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The Rebirth Of American Musical Theatre
1,634 wordsTwo great writers of American musical theatre, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, had one idea in common. They wanted to present to the American public a new and revolutionary musical that would stand out above the rest. They wanted to make an impact on the societies of the era. They wanted to be creative and do something that was considered rebellious. When they finally combined their ideas together they created an American masterpiece in musical theatre: Oklahoma! . It was the first Rod...
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Franz Ferdinand City Hall
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National Basketball Association Game Of Basketball
1,175 words... e knows the Harlem Globetrotters are amazing athletes and they entertain people by their astonishing tricks and all around talent. At this point basketball reached its present eminence in the United States through efforts of Ned Irish, a top executive of Madison Square Gardens. In 1934, he persuaded the president of Madison Square Gardens to hold a double header game between Notre Dame and New York University. This was a success because it drew crowds of maximum capacity. But a little time a...
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Five Year Plan Coal Mines
732 wordsNo other nation has developed at a more fast and alarming rate than Russia under the control of Comrade Joseph Stalin. The Stalinization of Communist Russia may have seemed brutal and unjust, however, many historians agree that many of Stalin's actions were completely necessary for Russias industrialization. Some of the actions taken included the Five Year Plan for Industry, Five Year Plan for Agriculture, and rapid urbanization. These are the three most important aspects of transforming The Sov...
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Nazi Regime Joseph Goebbels
1,594 wordsThe Nazi regime in Germany implemented itself swiftly and effectively the National Socialists had only three Nazis in a cabinet of twelve in January 1933, yet within two months Hitler had consolidated his political power by entirely legal means. With this, came the need for support from the German public. For a regime to consolidate its power people could be too afraid to rebel against it, or they could be convinced of the value of the regime, or a combination of both. In the National Socialist ...
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Completing The Quest Hidden Obstacles
767 wordsAn obstacle is an attachment that is a hindrance to a protagonist in any piece of literature. To overcome the hidden obstacles, one has to be focused, never losing sight of the objective or goal. In the novel Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, the protagonist, Marlow, encounters a number of obstacles that creates a temporary shield from the completion of his quest. Although creating transient setbacks, the breakdown of his steamer, being disliked by the company representatives, as well as the a...
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Colonel Cathcart Doesnt Care
1,220 wordsCharacter Analysis Captain John Yossarian is the main character of Joseph Hellers 1961 satirical war novel, Catch- 22. Hes a bombardier in the Army Air Corps 256 th bomber squadron and he suffers from an intense fear of death. Catch- 22 is a mysterious regulation that traps its victims in a web of circular reason. Basically, if theres a rule then theres always an exception to it. For instance, Catch- 22 says that no one is allowed to read Catch- 22. It always creates circumstances where, when th...
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Salem Witch Trials World War Ii
911 wordsOne of the most awful chapters in human history, timeless oppression. Parallels between The Crucible, and more modern examples of "witch hunting" such as the McCarthy hearings of the 1950 's, are appalling. Other such time periods in history, including the 1940 's Japanese American Internment era, the Apartheid struggle of South Africa, or Hitlers horrid Holocaust, all exemplify persecution and discrimination similarly. Each in the midst of a poignant theme, societies often trying to suppress in...
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Faith In God Mary Rowlandson
798 wordsSeveral factors played a part as to why Mary Rowlandson endured her captivity. One factor was that she had good housewife skills. Her status in the English community was also a factor. Pure luck is always a factor in a situation such as hers. But, the single most important factor was her religion. Facing one of the most adverse times in her life, Mary never lost her faith in God. Her housewife skills made her useful to the Indians. She was asked to knit clothes for them. She knitted caps, shirts...
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False Face Hudson River
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Began Firing Father Moses Adam
1,286 wordsAdam Cooper started out as a fifteen-year-old boy, but became a fifteen-year-old man. In the beginning, Adam could not get along with his father, Moses Cooper, and truly believed that his father hated him. Moses was always getting on to Adam for everything he did. In Moses eyes his boy could do better than he let on if he would only apply himself a little bit more. There was nothing that a Cooper man couldnt do. Moses was a large man who could argue his way out of anything, his reputation for ar...
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Russian Literature Of Anna Akhmatova
875 wordsDuring Joseph Stalin's rule in Russia, many voices were silenced. If there was a piece of literature, news, or other such document that Stalin did not view appropriate to publish, it was not published. Stalin ran a totalitarian government in which he oversaw all public affairs. Since he had final say as to what the public was exposed to, nothing negative regarding him was published. Stalin also imprisoned many people for speaking out against him. He also sentenced several millions to death. One ...
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Sanitary Commission Regular Army
1,469 words... West were spared battlefield relief scandals by the fact that major battles were fought on the banks of rivers, whence wounded arid sick could be evacuated by river boats to Mound City, Illinois, St. Louis, and other cities with general hospitals in the safety and secure supply of the North. After the relatively prompt fall of Memphis, that city became the site of several general hospitals. The evacuating boats, however, might I be maintained by individual states or by the United States Sani...
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Doppelganger In William Wilson
605 wordsLiterature is one of the most beautiful and entertaining forms of art in history. Forms of literature are never ending; poetry, science fiction, historical fiction, non fiction and horror among others. In literature the doppelganger is a character that appears quite unexpectedly and has a special meaning for one character in the novel, who is more than likely the protagonist, because he is a kind of alter ego. The doppelganger represents or embodies a side of the person which is normally suppres...
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Refused To Take The Pledge Dalton Trumbo Mccarthy
557 wordsWay back in the 1950 's, Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy had his own little version of the Spanish Inquisition, an hysterical attempt to root out the communism that he thought he saw climbing the walls all around him. No one was safe from his probing, beady little eyes. Government workers, college professors, playwrights and Hollywood screenwriters, actors, artists, musicians, fags, Jews and anyone with a goatee was suspect... Many people's careers were destroyed by just knowing the wrong pers...
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Anti Semitism Nineteenth Century
1,516 words'propaganda', what comes to mind? Would it bring a positive response? Would it bring a negative response? When one thinks of 'propaganda' in association with the Holocaust, what comes to mind? A positive response or a negative response? Most likely a negative response. Why is 'propaganda' any different from what any political party or regime does, namely to disseminate its views? Is 'propaganda's imply the name we give to views which we do not like or which we think to be untrue? And finally, wa...
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Embryonic Stem Cells Stem Cell Research
1,813 wordsThe Stem Cell Dilemma Every day, nearly 3, 000 people die while waiting for an organ transplant (D'Agnese). Moreover, 66, 000 people are still on an organ donor list in the United States, few of which will ever see their name come up on that list ("Improving"). Many people believe nothing can be done about this sad fact. However, this is not the case. Studies on stem-cell research point toward a solution to this deadly problem. With efficient use of stem cells, many diseases and medical problems...
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Relationship With His Mother Matter Of Time
1,755 wordsThe Case of Michael Jackson (1) The American pop legend, Michael Jackson was born on August 29, 1958. Ever since his early childhood, Jackson developed strong ties with entertainment industry, while performing as a member of Jacksons 5 band, which enjoyed steady popularity throughout the late sixties. In 1971, his solo career was launched, with Jacksons albums Off the Wall, Thriller, Bad, Dangerous, and HIStory becoming best-sellers. In early eighties, Jacksons physical appearance underwent a dr...
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Cold War From The Beginning To Jimmy Carter
729 wordsCold War. From the Beginning to Jimmy Carter The Cold War, a state of confrontation between the United States with its allies of the Northern Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and Soviet Union with its allies of Warsaw Pact, begins its history with the end of World War II. After the Europe has been divided into capitalistic and communistic, the two superpowers quietly decided to compete in all of the spheres with the leading of them being arms race. The Cld War was waged n political, economic...
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Joseph Conrad Heart Conrad Heart Of Darkness
522 wordsJoseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, achieved classical recognition for its depiction of humanity's struggle to reconcile good and evil. From the very opening pages of the Bible man has wrestled with choice, opportunity, propensity and instinct. The knowledge of good and evil has surely caused us to die to simplicity and burdened us with the curse of self-awareness. At first it was a struggle for me to get from page to page because of Conrad's intricate details. I was not accustomed to his unique ...
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