Lucille Ball; Research Paper Lucille Ball was a hard working‚ determined women. She was one of the first and most powerful women comedians‚ made people smile through tough times she grew up in‚ and had many achievements and awards. She stood out to the world‚ and did things the way she wanted. Lucille was an inspiration to many famous comedians to this day. As a woman in her time‚ she was very brave. To put yourself out in the world of acting was not something they did. Because of her actions
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Lucille Ball 	Lucille Ball has made significant and positive contributions to the country with her comedy. Many consider her America ’s best female actress. Kathleen Brady‚ in fact‚ says‚ "Lucille Ball is one of the greatest performing artists America has produced" (ix). Throughout her career‚ Ball has not only been a comedienne‚ but also a superb businesswoman‚ an excellent role model‚ and has won numerous awards. 	Lucille Ball ’s major contribution has been as a comedienne. Not only
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Clifton Strengths Finder Sarah Delannoy Immaculata University In many cases‚ people find it difficult to label or categorize their natural talent. Because one is unaware of their natural talents‚ he or she experiences. During Gallup’s research on identifying talents‚ they discovered Throughout the course of Clifton’s work on studying talents‚ they discovered that the majority of people do not have careers that purse their natural talents (Rath‚ 2007). Out of 10 million people they surveyed
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1994 1994 DBQ During the years of the late nineteenth century and the early twentieth century‚ imperialists in the United States continued to use expansionist points of view and projects that had been handed down from past generations. Not only did they continue these projects‚ they also created new ones of their own. Many citizens showed little interest in international affairs after the civil war‚ but with the coming of the "Age of Empire"‚ a change in U.S. foreign policy excited citizens and
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Paramount 1994 1.) On December 14‚ Paramount’s board dropped the merger agreement with Viacom and agreed to hold an auction for control of Paramount. The implication of this move was that although Paramount would endorse one of the two bids‚ the shareholders’ tender decisions ultimately would decide the winner. 2) 3.) (Refer Chart “Stock Price Movements” in appendix.) Before the announcement‚ (on September 7)‚ Paramount stock traded at $55.875 per share. From that point‚ Paramount stock reached
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As Lucille grew up‚ nothing stopped her from dreaming of being a famous actress. Although money was tight in her family‚ they scraped together what little money her family could spare to enroll her in drama school in New York City (Hoz). Losing all of her confidence she came back home‚ still wanting the spotlight. Before her journey in New York tragedy crossed over the Ball’s. In 1914 in the middle of a winter storm‚ Henry Ball‚ Lucille’s Father‚ went to fix the telephone wiring. In the process
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PARAMOUNT 1994 CASES IN CORPORATE FINANCE July 12‚ 2013 Board of Directors Paramount Re: Acquisition Dear Board of Directors: In order to make our recommendation to the Board‚ we must address the following questions: Acquiring Paramount Communications‚ Inc (PCI) was important for Redstone as it would enable Viacom to obtain a stronger position in the communications industry. His initial offer was designed to show that Viacom was a better strategic
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emotions‚ thoughts‚ and beliefs with the use of many literary devices. American poetry has been the most important form of writing throughout history. Many famous authors‚ such as Lucille Clifton‚ used poetry to document the most major times in history in which they lived‚ such as the Feminist Movement in the 1960s. During this time‚ women experienced a significant amount of gender discrimination and harassment‚ which inspired Lucille Clifton to incorporporate metaphors‚ similes‚ and symbolism in many
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family coming to celebrate. It seemed to me that this was coming from a child’s perspective. I researched the author‚ Lucille Clifton‚ and learned that she was an African-American woman who loved to write about African-American experiences. She grew up in Buffalo‚ New York which‚ during that time period‚ would definitely have some poor African-American families. I feel that Lucille was inspired by her childhood
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“Poetry is a matter of life‚ not just a matter of language.” By Lucille Clifton. Poets‚ Langston Hughes and Maya Angelou wrote poetry based on their experiences in life and during their own time period. Langston Hughes was a social activist and a poet‚ he wrote about his personal experiences and is the author of “Dreams” and “Mother to Son.” Maya Angelou‚ the author of “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings” and “Still I rise” was a civil rights activist and her poetry was mainly about autobiography‚ in
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