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    Omnibuses in New York City Millions of people ride the subway in New York City everyday‚ but any time before 1826 there was no public transportation‚ and if you wanted to get somewhere you had to walk or hire an expensive private carriage. This was until 1827 when the Omnibus was brought to New York City‚ and changed how the average person got around and it shaped New York City to have residential neighborhoods and places where people worked. Like today public transportation was very successful

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    A Night in New York City

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    A night in New York City On a late Saturday evening I was studying continuously when suddenly I heard a monotonous and awful scream which made me run out of the house immediately. When I reached outside I could not believe what I had seen. A two-storey and turquoise coloured house had caught on fire. People were rushing in and out of their square shaped houses bringing huge and heavy buckets of water trying to extinguish the ravaging and terrible fire. I was behind the crowd panicking‚ trembling

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    My first breath in New York City was quite disgusting. I was standing in the musty cellar that is known as Pennsylvania Station in the world’s capital. And as I stood there‚ luggage in hand‚ I did not realize that my life was about to change. New York City is a place like no other‚ it’s truly a concrete jungle. I was visiting some friends from Los Angeles; and they had allowed me to stay with them for 6 days in the Big Apple. They were staying in an apartment in lower Manhattan‚ so for me this meant

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    Power of Context

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    The Power of Context In Malcolm Gladwell’s “The Power of Context‚” Gladwell states that actions that people commit‚ whether good or bad‚ are influenced by the nature of the situation more than their actual intentions. The psychological tendency for our minds to morph mannerisms and behavioral information into character explains the “context” portion of Gladwell’s theory. Gladwell wanted to prove his theory that by applying his “Power of Context” theory into the numerous incidents and experiments

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    attract the attention of other people that causes new fashions to rise. A man makes certain modifications in his dress or hair style in order to attract the attention of others. People notice his new fashion. Many people imitate his new fashion because they think that they will not be noticed if they do not follow the new fashion. Thus the new fashion spreads and becomes common. When most people have accepted the new fashion‚ it is no longer new. It becomes the ordinary style. Fashionable persons

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    New York is the state to be it’s one of the richest and one of the best. New York’s history is very rich and very old but very interesting. New York became a state on July 26‚ 1788‚ the capital is Albany. In 1664‚ the English took control of the area and renamed it New York. One of the original 13 colonies it was the 11th state to join the union.Between 1892 and 1954‚ millions of immigrants arrived in New York Harbor and passed through Ellis Island on their journey to becoming U.S citizens. New York

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    New York, New York

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    The most amazing place that I ever visited is New York. It is also called the city that never sleeps‚ The capital of the world‚ The big apple or Empire city. This city has many places to visit‚ some of these places are: The famous statue of liberty‚ The Empire State Building‚ Central Park‚ Times Square‚ the popular 5th Avenue‚ and more places. I will talk about those in this essay. Also i will explain why New York is the most amazing city I’ve ever been. I will talk about the places that

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    Poverty in New York City

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    Josh Williams Religion 10 3/16/13 Mr. Martinez Cause Of Poverty In The United States Poverty is an increasing problem in the United States. The cause of poverty in the United States is a plethora of things‚ Such as the economy getting worse so jobs and factories had to make budget cuts so many people lost their job because Of the worsening economy. This is not the only reason though there is also people who have serious drug and alcohol addictions and use all their money on their

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    The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers - Economic change and Military conflict from 1500 to 2000 By Paul Kennedy Fontana Press‚ London‚ 1989. This fascinating book by Paul Kennedy‚ a professor of history at Yale University‚ is about the changing balance of power in the past 500 years. The book explains the interaction between economics & strategy and relates military conflicts to economic progress. As the author puts it‚ “Wealth is usually needed to underpin military power and military power

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    New York City Research Paper

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    2013 New York City and All That It Is New York City is one of the most world renowned cities in the world‚ it is the most populated city in America‚ and also the center of America. It is the center of America because of its vast history and its connection to the rest of the country in everything they do. New York City may not be the official capital of The United States of America‚ but it sure could be because of its overwhelming presence in the United States as well as the whole world. New York

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