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Living Up the Street by Gary Soto
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A 4 page paper which offers a summary, discussion of characters, and an alternate ending to Gary Soto’s work Living Up the Street. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: RAsotov.rtf

Lois B. Underhill/The Many Lives of Victoria Woodhull
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An 8 page analysis of Underhill's biography of the most controversial American woman of the nineteenth century, Victoria Woodhull-- the first woman to address Congress, the first to run for president of the United States, and one of the first women to originate and run her own weekly newspaper. Woodhull and her sister, Tennie, were the first women stockbrokers on Wall Street. Freethinking and incredibly independent, Woodhull was at least a century ahead of her time. No additional sources cited.
Filename: 90wdhull.rtf

Lorrie Moore: "How to Become a Writer"
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This 4 page paper discusses Lorrie Moore's short story "How to Become a Writer" and gives a brief biography of the writer. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: HVLMoore.rtf

Louis Armstrong/American Musical Genius
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An 8 page research paper that focuses on the career of Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong. The writer argues that because Armstrong, almost single-handedly, remodeled jazz, which is something that had tremendous consequences because this affected all of the music that came afterward – making Armstrong one of the most influential musicians of the twentieth century. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khsatch.wps

Louis L'Amour
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In 5 pages the writer discusses famous western writer Louis L'Amour. His life and his work are compared and a few quotes are taken from his writing. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: LAmour.doc

Lucky Luciano
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A 10 page research paper that outlines the criminal career of Lucky Luciano and how he employed his business expertise to mold a criminal organization into a cooperative that was capable of policing its own ranks. In short, Lucky Luciano was the man who organized "organized crime." Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khluckyl.wps

Madeleine Korbel Albright
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A 7 page (5 pp. + 2 pg. annotated bibliography) biography, based primarily on Ann Blackman’s 1998 book, “Seasons of Her Life: A Biography of Madeleine Korbel Albright.” Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TGmadalb.rtf

Mahatma Gandhi
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A 3 page paper which examines the role Gandhi played in his faith and the faith of others. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAghn.rtf

Makdisi/Beirut Fragments
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A 5 page book report that examines and discusses the memoir, Beirut Fragments, in which author Jean Said Makdisi records what it was like to live in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, during that country's long civil war, which was still being fought when her book was published. Her text offers intriguing insight into what it is like to live in the midst of a city divided by conflict and sectarian violence. Her account is varied and touches on a number of different aspects of her experience, but it is also interesting because of what Makdisi leaves out, as well as for what she includes. In discussing this aspect of the book, the writer relates the memoir to the history provided by Elaine Hagopian. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khmakdis.rtf

Malcolm X
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A 12 page paper which examines elements of Malcolm X’s character and life. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: RAmalx.rtf