people were covered in ash and dust, cars were crushed, windows were broken, rubble everywhere, and the streets were covered in grey. We all got our S.C.O.T. packs ready and rushed over to help. Stepping over mounds of steel ... ...

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... I am here is unforgettable. The air here is clean and crisp; in addition it carries a feeling of pure innocence. The air here has not been corrupted with heavy pollution from cars or factories. In a place of purity like this just taking in one breath is an experience for all five senses. The aromas of the many types of wild flowers, the ... ...

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... , or some other type of schedule. People who have homes rarely think, nor can comprehend what terrible things that the homeless have to go through. They live in abandoned buildings, cars, buses, boxes, on park benches and underground. They eat bits of old fruit and meat with the mold and green sludge scrapped off. One man and his son used up ... ...

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... to assist the actions of the main characters. The East Egg is more of the upscale region of the setting. People that live there have all the money, drive fancy cars and dress in expensive clothing. It symbolizes comfort, which means that it is always pleasant there. The East Egg also symbolizes prosperity. The people there, like Jay Gatsby, are successful ... ...

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