Document: Herbert Hoover’s "New York City Speech" (1928) 1. What type of document is this? (Ex. Newspaper‚ telegram‚ map‚ letter‚ memorandum‚ congressional record) This document must have been excerpt from a record of Hoover’s Speech‚"New York City‚" in The New Day: Campaign Speeches of Herbert Hoover‚ 1928. This speech was published in Palo Alto‚ CA: Stanford University Press‚ 1928)‚ pp. 149-76. 2. For what audience was the document written? Herbert Hoover is speaking to the general population
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about the condition of New York city in the 19th century‚ and what school systems were started. New York City was the leading commercial center of the new American nation. New York was mostly made up of white Protestants of Dutch or English descent. As immigrants came in‚ crime went up because immigrants were looked down upon‚ and were poor‚ so they were basically pushed into crime as there was little in the way of a job and a reasonable pay for them. NYC was not a great place to live if you were poor
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Martin Scorsese’s latest film‚ Gangs of New York is a failed anti-war film. It is 165 minutes of some of the most violent footage ever seen in a film intended for mainstream entertainment. As a fan of Scorsese’s‚ I have to say that even the brutality of Good Fellas could not have prepared me for the assault that is the experience of watching this film. Even leaving aside the violence‚ I admit that I am mystified by all the hoopla surrounding Gangs of New York. Leonardo Di Caprio only slightly adapts
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Gangs of New York is just perfect entertainment. It is an enthralling‚ bloody‚ melodramatic epic that more than justifies its two and one half hour running time. In Gangs director Martin Scorsese spins another tale of the New York underworld but with a twist. Instead of the mid-twentieth century organized crime milieu of Goodfellas‚ Scorsese ventures back to the 19th century to show us the origin of the modern street gang. It’s the early 1860s and the notorious Five Points slum is ruled by the
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(February 2010). Work begins on updating inventory of GHG from international shipping. New York Times. Retrieved March 5‚ 2013‚ from http://www.imo.org/MediaCenter Devitt‚ T. (January 2012). IMO and shipping industry bodies urge continued application of anti-piracy measures. Retrieved March 5‚ 2013‚ from http://whyfiles.org/137jobs/index.html> Dove‚ T. (January 2013). IMO secretary-general launches 2013 World Maritime Day theme: “Sustainable Development: IMO’s contribution beyond Rio+20’. Retrieved
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Qingdao - The best place i have ever been to Qingdao‚ a picturesque coastal city that lies on the southern tip of China’s Shandong Peninsula‚ located in JiaoZhou Bay facing the Yellow Sea. It is the place where I am willing to spend my whole life with all the people i love. It is my hometown and it is the most gorgeous city I have ever stayed. Sun shines‚ golden beach‚ green plants and morden buidlings formulated this amazing city. The city was captured and built by Germany back to 1897‚ and was
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Europe and the World: New Encounters‚ 1500-1800 On the Brink of a New World ❖ By the 16th century‚ the Atlantic seaboard had become the center of a commercial activity that raised Portugal and Spain and later the Dutch Republic‚ England‚ and France to prominence ➢ the age of expansion was a crucial factor in the European transition from the agrarian economy of the MA to a commercial and industrial capitalistic system. The Motives ❖ Contact w/non-Europeans remained limited until the end of
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http://www.nydmv.state.ny.us/alcohol-drug.htm#what http://www.nysdwi.com/newyorkdwi.html http://alcoholism.about.com/od/about/a/symptoms.htm In New York State‚ the crime Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) consists of an individual testing a Blood Alcohol Level (BAC) of .08 or higher. Producing a BAC of .05 to .07‚ or any other evidence of impairment results in Driving While Ability Impaired (DWAI). Both DWI and DWAI offenses carry with it a range of penalties and consequences. First offenders
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Be Pure of Suffer? In the 1932 novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley many characters go through internal and external conflict. Many of the conflicts occur because of sacrifices‚ suffering and other hardships. These hardships include suffering and harming yourself and others in order to purify yourself and others. Huxley’s theme about suffering is that it is necessary to purify oneself of base desires. Huxley uses internal conflict to show that one needs to free oneself of lust desires in order
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PLAINTIFF’S REQUESTS FOR ADMISSION Plaintiff‚ Greater New York Mutual‚ by and through undersigned counsel and pursuant to Rule 36 of the Superior Court Rules of Civil Procedure‚ request that‚ Defendant Joseph P. Spadaro & Sons‚ Inc.‚ admit to the truth of the following facts and admit to the genuineness of the attached documents. In accordance with Rule 36‚ your responses must be filed within thirty (30) days after service of these requests your response to each request must specify an objection
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