Where Is Gatsby? By: Austin Book 5/6/13 1st Hour Last week‚ I attended one of Jay Gatsby’s lavish parties. It was almost exactly like I imagined it. The raucous women‚ the greedy guests‚ the whiskey‚ the fashion – it was quite the experience. I never received an invitation‚ but no one truly appeared to have one either. However‚ the biggest mystery of the party was the fact that Jay Gatsby was never seen. After all‚ one of the core reasons I had decided to attend the party was to meet
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Residents of Rose Town Report Poison Pen Letter Noname April 1st 2000 Rose Town Star Investigator ROSE TOWN-Three days ago‚ an elderly woman was accused for her brutal actions; she will be facing two charges- libel and violation of the right to privacy. The accused‚ Ms.Strangeworth‚ a seventy-one year old resident of Pleasant Street‚ poison-pen lettered most of the families of the town which caused emotional harm to them. Poison pen letters have bothered the whole entire township for many years
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Turks Defeat an Act of God? Just last week‚ a massive storm hit just off the coast of Cyprus. The Turkish fleet that has been waiting to attack Cyprus was decimated. The authorities have given us little information‚ but we have been led to believe that the entire fleet was destroyed. However‚ Othello (ship pictured above)‚ somehow made it through the storm and arrived at Cyprus late in the night. Religious leaders are beginning to question if there was divine intervention involved. It was overheard
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Ancient Family Feud Causes the Deaths of Two of It’s Members Tragedy struck Verona today as a brawl between Tybalt Montague and Mercutio (friend of the Capulets) cost them their lives. Romeo Montague is to blame for the tragic deaths of these two men. Prince Esculas stated that his punishment is to be exile from Verona forever. Romeo’s cousin Benvolio reports that the fight began after being provoked by Mercrutio. When the young Romeo Montague arrived on scene‚ he quickly interviened by holding
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Ashly Smith Mrs. Kemp English 12 A 31 October 31‚ 2013 Quarterly Reading Reflection Part A; Complexity: In General‚ The things that make it difficult to read a book is being able to sit and concentrate only on that book‚ and actually reading it to the point where you know exactly what you’re reading and what’s going on and not forgetting what you read. To me in order to stay totally glued to the book you are reading it has to be something
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University of Chicago. Since graduating from the University of Chicago he has published books such as Sidewalk and more recently Ghetto: The Invention of a Place‚ the History of an Idea. He has won awards for his contributions to the field of sociology. He currently teaches Sociology at Princeton University. Sidewalk by Mitchell Duneier describes the underground street vendor world on 6th Avenue in New York City. In order for Mitchell Duneier to fully grasp and understand the lives of the people who
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Facebook has hit out at the practice of employers asking for access to the accounts of their staff and potential hires. The social network’s chief privacy officer Erin Egan called the practice "distressing" and threatened legal action against companies that violate its users’ privacy. "If you are a Facebook user‚ you should never have to share your password‚ let anyone access your account‚ or do anything that might jeopardize the security of your account or violate the privacy of your friends
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CARDIOVASCULAR: PROJECT Did you know that "Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States‚ and claims the lives of approximately 800‚000 Americans each year"? What if there was a way to prevent it? Actually in a lot of cases there are ways. More than 200‚000 of these deaths from heart disease‚ stroke and high blood pressure are preventable‚ according to a first-of-its-kind analysis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Find out how so you won’t be one of
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cash-strapped community that may not see sidewalks as a priority. Sidewalks can promote physical activity by enabling people to walk to school‚ work or recreationally (hsph.harvard.edu‚ 2016). Limited access to sidewalks and city transportation can certainly be considered a contributor to obesity‚ but convincing people to use tax money on sidewalks‚ which are not a basic necessity like food and shelter would be a hard sell. It may be too that the lack of sidewalks is only one part of the problem and
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Bleeding Kansas is the phrase that represents the duration of the disturbance during the settling of the Kansas territory. Because of the Kansas-Nebraska Act‚ the residents now had to determine whether the area would become a free or slave state. Since there was so much dispute between pro-slavery and anti-slavery people‚ a war developed inside Kansas. Election time came around to decide whether or not Kansas would be a free or slave state in 1854. During the election‚ hundreds of pro-slavery men
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