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    William Faulkner

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    Prize-winning American author. One of the most influential writers of the20th century‚ his reputation is based on his novels‚ novellas and short stories. He was also a published poet and an occasional screenwriter. Most of Faulkner’s works are set in his native state of Mississippi. He is considered one of the most important Southern writers along withMark Twain‚ Robert Penn Warren‚ Flannery O’Connor‚ Truman Capote‚ Eudora Welty‚ and Tennessee Williams. While his work was published regularly starting in the mid 1920s‚ Faulkner

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    Jacalin De La Rosa Dr. Forss 31 October 2011 Black Like Me “In the flood of the light against white tile‚ the face and shoulders of a stranger- a fierce‚ bald‚ very dark Negro- glared at me from the glass… All the traces of the John Griffin I had been were wiped from existence.” This is just the start of the transformation John Griffin had to go through to create the ultimate sociological experiment in the 1950’s. Within the book Black Like Me‚ by John Howard Griffin‚ it can be argue that discrimination

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    1. What were some of the reasons that African Americans migrated from the South to the North during the first few decades of the twentieth century. During the first few decades of the twentieth century‚ many African-Americans migrated to the North because they felt the North would offer better opportunities than the South. After the Civil War and the Emancipation‚ the South was experiencing an economic depression being that the cotton industry experienced several disasters. • First‚ after the

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    Chapters. Chapter 1 gave a summary of the whole book and mentioned the cases of the financial crisis happened in the history. (a) The Dutch Tulip Bulb Bubble 1636‚ (b) The South Sea Bubble 1720‚ (c) The Mississippi Bubble 1720‚ (d) The late 1920s stock price bubble 1927-29‚ (e) The surge in bank loans to Mexico and other developing countries in 1970s‚ (f) The bubble in real estate and stocks in Japan 1985-89‚ (g) The 1985-89 bubble in real estate and stocks in Finland‚

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    Quiz 1 Study Guide

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    (steady rhythm w/ beat)‚ right hand plays off beat (syncopation)‚ formal sections • “Come Fly With Me‚” Frank Sinatra (1958); Michael Bublé (2003) – crooners o Smooth‚ deep‚ voice‚ sentimentality • “Keep on the Sunny Side‚” The Carter Family (1927) - hillbilly o guitar style‚ first chorus form (has verse & chorus)‚ optimistic lyrics‚ low pitch • “Crossroad Blues‚” Robert Johnson (1937) – race music/classical blues • “Mannish Boy‚” Muddy Waters (1955) – blues more into R&B o hyper-masculinism

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    The evolution of musical theater in America can be viewed through many lenses. Through the lens of hindsight‚ it is easy to reflect on the treatment and portrayal of African-Americans in the contextual fruition of live entertainment in the United States. Dating back to the later half to the nineteenth and into the early twentieth century‚ ethnic representation in musical theater underwent a gradual change paralleling a shift in societal opinion toward racial equality. Though by today’s standards

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    Prince And The Pauper

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    The Prince and the Pauper is an English-language novel by American author Mark Twain. It was first published in 1881 in Canada before its 1882 publication in the United States. The book represents Twain’s first attempt at historical fiction. Set in 1547‚ the novel tells the story of two young boys who are identical in appearance: Tom Canty‚ a pauper who lives with his abusive father in Offal Court off Pudding Lane in London; and Edward VI of England‚ son of Henry VIII of England. [edit] Plot summary

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    How a City Slowly Drowned

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    and persons‚ invalidity and inconsistence of their actions and incapability of making the decisions in a timely manner. As a result of the unstructured and incoherent activities‚ we could observe several ineffective and costly attempts to mitigate floods and hurricanes. In the beginning the local officials‚ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and “White Houses past and present always seem penny-wise and pound-foolish” because of the chain of the wrong decisions‚ which is indicated by Republican Sen. David

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    completely recover from. Despite predicting Hurricane Katrina‚ it was still a tragedy. Ivor Van Heerden‚ who is a hurricane expert at Louisiana State University‚ predicted that a great storm would occur. “A slow moving storm category 3 Hurricane will flood the city. There will be between 17 and 20 feet of standing water‚ and New Orleans as we know it will no longer exist” (www.pbs.org). In order to find out how the hurricane could affect New Orleans‚ Heerden generated different types of computer models

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    Journal Notes

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    Definitions‚ Review Questions‚ Critical Thinking Chapter 1: Natural Hazards Geologic cycle: A group of interrelated sequences of Earth processes known as the hydrologic‚ rock‚ techtonic‚ biogeochemical cycles. Mitigation: The avoidance of‚ lessening‚ or compensation for anticipated harmful effects of an action‚ especially with respect to the natural environment. Land-use planning: The preparation of an overall master plan for future development of an area; the plan may recommend zoning restrictions

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