New York City has proceeded to improve the lives of everyone since the attack of September 11th, 2001. ... I did my interview on Councilman and Chairman of New York City, David Weprin because his concerns are manifested via his speeches and actions. Weprin also discusses the problems of the educational system in New York City as well as emphasizing his concern of the hate crimes that occurred following September 11th, 2001. ... Since graduating he has been involved in making changes to the City of New York. ... As a democratic, believing in the people and aiding them in securing and cleaning t...

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The amendment that I chose to do my report on is the 19th amendment. This amendment guaranteed the voting right to all of the American woman. The victory of this amendment took decades to be passed. In August of 1995 marked the 75th anniversary of the ratification of this amendment. This amendme...

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I was born on October 17,1864, in a small town by the name of Watertown, New York. ... My father is a profound lawyer in New York, and my father-in-law who interested me in global and international affairs. ... I later died on October 30, 1928, in New York City, at the age of 64....

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President Toure had planned on resigning after the next scheduled presidential election at the end of April (New York Times). ... Additional rebel troops took advantage of the rioting in the capital and quickly seized several other cities, including Gao and Bamako, which have never fallen in any rebellions (New York Times). ... Although they vowed to restore order, they have so far been seen breaking into banks, local businesses, and buildings of government, while plastering the city with their rebel flag. "We are hearing heavy weapons going off, coming from the south and east of the cit...

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One o his successful missions were when he occupied Dorchester Heights, effectively commanding the city and forcing the British to evacuate. He then moved to defend New York City against the British forces of Sir William Howe. In New York he made a military mistake by occupying an unreasonable position in Brooklyn. Although he saved his army by retreating from Manhattan into Westchester County and through New Jersey into Pennsylvania he still lost the New York City to the British. (1) His recent loss of New York City and being low on supplies and troops had a big impact on Washington and he st...

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Born in New York City on October 11, 1884, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was "a shy, awkward child, starved for recognition and love," (The White House) daughter of Anna Hall and Elliot Roosevelt. ... Eleanor and her brothers moved with her grandmother Hall, who "had a house in New York City and one in the country." ... "One summer day" (Graves 22) while Eleanor was riding on a train to New York City, a "handsome young man" (Graves 22) approached her. ... FDR's mother gave them a house in New York City where she also had a home. ... She also taught history and government in a girl's scho...

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He was born in New York City on October 27, 1858. ... After Theodore left Harvard in 1880 and almost within two years, he was elected as a Republican to the New York State assembly. ... He was an author, lawyer, public official, a member of the New York state Assembly during 1882-84, a member of the Civil Commissions in 1889-95, the President of the New York city Board of Police Commissioners in 1894-96, an Assistant Secretary of the Navy during 1897-98, Governor of New York during 1899-1901, Vice President in 1901 (under McKinley), then president of the United States during 1901-09. ...

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Stated in the New York Post, Brooklyn College Education Professor David Bloomfield predicted, a" huge increase" in enrollment if Congress passed the plan, but warns that "many may not be ready for college work." Nearly "80 percent of city high-school grads applying to CUNY flunk admissions test, and need remedial courses." Stated in an article from the New York Post, the average completion rate at CUNY's six Community Colleges in New York City is "Overall, just 4.1 percent of first-time enrollees, about 16 percent graduate in three years, and 23.5 perce...

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FDR was born January 30, 1882 in Hyde Park, NY, near New York City. ... He was admitted into the New York Bar in 1907, despite the fact that he never obtained his law degree. He quickly gained recognition for his leadership of upstate New York Democrats in a fight against Tammany Hall's nominee for the U.S. ... That got him a seat on the New York senate in 1910. ... After a lengthy recovery, FDR was persuaded to run for governor of New York. ...

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Teddy Roosevelt was born as a very sickly child in October of 1858 in New York City. His parents were very rich glass merchants from New York. ... He then came back to New York to become the president of the police board and tried to lower the amount of corruption among New York Policemen. ... He said of corrupt republicans in the same speech, " I have small sympathy with those people who are always destroying good man and good causes because they are not the best of all possible men- He said he would recognize no party in trying to attain a better New York City. ... However, he was convince...

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Another type of protection that the government must provide abundantly is aid to the smaller governments, such as state or city offices. I feel that this is most important in crime-ridden, overpopulated cities, such as New York or Los Angeles. ... Without government funds, these cities don't have enough money for upkeeping and allow their images to become tarnished. ... Less tourism means that these cities have less revenues and less importance to the government. ...

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Roosevelt then moved to New York City, where he entered the Columbia University Law School in 1904. ... For the next three years he was a clerk in a prominent law firm in New York City, but the evidence is clear that he had little interest in law and little enthusiasm to be a lawyer. ... In 1910 he became a New York state senator and quickly made a name for himself when he opposed the corrupt Tammany Hall, an established political system running New York City at the time. ... Overcoming these struggles, he rose to become governor of New York. In 1922, FDR became governor of New York. ...

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Hill was born in Brooklyn, New York on November 30th, 1924. ... After working as a teacher and child-care director, Shirley allied herself to the New York City Bureau of Child Welfare System. ... While she had a seat at the New York General Assembly she proposed a bill to grant aid to day car centers. ...

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On May 10, 1837, the banks in New York City decided to suspend something called specie payments, which meant that they would no longer redeem commercial paper at its full face value. ... New York was the most populated state during Jackson's presidency. New York City was the most populated city with 202,589 civilians. ...

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The "apparent terrorist attack" against the United States involved three aircraft slamming into American icons, two into the World Trade Center towers in the heart of America, New York, and one into the United States Pentagon in the nations capitol, Washington, D.C. In the following, as a brief overview of what took place on this historic day, lays a outline of the dramatic events as they unfolded in front of the American eye. 8:51 a.m.: American Airlines jetliner crashes into 1 World Trade Center, the north tower. 9:06 a.m.: United Airlines jet crashes into 2 World Trade Center, ...

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Roosevelt was born at Hyde Park in New York city on January 30 1882. ... He was elected to the New York state senate in 1910 this was the start of his political career. ... Even after anther defeat Roosevelt ran for governor of New York in 1928 he won but by only 50.3%. ...

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There was only one building in the city under construction and all the major companies in the area were either under construction or going out of business. ... She read everything about flowers, took a course in floral design at New York's Botanical Gardens, and used her advertising and marketing background to peddle sumptuous floral arrangements and original designs. ... The difficult part about starting the Daily Blossom all those years ago was standing out in New York, a city with a reputation for having some of the best products and services you can find. ...

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August 10, 1874 Herbert Hoover was born in West Branch, Iowa. However he was raised in Oregon. At 17 years old he enrolled at Stanford University when it opened in 1891. By 1895 he had graduated with an A.B. degree in engineering. On February 10, he married Lou Henry who he had met a Stanford. T...

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"Once a man has been in politics, once that's been in his life, he will always return if the people want him." (Richard M. Nixon) Richard Nixon's the thirty seventh president of United States (1969-1974), was born in Yorba-Linda, CA in 1913. Nixon had a brilliant record at Whittier College and D...

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Those allowed to stay in their original homes were small, select groups such as the Iroquois Confederation in New York or those who agreed to abide by white law. ... Rather, Indian Removal was caused by "industrialization and commerce, the growth of population, of railroads and cities, the rise in value of land, and the greed of businessmen." ... New York: Franklin Watts, 1993. pg. 123-133. ... Publication company, year and city of publication unknown. pg. 124-146. ...

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Lincoln Steffens wrote in McClure's, an article, "The Shame of the Cities" which magnified the alliance between big business and the government in 1902. ... Charles Evans Hughes investigated malpractice in gas and insurance companies in New York. ... A fire burned up 146 women workers in 1911 at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in New York City which aided in the fight against child labor, women labor, and other labor laws. ...

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More than 50,000s of fans were attracted to the city because of successful sport events that kept Bay Area fans on the roll. When San-Francisco Giants went to the baseball playoffs and advanced to the World Series city earned a lot of money on people who came into our city to watch the games. City earned a lot of money for hotels and other services. Also our city earned a lot of money from the football playoffs when 49ers went on to play New-York Giants. ...

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This time he was the leading Republician candidate for his partys nomination. he recieved the nomination on the 1st ballot at the partys convention in Kansas City, MO., in June 1928. ... Even though Hoover lost he still remained in politics until his death in New York City on October 20, 1964. ...

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The Year 1965 In my essay I am going to write about some of the important events and traditions from the year 1965 which was the year that I was born. I am also going to show you that there are many similarities with the wa...

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Approving Our Constitution In 1787, political leaders met at the Constitutional Congress in Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederation. Instead, they wrote the United States Constitution, an entirely new plan of government. Under this new plan the states would retain a number of imp...

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