Léopold Sédar Senghor (9 October 1906 – 20 December 2001) Léopold Sédar Senghor was born in Joal‚ Afrique Occidentale Française (French West Africa now Republic of Senegal)‚ to a Serer (third largest ethnic group in Senegal) Father and Roman Catholic mother. In 1928 Senghor traveled to Paris to continue his studies on a partial scholarship. He became the first black African to become an agrégé‚ the top qualification for a teacher in the French education system‚ and became a professor of African
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The most amazing place that I ever visited is New York. It is also called the city that never sleeps‚ The capital of the world‚ The big apple or Empire city. This city has many places to visit‚ some of these places are: The famous statue of liberty‚ The Empire State Building‚ Central Park‚ Times Square‚ the popular 5th Avenue‚ and more places. I will talk about those in this essay. Also i will explain why New York is the most amazing city I’ve ever been. I will talk about the places that
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The City So Nice They Named It Twice: New York‚ New York When you associate anything with New York City it is usually the extraordinary buildings that pierce the sky or the congested sidewalks with people desperate to shop in the famous stores in which celebrities dwell. Even with my short visit there I found myself lost within the Big Apple. The voices of the never-ending attractions call out and envelop you in their awe. The streets are filled with an atmosphere that is like a young child on
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New York Done by: Yasmeen Temairik Bakeel Yamani Supervised by: Miss Razan Table of content Introduction page 3 History page 4 Geography page 6 Climate page 9 Regions page 11 Administrative division page 13 Population page 14 Economy page 16 Government
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The summer before my junior year in high school‚ my family and I took a trip to a completely new world. Being from a small town‚ I had never really been exposed to the elements of a large city such as New York City. My trip there was like discovering an entirely new way of life that I had only heard stories of previously. For about the tenth time the morning of the flight‚ I checked my room to make sure I didn’t leave anything essential behind. My stomach was doing flips as we arrived at the
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could no longer wait for the others. I open the blinds to an inspiring view of the one of the most powerful buildings in the city‚ The Empire State building. Finally‚ the beautiful city of New York lay at my fingertips. I had waited my whole childhood for the chance to visit‚ to explore. I grew up seeing New York on the television. I grew up inspired by a city I hadn’t been to but yet‚ I felt so attached. I saw the city in a different light. How an artist sees a painting‚ or how an environmentalist
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Leopold Sedar Senghor‚ a African American writer and politician. A man who had accomplished so much throughout his entire life time. He had done so many things for himself and the country he lived in. Senghor’s writing were greatly influenced with things he had done and things that had happened to him. The poems he wrote had been influenced by his life and things he had achieved. He is one of Africa’s most famous poets. Senghor spoke out about what it’s like to be black. Leopold has written many
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the dead boy in the mortuary was Bobby. Seven days later police arrested Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold‚ and soon both confessed to the murder. The two young men (Leopold was 18; Loeb‚ 19) were scions of two extremely wealthy and respected Jewish families and had achieved outstanding academic records. Loeb was the youngest student ever to have graduated from the University of Michigan‚ and Leopold was a student at the law school of the University of Chicago. The two had conspired to commit the
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2015 New York City The melting pot‚ the city that never sleeps‚ the big apple. What do all of these things have in common? There are simply nicknames for one of the most exciting places in America‚ New York City! New York city is full of various forms of entertainment. Since‚ I’m from the small part of New York‚ Brooklyn. I am very excited in informing you all on one of my favorite places to visit. Once I am in New York City I never want to leave there. In fact‚ I visit New York City every
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In New York the transportation was ran by a Omnibus. The Omnibus was ran by a horse-drawn carriage. The horse ran along a fixed route. The Omnibus was meant to seat fifteen passengers. There would often be more room with cramped people. The driver stopped when the people tugged on the strap around his ankle. The other New York transportation that was used was the Horsecars. Horsecars rode along Embedded iron or steel tracks. It was hard for the horses to go up hilly streets and to carry all
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