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    Gabrielle Dee Giffords, born June 8th, 1970, was a US representative from Arizona(2007 - 2012), and before her life changing experience in 2011 she was the youngest woman to be elected to the Arizona State Senate. Before she was elected into the House of Representatives she had sold her family’s tire business, El Campo Tire Warehouse, to Goodyear Tire. After making her way up to Arizona Senate, she resigned to run for US House of Representatives, and she was the third woman from Arizona to serve

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    Florentine was battling with in The Tin Flute. She does not know if she should follow Jean and see the movie with him or let him pass her by. Florentine is almost afraid to say no because she wants this chance at happiness. In “The Tin Flute” by Gabrielle Roy the reader should learn that people can throw everything they have into a chance at happiness because they are afraid of what may happen if they let it pass. Florentine is torn between whether or not to go with Jean Lévesque and leave her current

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    Bryce Vanderyacht English 105 Diane Goodman September 19, 2014 Congress is Shooting Blanks As the gun control issue began to heat up a timely find was made, a poem by Carl Sandburg. The first half of the poem reads, “Here is a revolver. It has an amazing language all its own. It delivers unmistakable ultimatums. It is the last word. A simple, little human forefinger can tell a terrible story with it. Hunger, fear, revenge, robbery hide behind it. It is the claw of the jungle made quick and

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    The American Dream is a well known concept and idea that many immigrants and Americans strived for in order to become successful. Unlike most countries where rising from rags to riches was highly uncommon and a hopeless dream, America was a place for people to work hard and achieve their dreams. Carl Sandburg was a very influential poet who came from very humble beginnings under immigrant parents who had moved to America. He believed in an ordered society where people could strive and accomplish

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    Gabrielle Biography

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    manages to uncover secrets and controversies from within others they didn’t know about themselves. Gabby’s just too good at what she does, and by relation you become better too — it’s mutually beneficial for everyone involved. In her social life, Gabrielle is the alpha female — blessed with a clique of well-meaning friends at her disposal. It’s how she likes it. At home, however, she constantly faces tension from her siblings Louise and Shaye, they’re almost always trying to her that there is more

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    The Second Amendment gives average citizens the right to keep and bear arms. This has been an occurring issue for a while now but the recent school shooting by Adam Lanza in December of 2012, an unstable man who had access to assault weapons killed 26 people. Do you feel safe under The Second Amendment? Many people think these mass shootings could have been stopped if the government had never repealed the 1994 assault weapon ban or if we had universal background checks, keeping this ban active could

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    My Research is about Gabrielle Bonheur “Coco” Chanel she was born in Saumur on the western of France the town is located between the Loire and Thouet rivers, there are many vineyards near there and it is very humid. Coco was sent to an orphanage by her father when her mother died. The place was called Congregation of the sacred heart of Mary at Aubazine a region of central France. By the time pass, in 1990 she moved to a local convent school where many kind women taught her how to sew and then with

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    conform into what their party wanted them to be. A recent politician, who has showed immense bravery, is Gabrielle Giffords. She is a democrat from Arizona, who was shot in the head in 2011. It was most likely she would die. However, miraculously Giffords pulled through, and make a remarkable recovery. I believe that Gifford’s story would make an excellent chapter in Profiles in Courage. Gabrielle Dee Giffords was born and raised in Tucson Arizona on June 8, 1970. Her parents were Gloria Kay Giffords

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    Gabrielle Toledano Essay

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    still occurs today we have many companies and leaders making a push to diversify and include all the members of the gaming community. Gabrielle Toledano is the chief talent officer at EA, also know at Electronic Arts, and she is one of the many leaders pushing for diversity and inclusion in our virtual spaces. Listed as one of Forbes most powerful women in 2008, Gabrielle has been on a career path intertwined with inclusion for many years. She originally started as an HR business partner with oracle

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    Essay on Tuscon: Who is to Blame?

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    In “After Tucson: Why are the mentally ill still bearing arms?,” author Nathan Thornburgh (2011) discusses the January 8, 2011 shooting of 19 people at a political event in Tucson, Arizona which left six dead and congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords severely wounded. Thornburgh is quick to dismiss gun control and gun rights advocates’ reactions to the event but instead focuses solely on gunman, Jared Loughner’s, mental illness. Specifically, Thornburgh blames college officials, and other organizations

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