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    james dean

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    James Dean was born on February 8‚ 1931‚ at the Seven Gables apartment house located at the corner of 4th Street and McClure Street in Marion‚ Indiana‚ to Winton Dean and Mildred Wilson. Six years after his father had left farming to become a dental technician‚ James and his family moved to Santa Monica‚ California. He was enrolled at Brentwood Public School in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles‚ but transferred soon afterward to the McKinley Elemetary school.[5] The family spent several years

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    Dean Winchester The actor who plays the character Dean Winchester from Supernatural portrays the definition of “cool”. He wears his collar popped up; he drives a cool sports cars. He is a natural ladies man. He always knows what to say. He has the angry side where he is like the big man on campus‚ and if you don’t do it his way he will force it out of you. He is portrayed as the strong but occasionally sensitive type. He strongly believes in family bonds; which you can see through his emotions when

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    Hoop Shooting Narrative

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    leaning on the wall biting my nails. Well‚ I would have been if I wasn’t shaking so much. The Hoop Shoot event only came once a year‚ and I wanted to participate. The competition takes place in a high school basketball court. Students that make it shoots as many balls as they can through the hoop. The person that makes the most wins. Basketballs were thrown at the hoops as students tried out for the Hoop Shoot; only five girls and five boys made it for each grade level. Josie threw the ball-it went

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    Hoop Dreams Analysis

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    The movie Hoop Dreams traced a poor young talented African American named Arthur Agee from grade eight to college. Arthur hoped to play professional basketball in the future to help his family to escape poverty. Despite the fact that his family background and the neighborhood he lived in‚ disadvantaged him to pursue his goal in many ways. Firstly‚ Arthur is determined to play professional basketball‚ in order to help out his family. Secondly‚ his ability to adapt difficult circumstances played a

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    David Myers

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    1. Does the fact that David Myers’ superior‚ Scott Sullivan‚ asked him to make the false accounting entries in WorldCom’s Accounting records diminish Myers’ responsibility for his improper conduct? Defend your answer. I don’t think David Myers’ responsibility for improper conduct diminishes even he is asked by his superior‚ Scott Sullivan. Scott Sullivan has his own fraud because he agreed and goes along with false accounting entries that eventually become part of an 11 billion fraud. Scott will

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    James dean

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    Statement I think James Dean is important because he is one of the best actors that has ever lived and he shows that if you work hard at what you want to do‚ you can succeed. He was great at sports and worked hard to become a good actor. He wasn’t perfect at acting but he took his criticism the right way and used it to grow and become a better actor. He didn’t always have good times and he struggled a lot but in the end he had the success he deserved. Background 1) At a young age Dean was learning about

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    James Dean

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    JAMES DEAN James Byron Dean was born on February 8‚ 1931 in Marion‚ Indiana‚ to Winton Dean and Mildred Wilson. Dean’s father left farming to become a dentist and moved the family to Santa Monica‚ California‚ where Dean attended Brentwood Public School. Several years later‚ Dean’s mother‚ whom he was very close to‚ died of cancer‚ and Dean’s father sent him back to Indiana to live on his aunt and uncle’s Quaker farm. During this time‚ Dean sought counsel from his pastor‚ the Rev. James DeWeerd‚

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    Mark Dean

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    D E A N Synopsis Mark Dean is a computer scientist and an engineer; he contributed to the development of the color PC monitor and the first gigahertz chip. He also invented the Industry Standard Architecture system that allows computer plug-ins such as disk drives and printers. Dean is recognized for helping with the launch of the personal computer age with work that made the machines more accessible and powerful. Early Life and Education Mark Dean was born on March 2‚ 1957‚ in Jefferson

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    plot

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    City of Ember (2008) Plot Summary Showing all 3 plot summaries When mankind is about to come to an end‚ a group of scientists decide to create and populate a city deep underground. The city of Ember is to last for 200 years after which its inhabitants are to retrieve from a strong box instructions to return to the surface. Over time however‚ the message is lost and life in Ember is rapidly deteriorating. Their power supply is failing and food is being rationed. It’s left to two young adults to

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    Summary: Hoops For Haiti

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    During my high school years approximately around my sophomore/ junior year my basketball team including I myself attended the Hoops for Haiti fundraiser that Meredith Elementary school hosted. Hoops for Haiti helps aid the disaster relief fund that is held in Haiti. Hundreds of elementary school children paid $5 each for a chance to play with not only Neumann-Goretti’s women’s basketball team but also the men’s team too. All proceeds were meant to go directly to rebuild and fund schools in Haiti

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