Dangerous. Expensive (so much so today that people who once thought of themselves as middle class now fear they’re only a few ladder-rungs above the have-nots. And the number of have-nots is heart-rending. But still . . . I was born and raised in Brooklyn‚ in a neighborhood and time suited only to people with a deep tolerance–or even need–for boredom. (Boredom precludes risk and can be very soothing.) I was not one of them. Even before I had two numbers to my age‚ I would often sit at our kitchen
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position with an organization that will give me the opportunity to utilize my skills that will contribute to corporate goals. Education York College City University‚ Queens NY Bachelor of Arts in Psychology New York City Technical College Brooklyn NY Associate of Arts Experience Administration for Children ’s Services Office of Pre-Placement Services- New Y ork‚NY January 2005Performed children services and assist promoting the welfare of children. Completed periodic standardized forms
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was ready to start my new life. We worked very hard to I waited five years before having my first son‚ Four years later I had my second son. Things were great until we grew apart. In March 17 St. Patty’s day and 1965 I was born. In the city of Brooklyn New York. The city that is known to never sleeps. I was the youngest of four I had three older brothers. Growing up in New York City was a lot of fun. There’s a reason why it’s called the city that never sleeps. City lights were on restaurants were
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Arthur Miller uses the role of Alfieri in his play ‘A View from the Bridge’‚ as a character who represents the law‚ but more importantly as a prophet and narrator. Alfieri’s role as a lawyer connects to the events leading to the destruction of Eddie Carbone‚ We also trust a lawyer to be a good judge of character and rational‚ because he is professionally detached. Although his profession is an important addition to his character‚ his role as prophet and narrator trumps his profession. Miller uses
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had to leave school and began working in a printing office for a newspaper in Long Island because his father‚ who was a carpenter‚ moved their family into Brooklyn‚ a more urbanized town‚ in order to take advantage of the building boom. While working in the printing press he began his journey to become a writer and even decided to stay in Brooklyn while his family moved east. Walt Whitman’s poetry was said to be immoral. He received a lot of criticism from his work because it was very nontraditional
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The Battle of Long Island took place on August 27‚ 1776. The American outpost of Colonel Edward Hand’s sent word that the British were preparing to cross Long Island from Staten Island on August 22‚ at dawn. There were three frigates‚ the Phoenix‚ Rose‚ and Greyhound‚ and two bomb ketches named Carcass and Thunder‚ in Gravesend Bay. The frigates were anchored in the Namews. British generals Cornwallis and Clinton had a force of 4‚000 men that included Von Donop’s corps of jaegers and grenadiers
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Philadelphia‚ Here I Come is set in Ballybeg‚ a small town in Donegal‚ in the heart of rural Ireland. It is a quintessential small town community‚ very close‚ introverted with an air of inescapable predestination. A View From the Bridge is set in Red hook‚ Brooklyn‚ a tough impoverished area of New York‚ home to immigrants and the masculine culture of the longshoremen. Red hook is similar to Ballybeg in the sense that it too appears to have sense of inescapability and a predestined future‚ which is due to the
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Summer is the Best Season (possible topic sentences with suggestions for details) o The four seasons of the year all have their appeal‚ but summer is by far my favorite. [Give examples of wrong is wrong with the other seasons and what they don’t offer that summer does.] o One aspect of summer that makes it so attractive involves clothing. [Give examples of why doing laundry is easier‚ what kinds of summer clothing you enjoy wearing‚ and why clothing in other seasons is less
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laboratories and study rooms which are given functionality through the servant spaces (Manrique‚ 11/08/04). This concept was practiced through out most of Kahn ’s career‚ but is most notable in his ingenious designs of the Salk Institute and Kimbell Art Museum. The Salk Institute located in La Jolla California is of the most unusual nature. The building is set up into two large towers separated by a large concrete courtyard. The building is arranged in this way because one side of it faces the ocean
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The National Museum of American History opened to the public in January 1964 as the Museum of History and Technology. It was the sixth Smithsonian building on the National Mall in Washington‚ D.C. The Smithsonian was established in 1846 by an act of Congress as an institution for the "increase and diffusion of knowledge." By the 1850s the organization was called the U.S. National museum and housed in the first Smithsonian building. Smithsonian collections developed both as specimens and as historical
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