CELIA CRUZ Cruz was born on the date of October 21‚ 1925 in Havana‚ Cuba. She was born as Ursula Hilaria Celia Caridad Cruz Alfonso to the parents of Catalina Alfonso and Simon Cruz. Her trademark quote was “azucar” meaning sugar in the Spanish language. She was the first female salsa mega-star and today she’s known as the Queen of Salsa. She was raised in the neighborhood of Santo Suarez along with 14 other siblings. She was the second of 4 children. Life in this neighborhood was very brutal and
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Best Kept Secret At a dinner party‚ several of the guests were arguing whether men or women were more trustworthy. ’No woman‚’ said one man‚ scornfully‚ ’can keep a secret.’ ’I don’t know about that‚’ answered a blonde woman guest. ’I have kept my age a secret since I was twenty-one.’ ’You’ll let it out some day‚’ the man insisted. ’I hardly think so!’ responded the blonde lady. ’When a woman has kept a secret for twenty-seven years‚ she can keep it What A Gesture Two men were playing
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The theme of It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini is life is filled with problems‚ but you need to work through them‚ and learn about yourself. An example of this being the theme is while Craig is in the hospital he discovers his love for art after realizing how much he enjoys art Craig decides to go to art school instead of his original high school. By adding this the author wanted the reader to recognize Craig making concrete plans for his future. This showed that Craig learned about himself
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Dear City Council‚ Cell phones are one of the many things that businesses‚ organizations‚ and other companies have a major problem with. City Council feels that they should be banned from facilities because people don’t consider the other people surrounding them while having a cellular device in use. Me on the other hand I feel that city council should not ban cell phones. Cell phones have made a great impact on human society and I strongly disagree that cell phones be banned from any facility
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governed by the Supreme Council. The first Supreme Council of the Katipunan was formed around August 1892‚ a month after the founding of the society. The Supreme Council was headed by an elected president‚ followed by the secretary/secretaries‚ the treasurer‚ and the fiscal. The Supreme Council also had its councilors (Kasanguni); the number varied through presidencies.[14] To distinguish from presidents of lower sanggunian or councils (below) the president of the Supreme Council was called the Supreme
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What So Funny? A humorous story is a comedy. A serious story is a drama. Put both of these kinds of stories together and you get Flannery O’Connor’s writing style. O’Connor’s short stories begin with an up beat tone‚ and then slowly trickle into a more serious‚ dramatical tone. This style of writing is what helped O’Connor’s stories stick in our minds from her death until now. Her short stories "A Good Man is Hard to Find"‚ "Revelation"‚ and "Good Country People" are good examples of her writing
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Student’s Freedom of Speech in Public School The First Amendment states that all citizens of the U.S have freedom of religion‚ petition‚ assembly‚ press‚ and speech. The First Amendment was written and adopted for over two hundred years of American History. Throughout this period people have questioned the extent of freedom that they were given through the First Amendment. The freedom of speech is probably the most misunderstood of all the five components in that the freedom of speech has been altered
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gathered here today to elect a worthy candidate for the school’s student council who can serve the school rightfully. So in this context‚ I would like to put forward the name of Sarah Khalid who is currently in the last year of her Ordinary level. The exemplary personality of Sarah is generally eminent in the school and needs no introduction. However‚ in order to authenticate her appointment as a justified member of the student council‚ I would like to brief you on her achievements. To begin with
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Funny in Farsi Analysis Firoozeh Dumas is an Iranian-American writer‚ known for creating the memoir ‘Funny in Farsi’. Born in Iran‚ Dumas tells of her childhood memories and how she and her family moved to America when she was just seven years old. Soon after the events that took place on September 11th‚ friends had encouraged her to publish the stories that she had written. By doing this‚ she would be able to tell Americans of how Middle Eastern cultures are not what the media portrays them to
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the maid of honor speech. What ought to a maid of honor speech say? ought to it’s emotional? ought to it contain funny stories? Well the issue to recollect is that this can be a wedding! it’s a cheerful occasion and other people wish to laugh. therefore making funny maid of honor speeches is unquestionably the thanks to go whenever possible! How does one produce Funny Maid of Honor Speeches? Creating funny maid of honor speeches are often a challenge. If you’re not naturally funny then attempting
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