Franklin’s genre of music ranged from R&B to pop to gospel to soul music to jazz. Her influences were Mahalia Jackson, Clara Ward, James Cleveland, Dinah Washington, and Sam Cooke. This album is artistically successful because her music came from the soul and it reached out to her listener. "A Natural Woman," "Chain Of Fools," and so many other songs helped shape the music of a generation. Her music is appropriate in the
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What started small, with a single discount store and the simple idea of selling more for less, has grown over the last 50 years into the largest retailer in the world. Each week, over 260 million customers and members visit our 11,695 stores under 59 banners in 28 countries and e-commerce websites in 11 countries. With fiscal year 2017 revenue of $485.9 billion, Walmart employs approximately 2.3 million associates worldwide. Walmart continues to be a leader in sustainability, corporate philanthropy
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George Brinton McClellan was born on December 3rd, 1826, to George McClellan and Elizabeth Steinmetz McClellan in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father was a doctor and his mother was a stay at home mom, as most were before the civil war. Elizabeth Brinton was a descendant of William Bradford, one of the most influential men of the pilgrims. George McClellan had four siblings; Federica, Mary and two brothers; John and Arthur. Elizabeth wanted her children to have the best education so she sent
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In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to win 2048 game using just three simple rules. First rule: The first rule is to select a tile at any one of the four corners and not to move it in any other directions. The selected tile All you need to do is to select any of the four corners. For instance, if you select the top left corner, you will be finally making the 2048 tile at the top left corner. You should not move this corner tile in any other directions. Only
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"I am Sam" is a touched movie of the relationship of a mentally handicapped father—Sam and a very sensible daughter—Lucy. Sam is special, because he only has the seven years old children’s IQ, just so he has a good character and live a happy life. Sam is simple and pure, so that people feel easy and relaxed to associate with him. Although he is a retard, he is not self-abased but beams with smiles all day. He is like a clear spring infusing into the fierce competitive society, which can
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Jam, Gastrow takes the original concept of Green Eggs and Ham and follows the idea that in actuality Sam is fairly pushy for trying to force his opinion onto others. This aspect is not touched on in the original book, and it brings up the important point that if someone’s opinion is contrary to another person’s it should be
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I Am Sam SHS 270, Fall 2012 Scott Farnan, 668300995, sfarnan2@illinois.edu A Village of Love I Am Sam is a 2001 American drama film directed by Jessie Nelson and produced by Edward Zwick. The movie is not based off of anything but the title is a quote from Dr. Seuss’ Green Eggs and Ham; the screenplay was written by Jessie Nelson and Kristie Johnson. This film is about a man with a disability who fights for custody rights of his seven-year-old daughter. The character in the film with a cognitive
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Decision in Philadelphia was written by well-known authors Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier. Christopher Collier was the headlining author of this book and also wrote the well know children’s book My Brother Sam is dead, which won the Newberry Honor book and was nominated for the National Book award in 1975. Collier was born in New York City on 1930 and worked with his brother James Lincoln Collier in numerous books that were published. Christopher also gained his PhD in history and
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My Brother Sam Is Dead As we all know Sam Meeker is a Patriot and his father “Life” Meeker is a Loyalist. There are many differences between the Patriots and the Loyalist. Patriots wanted American colonies to have independence from Britain, Loyalist on the other hand wanted to stay part of Britain and remain loyal to the king.In my brother Sam Is Dead Sam wants to fight against the Lobsterbacks but his dad thinks they should leave it be and be loyal to Britain and their king. Sam joins the rebel
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the theme in my brother sam is dead My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier & Christopher Collier is based on the revolutionary war. In the book the meeker family is in a middle of the war Tim is faced with a lot of challenges, his brother sam goes to war and won't come home tell the war is over father doesn't approve of Sam's decision because father is a loyalist. one of the major theme is that war is ugly and it changes people dramatically. In the book Sam comes how and says “We’ve beaten
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