truly William D. Fries but just goes by Bill Fries. Bill fries was born November 15‚ 1928 in Audubon Iowa. Audubon Iowa is a very small town west of Des Moines surrounded by corn farms . The population was around 2‚250 people in 1930 and has declined to about 2000 in 2010. Bill said "He was a child of the Great Depression and his family was not very well off so he said the Great Depression was just ordinary life and they survived it very easily". Music was brought into Bill Fries life at a very
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future similar disputes and even the debate over slavery. 3. Some states went ahead and make their own improvements. Notably‚ New York dug the Erie Canal‚ completed in 1825. 8. The So-Called Era of Good Feelings 1. James Monroe was elected president in 1816. The Federalist party vanished. This was called the Era of Good Feelings because… 1. There was only one political party (Republicans)—supposedly‚ the nation was united rather than split. 2. There was an upsweep of nationalism after the war
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WHY TEENAGERS ARE SO WORLDLY? One of the most disheartening trends in the church today is the lack of enthusiasm displayed by teenagers concerning the things of God‚ in contrast with their fanatical fascination with the things of the world. Even children of very good Christian people seem to be caught up in the trend. In some churches‚ worldly gospel music is adopted to appeal to the youths. This is testimony to the fact that we have lost faith in the power of prayer and the Word of God to solve
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Why are the Oscars so white? Marialuisa Rincon After noticing that none of the 20 actors nominated for Oscars last year were of color‚ Maryland activist April Reign tweeted‚ “#oscarssowhite they asked to touch my hair.” The hashtag went viral within days and the memes and jokes that stemmed from it served to highlight the lack of diversity that has become a hallmark of academy nominations. It opened up a conversation—first‚ between Reign and her followers—and later‚ among the public‚ celebrities
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Gradually I found that English is not so difficult to understand and it became more and more interesting to me. Now I can say movies not only improve my listening skill but also make me more interested in learning English. Movies can satisfy different people’s need. Some married people like romantic movies. From those they can know what true love is. Some young people like action movies. Some older people may like classic movies that can remind the past things. So it is obvious that movie can enrich
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script people want to believe. So‚ history by its nature is a subject based on interpretation. As man and time changes‚ so do stories and tales that include history. Therefore it is necessary for students to make and justify decisions about the relative authenticity of historical texts. History can be compared to the situation in class where the teacher whispers a sentence into a student ’s ear‚ and then the student is to repeat the sentence to the next student and so on until the last student hears
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safety. One of those people was Varian Mackey Fry and he was educated from Harvard University and was New York Times editor. During the Holocaust‚ which took place from 1933 to1945‚ he made the noble choice of going to Marseilles‚ France in an effort to save as many Jewish intellectuals and artists that were on Hitler’s list for execution. Aristotle defined the virtue as “a settled disposition of mind determining the choice of
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are‚ what defines them as a person. There are so many different cultures in the world‚ some are similar and others are completely different in every way‚ the list is never ending‚ but why? Why are there so many cultures that exist? Culture is who you are as a person and is based on similar beliefs between you and others. When you actually think about it it’s a way that connects you to everyone in the whole world on a personal level. So why are there so many cultures if we are all the same? When you
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he has no one to talk to he always fully thinks.He has no one to talk to‚ no one to rely on until he finds a stray kitten in the alleyway near his apartment. He rescues the kitten and brings it home to start a new life. The first reason why Gabriel is always so lonely because in the story it said that “it was evening‚ and people sat outside‚talking quietly among themselves”. “On the stoop of a tall building of crumbling bricks and rotting wood sat a boy”. That boy was named Gabriel
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Why are people so racist? I’ve been wondering that for a very long time and I think that it is time to stop and be nice to each other. In this paragraph‚ I am going to be talking about my opinion on racism. My first argument is why would people be so mean to other human beings. Why I think people are so mean is‚ because they are different and people don’t like a difference in things. It’s just not nice to judge someone because they are different and they aren’t the same as you. it’s like hating
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