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    Imagine living in the 1960’s fighting for the chance to be able on a hit dance show series. Now‚ imagine fighting for equal opportunities between the blacks and whites‚ in an area where segration between the two races is held up as an important aspect of the community. This is exactly what happened in the hit musical‚ Hairspray. I was able to attend this amazing musical at Washington Lee High School on April 25‚ 2015. Directed by Keith Cassidy‚ outstanding performers showed off their collaboration

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    In the story “Sonny Blues by James Baldwin‚ displays the central conflict between two brothers who becomes estrangement due to several differences. The narrator feels obligated to look after his younger brother Sonny from the heroin incident and believes that Jazz music is a waste of his time. However‚ Sonny feels withdrawn from his older brother as he is unable to understand his feeling towards music. Sonny wants to express control of his life and use music as a way to talk about his suffering

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    The Godfather Part: II The Godfather Part: II was released in 1974 to great critical acclaim‚ some even deeming it superior to the original. It was building on the already brilliant original to create a tragedy of colossal proportions. Similar to its prequel‚ the sequel remains a highly influential film in the gangster genre. It was ranked 32nd greatest film in American film history in 1997‚ and kept its rank ten years later. The Godfather Part: II stands out because the film does an excellent

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    Kayleigh Shoemaker 14 April 2012 Pro. Deaton ENG 1123 RD The Godfather: A Literary Analysis The Godfather is a movie about the life lived in a world of gangsters. Michael Corleone is the son of Vito Corleone who plays “the godfather”. Michael is a successful and level-headed man who went to college and enlisted in the marines to avoid falling into the entrapments of the family business. However‚ throughout the film Michael not only gets involved in the mafia but takes the negatives of this world

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    ENG 135 At first glance‚ the The Godfather and We Own the Night appear to be quite different‚ but open closer examination‚ they do possess some similarities. Although they are different in the areas of the time period‚ the plot‚ and the characters‚ they are similar in the areas of having violence‚ having family problems‚ drug issues in the movie. The time period of the two films is obviously different. The Godfather is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced

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    Demi Lovato Catch Me Here We Go Again 2009 Holywood Records Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com These chords are exactly what Demi used. Watch her live performance of this song for proof no capo required!!! Key: E Tuning: Standard EADGBe Chords used:

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    The story‚ Sonny’s Blues‚ describes the lives of two brothers growing up in Harlem in the early 1960’s. Sonny and his brother are different in the way the go about life in general. They were both raised in the same household‚ yet they grew up to be totally different people. As the story progresses we see that both brothers have troubles in their lives and we get to see how each thinks and acts when facing such ordeals. While the brothers differ in the way they internalize and cope with their problems

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    Executive Brief of Coffee Roaster: Ohori’s: using the product-process matrix‚ they are using job shop process type in which their products seem to be customized and have very low volume. Ohori’s coffee is defined as a boutique store‚ the high skilled coffee masters serve customers with high-quality different flavored coffee and satisfy their unique needs. There’s no standard production process‚ every cup of coffee is made special. Folgers: they are using the repetitive process type as of product-process

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    A set of relationships that I thought were very similar was George and Lennie’s relationship compared to Sonny and Mr.Bykovski. Both of these relationships involve a strong friendship that results in sacrifice. For Sonny and Mr.Bykovski’s relationship Mr.Bykovski had to sacrifice his safe job and go work in the mines just so that he could make the rocket shells for Sonny’s early rockets. For George and Lennie’s relationship George had to sacrifice his happiness and some of his freedom to stay with

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    suffering. It is a story about two brothers and the way they cope with pain and suffering in dissimilar ways. The narrator and his brother Sonny lives in a poor black dominant community in Harlem‚ where everyone struggles to survive. As the story begins‚ Sonny is arrested for using heroin while his brother is a high school teacher in Harlem‚ New York. In the end‚ we see Sonny plays blues in a club while his brother listens and this is when we learn that‚ the music helps the brothers to deal with their pain

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