Every summer prior to the explosion at the stadium my father was the Operations Manager at the local baseball stadium in Fayetteville. ... 'What-if he is dying,' 'What-if he can't be the same as before,' 'What-if I lose him.' ... He spent all summer preparing the complex for this one weekend when thousands of people would come out to see the SwampDogs play. However this summer this game would grow to be extremely special to my family, my father, and the people of Fayetteville. ...

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His pride in the United States was coupled with his Orthodox Jewish faith, although not too deeply observed, having been exposed to a more secular socialist leaning Jewish culture through the "Workmens' Circle" and by reading the "Daily Forward" the leading secular Yiddish newspaper in the United States during the great immigration of Eastern European Jews prior to World War I and subsequently served the needs of that generation until it more or less died out in the later part of the twentieth century. ... According to one of her very unreliable stories, she claimed to have had booked pas...

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He said the money is mine and not yours until I die, to his own daughter. ... To me it seemed like he was happy she died, because now he got all her money. ... If my father ever refused to save my mother from dieing, I would give him a piece of my mind. ... It happened the summer before he was entering college at University of Massachusetts on a full academic scholarship. ... Even though, it was the day her mom died, she has the right to fight with her dad. ...

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He said the money is mine and not yours until I die, to his own daughter. ... To me it seemed like he was happy she died, because now he got all her money. ... If my father ever refused to save my mother from dieing, I would give him a piece of my mind. ... It happened the summer before he was entering college at University of Massachusetts on a full academic scholarship. ... Even though, it was the day her mom died, she has the right to fight with her dad. ...

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In The Color of Water the stepfather dies creating an unhealthy and new environment for the family. ... Rachel Shilsky's first husband and second husband die leaving her to struggle to keep food on the table. She even manages to send her children to summer camp. ... With the rainy weather and the lack of medication and care, people died. ...

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A Crime in the Neighborhood It was the summer of 1972 when Spring Hill, a Washington D.C. suburb, got its first taste of reality. ... Marsha, stunned by her father's abandonment, spends the summer witnessing her mother's desperate attempts to cope, the neighborhood's response to the murder and even the country's disillusionment over the Watergate scandal. ... She seems to think there is a reason that everything happens and feels like she needs to figure out the reason Boyd Ellison died, or her father left. ...

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My house is insulated properly to stay (nothing but old fashioned insulation, good ol adobe) warm during the winter months, and cool in the summer. ... People were not dying from health issues due to diet. ... I remember one time asking a Great-Aunt "Why do we do the corn dance every summer?...

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During the summer I met this guy named Julio. ... When she brought up having an abortion I nearly died, I told her that I would never have an abortion. ... Once summer came I would be able to spend a lot more time with Renée. ... She was only a two months old when summer came and everywhere I went she came with me. ...

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Since we lived in New York, every single summer my family and I would fly out to Arizona for two weeks to escape the awful humidity that occurred on Long Island. ... She must have died in her sleep, which is probably the best way to go. ...

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• Grade Level: High School