American composer Leroy Anderson was an early childhood musical prodigy. With his parents help‚ Leroy learned piano‚ and later music composition‚ and became famous around the world for his works. In his time‚ he was most famed for Blue Tango‚ but today is most famous for his Christmas carol “Sleigh Ride.” Leroy Anderson started music at a very young age‚ with his mother Anna‚ a church organist‚ teaching him piano “as soon as his feet could reach the petals.” By the age of twelve‚ Leroy had composed
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Those were the words that I heard when I called my dad before I went to school. I was upset when I found out that she was pregnant because‚ I didn’t want my dad to have any more children especially if they weren’t by my mother. But as I got older I realized that they weren’t getting back together. But when heard the news I was very excited because the day finally came when I was going to be a big sister. I was going to be changing diapers and feeding my brother. Me‚ my dad‚ my brother’s mom and her daughter
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Hannah!”‚ shouted my dad. Hearing him cheer me on urged me to play tougher‚ run faster‚ kick the ball harder. I passed to one of my teammates‚ she scored‚ and the crowd went wild. I turned towards my dad and saw his smile explode across the field making me feel like the utmost adored person in the world. This was my junior year. It has been three months since my father abruptly died. I spent time with him on Sunday and he was gone on Monday. I felt desolate‚ heartbroken‚ and resentful. I could have succumbed
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Celeste Ng (1980- )‚ born in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania‚ is regarded as one of the most potential Chinese American writers in contemporary America. Her debut novel Everything I Never Told You‚ published on June 26‚ 2014‚ has gained extensive attention from all over the world. Set in 1970s in a small town named Middlewood‚ the novel tells a tragic story of an interracial family. Focusing on the issues of race‚ gender and parent-child relationship‚ the novel reflects the writer’s concern about the social
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When last did you see your dad help around the house? Can you even picture him away from his computer or television screen‚ with a feather duster in hand‚ tackling the newly spun cobwebs in the darkest corner of the garage? I did not think so either! Besides that‚ fathers are known to be emotionally aloof‚ and out of touch with their feelings‚ although they are physically present. They often have an attitude of “love me or hate me‚ I’m your dad and there is nothing you can do about it.” The father’s
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Chronological "Early next morning I was lying in bed‚ when an old gentleman riding a bay horse arrived at the river. He was dressed in a faded chocolate gown flecked with roses and the end of his turban was wrapped round his face over an iron-grey beard. Across the saddle he carried a brown lamb. Behind him‚ on foot‚ came his son aged twelve‚ flapping along in a gown of geranium red and a white turban as big as himself‚ and holding a stick with which he directed the progress of a black ewe and
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Death of my Father Never in my life had I ever thought that at the age of seventeen years old‚ I would lose my father in an unexpected accident. To this day‚ I feel it should have never happened. I would like to think it is all a bad nightmare and that I would wake up to see my father there the next morning‚ but unfortunately it is not the case. There are a lot of things I did not understand back then; especially about loss‚ sadness‚ anger‚ and fear. When it came down to these things I did not know
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My Father Thinking back to the death of my father really makes me sad‚ I remember three times a week after school I would go visit my father. I would go to the hospital room where my father was in a comma since his accident; my eyes would often wander to the Gayle Sayers football jersey my mother placed at his bedside. Fourteen years ago my father was fighting with a friend of his and he slipped during the fight. My father hit the back of his head extremely hard on the concrete ground‚ and he suffered
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Interface & Ray Anderson Key Facts According to Stanwick and Stanwick‚ Interface is currently the largest producer of soft-surfaced modular floor coverings across the globe. Ray Anderson‚ former CEO and founder of Interface‚ started the company in 1973. By 1994‚ Interface one of the leading competitors in the highly competitive floor-coverings industry. After having what Anderson has referred to in the past as an Epiphany‚ he challenged the organization to take on an undertaking of epic proportions
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In her poem “Never Have I Ever Land”‚ Amulya Yerrapotu examines the social injustices faced by women in our current society‚ society’s necessity for women to grow mature more quickly‚ and the issues of sexuality. Through her use of imagery‚ diction‚ and structure‚ she is able to compare a fairytale and a fantasy land to the real world in which discrimination and bias is quite evident. Yerrapotu uses interesting diction in order to spread her message of social justice across. For example‚
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