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    the 1930s‚ and rose to national prominence in 1965‚ when he‚ Philip Vera Cruz‚ Benjamin Gines and Pete Velasco‚ walked off the farms of area table-grape growers‚ demanding wages equal to the federal minimum wage‚ that became known as the Delano grape strike.[5][6][7] He has been described as "one of the fathers of the West Coast labor movement."[8] Contents [hide] 1 Biography 2 Legacy 3 See also 4 References 5 External links Biography[edit] Itliong was a native of Pangasinan Province in the Philippines

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    Wild Oats by Philip Larkin

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    "WILD OATS" ANALYSIS The title of this poem is derived from the expression ’To sow your wild oats’. It was culturally accepted by men at the time‚ that before marriage‚ men would be allowed to indulge in many sexual relationships with many women. The reasoning behind this is that if a man is not able to sow his wild oats‚ he will become anxious during his married years and begin to cheat on his wife. This story is told by Larkin aged 40‚ when he is still unmarried‚ and in this poem‚ he looks back

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    The Documentary‚ The End Of Poverty directed by Phillip Diaz is based on the mass world poverty going on in less fortunate countries. He looks at the history and effect of economic imbalance in third world countries in documentary‚ and makes the convincing argument that it’s not an accident or simple bad luck that its created a growing lower class around the world. Diaz traces the growth of global poverty back to colonization in the 15th century The documentary was made to push society into looking

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    Running head: Biography of Allan Pinkerton Biography of Allan Pinkerton Timothy Smith CJS 250 November 22‚ 2010 Thomas J. Blank Biography of Allan Pinkerton Allan Pinkerton was the founder of one of the most top detective agencies in American. Allan Pinkerton was born in Glasgow‚ Scotland in 1819. Pinkerton was the son of a police sergeant who ended up getting injured on the job and he was not able to work which caused Pinkerton to grow up in poverty. His father ended up dying

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    ‘HERE’ PHILIP LARKIN CRITICAL ANALYSIS ‘Here’ is a sprawling‚ moving and often majestic poem that takes the reader on a strikingly visual journey through the countryside and the town‚ before finally ending up on the coast. Larkin uses long‚ flowing sentences which add a sense of continual movement; these sentences are full of rich imagery and description which fully immerse the reader in the poem. The poem is titled ‘Here’‚ yet in the first three stanzas the poem takes in various locations and

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    Pablo Picasso Biography

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    raised by his mother Doña Maria and his father Don Josè Ruiz Blasco. Picasso’s father was an art teacher and started teaching him how to draw as a child. "By the time he was 13 years old‚ his skill level had surpassed his fathers" ("Pablo Picasso Biography"). Attending school was a challenge for Picasso because all he wanted to do was doodle and that caused him to get in trouble. "In 1895‚ when Picasso was 14 years old‚ he moved with his family to Barcelona‚ Spain. Picasso

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    Khaled Hosseini Biography

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    Khaled Hosseini Biography Khaled Hosseini (Persian: خالد حسینی [ˈxɒled hoˈsejni]; English: /ˈhɑːlɛd hoʊˈseɪni/;[1] born March 4‚ 1965) is an Afghan-born American novelist and physician. He has lived in the United States since he was fifteen years old and is an American citizen. His 2003 debut novel‚ The Kite Runner‚ was an international bestseller‚ selling more than 12 million copies worldwide.[2] His second‚ A Thousand Splendid Suns‚ was released on May 22‚ 2007.[3] In 2008‚ the book was the bestselling

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    Biography Maria Montessori

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    Chiaravalle‚ Italy on August 31‚ 1870. Though most of the information on Maria’s childhood seems to be uncertain‚ with disagreeing dates‚ contradictions and omissions‚ I found a majority of the information about her childhood in Maria Montessori: A Biography by Rita Kramer (1976). Her father was Alessandro Montessori who was "an old fashioned gentleman of conservative temper and military habits." (Kramer‚ 1976‚ p. 22). He was a soldier in his youth and a civil servant later in life. Her mother was a

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    com. 9 Feb. 2012. Web. 9 Feb. 2012. <http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20120209-NEWS-202090349>. Forster‚ John‚ and George Gissing. Forster ’s Life of Dickens‚. London: Chapman & Hall‚ Ld.‚ 1903. Print. Kaplan‚ Fred. Dickens: A Biography. New York: Morrow‚ 1988. Print. Mankowitz‚ Wolf. Dickens of London. New York: Macmillan‚ 1977. Print. Pearson‚ Hesketh. Dickens‚ His Character‚ Comedy‚ and Career. New York: Harper & Bros.‚ 1949. Print. Slater‚ Michael. Charles Dickens: [a

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    Clarence Darrow Biography

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    School. He became a member of the Ohio bar in 1887(Clarence Darrow Biography).

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