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    poem “My Papa’s Waltz” and the short story “First Confession”‚ alcoholism affects the life style of these families in a negative way. It’s a daily struggle for each character to grow up in the environment with a family member who has an addiction. Both Frank McCourt and the speaker in “My Papa’s Waltz” do not realize until they are older

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    there are some similarities. Both poems describe hard-working fathers who provide for their family. The father in “My Papa’s Waltz” along with the father in “Those Winter Sundays” talk about the physical toll of the work on the fathers’ bodies. The poems describe the hands of both fathers as being worn and rough. Also in the poems are two fathers who are strict. In “My Papa’s Waltz”‚ the father is said to beat the narrator’s head‚ implying a tight reign on the narrator. In “Those Winter Sundays”

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    The Merchants of Cool

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    THE MERCHANTS OF COOL 1) Is the "mook" (the stereotypically crude‚ adolescent male) real‚ or just a media construction? How about the "midriff" (the girl as sex symbol)? Do you know any "mooks" or "midriffs"? Do you think you or your friends are influenced by the MTV standard of "cool"? If so‚ how? Are there ways to be "cool" without copying media? How do the "mook" and "midriff" stereotypes relate to the corporate interests of the media outlets that perpetuate them (in other words‚ why these

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    Waltz Research Paper

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    Name
of
Activity:

Basic
Waltz
steps
 Purpose
of
Activity:

Students
will
learn
5
basic
waltz
steps‚
the
history
of
the
waltz‚
geography
and
 climate
of
the
countries
of
Germany
and
Austria.
 Suggested
Grade
Level:
6‐12
 Materials
Needed:
CD
player
and
appropriate
waltz
music
 Music:
The
following
are
suggestions
from
several
different
genres
of
music:
Could
I
Have
This
Dance
 (For
the
Rest
of
My
Life)
by
Anne
Murray;
You
Look
So
Good
in
Love
by
George
Strait;
You
Light
Up
My
 Life
by
LeAnn
Rimes
o

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    Merchants of Cool

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    Written response to “Merchants of Cool” Honors Language and Composition Mrs. Hyatt Respond to one of these prompts in a thoughtful typed one to two pages. If you would like full credit: I am looking for clarity and depth of thought‚ analysis‚ clear and concise composition‚ organization and focus‚ and a use of rhetorical strategies to help support your ideas. Due: ______________ 25 points • Does the restrictive structure of MTV‚ which limits exposure to a small percentage of

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    Waltz on the Danube

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    Answer 1 Is there and adequate market in Gyor? Are rents adequate to support this development? Gyor was chosen as the primary project site by ECE after careful consideration‚ under the assumption that its market was sufficient to support the project. Phillip von Wilmowsky base assumption were that Gyor enjoys strong demographic and economic potential‚ high accessibility and minimal competition. And more specifically‚ these were the main rational points underlined by von Wilmowsky assessment:

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    Papa And Wakea Analysis

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    were established were followed without doubt. The story of Papa and Wakea is the means the way of life the people and was what made up the kapu system. Kame’eleihiwa says that Wakea and Papa are responsible for creating Hawai’i and all that inhabit it. They first created the islands that make up Hawai’i. Their creations did not stop there‚ together they made a human daughter‚ Ho’ohokukalani. Papa was very angry and left onto other suitors. Papa and Wakea eventually got back to together but what happened

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    In the novel Roll of Thunder‚ Hear My Cry many characters took risks the two that stick out in my head the most is of papa and TJ. TJ didn’t study for a test so he wondered his eyes about until he saw some answers on a nearby classmates answer sheet. He could of suffered the consequence of failing the test and only getting into a little trouble with his parents but he got caught cheating‚ since he was a colored child he was thrown out of school. Throughout this‚ whole novel TJ has

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    The Search for Cool

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    Summary for Video Hunting for Good as seen on Frontline This video was about how to market to the teenagers in today’s society. Market Researchers focused on how to market “cool” to teenagers. A Market Researcher is someone who studies market conditions to find the best way to reach the local/regional/group they are marketing to. They found that the teen population is now the largest teen population ever (around 32 million). Because of this large population they are spending more money in

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    Papa's Waltz and Digging

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    My Papa’s Waltz” and “Digging” In “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke and “Digging” by Seamus Heaney‚ both the poems are about the poet’s relationship with their father when they were young. Both fathers work as laborers and both poets appreciates their father for their hard work‚ but they have a distant relationship with them. In “My Papa’s Waltz”‚ the poet mentions that his father’s hand have a battered knuckle on one hand and a palm caked hard by dirt which shows that his father probably

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