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    “Bend like Beckham” is a British-themed film about an 18 year old named Jess Jules who is infatured with playing soccer but her family forbids it because of their religion. Their religion is “Punjabi Siks”. They follow by their customs and want her too as well. Jess is at the top of her league in the soccer team she secretly joins. She does all that she can to make it to her practices and not let her family find out. Until one day her dad follows her and sees that she is actually pretty good at it

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    increasingly unattainable goals‚ and purges of the people. Lydia Chukovskaya‚ Sofia Petrovna‚ and John Scott‚ Behind the Urals‚ provide differing takes on what life was like during this decade. We will look to these works to understand life in 1930’s Stalin controlled Soviet Union. We will use these sources as a window into what everyday life was like during the industrialization drive and the Great Purges‚ how ordinary Russians understood the time. We will discuss how ordinary Russians were both victims

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    HBR.ORG ApRil 2013 reprinT r1304B Innovation Risk: How to Make Smarter Decisions assessing the prospects of any new product requires modeling how it will be used. But that exercise has its limits. by Robert C. Merton The Big idea innOvAti innOvAti OvA OvAti v sM HOw tO MAke wt The Big Idea Assessing the prospects of any new product requires modeling how it will be used. But that exercise has its limits. by Robert C. Merton 2 Harvard Business Review april 2013 This article is

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    Fast Food Fast food‚ what do you think when you hear that? Probably big macs‚ chicken‚ burgers‚ smoothies‚ and milkshakes. What people don´t think of is salad‚ fruit cups‚ low-fat yogurt‚ and wheat bun products. Caesar Barber a New York maintenance worker eats fast food four or five times a week. This lead to Caesar’s heart attack after he gained 100 pounds. Caesar reacted to his heart attack by trying to sue the restaurants. Caesar has been eating at fast food restaurants for years and consuming

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    I have been amazed at the number of people who have actually sat across from me and said‚ “What? Me? I don’t have an addiction.” While many perceive addiction as the obvious; drugs‚ alcohol‚ excessive behavior‚ etc.‚ many are not ready to admit that they belong in this category‚ even though all the writing is on the walls. When society looks at an ‘addict’‚ or what they assume that an addict looks like‚ some of the first definitions might come from the opinion that someone drinks too much or

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    did you knwo there was a girl thtat walked awyss vvrtbg ty g gtt g tg ty j kj 8i8i i8 iu8 k k o9k 89k k 9 8 8They both taught me the same things really. They taught me that power should always be with the people. They taught me that the law is not always on my side even if I am innocent. They taught me it’s better to die free than live as a slave. They taught me to never compromise my beliefs for anyone. They taught me to never give up on people I care about. They taught me to do whatever it takes

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    Hills Like White Elephants and The Girls in Their Summer Dresses: The Couples Hills Like White Elephants‚ written by Ernest Hemingway‚ and Irwin Shaw’s The Girls in Their Summer Dresses are quite similar in the fact that they both depict a couple’s conversation. Even though the two conversations aren’t about the same thing‚ they both are the result or the expression of tensions felt by the characters. However‚ the characters’ reactions and the future that we can imagine for the couples are different

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    The Black Lives Matter Movement represents an effort to counter the violent racism that continues to transfuse throughout American society today. Alicia Garza‚ a special projects director for the National Domestic Workers Alliance co- founded the Black Lives Matter Movement. This movement against police violence was sparked after many unjust killings of specific African American

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    Modern Footsteps What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day‚ by Pearl Cleage‚ is a novel about Ava Johnson’s personal battles dealing with what life has dealt her; being a successful black woman‚ with HIV. Ava’s life is transformed when she discovers that her glitzy Atlanta lifestyle can no longer continue. She is forces to close her hair salon because of the fear of the public towards her. Her plan was vague‚ to stop for the summer at her sister’s‚ and then find a new life in California. Deciding

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    Emily Guzman Mrs. Jenks English 9H 16 November‚ 2016 Moses: Moses was a like a coyote in the desert. Always caring for the people‚ and always on the lookout. Many people were with him‚ and Moses was there all along the way to lead them. Miracles were also happening‚ with the power of the almighty God. Moses was one of the greatest prophets from the Old Testament because of helping the Israelites out of slavery‚ leading them through the desert‚ and receiving the Ten Commandments of God for the Israelites

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