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    Lucille Mckenzie‚ a 72 year old female accompanied by her stepdaughter/ sole carer Marjorie Wilson was admitted to the ward on the 17th January via Accident and Emergency (A&E)‚ following a fall at home. X-rays revealed healing fractures of several ribs and arthritic changes‚ but no bony injury of her right hip. Presenting features included‚ a recent history of unexplained falls spanning over 9 months‚ mild confusion‚ a productive cough with yellow sputum‚ dyspnoea‚ indigestion and acute urinary

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    “Poetry is a matter of life‚ not just a matter of language.” By Lucille Clifton. Poets‚ Langston Hughes and Maya Angelou wrote poetry based on their experiences in life and during their own time period. Langston Hughes was a social activist and a poet‚ he wrote about his personal experiences and is the author of “Dreams” and “Mother to Son.” Maya Angelou‚ the author of “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings” and “Still I rise” was a civil rights activist and her poetry was mainly about autobiography‚ in

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    Born on August 6‚ 1911‚ in Jamestown‚ New York‚ Lucille Ball got her start as a singer‚ model and film star before becoming one of America’s top comedic actresses with the 1950s TV show I Love Lucy‚ co-starring on the show with her husband‚ Desi Arnaz. The two divorced in 1960‚ and Ball went on to star in The Lucy Show and Here’s Lucy while also becoming a top TV executive. She died in 1989. CONTENTS Synopsis Early Life Early Career Marriage to Desi Arnaz ’I Love Lucy’ After ’Lucy’ QUOTES

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    Do unresolved relationships with our parents have the power to haunt us till the end of time? “Forgiving my Father” by Lucille Clifton illustrates a character‚ whose parents have passed away‚ whom is being haunted by unresolved anger filled arguments.  The poem is used to portray the unimaginable complications that poverty puts on family relationships. The disputes that were constantly had with her parents were broken down by speaker throughout the poem resulting  in the end her realizing that the

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    Rwanda Genocide In 1994

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    Before that genocide in 1994‚ there were many events that built up and led to the dramatic killings. Far before any of this started‚ hunter and gathers populated the area of Rwanda during the stone and iron ages with the Bantu eventually following. In the mid-eighteenth century the country became known as the Kingdom of Rwanda and was ruled by a Tutsi King. The king enacted anti-Hutu polices and this is where the animosity between the Hutu and the Tutsis started. Rwanda became colonized by Germany

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    1994 Baseball Strike

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    On August 12‚ 1994 professional baseball players went on strike for the eighth time in the sports’ history. Since 1972‚ negotiations between the union and owners over contract terms has led to major economic problems and the absence of a World Series in 1994. All issues were open for debate due to the expiration of the last contract. Until 1968‚ no collective bargaining agreement had ever been reached between the owners and the players (Dolan 11). Collective bargaining is the process by which union

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    Pcpndt Act, 1994

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    Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act‚ 1994. Backdrop. Son preference and discrimination against the girl child is almost universal in India and manifests itself in many ways‚ including sex selection i.e. pre-birth elimination of female fetuses. This practice has led to decline in the Child Sex Ratio in most parts of India. The Child Sex ratio‚ which is the number of girls per 1000 boys in the 0-6 years age group has declined from 976 in 1961 to

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    comes from a personal interview with Sharon Lucille on April 3‚ 2018. When Lucille was in the womb‚ her mother suffered from a disease called Rubella‚ causing Lucille to be born deaf. As a result of her mother suffering from Rubella‚ her family knew that she would be born with a defect‚ they just were not sure what it would be. Being deaf is not a visible birth defect and therefore‚ she looked like a normal and healthy baby when she was born. When Lucille was an infant‚ she did not respond to noise

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    through literature. Lucille Clifton is an example of a woman who resists those ideas through her works. In a male-dominated world‚ the males make the decisions for the females that does not have a say in those decisions. However‚ Clifton explains in her poem “Homage to My Hips” that her hips “are free hips‚/ they don’t like to be held back./ These hips have never been enslaved‚/ they go where they want to go./ They do what they want to do./ These hips are mighty hips” (Clifton 5-11). The way she talks

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    world. When I first took the Clifton Strengths Quest‚ my mind was pondering how a test that has strongly agree on one end and strongly agree on the other end would produce my five themes. Then as I was reading the results‚ it was surprisingly accurate with my personality. My five results were Achiever‚ Intellection‚ realtor‚ learner‚ and input. Reading the description for each word made me reflect on how I was using these five themes in my current life. The Clifton test has helped by identifying

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