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    As the questions states‚ yes Gloria Anzaldua’s work has created a new area of Border Writing. Throughout her writes‚ Anzaldua speaks about the rights of all Spanish speakers‚ including herself. The author displays the types of Spanish spoken which are Standard English‚ Working class and slang English‚ Standard Mexican Spanish‚ North Mexican Spanish dialect‚ Chicano Spanish‚ Tex-Mex‚ and Pachuco. They all contain the same base of Spanish but spoken differently depending on who you are talking to.

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    themselves. Steinbock says‚ “Perhaps the objection is to the fact that the child’s genes were chosen for him by his parents‚ thus forcing the child to have certain talents and not others” (Steinbock). He believed that the child would have no input into what they want to pursue in their life. Part of being a child means trying different things to find the one thing they really desire. If parents genetically engineered their child to be good a musician‚ that would be the only talent they would have. At

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    Mormons and their hardships of the 1800’s Mormons had a hard time finding their “home”. they had moved very many places with people viewing their religion as a cult. From militias attacking them without the Mormons having any protection (not even the town marshals) to being imprisoned for their beliefs‚ Mormons had an awful time finding somewhere to call their home. Until they moved West‚ to Salt Lake City‚ Utah. The Mormon people knew that if they moved West to Salt Lake that nobody could chase

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    Sickle cell anemia was first discovered in the year of 1910. A young man by the name Walter Clement Noel from the island of Grenada‚ studied in Chicago. He went to Dr. James B. Herrick‚ whom was a cardiologist‚ with symptoms of anemia‚ who assigned Dr. Ernest Irons to the case. There Dr. Irons noticed that Noel’s red blood cells were the shape of a sickle. Although sickle cell anemia has occurred in Africa for thousands of years‚ Dr. Herrick was the first to provide a formal description of sickle

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    The image of the flapper in addition to women stepping out of the household have then a new sense of independence. For women‚ having a job was now a form of self expression. You were making a statement. This radical new idea is explained best by Charlotte Perkins Gilman in Women and Economics when she says‚ “The spirit of personal independence in the women of today is sure proof that a change has come...the radical change in the economic position of women is advancing upon us...the growing individualization

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    Name and Example Output

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    faculty(fid) -> student(adv_id) zip(zipcode) -> student(zipcode) zip(zipcode) -> faculty(zipcode) Use the above information to create queries for the following questions 1) Display the the name of each student and what zipcode they live in. sort them by last and then first name in ascending order Example output data John James lives in 60543 Matt James lives in 60122 April Harmon lives in 60115 Ans: SELECT fname‚ lname +’ lives in ‘ + ‚ Zipcode FROM student

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    The author talks about the dilemma she faced about her own language and how she represents herself through her language. Gloria Anzaldua who is a Chicano talks about how Chicanas have problems expressing their feelings. Since they lack a native language‚ instead it is a product of several languages. And their language Chicano Spanish has incorporated bits and pieces of several versions of Spanish. The author speaks about people who are neither Spanish nor live in a country in which Spanish is the

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    The 1920s are considered to be roaring because of the many social‚ political‚ cultural and economic changes that occurred. Some social changes occurred with the creation of the automobile and the radio. Millions of people had the freedom to travel easily to new places and the radio brought entertainment‚ new ideas and experiences to their homes. Other changes emerged when women took jobs during and after the war. New machines were created to assist in household chores like washing clothes and preparing

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    My Name Is Margaret

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    My Name Is Margaret. “My Name Is Margaret” written by Maya Angelou. Maya Angelou is novelist‚ poet‚ playwright‚ actress‚ composer‚ and singer. Actual name is Marguerite Annie Johnson born in 1928. People identify with our name in many ways. Our name is what links us to our family; History and we are the image that is associated with our name. In the outline of the essay‚ the narrator is informative of how it was like to live in that precise time period. Margaret distinguished between

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    The Power of Brand Names

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    The Power of Brand Names Brand names have become a dominant factor in consumer marketing of a myriad of products‚ ranging from potato chips to refrigerators to tennis shoes. In looking at the historical development of brand names‚ Coca-Cola® was one of the first nationally recognized brands to come along. The Coca-Cola Company printed its first consumer calendar in 1891. Another early national brand name was Gillette® razor blades. King Gillette invented the first disposable razor blade in 1903

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