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    Charlie Barnet – was one of the first to integrate his band. Glenn Miller – successful band leader. Signature music: "In the Mood." Played trombone in the Dorsey brothers. Played in Ben Pollack’s band. Bud Powell – piano‚ instrumental in the development of bebop. Kenny Clarke – House drummer at Minton’s playhouse. Jay McShann – pianist and band leader; his band features the likes of Ben Webster and Charlie Parker. Swing Street – reference to 52nd street which hosted major jazz clubs during

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    Through her characterisation in “Miles City‚ Montana”‚ Munro explores a number of different themes and ideas; drowning‚ survival‚ memory‚ marriage‚ and so on. The way in which Munro‚ through the narrator’s voice‚ uses indirect characterisation allows the reader to gain an understanding of a particular take on parenthood and the burdens and responsibilities that go with it. This‚ for me‚ is the aspect of narrative technique that has particular importance in the story. On first reading of this short

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    Easy to read/follow Content: (50 points) The paper gives the required information The paper accurately describes the event Evidence of research/effort. Works Cited Page is included—Cite sources in MLA format Topics: 1. Love Canal 2. Three Mile Island 3. Bhopal India 4. Chernobyl 5. The Imperial Sugar Plant explosion 6. The Oppau Explosion 7. The Halifax explosion 8. The Texas City Disaster 9. June 3‚ 1989‚ natural gas explosion in the Ural Mountains 10. August 10‚ 2008‚ Sunrise Propane

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    Sean Ford 5/17/13 Period 7 The Green Mile 1. The film is set in 1935 because prison don`t have a death row anymore like they used to during that time. 2. It explores the two themes Justice and injustice by having John heal the sick and wounded. For example‚ he heals Paul from his urinary tract infection and heals that woman from her disease. It explores the injustices by having John put to death and manipulating Percy to kill Billy. 3. The message that this quote is sending is that he is a

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    Jazz Music Developed in about 1900‚ Jazz music has been an influence in many artist’s work‚ from painting to other forms of music. Jazz is an American music form that was developed from African-American work songs. Jazz music was developed about 1900 by black Americans. It possesses an identifiable history and describable stylistic evolution. European classical music‚ American blues‚ and South American songs and rhythms came together to form what became known as jazz. Jazz has borrowed from black

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    Winter Break Annotation Assignment: The Cruelest Miles 1. “Allan left behind a vivid description of mushing in a blizzard. On the final ninety-mile stretch to Nome during the sweepstakes‚ his team was enveloped in ‘air thick as smoke with whirling snow. Gritty as salt it was‚ and stinging like splinters of steel. It baked into my furs and into the coats of my dogs‚ until we were encased in snow crusts solid as ice. The din deafened me. I couldn’t hear‚ couldn’t see‚ couldn’t breathe. I felt as if

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    Ray himself. This group‚ or sextet‚ later recorded for the Musicraft label. This recording session included “One Bass Hit‚” a song featuring Ray Brown‚ on the bass. In 1947‚ Esquire Magazine polled jazz critics to choose an “All American” jazz band. Miles Davis‚ Sonny Stitts‚ Milt Jackson‚ Sarah Vaughn‚ Dodo Marmarosa and Ray Brown were the musicians chosen who promised to dominate the jazz scene for the next 30

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    Looking For Alaska Book Report – Eulogy Hello everyone. I would like to thank you all for coming to honor our friend‚ Alaska Young. I am Miles Halter‚ known to most as Pudge. I transferred to Culver Creek Boarding School from Florida to ‘seek a Great Perhaps’‚ to leave behind the insignificant things I was doing‚ to seek something that was perhaps greater. I collect people’s dying words and “I go to seek a Great Perhaps”‚ were the last words of Francois Rabelais‚ but unlike him‚ I did not

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    frequency and moderate price points .However‚ such a kind of loyalty program increases functional loyalty rather then emotional loyalty ‚for example a frequent flier program. 2. Allowing customers to redeem third party currencies such as airline miles for retail purchases. These kinds of loyalty programs are successful but there are certain issues such as brand fit between two companies and a risk of brand dilution due to coalition partner ’s inefficiency. Page 5 of 21 Partnerships between frequent

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    History of Jazz Midterm 1.) Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington was an American jazz composer‚ pianist‚ and bandleader who has been one of the most influential musicians in jazz. The Duke has released countless albums and songs‚ but not many know of his triumph as a musical theatre composer. Duke Ellington’s 1941 Jump For Joy was the first theatre show to openly discard the African- American stereotypes which prevailed in the arts at the time. In fact Jump for Joy openly discussed these stereotypes

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