Yonkers, New York Essays

  • Resilience in Neil Simon’s Lost in Yonkers

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    vot doctors told me... ... middle of paper ... ...t Poquette, Ryan D. “Critical Essay on Lost in Yonkers”. Ed. David. A. Galens. Vol 18. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Literature Resource Center. < http://go.galegroup.com.vlib interchange. at> Web. 19 Jan. 2013. Dale, Alan. “Lost in Yonkers”. < http://www.weirdprofessortype.com.html> Web. 22 Dec. 2012 Kerschen, Louis. “Critical Essay on Lost in Yonkers”. Drama for Students. Ed. David .A. Galens Detroit: Gale, 2003. Literature Resource Center. < http://go

  • What Is The Difference Between World War Z Movie And Book

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    on the defensive, but have no true understanding what they are going up against. Governments don’t have the leadership they once had, chaos and panic quickly set in. This is experienced in the book written by Max Brooks. A book who is a number 1 New York Times best seller, as well as the audio book with the voices of Alan Alda and Mark Hamill winning the Audie Award in 2007. It has also been made into a movie in

  • A Brief Biography Of Isaac Sidney Ceasar

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    Isaac Sidney Ceasar was born on September 8, 1922 in Yonkers, New York. He was the youngest to three sons to Jewish immigrants Max and Ida. Caesar’s parents ran a 24-hour luncheonette, and while on his job waiting on tables Caesar learned how to mimic the different dialects of the costumers. He named this technique “double-talk” which he used throughout his career. Although it seemed apparent that he knew many languages, he could only speak English and Yiddish. At age 14 Caesar became a saxophonist

  • When My Friends Let Me Down

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    I moved to Peekskill. New York when I was about eight years old. I used to live in Yonkers, New York but then my parents realized we needed a change. The area that I lived in in Yonkers was extremely bad. There were a lot of drugs and violence and my parents didn't want to finish raising their family in this awful neighborhood. My family and I lived in a small two-bedroom apartment on Radford Street. My family consists of a mother a father five daughters and a son; obviously our family was a bit

  • Yonkers Research Paper

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    Yonkers is one of the most under-appreciated places in New York. However, the place is absolutely amazing. The amazing residents of Yonkers are some of the kindest people in the world. Some residents have achieved success in some of the hardest musical genres in the world. Even those residents who have not produced especially popular music have been very successful within their specific genres. Yonkers is a musical paradise full of the kindest people in the world. Some stories of Yonkers residents

  • David Berkowitz

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    David Berkowitz was one of the most feared killers in New York City in the 1970's. His crimes caused the death of six people, and the injuries to seven others. His crimes became legendary because of the bizarre content in the letters that he wrote to the police and the media and his reasons for committing the attacks. David Berkowitz, better known as Son of Sam, is a man with a troubled childhood and upbringing. From his many “Parental Figures” to believing that dogs were telling him to kill. During

  • Gibbons v Ogden Decision Fair or Unfair

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    economics and business, may have never been a possibility without decisions such as this. Monopolies did not allow for equal division of business and therefore was unjust. If all men are created equal they should be given equal opportunities. The New York Livingston-Fulton monopoly clearly subjected any potential competition to harsh conditions that would make it impossible for them to keep up in their business. Travel by steamboat was much faster than any other means in the time of this case

  • Women's History

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    Women's History Amelia Bloomer:Amelia Bloomer was born in Cortland County, New York, in 1818. She received an education in schools of the State and became a teacher in public schools, then as a private tutor. She married in 1840 to Dexter C. Bloomer, of Seneca Falls, New York. Dexter C. Bloomer was editor of a county newspaper, and Mrs. Bloomer began to write for the paper. She was one of the editors of the Water Bucket, a temperance paper published during Washingtonian revival. Mr. Bloomer lived

  • The Editing of Hemingway's The Garden of Eden

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    Jenks, “Publishing more Hemingway seemed less interesting than publishing new writers, which is what I came to Scribner's to do” (http://narrativemagazine.org/html/eden.htm). Ultimately Jenks did take on the impossible task of editing Hemingway. One would expect a Hemingway expert to do the editing of The Garden of Eden, however for Jenks, editing Hemingway was an entirely new experience. Eric Pooley, a writer for New York Magazine, states, “[Jenks] hadn't read a Hemingway novel in years. He didn't

  • Internet Addicts in Danger

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    Internet Addicts in Danger Internet chat rooms have become a devastating disadvantage to the social interaction and growth of people in the world. More and more of the world’s youth are becoming addicted to Internet chat rooms. Not only are Internet chat room relationships leading to impersonal contact of people hiding flaws behind anonymity, they are leading to the abduction of many underage individuals. In an article published in The Age, a magazine in Melbourne, Australia, Doctor Mubarak

  • Catcher In The Rye

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    Catcher in the Rye is, in fact, a perceptive study of one individual’s understanding of his human condition. Holden Caulfield, a teenager growing up in 1950’s, New York, has been expelled from school for poor achievement once again. In an attempt to deal with this he leaves school a few days prior to the end of term, and goes to New York to take a vacation before returning to his parents’ inevitable irritation. Told as a monologue, the book describe Holden’s thoughts and activities over these few

  • The Lost Tools of Learning

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    The Lost Tools of Learning "The Lost Tools of Learning" was first presented by Dorothy Sayers at Oxford in 1947. It is copyrighted by National Review, 150 East 35th Street, New York, NY 10016, and reproduced here with their permission. That I, whose experience of teaching is extremely limited, should presume to discuss education is a matter, surely, that calls for no apology. It is a kind of behavior to which the present climate of opinion is wholly favorable. Bishops air their opinions about

  • Between Two Fires: A Review

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    David Clay Large, Between Two Fires: Europe's Path in the 1930s (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1990). David Clay Large wrote an interesting account of the situation in Europe during the 1930s. His account was interesting for three reasons that will be discussed throughout this review. Firstly, his purpose was clear and he managed to follow it throughout the book. Secondly, his organizational structure was logical, appropriate and well designed. Finally, his innovative approach to a conclusion

  • The Sun Will Rise Over Moldova

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    with tears says something, but the words do not reach me. I have to move on, but I know this is a moment of extreme importance in my life. Somebody by my side tells an anecdote; everybody is laughing, but I felt deep in my thoughts. My flight to New York is in less than 30 minutes. Moldova is a small developing country in South-central Europe. Its economy is in transition from a command to a market economy, and the life of the society is directly associated with the fluctuations in financial need

  • Jack Prelutsky - Recreations of his Childhood

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    Jack Prelutsky - Recreations of his Childhood Jack Prelutsky grew up in Brooklyn, New York, in 1940. He lived in a fairly underprivileged part of town with his mother and father, who were both big influences on his work. Although he says his parents had a normal sense of humor, Jack’s has far surpassed theirs and Jack now writes wacky poems that delight children and adults of all ages. He says his sense of humor started early with his uncle Charlie. Charlie was a nightclub comedian and

  • Benjamin Franklin

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    reading, or do things worth the writing." Having followed his own words of wisdom, Benjamin Franklin made an everlasting mark on America since his early days as a printing apprentice. Born to Josiah and Abiah Franklin on January 17, 1706 in Boston, New England (now known as Massachusetts), Benjamin Franklin was the youngest son of seventeen children. Early on, Franklin excelled in grammar school and was good when it came to writing, so his father sent him to a writing and arithmetic school. While

  • Growing Up in a Large Family

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    Growing Up in a Large Family Roommate: "Hey wouldn't it be fun to go to New York for the weekend?" Me: "Yeah! We could stay with one of my sisters in Brooklyn." "I thought you said your sister lived in Texas." "That's a different one." "Wait, how many sisters do you have?" "Six." "WHAT? Any brothers?" "Three." "Are you serious?" This is the typical response I get when I reveal to someone that there are ten kids in my family. When the shock subsides I am always bombarded with the

  • Nineteenth Century Insane Asylums

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    vulnerable to institutionalization." (Dwyer, p.106) The next classification distinction is whether a person is temporarily insane or chronically insane. In many places, the need for a separate institution for the chronically insane was discussed. When a New York state asylum was considering a separate location, superintendent John Gray "opposed the idea of a separate institution for the chronically insane." (Dwyer, p.46) This idea was discredited throughout America and Europe. (... ... middle of paper

  • Genetic Engineering: DNA Testing and Social Control

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    The state of New York announced on August 5 that it intends to collect DNA samples from every person in prison, on parole, or in probation in that state for one of a specified list of crimes. Included on this list are murder, sex crimes, drug dealing, and some drug offenses. The samples will be digitized and placed on state computers. Once this database has been establish, police will be able to search it in order to find a match with evidence found at crime scene. New York is not alone in

  • Theodore Roosevelt

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    century. In the following paper I will explain several of Theodore Roosevelt’s progressive polices. Specifically I will deal with his labor policies and his new nationalism policy. My thesis will be that these policies had a genuinely positive effect on America as a whole nation. Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858 in New York City, New York. He was the second of four children and showed at an early age an aptitude for leadership. When Roosevelt was 18 he entered Harvard University and graduated