Why did the United States under-estimate the difficulties in bringing order and development to Afghanistan and Iraq? At the start of the twenty-first century‚ the United States engaged in two military interventions‚ the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 and the invasion of Iraq in 2003. What were supposed to be short‚ sharp wars dragged the US into the long and failed missions of reconstructing the Afghan and Iraqi states. Today‚ 97% of Afghanistan’s licit GDP is derived from foreign aid and efforts
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Billie Holiday was a inspirational jazz singer who died due to heart failure in 1959. Frank O’Hara is the Author of "The Day Lady Died" which was a tribute to Billie Holiday regarding her death.The New York Times Newspaper article about the death of Billie Holiday and the poem The Day Lady Died can be related in multiple ways. For instance they both share the same Audiences‚ for example critics‚ the world‚ lovers of Billie Holiday‚ they share the same purpose as to why it was published‚ and they
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The protagonist in the novel ‘Out of the dust’ by Karen Hesse‚ is a young girl‚ Billie Jo‚ and her life during the dust bowl of the 1930s. During this time period‚ Billie Jo’s life was turned upside down with all the hardships and challenges she had to face. As her father was a wheat farmer‚ Billie Jo’s family relied on the crops as their source of income. However‚ when the drought reached Oklahoma‚ the soil and their crops dried out and died‚ which meant her father could not sell the wheat for
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Billie Jean “Billie Jean” referenced as a famous song that everyone knows of. The song is in the album‚ Thriller which was produced by Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson in 1982. When you first hear the song‚ it gives the listener a great impression because it starts with the rhythm. After two measures of the rhythm played on the drum set‚ it introduces to the bass‚ the hook that keeps the listener interested. Billie Jean is one of iconic songs of Michael Jackson’s career. It also has huge influence
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. Billie Holiday was born Eleanora Fagan on April 7‚ 1915‚ in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania‚ to Sarah Julia "Sadie" Fagan (née Harris). Her father‚ Clarence Halliday (Holiday)‚ a musician‚ did not marry or live with her mother. Her mother had moved to Philadelphia at the age of thirteen‚ after being rejected from her parents’ home in Sandtown-Winchester‚ Baltimore for becoming pregnant. With no support from her own parents‚ Holiday’s mother arranged for the young Holiday to stay with her older married
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Devin Greenlaw 3/2/13 2nd Period Love the Holiday (Billie Holiday Report) Born Eleanora Fagan on April 7‚ 1915 in Philadelphia‚ PA; the amazing jazz vocalist never imagined she was going to become one of the biggest jazz musicians of all time. Rose Primarily in Baltimore‚ MD with her mother‚ Sady Fagan‚ who gave birth to Billie at the age of nineteen. Billie was raised primarily with her mother. Her father‚ believed to be Clarence Holiday who was a successful jazz musician himself‚ wasn’t
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Karen Candelaria & Han Nguyen US History Period 4 January 25‚ 2016 Billie Holiday The musical artist we chose to write about was Billie Holiday. The topics that we’ll be explaining are her life‚ her musical career and what lead her to become famous‚ and one of her songs called “Strange Fruit” with the background story behind the song’s meaning. We decided to do this project because she’s known to be one of the best jazz singer back then and we wanted to know how and why she was so interested in
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Farah Jasmine Griffin’s In Search Of Billie Holiday: If You Can’t Be Free‚ Be a Mystery is an inspiring analysis of Billie Holiday that pairs Griffin’s passion for the singer with a deep critical examination that deconstructs the myth of Billie Holiday that has been perpetuated through her “autobiography‚” the media‚ the Academy Award nominated biopic Lady Sings the Blues‚ as well as countless biographies that construct a tragic mulatto narrative around the vocal genius. Though I was only familiar
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Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong‚ arguably the greatest entertainer‚ and trumpet player during the renaissance era. Louis Armstrong was inspired by people such as Joe the king Oliver‚ Lil Hardin‚ and Peter Davis. Louis Armstrong was one of the most famous and influential performers in the entire history of jazz. Louis Armstrong began to be noticed by important people in the 1920’s and the early 1930’s. Louis Armstrong was born august 4th 1901 in the ghettos of New Orleans. He learned
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Rebecca Huang Louis Armstrong I. Early Life A. Childhood B. Family C. Armstrong’s natural talent from God II. Performance Career A. Experiences in New Orleans and Mississippi B. Chicago and Jazz Band C. Life from 1924 to 1930s III. Late Stage A. Armstrong’s 1950 life B. The end of Louis Armstrong’s Music Life IV. Music History A. Trumpet and Early Jazz B. Collaborators and Followers C. Armstrong’s Music Style 1. A Jazz musician
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