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    Catcher In The Rye - A Sequel Loomis Chaffee Chapter 1      Another day another school...I thought about this new school they placed me in. They said I will like it. Well I'll be the one to decide that. Next thing I know I'm on a 6:30 train to Windsor, CT.      It was a Thursday and I received a call from Mr.Spencer, well it wasn't really for me but for my parents. I immediately new who it was, you can just hear it's a school teacher. One can just

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    every level of the lives of African-Americans; he is the reason men like Seth are unable to further their businesses, he is the reason police officers abuse their power and arrest innocent black men like Jeremy, and he is the reason families like the Loomis’ fall apart. On a metaphorical level, the loss of identity could refer to the loss of one’s self in the sense of the values one holds dear. Regardless of the dimension in which the loss of individuality is viewed, the central message remains the same:

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    us” added to the authors focus of emphasizing how important the word “home” meant to her throughout the story. The family of six included Mama, Papa, brothers Carlos and Kiki, and sister Nenny. According to the author’s memory, she had lived on Loomis, Keeler and Paulina. “We don’t have to pay rent to anybody, or share the yard with the people, downstairs, or be careful not to make too much noise, and there isn’t a landlord banging on the ceiling with a broom.” The authors

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    release of the comical approach or lack thereof, of one of the largest cash heist in American history. Masterminds. Masterminds depicts the inside robber played by stand-up comedian, Zach Galifianakis, as he embellishes the role of North Carolina’s Loomis Fargo employee, David Ghantt, a dull, routine cash transporting, working alongside co-worker, Kristen Wiig, who portrays the tempting, bleach blonde babe, Kelly Campbell, a washed-out cuffed pant leg, L.A gear wearing crush of David Ghantt. The movie

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    Emily Dickinson is an American poet born in Amherst Massachusetts December tenth, 1830. As a child Dickinson’s love for books was massive yet she did not start writing poetry until she was eighteen. However, she was not known of until after her death. Nonetheless, some people other than her family did now about Dickinson’s remarkable poems. Furthermore, most tried encouraging her to publish her poems yet others did the contrary. Emily Dickinson’s life is what caused her to write such great poetry

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    family read her writings. One of her first friends from her childhood was Sophie Holland. After the death of her cousin, Emily was so traumatized that she had to be sent away to Boston, one of the few times she left her hometown of Amherst. Mabel Loomis Todd, the wife of David Peck Todd, was the one who actually published Dickinson’s poems after her death. Though Mabel and Emily never met face to face, Mabel’s husband, David met with Dickinson a few times. During the publication process, Todd asked

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    “We’ve got a bad fire let’s get out. . . . We’re burning up.” (Roger B. Chaffee Quotes) The tragedy of the Apollo 1 will haunt our history forever, and though, three brave, American men were lost in the tumult of that day, they put us a small step closer to the moon, and one giant leap closer to a proud America. Forever remembered will be the catastrophe of 1967, our hearts continue to beat red, white, and blue. The Apollo 1 flight had been scheduled for take off on February 21, 1967, an unimaginable

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    to internal power. The Americans started the Apollo project, there were three in the spaceship breathing oxygen. Ground Control realized that all their heart rates were going up. The spaceship pointed to a short in the technology, and later Roger Chaffee yelled “It was a fire.” Their spaceship had no cameras, but a camera was watching the spaceships porthole. The operator saw the fire coming from the porthole, and he also saw Edwards hand trying to open the hatch. The Men started to freak out about

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    managed to persevere, and utilized film as a way to relate to previously unknown peers. By slinging references to various television shows and movies, I could quickly build up a rapport with someone and prove our shared tastes. Within the first week of Loomis, I combed through the activities at my school in search of an outlet for my interest in filmmaking. When I inevitably didn't find anything, I spent the bulk of my time outside of schoolwork setting up a film festival, so that any student like me could

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    My Future Leader

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    be shaped by the actions, beliefs and values that I have gained through my various life experiences, especially those experiences from my family. I have had many people that have influenced me in positive ways: my parents, my hockey coaches at Loomis Chaffee and at Cushing Academy, and some of my teachers at Cushing Academy. If I had to choose an individual that has impacted my life in terms of leadership, that person would be my father. Thus, I would like to emulate his values, beliefs and actions

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