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    Poise‚ grace‚ elegance‚ style‚ as well as ambition: qualities inherent in Jacqueline Bouvier. Her name alone makes one sit a little more upright. From birth‚ Jackie had all the finer things bestowed her by a wealthy‚ stockbroker father and loving mother. Life for this young girl‚ without question‚ predestined prominence. In addition to her many accolades as a Bouvier‚ Jackie had much more to contribute as the iconic wife of John F. Kennedy. Jackie followed in her mother’s accomplished footsteps

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    are mentioning the following names: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.‚ Harriet Tubman‚ Rosa Parks‚ and many more. Black History Month is the month to remember the heroes that earn black people their rights. Black History Month was started by Carter G. Woodson. His purpose was to promote African American History. Black History Month means a lot to me. If it wasn’t for Black History month Barack Obama wouldn’t be president today. Rosa Parks wouldn’t be a civil rights pioneer‚ and Harriet Tubman wouldn’t

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    but I lost interest now. My favorite food is Indian food‚ because there is always an explosion of flavor and it’s really spicy. This is actually the starting of my first full year in Oakton‚ because I moved in the middle of last school year from Woodson high school. My dad is pretty similar to me. He loves music‚ and plays the guitar‚ but he totally hates sports. My dad is pretty chill and is actually not very strict‚ until it comes to discipline and obedience. My mom is a lot different from

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    Shacoya Williams Mr. Peyton English 4 Argumentative Essay Drunk Drivers Should be charged on the First Offense In most states the penalty for a traffic fatality committed by a drunk driver are temporary suspension of their driver’s license as long as one year‚ and to only pay associated fines accessed by the court. In 2010 alcohol related deaths made up 31% of the overall traffic fatalities. In the state of Pennsylvania alone 459 people died in alcohol related crashes. There are more than

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    write poetry. His first and most famously published poem‚ The Negro Speaks of Rivers‚ appeared in Brownie’s Book. (“Langston Hughes Biography” 1) - When Langston returned to his beloved Harlem later that year he accepted a job with Dr. Carter G. Woodson‚ editor of the Journal of Negro Life and History and founder of Black History Week in 1926. (“Langston Hughes Biography” 1) -Returning to live in Harlem in 1924 during a period often referred to as the ’Harlem Renaissance’ greatly affected his writing

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    (34). Manman is concerned about her daughter’s life after fleeing to Dominica with her daughter to keep her future bright. Jacqueline helps Josephine after finding her mother dead by embracing the same traditions as her mother. Jacqueline says that “life is never lost‚ another one always comes up to replace the last. Will you come watch when they burn the body?” (41). Jacqueline is trying to notify that what happened to Josephine’s mother is tradition and her sacrifice of her own life would be an important

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    of Versailles” Jacqueline Siegel is focused on a lot. She is the forty-three-year-old wife of billionaire David Siegel. David is an American businessman who founded Westgate Resorts Ltd. The documentary targets Jackie’s background life‚ where she was nothing more than a middle class woman that had an engineering degree‚ and worked as an employee for IBM‚ a computer company. Growing up her family worked very hard for what they had. The documentary shows both the lives of Jacqueline‚ and David‚ and

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    there religion the Africans began to loose a sense of there true home‚ Africa. Christianity was also seen as a way to help the Africans learn the new language English. Once the language barrier was removed the black man could be controlled. Carter G. Woodson once said‚ "The race that has no history becomes a negligible factor" ‚ in essence the lost of the last piece of history‚ being language‚ blacks where loosing there sense of history. With loosing there history blacks could be seen as a negligible

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    prostate‚ and colon cancer. “The strength of our immune system is what makes the difference between who gets sick and who does not. The one with the immune system functioning below base-line normal has an increased risk of getting sick‚” says Woodson Merrell‚ MD‚ director of integrative medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City. If you want to enhance your immune system you can start by getting in shape. Exercising‚ when it comes to the immune system‚ is even more important than

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    born in Brookline Massachusetts on May 29‚ 1997‚ he later dies on November 22‚ 1963 in Dallas Texas‚ USA. Although John F. Kennedy was Democratic some have said that he was one of the greatest presidents to have ever been a president. His wife was Jacqueline Kennedy‚ JFK also had 4 children. Some of JFK famous quotes were My fellow Americans‚ ask not what you country can do for you‚ but what you can do for your country. Another one was forgive your enemies but never forget their names. Kennedy was on

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