Bessie Smith was a rough‚ crude‚ violent woman. She was also the greatest of the classic Blues singers of the 1920s. Bessie started out as a street musician in Chattanooga. In 1912 Bessie joined a traveling show as a dancer and singer. The show featured Pa and Ma Rainey‚ and Smith developed a friendship with Ma. Ma Rainey was Bessie’s mentor and she stayed with her show until 1915. Bessie then joined the T.O.B.A. vaudeville circuit and gradually built up her own following in the south and along the
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Dungeon It was quite a dull and dark year in 1977‚ until Josef Fritzl came into the equation. Fritzl decided to abuse his daughter Elisabeth for the first time aged eleven. Later that year Friztl was supposed to be building a ’war shelter’‚ when he asked his daughter Elisabeth to help him. He built the ’war shelter’ with eight steel doors-which became heavier as he continued through-they were all sealed with code locks which only he knew. He asked Elisabeth to help him with the last door as it was the heaviest
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and John Smith is a story that has been told time and time again. Disney even made a movie about their story‚ teaching the importance of taking care of the earth. The real story is a firsthand account from John Smith. He says that in 1607‚ he was captured by an Indian tribe‚ at some point he meets Pocahontas and she feels sympathy for him and begs her father not to execute him‚ thus saving his life. There has always been questions bought up about this though‚ many question whether Smith was telling
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tree grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith. The story takes place in the summer of 1912 in Brooklyn New York. Johnny and Katie Nolan met very young in 1900. Soon‚ after six months of meeting‚ and getting married they have their first child‚ Francie Nolan who is eleven when the book begins. Later they have their second and last child Neely Nolan. As Francie grows up she begins to lose her innocence through a tree-throwing ritual and an encounter with a sex offender who was shot by Katie. Her father drinks
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“Hitler was able to establish a dictatorship because he banned other political parties”. Do you agree? Explain your answer. The rise of Hitler as a dictator was one involving many different factors. The political parties caused him a very challenging problem‚ and by banning them it undoubtedly helped him secure all-out rule. But was it the only reason why Hitler managed to establish himself as a dictator‚ and if not‚ is it the main one? Hitler knew that the many opposition parties would pose him
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tradition to the simplest to the most extravagant of weddings. The two cultures that I have chosen to analyze for gathering impressions of‚ is that of the Korean Wedding tradition and that of the German Wedding tradition. I chose these two cultures because I have actually been to both of the countries‚ due to my military experience. My first impressions in general of the countries were of a positive factor overall‚ but the demeanor of the way business is conducted and the way that the people in general
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government working since 1991 when the president Siad Barre was kicked out during the civil war which began in 1988 and is still continuing. The Somali civil war until now has killed at least 350‚000 to 1‚000‚000 people due to the conflicts. In Somalia there has recently been a very serious drought which could at least kill 750‚000 thousand people. Another big problem in Somalia are measles and cholera are very deathly diseases in Somalia because thousands of people die every year due to these diseases
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I’m Unique Because... Being that I have many talents and that family is an important factor in my life makes me who I am. We all have things in common but no one is exactly the same. That’s what makes us unique from one another. We stand out‚ and make of ourselves what we want people to portray us as‚ who we want to become in life‚ and who we want to be known as. I’m unique because I am multi talented. I am a songwriter/produce/ musician‚ poet‚ dancer‚ an actress. When I am home I write and
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1.The plans for the housing development troubled Luke because now he had to be more careful when it came to being seen. When the development occurred‚ Luke was the 3rd child‚ and if he was seen he would be turned in. As it says in the story he wouldn’t be able to go in the forest anymore‚ and for the rest of his life‚ he might be trapped in his home. Luke’s parents couldn’t complain about the development because the government might search their home and find Luke‚ take even more land than they had
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Mara University of Technology Faculty of Business Management Bachelor in Business Administration (BBA) in Marketing. Individual Assignment : Frederick W. Smith‚ Founder of FedEx. Prepared by : Wan Azmir Bin Wan Hashim Student I/D : 2010920541 Group : EBMMB4B Course : ENT530 (Principles of Entrepreneurship) Prepared for : Puan Noor Faizah Binti Mohd Lajin Facilitator for : ENT530 (Principles of Entrepreneurship) Submitted on : 13th of
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