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George Washington Plunkitt of Tammany Hall Everybody is talkin' these days about Tammany men growin' rich on graft, but nobody thinks of drawin' the distinction between honest graft and dishonest graft." With this sentence in the first chapter Plunkitt sets the tone for his short treatise on New York City politics while Tammany Hall ran the show. George Washington Plunkitt was a senator in New York during the turn of the 19th Century to the 20th Century. He was very successful in politics

Charlie Chaplin Every day millions of Americans go to theaters with their families to enjoy movies. Watching films has become one of the most popular activities to do. Although plenty of people know of Charlie Chaplin, most do not know any real information about him. Charlie Chaplin has been a major contributor to America’s advancement in the film industry from his innovative beginnings, and perseverance to improve and succeed, to his overall achievements in history. Charlie Chaplin was born

unadaptable person who doesn’t change much throughout the film. Another protagonist Annie Hall is a singer. She is a dynamic character who is opposite to Alvy. When Annie sings at the bar, in Annie’s point of view none of the audiences bother to care. The camera keeps changing from Annie’s point of view and audience’s point of view to show the contrast. This symbolizes the struggles in a relationship. In 1977, Annie Hall by Woody Allen won the screenplay award including the academy award for the best picture

In 1966, Woody Allen made his theatrical film debut with the quirky, What’s Up, Tiger Lily?. Woody Allen was the head writer as well as one of the directors; Senkichi Taniguchi being his partner. The two directors took the Japanese action film “International Secret Police: Key of Keys” and changed the plot to focus on a secret egg salad recipe instead (“What’s Up, Tiger Lily?”). They did this by re-dubbing the dialogue as well as rearranging some of the scenes. Experimental concept of the film alone

for his “great looks” which may or may not be true. In late 1774, he was offered a promotion to master of Union School and he gladly accepted. During Hale’s teaching career, a war was going on. He had heard about many battles and attended many town hall meetings. Hale spoke out at one saying “Let us march immediately, and never lay down our [weapons] until we obtain independence!” He made a decision to stop teaching and join the Connecticut regiment of the Continental Army. His regiment left immediately

The Art of Technology in Schools All types of technology are becoming more prevalent everywhere. Everyone has a tablet, laptop, smart phone, iPad or some type of technology in this day and age. It seems as if kids are gaining more access to these technologies because of their schools. In schools students are being given technology for homework and online textbooks now. Students are also getting exposure to technology as teaching aids in schools as well. Many people believe that technology in

I received a call from an elderly shut in lady explaining that she had no access to transportation and that there was some problem with her SNAP benefits that month. She was in poor health and had specific dietary needs. Her friend, that normally would help, was not able to take her to a local pantry. She wanted to know if we would be able to bring just a little food to tie her over until someone could take her somewhere for food. Imagine the feeling of insecurity that this woman must have been

The bombs dropped one by one as I watched in disbelief from my front porch. The Koreans had been planning this attack for years, but with their high security and privacy for their country, we only found out the day before. Once we heard the news of the attack, people tried to flee, but most didn’t make it very far. I had lived in Italy for years without having any huge problems to deal with, but this was a different story. The bombs destroyed a full fifty mile radius from where it was dropped all

Annie Hall is a 1977 American romantic comedy film directed by Woody Allen from a screenplay co-written by him and Marshall Brickman. Charles H. Joffe who was Woody Allen’s manager at that time produced the film and the film’s director played the leading male, Woody Allen, as Alvy "Max" Singer, who is a hostile man who tries to figure out the reasoning for his failure in relationships with the film's female lead, who is played by Diane Keaton. Annie Hall is not seen as a traditional romantic film

From the time of the Industrial Revolution to now, people have been on the hunt for wealth. Those that are poor wish for riches, those that are rich only want more. Willa Cather wrote “Paul’s Case” back in 1905 with this same idea in mind. The question has been asked since even before then, does money bring happiness? To those that have little would think that getting money will solve all their problems but those with much can attest to having other types of problems money cannot fix. In “Paul’s