never before been able to do. St. Peter had always laughed at people who talked about day-dreams‚’ just as he laughed at people who naively confessed that they had an imagination.’ All his life his mind had behaved in a positive fashion. When he was not at work‚ or being actively amused‚ he went to sleep. He had no twilight stage. But now he enjoyed this half-awake loafing with his brain as if it were a new sense‚ arriving late‚ like wisdom teeth. He found
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of seven or eight Martínez was making crude bowls and plates of her own. She received a well rounded education by first attending a government grammar and rudimentary school. Maria and her sister were selected to spend 2 of their formative years at St. Catherine’s Indian School. When Martinez returned home‚ she quickly achieved economic independence by mastering the craft of pueblo pottery. In 1904 she married Julian Martinez and they worked closely together. She created the pots and her husband
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Chronological: Jackie Robinson Long before Martin Luther KIng’s “I have a dream” and the bus standing from Rosa Parks there came a man‚ baseball player‚ and great enthusiast‚ Jackie Robinson. I was born on January 31st‚ 1919. My older brother‚ Matthew‚ participated in track‚ and I wanted to be like my brother. When I was younger people were constantly being rude to me‚ but I tried to push through it. I became a basketball player‚ football player‚ baseball player‚ and I was also involved in
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The Hardships and Upcoming of Django Reinhardt Django Reinhardt once said “Jazz attracted me because in it I found a formal perfection and instrumental precision that I admire in classical music‚ but which popular music doesn’t have.” Reinhardt had worked very‚ very hard to get to the peak of his career. His life was like a story in the genre of “Rags to Riches” because he wasn’t born with the best of beginnings‚ but he still accomplished the impossible and became the first important European
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comments about his race‚ and threats to him and his family. He was warned to react civilly‚ and civilly he reacted. He was gracious even when people were constantly putting him down. His hard work on the field and on himself led him to be a great baseball player and a great man. Jackie Robinson was so talented‚ he won multiple awards for his baseball skills. In his first year‚ he hit 12 home runs and helped the Dodgers win the National League pennant. He led the National League in stolen bases and became
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Dexter Gordon was a Jazz saxophonist. He was born February 27‚ 1923 in Los Angeles California. Many people know Mr. Gordon because of bebop. This style of play is what brought him fame. Gordon played amongst many jazz greats like Charlie Parker‚ Charles Mingus‚ and Buddy Collette to name a few. Gordon started to play at the age of 13. His first instrument was the clarinet but quickly after he decided to take up the tenor saxophone at the age of 17. Music was always popular around the Gordon household
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Josephine Baker 2/27/2012 Josephine Baker (Freda Josephine McDonald) was born on June 3‚ 1906 in St. Louis‚ Missouri. Her parents were Carrie McDonald and Eddie Carson. After Eddie left them both alone‚ her mom married a man named Arthur Martin. Her mother had a son and two daughters‚ with him giving Josephine siblings. She grew up cleaning houses‚ and other things for a very wealthy family. When she turned twelve years old she dropped out of school. After she dropped out she lived as a street
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Jackie Robinson Research Paper Jacob Padilla History 8 Dr. Bialkowski 5/9/13 Jackie Robinson Jackie Robinson was born on January 31‚ 1919 in Cairo‚ Georgia. Jackie Robinson was the fifth and final child of Jerry Robinson and Mallie Robinson. Jackie Robinson had died on October 24‚ 1972 in Stamford‚ Connecticut. Jackie Robinson had died from a heart attack. Jackie Robinson’s full name is Jack Roosevelt Robinson. Jackie Robinson was five feet and eleven inches tall. He had also weighed
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with time signatures unusual to the traditional jazz sound. The uneven meters‚ along with the incorporation of all kinds of different rhythms in his music‚ is how he captivated the attention of younger listeners. The significance of Brubeck in the history of jazz is unambiguous. The Dave Brubeck Quartet helped spark an obscure interest in Jazz after World War II‚ and was a fundamental part of the “West Coast Cool Jazz” style of music that jazz in the fifties and sixties would be known for. David
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correspondent for the Chicago Tribune‚ in 1927 he joined the staff of the New Yorker‚ a magazine with which he would be associated for the rest of his life (as a freelancer from 1936). His stylish wit marked by psychological insight‚ Thurber produced droll short stories‚ a comic play about college life‚ and a number of works of gentle satire on various subjects. He is probably best remembered today for his cartoons and drawings‚ of which there are many collections. These often depict hapless middle-aged men
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