Labor Day is a dedication to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national acknowledgment to the contributions that workers have made to the strength‚ prosperity and well-being of our country. It has evolved from a purely labor union celebration into a general "last fling of summer" festival. The origin and deeper meaning of the day has been forgotten‚ or never actually known to many. The beginnings of the American Labor Movement started with the Industrial
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readers believe that any one person can turn their life into something beautiful‚ even when all they have seen in their life is ugly? Based on this non-fiction poem the narrator finally realized his life wasn’t as bad as it could be. In Baca’s “Cloudy day‚” readers find a speaker very attuned to the outer world while being incarcerated. Born in New Mexico of Indio-Mexican descent‚ Jimmy Santiago Baca was raised first by his grandmother and later sent to an orphanage. A runaway at age 13‚ it was after
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Training Day Even though extreme‚ Training Day shows its audience a real life scenario of the power of temptation and the terror that is happening everyday in many of our inner cities. This film attempts to open our eyes to the idea that no one is immune to corruption‚ not even our police. Training Day is a thought provoking film that addresses the issues of corruption and violence that many people face everyday in our society and makes us face the fact that there is a darker side of the law
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The Perfect Day When I was a little girl I would dream about my wedding day. I would pick out what colors I wanted. I had to have almost everything be pink because it was my favorite color. I used to even play dress up with all of my younger sisters. I would always have to be the princess‚ and they could dress up as anything else. I had a special white fluffy dress that my mother had made me for Halloween. No one was allowed to wear it but me. I would always say my wedding day would be the happiest
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intervened trying to spread out the youth by means of teargas and live bullets. This resulted in a lot of lives being lost and South Africa made June 16th a public holiday‚ Youth Day. The poet places himself in the shoes of one of the teenagers who participated in the Soweto uprising of June 16‚ 1976. He sees himself the day before the event‚ foreseeing the tragedy that is due to erupt. By using no punctuation in the poem the poet allows for individual interpretation‚ the lack of punctuation refers
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A day at the beach As a child‚ I would often relish those fun-filled‚ joyous family outings. Along with my irritating little sister and adoring parents‚ we would speed off in the car ready to create a new adventure and take a plenty of pictures to add to the collection in the family album. An experience that stands out most to me now as a young adult was a time when we went to the beach when I was about eight years old. Ecstatic‚ and jumping around like a frog in early spring‚ I was excited. Today
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The Importance of Memorial Day Memorial Day is a day of remembrance for those who perished while serving in the military‚ a day to honor the soldiers who died while defending America. Our three day weekend in May is a wonderful time to get together with friends and family. To most of us‚ Memorial weekend it means no school/work and an extra day off. Memorial Day is so much more than a day off to have fun. Most students do not really even understand why they get school off; a lot of adult use
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Book Critique of The Longest Day Cornelius Ryan‚ born in Dublin‚ Ireland in 1920‚ worked as a reporter covering the battles in Europe from 1941-1945 and then the final months of the Pacific Campaign. His articles were printed in both Reuters and the London Daily Telegraph. His first book was The Longest Day‚ published in 1959‚ selling over 4 million copies in 27 different editions. In 1962 a director named Darryl Zannuck made the book into a movie. Ryan’s next book was The Last Battle
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noticed that the edges of the pages were yellowed and with mildew on it. However‚ as I turned to the back page‚ I saw a picture of me having a soccer match in school during sports day. Then‚ I started to recollect the incidents on that fateful day. That day was the most significant day of my life. It was the annual sports day! I woke up especially early and did the daily routine before having my breakfast. That day’s breakfast was sumptuous. I had a wholesome of: milk‚ cheese‚ bread and oatmeal. Armed
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LABOUR IMPERIALISM IN LABOUR DAY Today is September the first it means today is Labour Day in the USA‚ but What are labourers doing now? Are they relaxing or going somewhere with their family or friends for resting? The answer will be very Easy. No. Maybe the reason is about words‚ “Yes” or “No”. As you see No has only two letters and it can get out in easy way. Unfortunately They are working not all of them but most of them. It is not very long time for me to live in the Dream Country‚ USA. I
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