In the story “The Girl in the Lavender Dress” by Maureen scott this young lady’s Grandmother was telling a story about the time they had a ghost in their car during World War II. The grandma and her husband Herbert went on a ride in Vermont‚ and they came across a woman named carol‚ and the grandma wanted to help the woman get to where she wanted to go and the grandmother gave her a sweater because it was cold and Carol only had a dress on. Next thing you know they were going on a ride to drop off
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Walter Cronkite: The Man Who Won America’s Trust Like every child‚ Walter Cronkite had a dream. His dream was to be a reporter. In fact it started by reading a foreign magazine. During his career years‚ Walter Cronkite was an anchor‚ a trend-setter‚ and America’s most trusted man. Walter Cronkite was born in St Joseph‚ Missouri‚ on November 4th‚ 1916. He lived in Kansas City until he was ten and moved to Texas. Walter attended San Jacinto High School where he edited the high school newspaper. This
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Walter Jackson Freeman II Walter Jackson Freeman II (1895-1972)‚ American neurologist‚ specialized in the lobotomy‚ which showed his devotion to helping the mentally ill. According to an article called “Walter Jackson Freeman II‚” posted by the Birtanica Online Encyclopedia‚ between 1920 and 1930‚ Freeman attended different facilities to extend his view on mental illnesses: University of Pennsylvania‚ University of Pennsylvania’s on campus hospital‚ Europe‚ and Saint Elizabeth’s Hospital of Washington
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challenge or even support perceptions we have about the world we live in. Composers use distinctive voices in their texts to help us think about the significant issues involved in the world around us. Marele Day‚ in “the Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender”. Using the form of a crime fiction to challenge our perceptions of the role of men and women in the world we live in. Martin Luther King’s speech “I have a dream” also explores these significant issues. It was aimed to encourage individuals to work
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feeling that he is pure evil as we think of vampires in coffins with wicked smiles brings out his distinctive voice. “Every person living and breathing‚ and many that were dead knew the name of that cancerous growth that went by the name of harry lavender” -Metaphor Gives us the feeling that he was unstoppable And detestable Claudia Valentine - independent‚ tough‚ strong‚ intelligent‚ street smart‚ observant‚ confident‚ witty “I woke up felling like death. Ironically appropriate given what
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The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty screenplay is written by Steve Conrad and directed by Ben Stiller. The story is about a man named Walter Mitty (Ben Stiller) who works as a negative assets manager at Life magazine. He has a bad habit of constantly day dreaming of crazy adventures while at work‚ home‚ and pretty much anywhere he’s at the moment. He works with photojournalist Sean O’Connell (Sean Penn)‚ who sends him is last photo negative #25 which is meant to be used as the cover of the final physical
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One day while the men are on a mission a soldier named lavender is shot. The men almost make a joke of his death and some are shocked at how lightly they are taking this tragic event. At the end of the chapter Jimmy has a realization that he needs to stop living in the past and decided to forget about Martha and take on the responsibility of a leader. The most shocking part of this chapter was the way the men handled the death of Ted Lavender‚ specifically Cross’s reaction. The soldiers all took
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Jessica Garcia US History 1302 “Walter’s Thing: The NAACP’s Hollywood Bureau of 1946–A Cautionary Tale” In the article the author main point is that Walter White extended a great effort in combating racism and classic stereotypes in Hollywood in the 1940’s. The author feels like the new NAACP Bureau does a better job at including African Americans in every part of movie making. In 1946‚ the big screen was coming to life and the world was being exposed to movie after movie. Most of the movies that
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Walter A. Shewhart March 18‚ 1981- March 11‚ 1967 Walter Andrew Shewhart is regarded by many as the “father of statistical quality control.” He was born in New Canton‚ Illinois on March 18‚ 1891 to Anton and Esta Barney Shewhart. Walter attained his bachelor’s and master’s from the University of Illinois in physics and graduated with is PhD from UC Berkely in 1917. Throughout his adulthood‚ he was a professor at both universities and ran the physics department at the Wisconsin Normal School
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Walter E. Diemer (5 January 1904—9 January 1998) was an accountant and inventor of bubble gum. Born and raised in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania‚ Diemer was working as an accountant at Fleer in 1926 when the company president sought to cut costs by making their own gum base. The company’s founder‚ Frank Henry Fleer‚ had previously made a batch of bubble gum in 1906 which he called "Blibber Blubber"‚ but it was too sticky and easily broke. Although an accountant by trade‚ Diemer liked to experiment
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