Chicago: A City with Many Attributes Everything is defined by its characteristics. There’s no doubt Chicago is a peculiar city and possesses distinct qualities which makes it recognizable and distinguishable from other cities. It is a place with a great past‚ and perennially has stood with a noteworthy feature. The city not only exemplifies its distinct feature‚ but also symbolizes the personality of Chicagoans. The skyscraper‚ architecture‚ comedy‚ arts and music‚ and scandals are the attributes
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What Happened in Chicago “I can’t believe he would turn me in like that!” I ranted. “After more than 30 years of friendship. How could he?” “Well‚ you did rob a bank‚ and were the most wanted man in Chicago.” nagged my cell mate‚ Ben. Ben was a very buff 45 year old that has been here in and out. Each time he’s here‚ he claims it to be a different fist fight. Although‚ he’s here almost every month‚ so who knows the truth? “Let’s go people!” barked the police officer. It was time for dinner. It
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The Vietnam War was one of‚ if not the most controversial wars to date‚ including the wars on terrorism still happening today. There are many views and opinions on what went wrong with the Vietnam War and after reading Where the Domino Fell: America and Vietnam 1945-2010 and “Article 46 & 47” in America Firsthand I will tell you what my views are. The main issues that I see with the war was the lack of the United States government to know the history of Vietnam and learning from the French’s mistakes
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The Moment Before the Gun Went Off After many years of repression and apartheid‚ the blacks have finally won their rights back. The Immorality Act has been revoked and Nelson Mandela has become president. However‚ with all these new improvements‚ some new problems have surfaced. In the new South Africa‚ if a white person accidentally hurts a black person‚ it is immediately considered a hate-crime because of all the years with unprovoked acts of violence against innocent black people. An example
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A CITY READY TO BURN On the date October 8‚ 1871 Chicago Illinois was a city to burn. Chicago was a young city but on this day the great “Chicago fire.” You might be asking yourself why is this so important well I am about to tell u why the “ A city is Ready to Burn.” Almost everything in Chicago was ready to burn around two thirds of the buildings were made of wood and can you even believe that they made the streets out of wood and MR O’Leary foot was wooden. That is unbelievable. The fire lasted
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The Life and Adventures of Native Americans In the story The Morning the Sun Went Down‚ Darryl Babe Wilson discusses his personal journey as a 20th century as an Indian living within and without the dominant American society. The documentary film Even the Rain by Iciar Bollain is about the issue of oppression in the world county and the history of global economics. However‚ the movie overlaps with not only the production of what is being filmed in the movie‚ but also as the struggle that
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As we have already learned in class‚ a tort is a form of wrongful action that brings or causes harm to someone else that can lead to a lawsuit. Some torts are intentional‚ negligent‚ or strict liability. If you were intentionality trying to hurt someone or you were being reckless‚ you weren’t not making safe and conscious actions that only affect you. There are many different forms of intentional torts that are committed every day and there are consequences for those actions. The main intentional
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choices when faced with a tight spot. By the 1980s‚ just before the rise of Wal-Mart‚ Kmart had become complacent. It believed it would be the king of discount retailing‚ now and forever. It didn’t perform an accurate SWOT analysis‚ but to be fair‚ who could have seen the rise of Wal-Mart to the position of the world’s number-one retailer? Still‚ as Wal-Mart built new stores in town after town‚ supported by cutthroat pricing and solid logistics‚ Kmart’s complacency would cost them. Part of the problem
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When we think of musicals‚ the first thing we think of is ‘Wicked’‚ or ‘Lion King’‚ or the “Book or Mormon’. Chicago is a musical which defies all these cutesy stereotypes. It’s a powerful 113 play which is all about corruption‚ crime‚ and media manipulation. This dark play‚ directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse‚ is the longest running musical on Broadway. Originally opened in 1975‚ it failed to impressed audiences and it was shut down‚ after a meagre two-year release. It was reopened on Broadway
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Personal Issue Mental health has always been looked upon as a tragic illness that affects the person who has it‚ but at the same time can affect the people surrounding‚ and the society. Schizophrenia‚ bipolar disorder‚ and OCD are all examples of mental illnesses that have brought a lot of pain to individuals and their families. From time to time‚ in events such as mass murders in which the person who is responsible was diagnosed with a mental illness‚ the media tends to make it sounds as if mental
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