... really have the image of New York City. I could hold whole city with my hands from this view. I could see the traffic system, buildings arrangement and even locate the Ellis Island with ease. I also loved seeing the Statue of Liberty. However, what amazed me most are the people who dressed like this statue and hang out to take photos with visitors ... images of places such as Brooklyn Bridge and Flea. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the singing of baboons at the Bronx Zoo Wildlife Conservation Society and a ride on the Coney Island Cyclone are among the places and activities I enjoyed m...

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• Grade Level: High School

... be torn out. I can never be one hair's breadth less loyal to her, or less anxious to help her in any way, than I have been since I could help anything. My treasure is still with you, and how best to serve Pittsburgh is the question which occurs to me almost every day of my life" (Andrew Carnegie Film). Colonel James Anderson, who ... would focus particularly on promoting education, establishing 2,811 free libraries in all. Of these, 1,946 were located in the United States with at least one in every state except Rhode Island. Also, 660 were founded in Britain and Ireland, 156 in Canada, ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... and 1924, over 20 million Eastern Europeans emigrated to America with the hopes of escaping political persecution and to pursue a more prosperous future. What they found upon arrival at Ellis Island was difficult times; a time when the Yiddish Quarter was going through what Cahan describes as " a long season of enforced idleness and distress" (90). This was a season that filled the people ... , curbstone, gutter, roadway, and everyone alike using the street for overflow" (107). There is a commingling of three generations flowing together through the streets, talking and working and learn...

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... of the lounge room the ceiling was shining with a blue light for a show. After that we went to the M & M Factory, Rio, and Wet and Wild. Next off we went to Treasure Island Hotel and we stroll through their casino, and sat in the lounge and listen to the Caribbean band. As we started to leave they were putting on a show with pirates ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School