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The Scene Stealer

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 The Scene Stealer Josephine Baker was a black woman who lived from 1906 to 1975, during times of discrimination towards black people. She was an activist in the Civil Rights movement and marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr to fight for black rights. When Josephine was a child in St. Louis, Missouri, she would put on dancing and singing shows for the neighborhood children and parents. In the early years of her career she traveled around the world performing. When Josephine performed the other performers would call her a scene stealer. As she went around the world, she realized that many black people were being treated unfairly. She decided to try and help. Baker wanted all Nationalities to be able to live in peace and be together. She helped Martin Luther King Jr because she believed in nonviolent protests. When Josephine was done performing, she worked for the French Resistance in World War Two, smuggling secret messages. She then was awarded two of France's highest...
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Is It Ok To Lie

Everybody lies. Lying can sometimes be good and sometimes be bad. For example, you might lie if your friend gets a bad haircut then you say that you like it. In this scenario lying is helping your friend. Lying can sometimes be good. Lying can help a friends feelings if they make, get, or do something bad and you say that you like it even though you don’t. Another pro to lying is telling a small lie to get out of trouble with your parents and then fixing something that you did. Also if you are in an awkward situation lying can often fix it and make others that are around you feel good. One example of an awkward situation is if your friend asks you the answer to the homework assignment and you don’t want give it to them, than you could say that you don’t have the answer. Those are some good examples of when to lie.  Lying can also be bad. Telling a small lie may seem harmless. However, telling a bunch of small mild lies can lead up to telling bigger, more harmful lies in the futur...
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Skiing this year

 Skiing This Year      Skiing is fun but there are many problems with skiing this year. One problem this year for skiing is people need a reservation to ski at a Vail resort. According to the Vail website, the reservation system could be lifted if proven unnecessary. The reservation system would be proven unnecessary if cases go down and people can spread out around the mountain and where a face covering. I don’t think that mountains need the reservation system because people will be outside and spread out all over the mountain. Another problem this year is that many people are scared to ski because of the crowds. One solution to this problem is limiting the capacity for the mountain so that people can come and enjoy skiing with less of a crowd. I don’t think that the mountains need to limit the capacity too much but I think that they could limit it a little bit. The final problem for skiing this year is that skiers cannot use the lodge. One solution to this pr...
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Alpine Skiing

  Alpine Skiing           The feeling of being in a race course is unforgettable. Many people are cheering you on but you don’t hear them. You are only focused on the race course.         Alpine skiing is a type of skiing where many people compete in a ski race. Usually in an alpine skiing race each person would take two runs. The lowest combined time for the two runs wins. There are four events of alpine skiing. Slalom, Giant slalom, Super giant slalom, and downhill. Slalom turns are the shortest turns and downhill turns are the longest turns.  Alpine skiing evolved in the late 19th century and early 20th century in the Alps. The Alps are a mountainous region located in central Europe. In the earlier parts of alpine skiing there were only speed events such as downhill and Super giant slalom. People from around the world compete in the olympic games for alpine skiing. Some popular countries for alpine skiing are, the U...
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