The movie begins in New York‚ in 1843‚ with a gang fight. Bill "the butcher" Cutting’s gang of "nativists" have challenged the "dead rabbits" (a gang of mostly Irish immigrants) to a fight to settle once and for all who is the most powerful gang in the area. After an intense battle the "nativists" win by killing the leader of the "dead rabbits"‚ also Amsterdam’s (the main character’s) father. Amsterdam is then led into an orphanage where he grows to be a man‚ all while Bill Cutting runs the Five
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The Tropics in New York was written by Claude McKay in 1920. McKay was born in Jamaica in 1890 and immigrated to the United States in 1912. The twenty-two years that he lived in Jamaica gave him inspiration for this poem. The poem includes masterful imagery and other literary devices. The poem starts with McKays somewhat cheerful description of luscious tropical fruits: Bananas ripe and green‚ and ginger-root‚ / Cocoa in pods and alligator pears‚ (lines 1-2). At this point‚ the reader is not sure
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HOME DEPOT‚ INC. IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM Question 1: Estimation of intrinsic value of Home Depot’s stock as of Feb 1‚ 2001 To simplify the question‚ let’s Supppose ROE of Home Depot Inc would be constant during the following years as 20%: β=1.09 Re=Rf+β(ROE-Rf)=5.99%+1.09*6.5%=12.97% By doing this we assume: the Market risk premium during 2001 would be 6.4%. Acctually‚ according to the lecturer‚ the risk premium during year 1998-2008 should be within the range of 4% to 8%. Therefore the
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NEW YORK CITY There is a huge difference between a city in the Mid-West‚ such as Columbus in the state of Ohio‚ and east coast landmark‚ such as New York City. Each city has its stereotype‚ something everyone can say. For instance‚ New York equals skyscrapers and lots of people. Whereas when you say Columbus‚ people tend to think of average size city‚ rather quiet for it?s size. Lets take a closer look. Majority of people have a very set feeling about New York: they love it or they hate it. Some
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as a melting pot‚ The United States is full of different people and cultures. Many cities are influenced by these cultures‚ some more so than others‚ which results in very different ideals‚ beliefs‚ and financial resources. The difference between New York City‚ New York and Lampasas‚ Texas include ideological beliefs‚ ethnic diversity‚ and income and expenditures. In this current presidential election‚ as well as others before it‚ the states of Texas and New York as a whole have supported different
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New York City Draft Riots of 1863 In September of 1862‚ President Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation. This was to take effect on January 1‚ 1863; this document was what freed the slaves in states that were still in rebellion with the Union. At the time the Emancipation Proclamation was not what New Yorkers wanted to see embraced. In March of 1863‚ a form of a stricter draft law was formed. The law required all male citizens between twenty and thirty-five
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New York Vs. Los Angeles Did you know according to the US Census and Suburbanstats.org that almost half of Los Angeles is hispanic while only 17% of New York is hispanic? Why is that so? And how would that affect these cities and their peoples’ views? New York is the largest city in the United States and the world while Los Angeles is the second largest in the United States and third in the world. However‚ they are on the opposite ends of the United States. Also‚ Los Angeles is a much younger city
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did the religious fervor of New England Puritans decline after 1660? How did the Salem witch episode reflect the tensions and changes in seventeenth-century New England life and thought? The Puritans were a group of people who grew discontent in the Church of England that had a profound influence on the social‚ political‚ ethical‚ and theological ideas of England and America. Puritans immigrated to the New World‚ where they sought to found a holy commonwealth in New England. Although the Puritans
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The view is breathtaking. It’s nighttime in New York City: buildings are lit and sparkling‚ brightening the clear‚ purple-hued sky and reflecting in the otherwise dark water. On the right‚ a young man and woman are visible through a partitioned floor-to-ceiling window in a skyscraper they occupy. It is not the view of the city you’d expect to see: the United Nations building looms large in the foreground‚ and the man and women face the water‚ the city hidden mostly behind them. The man and woman
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Corruption in the Gangs of New York The Gilded Age‚ or as it is commonly referred to as‚ the era of corruption‚ took place in 1877 to 1900. This time period was most effectively portrayed in the novel and movie‚ The Gangs of New York‚ which was written by Herbert Asbury. The Gangs of New York focused on a time of political corruption during a period of massive increase in immigration in New York. In this essay I will discuss three themes: immigration‚ Political machines‚ and bad situations‚ that
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