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    schools throughout her childhood. After high school‚ Hills spent a year at St. Hilda’s College‚ Oxford University and then graduated from Stanford University in 1955 where she received her bachelor’s degree. Carla Hills had dreamed of being a lawyer since she was a little girl‚ even though her dad wanted her to be apart of his business. In 1955‚ Hills went to Yale Law School. While she was going to college‚ Carla Hills had to maintain a job to pay for tuition. She worked as a bank teller and a bookkeeper

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    popularity. He won an Oscar for Best Supporting actor and followed this with a profound performance as the deranged assassin John Baron in Suddenly (1954) and Academy Award nomination for Best Actor‚ in the powerful drama The Man With the Golden Arm (1955). On record Sinatra was also back on a high having signed with Capitol records and riding high

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    television brought news and entertainment to the general population easier and faster than any book or newspaper ever could. People started relying on television more and more and reduced or eliminated reading from their daily activities. Between 1955 and 1975‚ when television were predominately introduced‚ a study showed that the average amount of time a person spent reading fell from 5 hours a day to 3.6 hours a day. However‚ as time went on and a larger variety of shows became

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    Blondes (1953) launched her as a sex symbol superstar. When she went to a supper honoring her in the The Seven Year Itch (1955)‚ she arrived in a red chiffon gown borrowed from the studio (she had never owned a gown). That same year‚ she married and divorced baseball great Joe DiMaggio (their wedding night was spent in Paso Robles‚ California). After The Seven Year Itch (1955)‚ she wanted serious acting to replace the sexpot image and went to New York’s Actors Studio. She worked with director Lee

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    Martin Luther King Jr. was born January 15‚ 1929. He was a social activist that lead boycotts in a non-violent manner. Martin Luther King Jr. wanted equality and peace. He was faced with many obstacles through his time but still managed to remain humble and kind. MLK was also faced with judgement by other activist who wanted the same thing but did their protesting with violence. Although these two groups wanted the same thing‚ Martin Luther King Jr. wanted his protest done in a peaceful approach

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    Polio Still Exists? About two months after you were born your parents took you to the pediatrician for your set of “two month shots” (Crosta). Your doctor handed them a list of vaccinations he was going to administer to you and they looked over it carefully. They were curious to see exactly what diseases might have infected you without the doctor’s care. On the lengthy list in their hands a few names of the vaccinations puzzle your parents‚ a small amount intrigue them‚ but only one vaccination

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    References: David Wendell Moller. “Dying and Historical Context.” Confronting Death. New York‚ Oxford University Press. 1996. Geoffrey Gorer. “Pornography of Death.” Death‚ Grief and Mourning.” Doubleday and Company. 1955. Sally Cline. “Earlier Times‚ Other Cultures and Religions.” Lifting the Taboo. New York University Press. 1995. Sally Cline. “Mortal Messages.” Lifting the Taboo. New York University Press. 1995. Tony Walter‚ “Modern death: taboo or not taboo.” Sociology

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    information given in 1955. In 1955 two whites‚ Traynor and his deacon‚ visit Gracie Mae Still to ask her if they can record one of her songs. Traynor loves her records and he loves to sing and dance. After Gracie Mae Still agrees to that‚ they ask her whether they can buy up all the records of one particular song with the reason ?When we buy up all of them records you gonna git royalities. And that?s gonna make all them race record shops sit up and take notice of Gracie Mae Still.? After 1955 we get to know

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    was outstanding! Wilt received national attention‚ while attending high school. He had people scout him from different colleges to see this goliath in action. As a player for the Overbrook Panthers ‚ he led his team to City Championships in 1954 and 1955. He also led them to a win against the Northeast high school. In that game he scored 34 points and won Overbrook high school the Public League title. The year after the won it again against South Catholic. Chamberlain had a very successful season and

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    Analysis. Vol. III‚ I Ed.‚ Springer Verlag‚ Berlin‚ (1955) pp. 373-74. C. K. Kokate‚ A. P. Purohit and S. B. Gokhale‚ Pharmacognosy‚ Nirali Prakashan‚ Pune‚ (1996) pp. 510-511. I. L. Finar‚ Organic Chemistry‚ Vol. II‚ Longman Scientific and Technical‚ London‚ (1975) p. 518. K. Peach and M. V. Tracey‚ Triterpenes and Saponins‚ In; K. Peach and M. V. Tracey‚ (Eds.)‚ Modern Methods of Plant Analysis‚ Vol. III‚ I Ed.‚ Springer Verlag‚ Berlin (1955) pp. 64-65. K. Peach and M. V. Tracey‚ Triterpenes and

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