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    The air was thick and dusty‚ the sky a dark gloom grey. Thick clouds of smoke and ash billowed from the chimneys of every factory as far as the eye could see. The factories all looked the same‚ tall grey box-like structures erected from the ground. There was no colour here. No happiness. It had been 7 years since I last came to the city. I never wanted to come back‚ I thought the memories would be too painful‚ but Mr. Tom made me come. He said it would be good for me to get over my past. As I looked

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    For my analysis essay‚ I will be discussing the story The Orphan Boy and The Elk Dog by a Native American who went by the name of "Blackfeet". This story is about ably who wants to please his Chief‚ who has adopted him so he goes out to find "elk dogs". Now I will be showing what elements the author used to create this emotional and moving story. The first element I will be discussing is the tone. At first‚ the story is very depressing and sad‚ which moves the reader to continue on. A good example

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    He fixes clocks‚ mechanical toys‚ his atomoton and many more mechanical objects. Hugo is an orphan‚ his father died from a fire that broke out in the museum he was working in. After his father died‚ Hugo’s uncle was responsible for him and took care of him. His uncle took care of him for only a short while then one day left and never returned again‚ so Hugo now lived alone in the clock tower in the train station. Important facts to his role is that he fixes things all the time‚ mechanical things

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    In 1974‚ due to a series of bad loans‚ charges of criminal embezzlement‚ and other unfortunate circumstances‚ the Union Planters Bank foreclosed on the Stax Record Company and all its property. Included in this seizure was the building where Stax founders‚ Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton‚ set up shop an African American neighborhood at the former Capitol Theater in 1960. By 1980‚ the neighborhood became one of the poorest and most crime-ridden zip codes in the United States and the property held

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    Although you probably have at least heard of the Great Depression‚ there are things about people‚ food‚ and entertainment you probably don’t know. People had hard lives‚ food was hard to get‚ and entertainment was one of the few things that kept people going. This paper will show how some people struggled‚ how people saved food and what they ate‚ and what people had to entertain themselves. During the Great Depression the families suffered a lot. Marriage was not faring to well‚ divorce rates were

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    Eli and Elie were twin orphan. Their parents died in a car accident when they were only 2. Eli and Elie lived in an orphanage home waiting for a day they would get adopted. Adoption days were the first Sundays of every month. Elie and Elie wished they would get adopted to a nice family. But it seem like no one wants twins. One day Eli and Elie were outside running and the bumped into this lady. The lady asked "Where are your parents?". The twins told the lady about how their parents had died and

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    N0434206 MKTG20425 Marketing Planning and Resources East Midlands Trains Report Contents Executive Summary – 3 Introduction – 4 External Analysis – 5 Internal Analysis – 9 Segmentation‚ Targeting and Positioning – 13 Marketing mix – 14 Marketing research proposal – 16 Conclusion and recommendations – 20 Appendix - 21 References - 25

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    A limited number of spaces remain available for the 2016 Pioneer School at Century Village Museum. Reservations should be immediately made to be assured of participation in this year’s program that begins on Monday‚ July 11‚ 2016. Continuing one of the area’s longest-standing traditions‚ the Geauga County Historical Society is pleased offer its 44th Annual Pioneer School. This program will take place on the grounds of Century Village Museum‚ in Burton‚ Ohio‚ during the week of July 11-15‚ 2016

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    story about an old‚ white lady taking care of twelve black children; there is almost nothing like that! Although the concept of digging into someone’s past and in doing so gaining a deep respect for them comes close to the movie Hugo. Hugo is about an orphan boy who lives in the walls of a Paris railway station. As

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    The Gate of Depression I believe the subterranean architecture in George Tooker’s “The Subway” (1950)‚ creates an atmosphere of fear and depression that convey to the dominant expression of the painting. A fearful and depressed looking woman dressed in a red dress with a blue trench coat is standing in the middle of a subway. However‚ this endless subway looks very easy to get lost in‚ with concrete walls and bars like a prison. The lack of signs in the subway creates a feeling of no connection

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