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    Brooklyn‚ NY —Hours after hundreds of mourners attended the funeral service for the Imam and his associate with New York officials making reference to GOP nominee Donald Trump as reason to blame him for his “divisive nature‚” the NYPD arrested and charged a man Monday evening with the shooting that killed an Imam and his associated in Queens the past weekend. The suspect in custody for the slaying of the Imam and associated was identify as  Oscar Morel‚ a 35 years old Hispanic man from Brooklyn

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    that you will not see a question over everything on this list. Chapter 6: Characteristics of urban and suburban areas Urban-suburban shifts over the past 50 years Deindustrialization Corporate movements Mortgage lending practices and redlining Gentrification Slumlording Warehousing Health care and urban areas White flight Urban sprawl Poverty rates and urbanity/suburbanity The informal economy Effect of suburbanization Jobs/housing mismatch Triage Self-fulfilling prophecy and urban areas Federal government

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    Cities are designed to place its inhabitants in a place they are able to afford. Because there is a social structure in the United States‚ the wealthy and the poor are placed within their social groups. The wealthy are able to afford the best places in the city‚ and because they have the means‚ there will be more money invested in their property. The poor on the other hand get the least favorable parts. These parts are usually the least expensive for the crime‚ the aesthetics‚ and the environment

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    rights advocate. Lucy had a childhood where it was very fortunate and lucky because her father believed in educating children of both genders. Lucy was born on July 28‚ 1879 in Brooklyn‚ New York. She was raised as an Irish Catholic and was the fourth of 8 children. She attended Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn Heights. Lucy was tall‚ had blazing red hair‚ blue eyes‚ and dimples. She was known for her robust sense of humor. Lucy studied at many universities along with teaching at a school

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    syndicate. The Chicago Outfit‚ which subsequently also became known as the "Capones"‚ was dedicated to smuggling and bootlegging liquor‚ and other illegal activities‚ such as prostitution‚ in Chicago from the early 1920s to 1931. Born in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City to Italian immigrants‚ Capone became involved with gang activity at a young age after having been expelled from school at age 14. In his early twenties‚ he moved to Chicago to take advantage of a new opportunity to make money

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    Moreover‚ a substantiated argument can be made in favor of the commercializing process. In regards to Gallery Place/ Chinatown particularly‚ recent decades have shown economic growth and a reduction of poverty in that specific area‚ as well as a dramatic shift in the socio-economic class and diversity of the population. For example‚ two decades ago the majority of Chinatown’s population identified as Chinese or of Asian descent‚ while today “most of the neighborhood’s residents are young professionals

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    The fight for freedom originated over three hundred years ago when the institution known as slavery captured thousands of Africans and transported them to America. They were forced to forget their culture and adapt new beliefs. Though liberated as an outcome of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865‚ the struggle for freedom was far from over. “Although American slaves were emancipated as a result of the Civil War and were granted basic civil rights through the passage of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments

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    Walt Whitman Born on May 31‚ 1819‚ Walt Whitman was the second son of Walter Whitman‚ a housebuilder‚ and Louisa Van Velsor. The family‚ which consisted of nine children‚ lived in Brooklyn and Long Island in the 1820s and 1830s. At the age of twelve‚ Whitman began to learn the printer’s trade‚ and fell in love with the written word. Largely self-taught‚ he read voraciously‚ becoming acquainted with the works of Homer‚ Dante‚ Shakespeare‚ and the Bible. Whitman worked as a printer in New York City

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    Response Essay 2 In the article by Ian Frazier‚ “Take the F” describes about Brooklyn‚ New York. Frazier mentions that‚ in Brooklyn people do not use term north‚ west‚ south or east to describe their location. Instead they use neighborhood and nearest subway lines. He gives a clear and detailed description about his neighborhood and F train he uses. Furthermore‚ he mentions about a group of people as well as diversity he sees around. I like the way Frazier had given all the details to explain the

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    The show represents the inequality in the opportunities of the Brooklyn kids and the rest of the Upper East Siders that allows the rich to have access to resources that are unavailable for the rest of the deserving candidates. Dan’s sister Jenny is also one perfect example of Marxist representation. She was a young and

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