| Jazz Music and its Musicians | | | By Brandon | | | Jazz started when World War I had just ended and a social revolution was on its way. Customs and values of previous were rejected. Life was to be lived to the fullest. This was also known as the era of the "lost generations‚" and the "flapper" with her rolled stockings‚ short skirts‚ and straight up-and-down look. They disturbed their elders in the casino‚ night clubs‚ and speakeasies that replaced the ballrooms of prewar
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performance drugs Why would you want to stay in the game? • willing to make a lot of money • get famous • be able to afford everything • build up reputation • sponsor‚ good future for family Several cases of doping in different sports (Armstrong‚ Mutu‚ Culpepper) Why would you dope? • Professional athletes are under a lot of pressure to be competitive (media‚ sponsors‚ managers‚ etc.) • what they only care is money • most of the athletes have short careers -> less time to achieve
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unrest. In 1969‚ the broadcast of Neil Armstrong landing safely on the mood had given the American’s hope and that it could rise back up to being the superior power. During his first appearance‚ Neil
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vast and irreplaceable sense of accomplishment‚ achievement‚ and overwhelming rush of pride. What makes these feelings so worthwhile? Throughout both A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson and Its Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life by Lance Armstrong‚ characters experience significant journeys‚ which help them discover value‚ patience‚ and new forms of strength. It is these traits‚ gained along the way‚ that become more important than the journey’s destination. Bill Bryson and Katz do not
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moment of time‚ which is the moment when Neil Armstrong became the first man to take a walk on the moon’s surface. The interaction that the speaker‚ audience‚ and subject develop affects the text in a way that it accomplishes the purpose The Times had‚ and it also makes the text more interesting. The purpose of the following speech revealed in 1999‚ prepared by President’s Nixon’s writer‚ William Safire is to honor these brave men‚ Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin for doing such a dangerous
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her father‚ who was a traveling musician. She was fortunate not to be deprived of music during the popular jazz age of the 1920’s. At the young age of 15 she started listening to jazz. She listened to the popular recordings of trumpet player Louis Armstrong and singer Bessie Smith . She decided to sing and she made her professional singing debut in 1931 at a small Harlem nightclub. She then continued to record for the first time only two years later. The jazz world did not recognize her music until
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Back in July 20‚ 1969‚ one astronaut‚ Neil Armstrong accomplished the mission to takes his first steps on the moon. It made many impacts on the world all around‚ from personal observations‚ the news and images. In the article‚ “Man Takes First Steps on the Moon” by The London Times‚ facts are given from that same day of the mission. In “In Event of Moon Disaster” by William Safire‚ gives off a speech from President Nixon incase an inconvenient would of occurred to the mission being unsuccessful
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for mankind!” were heard by over half a billion people and ultimately left a significant mark on the world‚ even today. Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins were the other two on the Apollo 11 mission with Armstrong. Aldrin was the Lunar Module Pilot‚ and Collins was the Command Module Pilot. Armstrong and Aldrin planted an American Flag on the moon‚ collected rocks‚ took photos‚ and received a phone call from President Richard Nixon (Rinard 84). Collins never actually touched foot on the moon; however
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Man On The Moon In the 1900’s space flight was just a topic of the future. But on June 20th‚ 1969 the US successfully landed a crew of men on the surface of the moon. The moon landing‚ Apollo 11 is considered one of the greatest accomplishments in the history of mankind. The purpose of the moon mission was to beat the Soviet Union in the space race which president at the time‚ John F. Kennedy made sure of. With the Soviets attempting to reach the moon USA’s finest scientists got together and through
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quadrennial presidential election‚ held on Tuesday‚ November 5‚ 1968. Moon Shot On July 21‚ 1969‚ President Nixon spoke from the Oval Office to Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin at the Sea of Tranquility on the Moon. Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans on the Moon‚ Americans Neil Armstrong and Woodstock A village in New York state‚ where some 400‚000 young people assembled in 1969 for a rock music festival. The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal
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