Giovanni Da Verrazzano was an Italian explorer who charted the Atlantic coast of North America between the Carolinas and Newfoundland‚ including New York Harbor in 1524. Giovanni was born around the year of 1485 in Val di Greve‚ 30 miles south of Florence‚ Italy. He began to pursue his maritime career in about 1506 or 1507 and in the 1520’s he was sent by King Francis I of France to explore the East Coast of North America for a route to the Pacific. After returning to Europe from discovered New
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NO. 43 THE CENSORED BODY Ofili’s The Holy Virgin Mary‚ which became the central focus of the controversy over Brooklyn Museum’s Sensation Show‚ was condemned as obscene and sacrilegious by Mayor Rudolph Giulani of the New York‚ who attempted to cut off the Brooklyn Museum’s city funding. This painting caused a bit of row in 1999 when it was first exhibited (Mitchell‚ 2001:124). Although the painting was inoffensive to others‚ the controversy
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famous American gangster‚ he controlled elections in Chicago‚ and he was able to illegally sell alcohol in the United States. Al Capone came from a hardworking family‚ but became one of the most well-known gangsters of all time. He was born in Brooklyn‚ New York on January 17‚1899. His parents Gabriel Capone ‚ and Teresina Capone immigrated to United States from Italy. His father made a living as a barber. Capone lived with his parents‚ and 8 siblings in a run-down apartment. Al Capone was a good
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baseball and those who took part in its festivities. Not even 20 years after the first official game they had accumulated a crowd of more then 20‚000 spectators for the championship game between the Mutual Club of Manhattan and the Atlantic Club of Brooklyn. This demonstrates the instant impact that baseball had on the community‚ allowing thousands of unfamiliar people to come together and cheer for the team of their choosing. When entering a baseball stadium what kind of people do you see? Not just
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Robinson: Baseball’s Civil Rights Legend. Springfield: Enslow Publishers‚ Inc. 1997. Print. Gimbel‚ Mike. “Jackie Robinson’s Historic Impact.” workers.org. Workers World‚ 10 April 1997. Web. 23 November 2013. Goldstein‚ Richard. “Jackie Robinson: Brooklyn Dodgers Legend and Civil Rights Pioneer.” The New York Times. nytimes‚ 13 April 2007. Web. 23 November 2013.
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Good evening… Before I begin‚ I just want to say how grateful and humbled I am to be speaking to you tonight and thank you for the work that you do to make my education at Xavier High School possible. In The Divine Comedy‚ Dante Alighieri once said‚ “Consider your origin: you were not made to live like brutes‚ but to follow virtue and knowledge”. And for the past seventeen years‚ I have lived by these words. These few words have made me think of where I am from‚ and whether or not I will let it
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chose to discuss in this piece is “All-Amerikkkan Badass”. The Brooklyn rapper Joey Bada$$ released the album on April 7‚ 2017. Joey was born in the heart of bustling NYC. He grew up in a lower middle class family trying to make it in such a difficult city. At an early age‚ Joey lived with both of his parents and his grandmother. With his family working hard to keep them all afloat. His grandmother owned a few properties in Brooklyn‚ renting them out to make some extra money. His mother was in marketing
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Goldstein‚ Joseph. "Brooklyn Police Officer Is Accused Of Driving Patrol Car While Drunk." The New York Times. N.p.‚ 29 Feb. 2012. Web. 26 Mar. 2013. This story is about an officer in Brooklyn‚ NY. This officer was out when he crashed his patrol car into a pole. I’m sure you ask what the cause was. The officer had just been coming from a fund-raiser for the four daughters of Officer Peter J. Figoski‚ who was shot dead in December while responding to a report of a robbery in Brooklyn. At this event the
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(Smith). After reading the novel‚ A Tree Grows in Brooklyn‚ I really understand how misunderstood alcoholics of the 20th century were. In that time period‚ alcoholism wasn’t viewed as the disease that it is now. During the 20th century there weren’t programs like rehab and Alcoholics Anonymous to help
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Subject: Hollywood Real Estate Development Recommendation I recommend that we invest in the project at Hollywood and Highland over the project at Sunset and Vine. The Hollywood and Highland project meets all five underwriting requirements for investment criteria‚ whereas the Sunset and Vine project does not have the same community support and as a result could encounter complications that could delay construction. Furthermore‚ the Hollywood and Highland project yields a five-year internal
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