His teaching her to dance hip-hop is a metaphor for teaching her about her sexuality, but Sara's sexual status is ambiguous. ... When Derek teaches Sara to dance, it is a metaphor for opening her up to her sexuality. ... The song is an older piece, but remade for this film it produces a soothing metaphor for the audience. ... Both women operating on the higher end of class/race, as determined in a dominant class ideology, must invite the men into their beds because men of lower classes or a different race would probably fear the cry of rape before they would initiate the sex act. ......

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But despite the notorious beginning, as the country became more socially, ethically, and racially aware, the detrimental actions of players were taken more seriously and players were held accountable for their actions. ... To see a ballpark when the sun is beginning to set is enough to make the toughest man cry. ... Beloved by the New York fans, Ruth earned several nicknames, including the Bambino (Italian for Babe) and the Sultan of Swat (for his home run hitting ability). ...

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FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT Frances Eliza Hodgson was born on November 24, 1849, in Manchester, England, the third of Edwin Hodgson's and Eliza Boond's five children. Her father ran a prosperous firm, which specialized in the trade of decorative arts for the interiors of houses. At the t...

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In succeeding decades, the official portraits of Queen Victoria, gradually aging, reflected her country's sense of its own maturation as a society and world power. Etched by conflict with her prime ministers, the birth of nine children, and the early death of her beloved Prince Albert, Victoria's once pretty face became deeply lined and heavily jowled. ...

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