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    Nikole Hannah-Jones and her husband were facing one of the toughest decisions since they became parents; where would they send their 4-year old daughter to school in an intensely segregated New York City school system? The family lived in the predominantly low-income‚ black neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant and if their daughter attended the local public school‚ she would be attending the school with a majority of low-income black students. They could send their daughter to a private school‚ as

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    Korean Population in New York City New York City is the haven for so many poor‚ hopeful‚ confused people who have gathered up the courage to leave their homes in their native countries and try to start anew. America has been named the "land of the free" because immigrants from all times and all places have the opportunity‚ optimistically‚ to be able to create a new life for themselves and their families‚ to make money‚ to live free from dictatorship‚ and to practice any type of religion they

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    “Next stop will be New York Penn station everyone‚ New York Penn station.” The muffled sounds of the conductor’s voice echoed through out the train. Everyone seemed to rise in unison‚ as if it were rehearsed‚ to prepare for our arrival. The train comes to a screeching halt‚ and the hissing of the doors opening reveals Penn station. As I embark from the train on to the pavement‚ I am suddenly bombarded by a mob of people pushing in one direction‚ forcing me up the narrow escalator. I arrive at the

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    18‚ 1888‚ in New Haven‚ Connecticut. His family then moved to New York City in 1897 and grew up in Manhattan. He attended Yale University after graduating in 1909‚ Moses went on to study political science at Oxford and Columbia Universities. In 1913‚ Moses began his career at Municipal Research Bureau in New York. While he was working there‚ he suggested and completed a restructure of New York City’s civil service system. In 1919‚ Governor Al Smith made Moses chief staff of New York state’s reconstruction

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    My First Visit to New York City Few years before‚ I visited New York City for the first time‚ so before I went there‚ I studied a travel guide for a long time. My cousin told me New York City is a beautiful city‚ especially during the Christmas season. She said I would see Christmas decorations everywhere. Therefore‚ I said to myself that I had to visit the city during the Christmas season. My cousin lives in Long Island City‚ so when I left from there to go to downtown Manhattan‚ I took an MIA

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    Should I Visit Gotham City or New York City? Having grown up reading comics books I am well aware of the bum rap comics get. But something has happened this past decade or so. Comics have become cool! With the multiple comic book franchises making the leap to the silver screen‚ several TV shows on network television‚ and an endless supply of plastic products out there. Now more than ever comic book nerds can hold their heads up high. But with mass appeal also comes confusion. DC Comics and

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    did the religious fervor of New England Puritans decline after 1660? How did the Salem witch episode reflect the tensions and changes in seventeenth-century New England life and thought? The Puritans were a group of people who grew discontent in the Church of England that had a profound influence on the social‚ political‚ ethical‚ and theological ideas of England and America. Puritans immigrated to the New World‚ where they sought to found a holy commonwealth in New England. Although the Puritans

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    Although she lived in big city like Sacramento‚ but New York City to her is just different than just a big city. Nadia visualize the city as a romantic imagery like the scene we have always seen on the movie screen‚ where love is always around the corner at the evergreen Central Park. Even she might end up living by her own and need to adapt a whole new life‚ Nadia would still want to live there and challenge herself with the new experience‚ rather than not trying to live the

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    experience another place besides the one I was currently living in. Although I loved it‚ I wanted to see what else the world has in store for me. It wasn’t until my junior I finally got my wish‚ our theater department was going to New York City. Going to New York City was life changing‚ to say the least. The only two stops we had all week was to check into the hotel on the first day and to check of the hotel the last‚ other than that it

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    Water pollution New York City has several water quality concerns and issues. Water pollution occurs with adequate treatments fails to remove harmful compounds from the water bodies. They affect inhabitants such as humans‚ and animals negatively by other toxins being combined and spread. The sewage system is a significant component that takes part in the megacity. We often wonder what is a sewage? A sewage is water mixed with human or animal wastes from residence‚ buildings‚ and other places‚ this

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