West Side Story is a romantic musical that is set in Manhattan‚ New York City during the 1950’s‚ where a large migration of Puerto Rican immigrants started to enter the United States. A White American gang‚ also known as the Jets‚ live in the city and have had a “turf” that they protected and ran for years. When the Puerto Ricans‚ known by the Sharks started looking for a “turf” for themselves‚ they interfere with the Jets and this causes multiple conflicts. There have been an abundance of different
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{draw:rect} {draw:g} {draw:frame} The Newsboys Strike takes place during the late 1800’s. During these times‚ working conditions for Americans in the New York area had become increasingly hazardous causing several workers to become injured on the job. Since in these times healthcare coverage was not an option for many workers‚ injuries often occurred and the employees of these hazardous-conditioned companies could do nothing but await their curing and hope the family might find a way to remain
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Running Head: Time Cost‚ Task-Switching‚ Repeating Tasks Task Switching Cost’s Time Brooklyn College City University of New York Abstract A replication of Task Switching Monsell 2003 experiment was done‚ which predicts a time cost when switching tasks. 18 participants had to complete 100 randomized trials‚ switching between task-repeat and task-switching trials. Reaction Times (RT) were recorded and reflected by experimenters‚ to determine that there is a time cost involved when
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Even though Hip Hop has been with us since the 70s‚ the debate still prolongs about which rapper icon is better‚ Tupac or Biggie. It started as a movement that regrouped four main elements; DJing‚ MCing‚ Graffiti art and break dancing. Those four elements‚ which are completely different all have the same aspects and small details that‚ give to us what we know as Hip Hop. On the other hand‚ MCing‚ which is basically rapping‚ is also formed of five different styles of rap. The unimaginable success
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Jackie Robinson: Overcoming Adversity Jackie Robinson‚ the first African-American in Baseball‚ transformed the face of American sports forever. Not only was he an outstanding athlete‚ but with the help of Branch Ricky‚ owner of Brooklyn Dodgers‚ they worked for reforms in the sports community. April 15‚ 1947 is the day that one of the most important events in American history took place. On that day‚ Jackie Robinson took the final step in making the biggest breakthrough in sports history‚ it
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“The Last Hippie” is a short chapter from Oliver Sacks’ An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales. The chapter is centered around Greg‚ one of Dr. Sacks’ patients‚ and how his troubling teenager years subsequently led to him become an amnesiac who‚ “seemed bland‚ placid‚ and emptied of all feeling‚” (Sacks‚ 1996‚ p.46). Although Greg’s story was very interesting to read‚ I did find it relatively difficult to follow along‚ and encountered many challenges while reading the chapter. All of
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Marianne Craig Moore was born on November 15‚ 1887 in Kirkwood‚ Missouri. She was the second child of Mary Warner and her father John Milton Moore‚ a construction worker and inventor. After a failed inventions attempt her father had a nervous mental breakdown and was sent to the hospital. She never met her father because he left before she was born. She was raised in her grandfather’s household. Her grandfather was a Presbyterian pastor and after his death her family had to move to Carlisle‚ Pennsylvania
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1. Interpersonal Communication Project 2. Interpersonal Communication According to Petersen (2007)‚ good communication is just as important in business‚ family‚ and social life. Listening well matters for coworkers‚ when intimacy is not the goal‚ but being able to work together effectively is. It helps keep friendships vital and even makes a difference in casual relationships where you merely want ease. 3. Introduction: What is Interpersonal Communication? Stewart (2009) defines interpersonal
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Capone: And the Roaring Twenties David C. King‚ Blackbirch PressInc‚ Jun 1‚ 2001 - Juvenile Nonfiction The life of one of America’s most infamous and powerful gansters set in 1920s Chicago during the Prohibition. Born of an immigrant family in Brooklyn‚ New York in 1899‚ Al Capone quit school after the sixth grade and associated with a notorious street gang‚ becoming accepted as a member. Johnny Torrio was the street gang leader and among the other members was Lucky Luciano‚ who would later attain
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Have you ever taken the time to sit down and evaluate a television show? If that means paying attention to how they portray race‚ feminism or social class. Watching a show through a different lens can unlock new ideas and teach you things about this world that you didn’t know before. In season five of 30 Rock‚ the show portrays social class by using visuals and dialogue to show the hierarchy of class through meritocracy. Jack Donaghy‚ head of NBC‚ learns Regina Bookman‚ an avid Democrat‚ is running
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