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I know that there are a lot of people in San Francisco that, you know, swing from the other side of the plate and that is what makes it a hard place to travel to. But you can survive the crazy place. Many tourists do survive the city every year but then again there are…

Throughout history all different parts of the world have been devastated by natural disasters. Whenever something created by nature destroys a certain area of the world, people tend to group together and overcome such a tragedy. Our tale will begin in one of the busiest and diverse places in the world, New YorkCity. The month…

The British had decided in 1763 to keep an army in the coloniesand to tax the colonists to pay for it. Then the British Parliamentpassed the Quartering Act in 1765. Colonists had to house Britishsoldiers and give each one candle and five pints of beer a day. Go back to England!! the townspeople yelled as…

Circuit city was founded in 1949 by Samuel Wurtzel under the original name or Ward’s. Due to Wurtzel’s business skills, President Kennedy appointed him to the U.S. Foreign Trade Mission to Switzerland and Austria. Originally opened as a television store, Circuit City has come to sell almost all electronic goods ranging from television and video…

In the midst of racial tensions, a conscious decision was made to make Birmingham, Alabama the target to aid the civil rights movement. Why? Because the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) had a deeply organized center there, because of the impulsive police commissioner, and because the Ku Klux Klan had one of its most violent…

Tales of the CityChristoph Jeff Micklon’sBook ReportFOR ENG 744. 3Gay LiteratureDr. John BowersSpring 1996Armistead MaupinWhen you sense the affection where people enfold their loving kindness youare probably amidst the tenants of 28 Barbary Lane, San Francisco 94109. Perhaps tenants’ is the wrong word, it should be something more like a friendlycommunity of people. In Tales…

lesThe Satire and Humor In Chaucer’s Canterbury TalesUntil Geoffrey Chaucer wrote the Canterbury Tales, he was primarily know for being the writer of love poems, such as The Parliament of Fowls, narratives of doomed passion, and stories of women wronged by their lovers. These works are nothing short of being breath taking, but they do…

msBibliographyDavis, Mike. Fortress L. A. Geography 100 Course Reader. New York: Vintage Books, 1992. 223-263. Kaplan, Robert. Travels into Americas Future. The Atlantic Monthly (August 1998): 37-61. Queenan, Joe. Yo, San Francisco, Youre No L. A. Los Angeles Times Magazine (October 25, 1998): 20-21. Page 6The City of Angels; to some, Los Angeles is the…

Canterbury Tales: The KnightIn his prologue, Geoffrey Chaucer introduces all of the characters who areinvolved in this fictional journey and who will tell the tales. One of the moreinteresting of the characters included in this introductory section is theKnight. Chaucer initially refers to the Knight as “a most distinguished man”and, indeed, his sketch of the…

The Loma Prieta EarthquakeOn Tuesday October 17, 1989 at 5:04 PM the Loma Prieta earthquake struck the San Francisco, Monterey Bay, and Silicon Valley areas. Those were no the only areas affected. Many areas up to 70 and 100 miles away could feel the tremble of the quake. The epicenter of the quake was in…