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    SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) and the Civil Rights movement‚ including Martin Luther King. The relationship between the film and the SNCC was displayed pretty similarly through a scene in the film. The scene where Tibbs and Gillespie accompany Sam Wood to the diner‚ counterman Ralph refuses to serve Detective Tibbs because he is black. Despite the fact that Ralph ends up being the murderer of Colbert‚ that scene exemplified the idea of the SNCC. Four African American college

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    Chapter 4 of the book Chief Gillespie states that Virgil has a “...pretty fancy name for a black boy...”(pg.36). Gillespie then continues to ask what they call him in Pasadena‚ the town Virgil comes from‚ and Virgil answers assertively‚ “They call me Mr. Tibbs.” (pg.36). This line shows that Virgil is confident with his authority‚ even when pitted against someone who in the times was looked at as superior to him‚ although Virgil was undoubtedly far more intelligent than Gillespie. That brings us to the

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    <b>Abstract</b> <br>This essay is a discussion of how the way jazz trumpeter Miles Davis changes his way of improvising‚ looking at two pieces from different times. The solos in the pieces were transcribed by myself and then analysed in detail. From these analyses‚ several conclusions on the style of improvising were drawn‚ and then the conclusions from the two pieces were compared. The piece ‘New Rhumba’‚ showed how Davis was using his technical ability to create an impressive solo‚ but was also

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    First world has more experience in managing the economy. In Nick Gillespie article‚ Johan Norberg states‚ "When unions‚ when protectionist‚ when uncompetitive corporations in the U.S. say that we shouldn’t buy from countries like Vietnam because of its labor standards‚ they’ve got it all wrong". They’re saying "Look

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    the legacy she left behind‚ many knew she favored Jazz. She also was a master of mimicking vocalists and instrumentalists alike with her musical ability coming at ease. Ella was greatly influenced by the music stylings of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie‚ called be-bop. She later would use it in her songs in a be-bop method called scat. She first started to use scat during recording her song “Mac the Knife” because she forgot the lyrics. Fitzgerald was not one to prepare thoroughly when recording

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    the availability of guns show how easy it is to get a gun these days. Nick Gillespie‚ the editor-in-chief of Reason Magazine‚ is a writer whose articles and editorials have appeared in publications such as The New York Times‚ Washington Post‚ and National Review. In the essay‚ “Bullying Can Lead to School Shootings” (1999)‚ Gillespie argues that many students are harassed and bullied by their peers at school. Gillespie states that‚ “I used to imagine bringing weaponry to school and making the f@#$%

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    advanced improvisations‚ emphasis on solos‚ and just musical virtuosity in general. Two of the most influential musicians in the advancement of bebop were saxophonists Charlie Parker and trumpeter Dizzie Gillespie. Dizzie was the first and most important bop trumpeter and composers of the Bop era. Gillespie was very influential

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    genre. Many of them created smaller more intimate groups that wanted to put more of an emphasis on solo improvisation‚ instrumental virtuosity‚ and complex chord progressions. This new genre would become known as Bebop through innovators such as Dizzy Gillespie‚ Thelonious Monk‚ Charlie Parker and others. The Bebop era was develop Harlem‚ New York the center of African American culture during this time. According to Andre Hodeir he stated‚ “They superimposed on the harmonic structure of standard songs

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    is not generating the same result as seeing.” You can see from the meaning that we value seeing more than reading in terms of communication. The three most important elements in all forms of communication are sender‚ message and receiver. (Marie Gillespie and Jason Toynbee‚ 2006) Messages can be sent in several ways. Texts and images are two efficient ways of being sent. However‚ no one can deny the fact that‚ these days‚ we seem to pay more attention to images than texts due to a variety of reasons

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    104-114. Claiborne‚ N. & Vanderburgh‚ H. (2003). How can social workers improve outcomes and costs in disease management. Disease Management Health Outcomes‚ 11‚7‚ 407-413. Gause‚ J.F. (2004) No silver bullet. Indiana Business‚ March‚ 20 & 44. Gillespie‚ J.L. & Rossiter‚ L.F. (2003). Medicaid disease management programs. Disease Management Health Outcomes‚ 11‚ 6‚ 345-361. Hoffman‚ J. (2001). Broad disease management interventions: Reducing healthcare costs for plan members with CHF. Disease Management

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