the horrible luck Chicago‚ Illinois‚ has had regarding the hosting rights. Three years prior‚ the International Olympic Committee (IOC) awarded the city the right to host the third Olympics. Be that as it may‚ the 1904 games did not take place in Chicago as planned. Instead‚ Saint Louis‚ Missouri‚ captured the rights to host by threatening to host a similar
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More Black Children Die in Chicago from Gun Violence than Soldiers from Chicago Die in Iraq By Phillip Jackson Recently in Chicago‚ teen gunman boarded a crowded public bus near a high school and opened fire with a handgun. I imagined this scene must have been similar to the bus bombings that are so common in war-torn Iraq. As I researched this analogy‚ I found striking similarities between what is happening in Black communities across the United States and what is happening in a full-fledged
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| Communities in Chicago | | By: Mike Miller | 12/7/2012 | Mike Miller History 111 David Johnson Research Paper Chicago has a history steeped in growth of infrastructure‚ devastating natural disasters‚ and everything in between. It first was settled in the late 1700’s and has been growing exponentially ever since. It’s a city of commerce and opportunity for many incoming immigrants and settlers to start a fresh life. This place became one of the most desirable cities in America
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8/26/13 Share 1 Top 10 Best 10 Worst 10 Most Popular in India: Top 10 Most Polluted Cities in India More Next Blog» Create Blog Sign In Top 10 Best 10 Worst 10 Most Popular in India Top 10 Things in India. Top 10 Things in World. Best 10 in India‚ Worst 10 in India‚ Top 10 in India. 10 Most popular in India‚ 10 most popular in world. Top 10 Movies‚ top 10 persons‚ top 10 country‚ top 10 in sports Home Contact Us About Us Thursday‚ 4 July 2013 Popular Posts Top 10 Most Polluted
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Downtown and Chicago Lawn This essay will focus on 2 prominent neighborhoods in the city of Chicago‚to demonstrate how socio-economic state and bad influence can affect many neighborhoods.Chicago is a big city home to 2.7 million people‚famous for it’s special hot dog‚wrigley field where one of the most known baseball team plays at the White Sox‚and also high rises;massive tall buildings usually businesses and/or cooperations. Chicago is filled with many trends from fashion to electronics
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The Great Chicago Fire was one of the largest U.S. disasters of the 19th century‚ and destroyed much of the city’s businesses. This disaster and the rebuilding of the city made Chicago one of the most important American cities. Mrs. O’Leary’s cow is blamed as the most common cause of this fire. The fire started at about 9 P.M. on October 8th‚ 1871. The reconstruction of Chicago started a rapid increase in economic development and population growth. The fire was around a small barn belonging to
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Walking down town in chicago is amazing. I love the beautiful lights‚ and the expensive stores. The reason I like down town is because its more peaceful‚ nice events‚ shopping‚ good food‚and pretty. You can find some nice things to down town in chicago. When people come from out of town I see alot of them down town. Chicago is not as peacful as you think. Sometime you see a lot of gang and gun volience here. Some area in chicago are peacful‚ like for instance down town. I believe if you wonted
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Violence in Chicago The truth of the matter is that Chicago is in a crisis and has been for some time now. There are some great people and great organizations who are trying to end the violence in Chicago‚ but it hasn’t been enough. More actions need to be taken by the higher authority in order to make this beautiful city a safe one. Just between 2011 and 2012‚ crime rates in Chicago rose a staggering 38 percent (The New York Times). It is apparent that not enough action is being taken to protect
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Egyptians and it showed in their art pieces. Many of their paintings were loose. For example‚ the bull leaping painting from the palace Knossos in Greece shows a bull and people in motion without a particular gridded or precise system. The people in the bull leaping painting were constructed of stylish circular shapes instead of the sharp ridged look the old kingdom of Egypt had shown. Paintings like the bull leaping and La Parisienne represent people with long curly hair symbolizing a Minoan care free
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Chicago’s Polania Polish American Immigrants In Chicago I will be writing my final paper on Polish American Immigrants who settle in Chicago Illinois. I will be referring to Polish American Immigrants in this essay as (Poles) periodically. The majority of Polish immigrants emigrating to the United States of America was in the 1800’s. This period was considered the first out of three waves of Polish immigrants to settle in America. The first major wave was between 1800 and 1860‚ many of the emigrating
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