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Andy Warhol Father Of Pop
1,497 wordsAndy Warhol has spewed forth in many examples of the modern style that is known as "Pop art, " in various mediums -spanning from silkscreen to a cable network. Not only has Warhol greatly contributed to this revolutionary style, but also in many ways, he has created it. Andy Warhol's style was certainly part of the select first that were even labeled as "Pop. " Warhol had also used the media, which captured his eccentricities, to his advantage and that aided in projecting Pop art to the public. ...
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Operating System System V
809 wordsIn the following file, all references made to the name Unix, may also be substituted to the Unix operating system. Brief history: Back in the early sixties, during the development of third generation computers at MIT, a group of programmers studying the potential of computers, discovered their ability of performing two or more tasks simultaneously. Bell Labs, taking notice of this discovery, provided funds for their developmental scientists to investigate into this new frontier. After about 2 ye...
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Sixties And Seventies Television Shows
673 wordsTechnology and the media have affected people in various ways over the past thirty years. They have influenced the way that people feel and think about certain issues pertaining to, not only the United States, but the rest of the world, too. I also believe that technology and the media help to shape our society, and create social norms. With the invention of magazines and models, came the world wide known idea of the "perfect man" and the "perfect woman." This idea caused insecurity and a lack o...
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State Of The Union Woodrow Wilson
1,276 wordsThe modern presidential campaign covers every issue in and out of the platform from cranberries to creation. But the public is rarely alerted to a candidate's views about the central issue on which all the rest turn. That central issue -- and the point of my comments this noon -- is not the farm problem or defense or India. It is the presidency itself. Of course a candidate's views on specific policies are important, but Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft shared policy views with entirel...
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John Cheever First Paragraph
819 wordsReunion, by John Cheever, is a story told through the eyes of a young boy, Charlie, who is recalling a meeting with his father who he hasnt seen for more than three years. It is set in New York where Charlies father lives. He meets up with his father during a stop over between trains. In the first paragraph we are introduced to Charlie and his father. Charlie is very much looking forward to meeting his father who he hasnt seen since his parents divorced three years before. He was a stranger to m...
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Martin Luther King Jr Civil Rights Movement
1,360 wordsMany social changes that were addressed in the 1960 s are still the issues being confronted today. The ' 60 s was a decade of social and political upheaval. In spite of all the turmoil, there were some positive results: the civil rights revolution, John F. Kennedy's bold vision of a new frontier, and the breathtaking advances in space, helped bring about progress and prosperity. However, much was negative: student and anti-war protest movements, political assassinations, and ghetto riots excited...
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Bright Colors Fianc E
1,657 wordsTwo Gentleman of Verona Two Gentlemen of Verona, directed by Mr. Wolfe, depicted an excellent plot through strong acting and characterization. In addition it possessed humor that perfectly affixed into the era of the sixties. The play was transformed from its original time era and placed in the sixties. The main plot outline surrounds two gentleman from Verona who were best friends. These two best friends named Valentine and Proteus were played by Geoffrey Kidwell, and Noah Silverman. The story ...
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Avant Garde John Coltrane
1,482 wordsJohn William Coltrane John Coltrane was one of the major innovators of contemporary jazz and the New Wave, which was a movement of more freedom in improvisation. John William Coltrane, b. Hamlet, N. C. , Sept. 23, 1926, d. July 17, 1967, is considered one of the most influential jazz musicians of the past 35 years (only Miles Davis comes close), one of the greatest saxophonists of all time, and a remarkable innovator. Coltrane is a very interesting person because he traversed many styles of play...
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Singer Songwriter John Lennon
1,278 wordsJohn Lennon: Greatest Artist and Advocate of Peace Outline I. Introduction A. Death of John Lennon B. Reshaping an entire generation C. Greatest singer / songwriter and advocate of peace II. Message of Peace A. Influence of the Beatles B. Opposing view of Beatles C. Power of Lennon s Music 1. Songs Voted Greatest Ever Written 2. New Album entered charts at No. 1 III. Model of Peace A. Peaceful Honeymoon B. Ignored hostility C. Media effectively spread the word IV. Prague s Lennon Wall/ End of Co...
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Henry David Thoreau Brook Farm
632 wordsTranscendentalism is the belief that matters of ultimate reality transcend, or go beyond, human experience. Transcendentalist thinking began during the American Renaissance with writers like Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. However transcendental thinking did not begin with Thoreau and Emerson, but as Emerson called it, ? it is the very oldest of thoughts cast into the mold of these new times. ? Transcendentalism is based on the ancient philosophy of Idealism, which originates with P...
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Civil Rights Movement Martin Luther King
802 wordsMartin Luther King was arguably the most influential civil rights activist in the United States during the twentieth century. He was a man who did more for the Africa-American race than anyone else in this nations history. King had his own unique political and social theories regarding how his people should go about obtaining their freedoms and rights. Martin Luther King embodied the civil rights movement, he was the single greatest motivator behind this quest for equality. When King died, many ...
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Changed Dramatically Thirty Years
474 wordsTimes Have Changed Times have changed dramatically in the past thirty years. The style of living, the sizes of families, and education have all changed dramatically. During the fifties, sixties, and most of the early seventies teenagers were thinking about going off to war or starting a family. Very few teenagers coming out of high school were thinking about college. Slowly as times started to change, more and more people were going off to college. Today at the end of the nineties, very few peop...
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Music Censorship First Amendment
710 wordsMusic Music Censorship Music Censorship Music censorship has been an ongoing issue in the US for the last fifty years or so. In 1951 radio stations banned Dottie OBrians Four or Five Times and Dean Martins Wham Bam Thank You Maam because they thought that they were suggestive. Also during the fifties and sixties attempts were mad to censor R&# 038; B music. In 1953 six counties in South Carolina made it against the law to operate a jukebox within hearing distance of a church. In 1957 producers o...
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Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest One Flew Over The Cuckoos
607 wordsOne Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest by Ken Kesey For this quarters book report I choose to read a book that was not on the lists given to me. I picked One Flew Over the Cuckoos nest because I thought that it would be an interesting book with lots of relative themes to what I have gone through, and what I will go through. Not literally as much figuratively. As I first started to read the book I thought it would be just another story about lunatics in a Mental Institution with no help for cure. As I re...
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President Bush President Johnson
1,257 wordsRobert Blys " War Is The Health Of Robert Blys " War Is The Health Of The State" (1991) President Bush's decision to attack Iraq is the greatest mistake ever made by an American president. Because the soul of the nation is still torn by the Vietnam War, the banking community is in desperate shape, research funds disappearing, schools being abandoned, the nation cannot afford this manic adventure, this inappropriate Good Friday of fireworks, this resolute walking off the cliff that...
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Side Effects Long Term
527 wordsAll Pot The Innocent Drug All people are searching for a way to block out reality or a way to fit in somehow. The way some people deal with there problems in life is by using drugs. It seems that today many people, mainly teenagers, have turned to a drug they call pot. Although marijuana has been a large part of our society for years there are many more reasons why kids use it today more then ever. Some reasons for using pot have changed with time and some have not. One of the most obvious reaso...
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Nelson Mandela Early Sixties
821 wordsUse Your Head Not Your Heart Imagine people who have done nothing wrong, get killed just because of their race. This is what happened in South Africa, between black South Africans and white South Africans and is delineated in the film, Sarafina. In this movie, a school in a black-dominated town called Soweto, tried to revolt against the stronger armies of the whites in the town, because of the racism or as they call it in South Africa, apartheid. In the middle of this whole situation was the pri...
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West Side Story Romeo And Juliet
781 wordsMovie Review West Side Story West Side Story, a 1961 production starring Rita Moreno and Natalie Wood, is an adaptation of William Shakespeare s play Romeo and Juliet. West Side Story is a flashy production filled with music, dance and light. It presents Shakespeare s play from a 1960 s inner city perspective. In the movie two rival gangs, the Jets and the Sharks, demonstrate cultural prejudices between Puerto Rican and American inner city dwellers. The hatred between the two groups is evident f...
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Second Hand Smoke Lung Cancer
1,130 wordsSmoking. What is it? Is it safe? What is in it? All these questions constantly appear in the minds of the world s youth. In due time, you will begin to discover the truths and myths of smoking both marijuana and tobacco. Many people wonder about the actual hazards of smoking. Some think that all the stuff that they see is what really happens. Not quite. Sometimes you might wonder what that is you re smoking. If so, do you even know what s in it? What is second hand smoke? Is it even dangerous? W...
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Black Panther Party Black Panthers
875 wordsBobby Black Panthers Bobby Seale Bobby Seale was one of the co-founders of the Black Panther Party. He was born on October 22, 1939 in Dallas Texas. By the time Bobby was ten his family moved to Oakland, California where he would have a rough childhood. Seale s family was very poor so this only added to his dire childhood. Bobby eventually dropped out of high school and at 18 he was indicted into the Air Force. He was immediately sent to Amarillo, Texas to receive training as an aircraft sheet-m...
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