September 1‚ 1923‚ Rocky Marciano was born Rocco Francis Marchegiano in Brockton Massachusetts. He held the heavyweight boxing title for four years in the 1950s during his career. He is also the only champion to retire undefeated. His mother’s name was Pasqualena and his father’s name was Pierino. His father worked at a shoe factory to provide for his family. As a typical American kid‚ Rocky spent a lot of his time playing baseball and football with his friends. He would also dream about having
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Djanet Sears’ 2002 play‚ Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God uses diasporic aesthetics in its exploration of themes including the search for a home‚ and the reclamation of land. Before detailing the play and its uses of themes and mechanics‚ its context of creation must first be examined. Born Janet Sears‚ at the age of 15‚ she changed her name Djanet after visiting an African town of the same name (Brown-Guillory). Thus‚ Sears says that through her name she signals a connection to Africa
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Bibliography: Larkin‚ Philip‚ Collected Poems‚ (London: Faber and Faber Ltd.‚ 2003). Morrison‚ Blake‚ The Movement: English Poetry and Fiction of the 1950s‚ (Oxford: Oxford University Press‚ 1980). Walcott‚ Derek‚ The Master of the Ordinary: Philip Larkin‚ What The Twilight Says‚ (London: Faber and Faber Ltd‚ 1998). The Oxford English Dictionary. 2nd ed. 1989. OED Online. Oxford University Press‚ [accessed February 2009].
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Behind the Music: Sunday Bloody Sunday During the four minutes and forty-two seconds I listened intently to Bono’s song‚ Sunday Bloody Sunday‚ many thoughts passed through my mind. Bono did a wonderful job of contrasting the 1972 Bloody Sunday Massacre with Easter Sunday‚ a peaceful day both Protestants and Catholics celebrate. While hearing U2’s uniquely created spin on the incident‚ I realized how sad and gruesome the day must have been. Bono’s parents were both of two different religions‚ Protestant
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colonial system‚ as we have seen‚ is opposed to industrialization (Sartre‚ P138).” As we can see‚ Colonialism is largely hindered the development of the colonies‚ it lets the colonists tortured‚ it hinder economic development of colony. Thirdly‚ Dereck Walcott describes the political repression of the Caribbean‚ he mentions the contribution of black American culture or civilization is absurd. The ex - colonial world have no choice to imitate the major powers‚ including their political system and way of
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One of the most refreshing indie films I’ve seen in awhile‚ loved the concept of merging fact and reality to fiction and alternate reality. The films shows the beginnings of the band till the initial break-up up to the reunion in 2006 for the album Tulad ng Dati. It tackles how the band deals with popularity then and now and how they gain maturity as individuals through the years. Jet Pangan and JB Leonor were marvelous and Francis Reyes provides comic relief at times and proved to be the most
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retire or should he carry on with being Captain? To be biased or not I guess there are many opinions in this case! I would tend to agree that Sachin Tendulkar should pursue his career in cricket because I personally feel that‚ yes he is nearing his forties which is quiet a milestone for a cricket player‚ he is and has so much more of his strengths to offer and can still play the game to perfection. After all‚ he is still the Captain of the Indian Cricket Team and has led them with great dignity
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Aatmya S. Talati Prof. Mary Helen O’Connor ENGL 2112 Rabindranath Tagore The first Asian Nobel Prize winner for Literature‚ a cultural hero‚ and an international figure‚ Rabindranath Tagore was born on 7th May 1861 in Calcutta‚ India. Tagore speaks to an optimistic assortment of the ripened Indian custom and the new European awareness. Globally‚ Gitanjali is Tagore ’s best-known accumulation of poetry and Tagore was granted the Nobel Prize in 1913 for his book "Gitanjali"‚ which contains the essence
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Caribbean Island of St. Lucia Caribbean Island of St. Lucia St. Lucia (Loo-sha) is a volcanic mountainous island deep in the Caribbean. The island of St. Lucia is approximately 623 square kilometers (roughly three and a half times the size of Washington‚ DC). The climate is tropical‚ and the main source of revenue for the island is generated by the banana trade‚ with tourism coming in a close second. St. Lucia gained its independence from British rule in 1979 after many years of being ruled
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This happens most often late in their forties and childbearing years after having children and women taking tamoxifen. (Huether & McCance‚ 2012) The cause of adenomyosis remains unknown and disappears after menopause. Adenomyosis is asymptomatic and associated with abnormal menstrual bleeding
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