never knew any of my biological grandmother’s kin. That portion of my heritage is lost forever. My father’s biological mother name was Dorothy Blanteno. She lived in a little town near Harrisburg Pennsylvania called West Fairview. I can remember some talk when I was in my early teens about Dorothy being my biological grandmother and I had heard a rumor that Dorothy had had an affair
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Agent Orange’s effects include chloroquine‚ liver cancer‚ neurological defects‚ reproductive abnormalities‚ soft tissue sarcoma‚ prostate cancer‚ spina bifida‚ Lymphoma Non-Hodgkin‚ multiple myeloma‚ type 2 diabetes‚ Porphyria Cutanea Tarda‚ Hodgkin’s Disease‚ respiratory cancer‚ rashes‚ tumors‚ psychological symptoms‚ and peripheral neuropathy. About 3 million or so Vietnamese have come in contact with and have been affected
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symbolizes the choice of journeys undertaken prior. Furthermore in the movie ‘The Wizard of Oz’ we observe Dorothy‚ Glinda and the wicked witch of the west. In the full shot we establish that Dorothy’s house has landed on top of the wicked witch of the east. The witch of the west approaches to save the ruby shoes but they are mysteriously positioned on Dorothy’s feet. The witch cautions Dorothy that there will be vengeance. In the full shot we observe Dorothy’s face that she’s petrified. The full shot
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childhood movies‚ The Wizard of Oz. The book turned screenplay originally written by L. Frank Baum is not a mere children’s story but a hidden tale of populism and government. The story is and its characters are packed with symbolism. The main character Dorothy Gale gets swept away in a twister along with her house‚ and lands in munchkin land. Dorothy’s last name “Gale” is supposed to represent her being the winds of change. She also is supposed to be the average person‚ not too rich and not poor just in
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Mattie Ross from the novel True Grit and Dorothy Gale from the movie The Wizard of Oz are two young girls who embark on two different adventures. Both this novel and the movie are very different in many ways but also very similar if you analyze each detail closely. For instance‚ both True Grit and The Wizard of Oz were made into a movie and have more than one version. The obvious one is that both of these have their leading role being a female protagonist that is young. The other obvious one is that
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protected by goodwill‚ the farmer‚ the labourer and the politician approach the mystic holder of national power to ask for personal fulfilment. Their desires‚ as well as the Wizard’s cleverness in answering them‚ are all self delusion." In this theory‚ Dorothy is the everyman‚ who goes on a quest to get her selfless wish of home for the sake of Aunt Em‚ fulfilled. Scarecrow is representative of the Kansas farmers who were under attack at the turn of the century for being muddle headed‚ but he turns out
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Introduction Burkitt lymphoma (BL) is an aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) that is related with the translocations of chromosome 8 that carries the c-myc gene locus on one of the immunoglobulin (Ig) heavy chain on chromosome 14 t(8;14). Dr. Denis Burkitt was the man that gave a fully description about this disease in 1958 (Jacobson and LaCasce‚ 2014; Borkankamm‚ 2009). He detected unusual masses in various regions particularly in children’s jaw and neck while working in equatorial Africa
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decision can either resolve or exacerbate the situation. When the Wizard was hit with the accusation of fraud by the gang‚ his initial reaction was shocked. He turned from shocked to worried; that these people could ruin him if they wanted to. Even Dorothy was so angry and upset that she came up with a new nickname for the Wizard‚ “The Great and Terrible Humbug” (Baum 155). The gang was so disappointed because they came from a very long tiring journey and it turns out that “The Great and Terrible Oz
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rather as things that might bring trouble to life. The movie “Hidden Figures‚” as the name hints they are important people who are unheard of‚ is based on a true story of three African-American mathematicians Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson)‚ Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe) who overcame racism to play critical
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