Nonfiction Review
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- "On Summer"
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Lorranie Hansberry
Persuasive Essay on Summer ... "longest days" - "I Have a Dream"
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Martin Luther King Jr.
Speech delivered by MLK at black rallies, it spoke of blacks being equal - "Lincoln Preface"
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Carl Sandburg
Account of Lincoln and his early adventures before becoming President ... his humanitarianst policy of accepting payment - "Single Room, Earth View"
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Sally Ride
Ride, an 'naut describes the view from space - "The Spreading 'You Know'"
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James Thurber
Pet peeve essay - critizies "You know" for being overused - "Veteran Returns, Becomes Symbol"
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Minneapolis Star and Tribune
John Glenn's decision to fly once again is extolled - "American Hero"
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The Birmingham News
Uses antitheses to glorify McGwire's achievements - "In Those Girls, Hope is a Muscle"
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Steve Gietschier
Book review of a girls' team - aloofness
- state of being distance, removed, or uninvolved
- condescending
- displaying a patronizingly superior attitude
- sentimental
- affectly emotional
- oppression
- cruel exercise of power - unjust
- surreal
- odd dreamlike quality