tickets to a World Series game‚ I thought? “CROWN tickets!” my dad said excitedly. “You‚ me‚ your mom‚ and your brother!” I literally almost fainted on the spot. It was so unexpected. Especially since our hometown team the Royals were playing the San Francisco Giants in the World Series. And the Royals haven’t won it since 1985‚ the longest streak of not winning the World Series ever! I could witness history! “What game are we going to?” I asked my dad. “Game 7‚ so it isn’t for certain we will get
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History through Film: Chinatown Review Stefania Pedersen In a paragraph of about 300 words‚ answer the following question: do you think Chinatown had the appropriate ending or should Polanski have stuck to Robert Townes’? Explain Robert Townes’ ending then tell us how it actually ends and then whether you agree or not. Use quotes from Gilliat and Kael. The film Chinatown (1974) is a neo-noir‚ psychological drama film‚ based on the California Water Wars. If the film had ended the way Robert
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The Auditor-An Instructional Novella Jack was the number-one player on the Mountainside golf team when he was a junior in high school. His dream was graduating from high school as a named player and getting scholarship offers from all the big golf schools. But in his early senior year‚ he got into am automobile accident. He has to have surgery on his left leg‚ leaving it a little shorter than his right. He wasn’t able to follow his dream of a golfer after the accident. Jack didn’t start out
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Jack Prelutsky (born September 8‚ 1940) is an American writer of children ’s poetry. He lives in Seattle‚ Washington with his wife‚ Carolynn.[1] Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Poetry 3 Personal life 4 Bibliography 5 References 6 External links Early life[edit] Jack Prelutsky was born on September 8‚ 1940 in Brooklyn‚ New York to Charles‚ an electrician/plumber and Dorothea‚ a homemaker. While he was still a baby‚ a fire burned his family ’s apartment and he was saved by his Uncle Charlie
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1. Jackie Robinson (January 31‚ 1919) He was the first African American to play in the Major League Baseball. He was also part of the Black Panthers Tank Battalion during WWII‚ but he never got to fight because he didn’t not get off the military bus when the bus driver told him to do so‚ so he was later charged with offenses‚ even with those which weren’t true. He started playing baseball in the Negro Leagues and then moved up to the minor leagues‚ but was mostly segregated from his team. Then in
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James Berardinelli’s review on Roman Polanski’s Chinatown purports that the film is ‘one of the best films to emerge from the 1970s’‚ exploring his value judgements and sweeping generalizations but providing minimal evidence to substantiate. Berardinelli immediately introduces his review in a positive light‚ often adopting debateable opinions. Not only does he cite this movie as ‘the high-water point’ in both Jack Nicholson and Polanski’s careers but he also labels it the ‘finest colour entry into
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West Bladen High School Guidance Department 1600 NC Highway 410 Bladenboro‚ NC 28320 (910) 862-2130 Telephone March 25‚ 2014 To The Admissions Committee‚ Having worked closely with Kandyce McCary I can whole-heartedly recommend her to be selected for your university. Kandyce is an outstanding student‚ who possesses a keen work ethic‚ and solid educational skills. Kandyce has worked her entire senior year at her position in JROTC‚ while maintaining a solid reputation as a dependable
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become a phenomenal athlete. In the mix‚ his family moved to California where Smith was voted MVP (most valuable player) of his basketball‚ football‚ and track team at Lemoore high school. Condescending into his early years‚ Smith’s and rolled at the San José State University in 1963. Where he played basketball for a short semester and ran track for his remaining years. Smith did not just
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Chinatown Reading Response The film Chinatown‚ directed by Roman Polanski‚ incorporates the image system of blindness vs. seeing to effectively increase the depth and complexity of how the plot is revealed to the audience. The effect of this is the audience feeling that they are not just watching a film‚ they are solving a mystery in time with the characters and what they see is not always the truth. This image first appears in the form of the bi-focal glasses seen at the very beginning
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Francisco Pizarro Francisco Pizarro‚ Born in Trujillo‚ Estremadura‚ Spain‚ in 1471. He was the son of Gonzalo Pizarro and Francisca Gonzalez‚ Francisco did not know how to read or write. He had little education throughout his life. His father was a captain of infantry and had fought in many battles. Pizarro always wanted to explore and sail. Pizarro set sail to Urabi. He lost many men during his explorations. He went to Cartagena‚ where he met another explorer named Balboa and they became close
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