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    Reading was very diffuclt to me. The pronouncing and putting two-three letters together was discouraging. “Th” or “et”, made me feel like I was illiteric. I would go to bible school every Sunday morning. I would attend two churches. A Church of Christ and a Baptist. The Baptist would barely make me read aloud; if I arrived on time but the Church of Christ was no expections about punctuality. I was on time or even the first member there waiting to begin. I would listen closely at the prouncation

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    Russell would oversee contracts, Majors would be known as the field boss and Waddell would be the money man. The three bought out Butterfield Overland and began a new company called Central Overland California and Pikes Express Company, today known as The Pony Express (Rankin, 1996). The Pony Express came to be known as a remarkable national achievement (Rankin, 1996)

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    With the only exception of Memphis, rap music in the south sounded very similar to what was being produced in the East and West coasts. Memphis’ Three-Six Mafia were rhyming over double time beats with minor key synth melodies put on top. This would lay the foundation of what people would later call the Southern sound. Southern Hip-Hop

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    determined as much by human decisions and human willpower as by physical resources, although the North's resources gave them an edge over the South. The South seceded in part out of growing awareness of its minority in the nation. The Union held twenty-three states, including four border slave states, while the Confederacy had eleven. Ignoring conflicts of allegiance within various states, which might

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    their immediate removal to the West from the oppression of the whites. By then they Creeks utterly in the control of the white men. The had been swindled into selling land they didn’t know the value of, bonds they didn’t understand were taken from them. “They were oppressed by judgments for which they were not liable; while the laws of the state prohibited an Indian from testifying. The first of the emigration began in 1827 and consisted of seven hundred three Creeks. These settled in Fort Gibson

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    human body needs them for removing waste from food and without them excess waste will build up and it can lead to death. They are capable of saving and changing people’s lives. The people of Memphis, especially African Americans and Hispanics are all at risk for kidney disease. Tennessee is one of the top three states in the U.S. for being most affected by it due to high rates of obesity and lack of physical activity (“Is Your State Hard Hit?”). It is a public health challenge, and people stricken

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    From top education from universities like Yale and Harvard, to minority rights and diversity, the United States has always been known as the “land of opportunities” for people around the globe. Many aspire to possess the American Dream, a chance to have equal rights and opportunities to achieve their goals along with a safe and comfortable lifestyle through grit and hard work. The concept of the American Dream developed long ago when people from the Old World began to conceive hopes and dreams for

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    the Western conference basement. Since Nowitzki's return, Dallas has slowly made up ground in the West thanks to a 9-3 surge in the last 12 games and contributions from youngsters Seth Curry and Yogi Ferrell. Curry, who everybody knows as Steph's younger brother, got his first taste of NBA action back in

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    So So Def became synonymous with the city of Atlanta. Dupri is one of the reasons why artists started flocking to Atlanta, and it is still a city where artists can become superstars- as opposed to having to move to New York or Los Angeles. Number Three: Cash Money Records (Notable artists- Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Drake, Juvenile, B.G., and Turk). Even though Cash Money still has the biggest names in the game on their roster, there is a strong possibility Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, and Drake won't be

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