with more than 6‚600 drug stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico‚ generated $59.0 billion in sales in fiscal year 2008.2 Walgreens have had 34 consecutive years of record sales and earnings. Walgreens filled about 583 million prescriptions in fiscal year 2007 accounting for about 17% of the U.S. retail market
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This essay seeks to ascertain the extent to which the earliest people of the region are still considered the ‘Caribs’ and ‘Arawaks’ rather than the ‘Neoindians’. However‚ no discourse on the significance of these names can be engaged in without mention being made of the name‚ Christopher Columbus. Columbus was a Genoese adventurer who believed that by sailing west he could find Asia or the Indies and great wealth in the form of gold. This led to at least four expeditions into the ‘New World’. For
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consuming the hardships of growing up in the Puerto Rican community of East Spanish Harlem. Chino‚ originally a kind-hearted‚ law abiding citizen‚ knew establishing a name for oneself at a young age was necessary. As Chino expresses‚ “To have a name other than the one your parents had given you meant you had status in school‚ had status on your block. You were somebody” (Quinonez 4). Getting a name meant having to fight. Relevance was important for a young Puerto Rican in el barrio. If a name is well known
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The 1950’s American Dream In the 1950’s‚ the “American dream” was originated around the idea that anyone could have the opportunity to achieve more success than in their countries of origin; for others‚ it was the opportunity to become an individual without the constraints imposed by class‚ race‚ and ethnicity. In the 1950’s‚ the foundation of the American dream was masked by the illusion of perfect white “cookie-cutter” families living in suburbia. However‚ negative and pessimistic thoughts about
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might apply to Alejandro’s case? Please explain. The Puerto Rican culture has many beliefs involving individual roles within the family. Many believe that the male(s) of the family should work to provide the basic needs of the household: paying rent‚ bills‚ paying for groceries‚ automotive repair‚ and the like. Similarly‚ the female(s) of the house should be the primary house keeper and care giver. Familismo holds a large part in the Puerto Rican culture‚ and the advice of the elder family members
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west indies bordered by Haiti‚ with the Dominican shores being washed up by the Atlantic ocean to the north and the Caribbean ocean to the south is also part of North America. The Mona Passage‚ a strait about 130 km wide separates the country from Puerto Rico . This country is home to nearly 10.65 million people. The Capital of this unique country (which houses about 2.25 million out of the 10.65 million) is Santo Domingo. Santo Domingo is located in the central part of the Dominican Republic. The Dominican
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A citizen is a member of a community of people who owe loyalty to a government and‚ in turn‚ are entitled to its protection. The idea of citizenship‚ or the rights and duties of citizens‚ dates back more twenty-five hundred years to ancient Greece and Rome. Citizenship gave people legal rights and allowed them to take part in government. During those times citizenship was only for men who owned property. Citizens’ duties to the government included paying taxes and serving in the armed forces. Over
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(2010) Journey into Literature. Bridgeport Education: San Diego‚ CA. Racism and Mental Health Bhui‚ K.‚ (2002) Racism and Mental Health Denton‚ N. A.‚ & Villarrubia‚ J. (2007). Residential segregation on the island: the role of race and class in puerto rican neighborhoods. Sociological Forum‚ 22(1)‚ 51-76 Myers‚ L
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writes about her experiences being a Puerto Rican immigrant living in the U.S.‚ while in The Crossing‚ Ruben Martinez writes about being the son of two immigrants and searching for an undocumented alien‚ UDA‚ in order to question and gain information‚ for he is a journalist. When Cofer begins describing her residence in the U.S. she presents the fact that she is born of two Puerto Rican immigrants. Her mother‚ and father both being of ‘white’ complexion. “As a Puerto Rican girl born of ‘white’ parents
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while Lafayette was just sitting on his bed thinking and listening and before Charlie and Aaron left Charlie turned around and called Lafayette ’’ Later Milagro killer ’’. Milagro means ’’ miracle ’’ in Spanish. Thier mother was born in Bayamon‚ Puerto Rico but her family came to the states when she was a little girl. Charlie knows the most spanish out of the three brothers and Lafayette is now taking spanish. Ty’ree just came back from work and came in to the house while he was watching t.v . They
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