BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH By Gregory Anthony Tibbs Ben Vereen African American Influence on Dance in the United States, 1500-2000s AFR 3000 – 701 Eastern Illinois University Charleston, Illinois June 6, 2009 Ben Vereen Ben Vereen is a versatile and three-dimensional entertainer who has enlightened audiences by giving his heart and soul in his work to the African American community for over 25 years. Ben Vereen is currently part of a lecture circuit, an ordained minister and has
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Analysis of the short story ‘Accident’ ‘Accident’ is a short story written by Molly Giles in 2012. The story takes place in Siloam Springs, Arkansas in August. Arkansas is a state in the US and is placed in the bible belt. The bible belt refers to an area in the southeastern United States where Christianity is deeply embedded in everyday life and also in this story. The protagonist is far away from home (California, on the West Coast). It is a hot afternoon and our protagonists is on her way
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technology, cell phones in particular. From pages, to car phones, to initial “flip phones”, and now to smart phones, people practically use up most of their daily time with these devices. Nowadays, a lot of people don't even like to have conversations over the phone…they can deliver an entire thought through a simple text message. It can be extremely crucial when it comes to texting and driving. Texting and driving has been the leading cause of car accidents in the recent years, a great portion of them which
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WA is ‘The confession’. In this story, there is a main character called Daisy who, at the end of novel, was involved in a hit and run car accident, which caused a lady to death and put the blame on Gatsby. Gatsby is the protagonist of the story. He loves Daisy for a long time since they were teenagers and even Daisy got married. Gatsby still loves only Daisy because they have promise that she will wait for him until he comeback from military. After the accident, Daisy’s runaway with Tom and do not
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February 20, 2016 A good man is hard to find is short story written by Flannery O’ Connor. Throughout the entire story O’Connor utilizes irony as a literary element to create multiple facets of her characters in the story such as those of Bailey's mother and The Misfit. O'Connor establishes the foundation of the irony very early in the story when she gives us the reason for the grandmother getting dressed up for the car ride, “In case of an accident anyone seeing the dead on the highway would know at
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Good morning everyone. Today I am going to share with you a story of how fragile life can be. It is the story of Formula 1 driver, Michael Schumacher. Michael Schumacher is known as Formula 1’s greatest ever driver, having claimed 7 world championships. Schumacher was born in Germany on Jan 3rd 1969. He started racing karts at the age of 4, and at 18 he won the German and European Kart championship. When he was 21 he won his first major single-seater title, clenching the German Formula
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and then will attempt to drive. Driving under the influence of alcohol is dangerous for any one to attempt, and is even more dangerous for teenage drivers. Driving under the influence of alcohol greatly increases the chance of a person being in an accident, and this attempt can be fatal to the driver, passengers, other drivers, and innocent civilians. If someone you know who does get drunk have them call someone they can trust to come get them, or take them yourself only if you have not been drinking
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Is It Dangerous to Drive and Use Cell Phones Michelle Roberts RES/110 May 4, 2010 Is It Dangerous to Drive and Use Cell Phones The technology of cellular phones has come a long way since the first cell phone was introduced to the public on April 3, 1973 by Motorola. This cell phone was called the “DynaTAC”. It weighed 2.5 pounds and only had three cell phone features dialing, listening, and talking and only had a talk time of 35 minutes that took 10 hours to charge. Although the “DynaTAC”
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are wrong; texting while driving causes more accidents than other distractions while driving. There are also laws that forbid the use of a cell phone while operating a vehicle. Texting and driving is an action that kills more people than expected. Due to the lack of concentration on the first-hand action; a slowed reaction is brought upon the driver. Texting and driving is a problem because of the delayed reaction time of someone who is driving a car. “Using a cell phone while driving, whether
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hanging out with another group of friends. We were on the freeway when it came to a sudden halt. About a minute passed after we stopped then all I remember it turning pitch black and I felt my body being thrown around in the backseat of the car. After the car stopped moving I looked around and saw the door had been blown off but what really got to me and confused
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