Friday morning that the manner of Josh Burdette’s death was suicide. Concert venues are about the live music experience‚ but then again‚ they’re not. We were reminded of this on Monday when 9:30 Club spokeswoman Audrey Fix Schaefer confirmed the Washington venue’s manager and "face of the Club" Josh Burdette had died on Sunday. He was 36. Judging from the immediate and emotional outpouring on social media‚ the death of Burdette -- the affable manager/head of security with the large ear plugs and
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1. Woodward and Bernstein served as watchdogs of government officials. What are some of the challenges they confronted as reporters unraveling the Watergate story? Being a journalist and reporting about government activities that question their intellect is very challenging. Woodward and Bernstein have to be aware that they are dealing with higher authorities that have power. They have the power to conduct surveillance on people who need to be monitored‚ thus witnesses are afraid to talk because
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leaking of important documents from the National Security Agency‚ Edward Snowden has taken the spotlight onto him and has changed the views on what and what not should be kept a secret to the public. The following three articles from The Guardian‚ Washington Post and The New York Times shows a comparison of different views and points that people have based on this issue. The Guardian newspaper‚ a daily newspaper that is well known in America released an article on June 30th addressing the wide world
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instances there is a third interpretation with a director of the movie. A lot can go wrong when the original story is interpreted differently by the author that writes the screenplay and a director that then directs. Michael O’ Sullivan of The Washington Post‚ wrote in a review of the movie‚ “I think our relationship is in trouble”. O’ Sullivan is trying to get across to the reader of this article that the movie’s story has problems and disappoints him as a viewer. A.O. Scott of the NY Times reports
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Eggers‚ Dave‚ and Nínive Clements Calegari. “The High Cost of Low Teacher Salaries.” The New York Times‚ The New York Times‚ 30 Apr. 2011. Dave Eggers is a well known and prestigious American publisher‚ writer and editor. He is most commonly known for his best selling memoir entitled A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. Eggers in addition is also the primary founder of the literary journal McSweeney’s and ScholarMatch‚ and a main co-founder of the literacy project 826 Valencia. Numerous pieces
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World Wide Web‚ and the booming economy make it possible for anyone to make a "well to-do" living. Henry B. Plant is featured in the article "Florida’s hidden treasures: Museums‚ cultural parks" written by Copley News Service in the Washington Post for talking about his dreams. Plant had the goal of turning the Florida wilderness in to a "shining utopia." His dreams came true‚ Plant created a historic museum in the Pinellas Suncoast. He’s able to provide historical information to the
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Lin’s ethnicity is only part of the story." Washington Post. 16 Feb. 2012. The Washington Post. 23 Feb. 2012 . 4. "What Does Jeremy Lin Have To Do With Politics?" Mediaite.com. 23 Feb. 2012 . 5. "Will Jeremy Lin ’s success end stereotypes?" CNN. 20 Feb. 2012. 23 Feb. 2012 . 6. "Omaha News." Jeremy Lin’s ethnicity is only part of the story. 23 Feb. 2012 . 7. Brodsky‚ Richard. "Jeremy Lin: The Dream Candidate for the Republicans." The Huffington Post. 15 Feb. 2012. TheHuffingtonPost.com. 23 Feb
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substances could actually help a community. I plan to make an argument on how certain narcotics could be legalized and how it would be financially beneficial to the United States. According to (G.F. Will‚ 2012) opinion writer for the Washington Post‚ twenty percent of American drinkers consume 80 percent of the alcohol sold here. This is the same 80-20 split among users of illicit drugs. Approximately 3 million people‚ less than 1 percent of America’s population consume 80 percent
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defective products were ignored or brushed off. It was always a case of “You didn’t fill out the right form‚” (Wells‚ 2014). After years of this style of conduct by GSA‚ it was clear that the behavior was not planning on changing anytime soon. The Washington Post ran a series of articles describing the situation on the practices of the GSA and eventually it led to the launch of a congressional investigation. Identify the Corruption Scheme Involved This is a clear case of bribery. According to Wells (2014)
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Fourth Alternative Assignment Leaving your family and loved ones home while you go fight for your country must be harder than I can ever imagine but somehow the soldiers of the United States have been doing it for centuries and made it look easy. But of course the letters that they write home to their families are heartbreaking and emotional‚ and knowing you may never see them again is a horrible feeling. On July 14th‚ 1861‚ Major Sullivan Ballou wrote a beautiful letter to his wife Sarah‚ and
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