Summary: Mario worked at his father’s newsstand in Times Square (New York). He heard an unfamiliar noise while working. He followed the sound and it led him to a cricket that was hiding under a bunch of trash. The cricket happened to be named Chester. He’d traveled to New York all the way from Connecticut. Mario decided to keep Chester as his pet cricket. The cricket had to stay at the newsstand‚ "No crickets in the house!" His mother had said. After Mario went home that first night‚ Chester met
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Did you know that there’s a cricket living in Times Square‚ New York? You can read about this cricket’s adventure in The Cricket in Times Square. This story begins with a cricket named Chester living in Connecticut. He smells liverwurst and follows the scent to a picnic basket. While he’s eating‚ someone picks up the picnic basket with Chester trapped inside. They get on a train and arrive in New York. A boy named Mario finds Chester and asks his parents‚ Papa and Mama Bellini‚ to keep it. They say
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Amber Learn English 1539(41370) 09/14/2013 Times Square Standing on the worn‚ gum-spotted pavement at the corner of 42nd street and Broadway Avenue‚ brightest of lights illuminated the crowd of tourists snapping pictures with their digital cameras. Billboards stacked one on top of another what seemed like for forever. All ages and races lowered their cameras to reveal their awe-struck faces. Lights were lit as bright as day even at 11 o’clock at night. As I realized that I was standing
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Sleeps Ever wonder what’s it like to visit Times Square in New York City? The “crossroads of the world”. People are attached to the beautiful countless shining lights and countless billboards that fill the city. Today Times Square is a tourist magnet; It’s one of the most visited places in the world. In the heart of New York City‚ Times Square attracts many tourists because it’s endless amounts of things to view and do. When you think of Times Square you typically think about the shining lights
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Time square in Midtown Manhattan in New York City is a major‚ a big‚ a main commercial intersection‚ crossway and junction. Time square is known‚ identified and recognized as ‘The Crossroads of the World’. It is one of the world’s busiest and active and pushy pedestrian intersections‚ and a major center‚ a marketplace‚ a trading center of the world’s entertainment industry and trade and manufactory. Also it is the world’s most visited tourist attraction and fascination and seduction of over more
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early June 1980‚ the New York Times mourned Mayor Ed Koch’s decision to reject the 42nd Street Redevelopment Corporation’s designs to transform Times Square into a shopping complex and theme park. Yet‚ contrary to the administration’s depiction‚ Times Square was one of the most heavily trafficked spaces in New York City at that time‚ with up to 8‚000 pedestrians per hour walking its streets. In a very real sense that transcended the attendant hyperbole‚ The Times Square Show transformed the New York
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long war was finally over and America was celebrating the victory. The draft had taken most of the country’s men‚ but those who were older than 45 remained. The news of Japan’s surrender spread like wildfire throughout New York. Within minutes‚ Times Square was filled with people cheering and enjoying the harmonious atmosphere. It’s as if a scene from a movie was being filmed. The day seemed to be brighter than all others‚ the birds were chirping‚ and the sun glistened off of the leaves on the trees
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behind me I’m alone searching for my family who went missing two days prior. As I wander through this town I scream out yelling for someone...anyone. Fearful I am wondering what I should do next. As I continue down the street of what I thought was Time Square in New York City I see an enourmus burst of light. Suddenly everything goes dark and I feel my body falling wondering where I am going to land. Everything’s hazy but as I start to get my vision back I notice faces all around me I seem to be in some
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Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on a field at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. Each team takes it in turn to bat‚ attempting to score runs‚ while the other team fields. Each turn is known as an innings. The bowler delivers the ball to the batsman who attempts to hit the ball with his bat far enough for him to run to the other end of the pitch and score a run. Each batsman continues batting until he is out. The batting team continues batting
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ethnically‚ economically‚ even politically‚ but who are one at the most elemental‚ human level. As Angelo Mathews and Misbah-ul-Haq look across their battlements in Sri Lanka‚ they may meet each other’s gaze‚ and know they are a lot alike. The last time the two met in Tests‚ they could not have had more disparate days. Defending a 1-0 series lead‚ Mathews embraced an extreme form of conservatism and his team drowned in it on the final day in Sharjah. With no choice but to launch an unrelenting attack
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