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    These television shows have characters exhibiting behaviors similar to someone with bipolar disorder but the writers never confirm if they are, like in the case of Naomi Shropshire from “Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life.” Naomi’s introduction to the series is the one of the main protagonists, Rory Gilmore, is hired by Shropshire to write a book and the first scene we ever see of Naomi is the two characters meeting together in a restaurant to brainstorm topics for the book. Naomi takes food that isn’t

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    What Happens After a Neighborhood Gets Gentrified.” The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, 16 Sept. 2015, Jan, Tracy. “America's Affordable-Housing Stock Dropped by 60 Percent from 2010 to 2016.” Chicagotribune.com, Chicago Tribune, 24 Oct. 2017, Shropshire, Corilyn. “Proposed Development along 606 Trail Highlights Tension over Rising Rents and Home Prices.” Chicagotribune.com, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2018, Wynn, Jonathan. “Gentrification? Bring It on, Say Some Cities.” CNN, Cable News Network, 20

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    A Near Death Experience

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    Sometimes a little near death experience helps them put things into perspective ~Annie Shropshire. Near death experiences can be scary. Many people have had near death experiences. A lot of near death experiences have certain things in common that occur during and afterward. Some of these things are: change in priorities, time distortion, and fear. These are the three most common things to experience. Change in priorities is the thing that you hold more important than any other thing in your life

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    Energy Energy is a crucial necessity and with the ever increasing need for it and the high and fluctuating prices of oil, researchers are constantly coming up with newer and more sophisticated alternative sources of energy. However, energy comes at a cost, as it is either expensive or it possesses high health risks. This essay presents the concept of energy by discussing the two major types of energy, the various forms it could take, including renewable sources of energy, energy conservation and

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    are different than the other characters. The females of the play are materialistic and eager to marry for superficial reasons like money and class. Algernon realizes this and chooses to value himself by eating, drinking, and “Bunbury[ing] all over Shropshire” (Wilde 1941). In a way, Algernon is protecting himself from becoming trapped in a set up marriage, until he naturally falls in love with Cecily Cardew in the

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    he was older Lee went to West Point military academy to become an engineer. Robert E. Lee was a great general because he was smart, led many victories and remains a hero. Lee was Born on January 19, 1807 Stratford Hall VA. “Lee´s father was from Shropshire, England, and his mother was from Virginia and had one of the most elegant homes in Virginia” (Jacey). In 1809 Lee was taken to debtors prison, and released the following year.

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    Housman’s collection of poems - “A Shropshire lad”. Having studied music with the likes of Ravel, Williams was very aware of the impressionist movement (particularly in France) that was in full swing at the beginning of the 20th century - he also spent much of his life travelling around England, collection folk songs (particularly those of the Tudor period). These influences are distinctly heard in “On Wenlock Edge”. Put simply, the poems that make up “A Shropshire Lad” depict country life, however

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    Lopez Inc Case Summary

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    Lopez, Inc. Case Analysis This will be a violation of the Title VII and discrimination. Lopez Inc., company has only employed Hispanics. Unless the company has a Bona Fide Qualification that can be proved to be in the companies best interest than it is illegal. You have two possible qualified candidates that have applied to two positions and been denied. Lopez Inc. will need to prove that the reason they were denied was that they were not qualified or to prove that there is a valid reason for only

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    Bunker Hill Lesson

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    As an ironmaster in Stafford and Shropshire, I have been building a lucrative arms trade. In 1774 I invented a machine that is powered by water and the wheel can drill with an unparalleled accuracy through the cast iron’s cylinder length, creating the barrel of a cannon. This becomes the

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    Sterling Allen Brown was born on May 1, 1901 in Washington, DC. He is the sixth child of Adelaide Allen and her husband Sterling Nelson Brown. He graduated as the valedictorian from Dunbar High School in 1918. Growing up, he followed the footsteps of his father which led him to attending Williams College on a scholarship where he studied French and English literature and graduated cum laude with a Phi Beta Kappa award in 1922. Also, he won the graves prize for an essay on Moliere and Shakespeare

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