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Biography of Jacob August Riis
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 Jacob August Riis (1849-1914), Danish-born American journalist and slum reformer, created new standards in civic responsibility regarding the poor and homeless in his reporting of New York City slum conditions. Jacob Riis was born May 3, 1849, in Ribe, D...
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Biography of Jacob A(ugust) Riis
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 Jacob Riis was not one of America's bestknown newspapermen, but unlike most of them he claims a relatively prominent place in the country's social history. He was a leader in the reform movement that began to take clear shape in America in the last quart...


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The Making of an American Information
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 The Making of an American, was named to the National Film Registry in December 2005 by Dr. James H. Billington, the Librarian of Congress. The film was rediscovered and preserved by Northeast Historic Film (NHF) [1] a regional moving image archive in...




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Americans Are Making a Run for It
11/02/2002: 842 words, approx. 3 pages Marla Runyon is legally blind, but there are some things she can still see, like blurry objects, or bright lights, or the glimmer of possibility. So even though she knows the theory on Americans is that they can't win major long-distance races anymore, she...
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An American pianist is in the making
10/27/1996: 1,745 words, approx. 6 pages Sergey Schepkin was one of the last pianists to be trained in the old Soviet-style system, but now, at age 34, he is on his way to becoming an American pianist -- he has been in this country for 6 1/ 2 years and...
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Look at candidates' personal finances
5/15/2007: 336 words, approx. 1 pages Summaries of financial disclosure reports filed Tuesday with the Federal Election Commission and the U.S. Senate:___Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan.Earned income (2006 salary): $165,200Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.Major assets: Blind trust, $1 million-$5 million; IRAs, checking account, money market fund and stock in companies including...
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Richardson's foreign policy efforts
2/3/2007: 520 words, approx. 2 pages Some of Bill Richardson's foreign policy efforts:December 1984: Led a delegation to nine Latin American countries shortly after being elected chairman of the congressional Hispanic Caucus.Late 1988: Traveled to Angola to meet with rebel leader Jonas Savimbi, who was fighting against the Marxist government.August 1993:...


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