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    Sunshine

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    scale tour for her. Hollywood would never be the same. Ortega’s Most Famous achievements are of his film choreography. Ortega was the mastermind behind the academy award winning film‚ Dirty Dancing. Dirty Dancing was a low budget film that launched the careers of Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey. Dirty Dancing has become a franchise with Broadway productions‚ Television series‚ and a possible remake scheduled to begin production in late 2010. Perhaps the most powerful partnership is that of Kenny

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    PATRICKSWAYZE

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    Patrick’s childhood affected his adult life tremendously; without Patsy‚ Patrick wouldn’t have been dancing his whole childhood. Without his parents‚ he wouldn’t know what the feeling of love felt like. Without his bravery he developed as a child‚ he wouldn’t have been his own stuntman in some of his action movies. Patrick Swayze was obviously best known for his role of Johny in the hit movie Dirty Dancing. He won his way into millions of women’s hearts by playing the role of a poor dance instructor

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    Kenny Ortega

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    full scale tour for her. Hollywood would never be the same. Ortega’s Most Famous achievements are of his film choreography. Ortega was the mastermind behind the academy award winning film‚ Dirty Dancing. Dirty Dancing was a low budget film that launched the careers of Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey. Dirty Dancing has become a franchise with Broadway productions‚ Television series‚ and a possible remake scheduled to begin production in late 2010. Perhaps the most powerful partnership is that of Kenny

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    The Dirty War was a period of strong political instability and violence that surged through Argentina beginning in the late 1960s‚ and lasting for nearly a decade. This epoch of violence emerged at the end of the era of Juan Peron‚ who was a beloved Argentine leader. The terrorism that followed was not a total shock‚ as Argentina is somewhat prone to violence and political instability. Jacobo Timerman‚ the author and protagonist in Prisoner without a Name‚ Cell without a Number‚ states that terrorism

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    Doing The Dirty Work

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    CASE STUDY: Doing The Dirty Work Business magazines and newspapers regularly publish articles about the changing nature of work in the United States and about how many jobs are being changed. Indeed‚ because so much has been made of the shift toward service-sector and professional jobs‚ many people assumed that the number of unpleasant an undesirable jobs has declined. In fact‚ nothing could be further from the truth. Millions of Americans work in gleaming air-conditioned facilities‚ but many

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    The Dirty War In Argentina

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    Andrew McClarren SPAN 131Y April 17‚ 2015 Latin America is most often associated with its vibrant culture; the dancing and singing‚ the flashy colors‚ the warm weather and boisterous people‚ and often the topic of those “disappeared” in Argentina is unheard of and forgotten. Within just the last few decades‚ Argentina had faced severe heartache and terror. With the Dirty War came severe physical and emotional devastation. Thousands of people were forced into disappearance‚ tortured‚ raped

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    The Dancing Girl of Izu

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    Yasunari Kawabata: The Dancing Girl of Izu My favorite author is Yasunari Kawabata‚ was born in June 14‚ 1899 and died in April 16‚ 1972. He is a Japanese short story writer and the first Japanese author to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. His works combined the beauty of old Japan with modernist trends. Kawabata’s books have been described as melancholy lyricism and often explore the place of sex within culture and within individual lives. “The Dancing Girl of Izu” is a story like this‚ my

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    Dr. Sierakowski Question #10: What was the impact of the 1976 military coup and the “dirty war” on Argentine society? (Oral Presentation) Thesis: The impacts that the 1976 military coup and the Dirty War had on Argentine society was a great tragedy killing a numerous amount of Argentines in an effort to counter the perceived threat of leftist social activism. The dirty war in Argentina started in 1976 after a military coup on March 25 of that year brought General

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    Argentina’s Dirty War was characterized by mass killing and mass terror imposed on the community. A great number of the victims were left winged activists‚ militants‚ guerillas‚ student at universities‚ blue collar workers and journalist‚ which were all thought to be a political or ideological threat to the military junta which had the name of (Liberating Revolution). The military junta sought to break up any form of relation to communism‚ killing anyone who was believed to be associated with socialism

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    Blue Winds Dancing

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    In any story‚ the repetition of a word‚ theme‚ or symbol typically marks that thing as important to the author and reader. It reflects the message of the piece as a whole. In Tom Whitecloud’s Blue Winds Dancing‚ the word in particular is “home.” It represents more than where he grew up; more than just a birthplace. “Home” means family. It means friends‚ love‚ comfort‚ and protection. “Home is where the heart is” so the saying goes‚ and for Whitecloud‚ this couldn’t be any truer. Home is the most

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