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Marching Band First Place
675 wordsSweat dripping down my face and butterflies fluttering around my stomach as if it was the Garden of Eden, I took in a deep breathe and asked myself: "Why am I so nervous? After all, it is just the most exciting day of my life. " When the judges announced for the Parsippany Hills High School Marching Band to commence its show, my mind blanked out and I was on the verge of losing sanity. Giants Stadium engulfed me, and as I pointed my instrument up to the judges stand, I gathered my thoughts and p...
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Amazing Grace Alternative Rock
1,258 words... ent melody. Its sounds like they are using the melody to the song House of the Rising Son, but with the lyrics of Amazing Grace. This helps to show how transferable this song is and its freedom. The hymn even appears in the realm of alternative rock (Selection 2), a style that is one of the most popular amongst the current generations. In this style, guitars mark the song again, but there is not the strict rock style. They are very free and upbeat with the rhythm. Also in the alternative sty...
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Brevet Major George Marching With Sherman Shermans
1,266 words... ood into Tennessee after the sacking of Atlanta. In a special field order he tells why. General Hood led his army successfully far over towards Mississippi in hopes to decoy us out of Georgia. But we were not thus to be led away by him, and preferred to lead and control events ourselves. General Thomas and Schofield, commanding departments to our rear retuned to their posts and prepared to decoy General Hood into their meshes, whilst we came on to complete the original journey. (Thorndike, 2...
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Boston Tea Party French And Indian
1,326 wordsGeorge Washington was promoted to lieutenant colonel by Governor Dinwiddie in 1754 with orders to attack the French fort Fort Duquesne. Washington was inexperienced in battle and inevitably blew his assignment. While marching towards Fort Duquesne, Washington and his men came upon a French reconnaissance party. Washington attacked with victory and fled the area to prepare for the French retaliation. Washington ordered his men to construct a fort as a meager means of defense from attack. This for...
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First World War Wilfred Owen
1,698 wordsThe two poems I am comparing are "Joining The Colours" by Katherine Tynan and "The Send Off" by Wilfred Owen. " Joining The Colours" is about a regiment of soldiers leaving Dublin in August 1914 to go to France to fight. This was at the beginning of the First World War and all the soldiers were happy because it was an opportunity for them to show their girlfriends and their families that they were brave. "The Send Off" is about a regiment of young soldiers who are departing later in the war. Thi...
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Path Of Legality Sa Hitler Party
1,747 words... nst the Reichstag. Under Article 25, the president could dissolve the Reichstag in a state of emergency. He could also block any new laws by calling a referendum. Under article 48, he could suspend the Reichstag and rule by decree in the case of a national emergency. The president also chooses who will become the next chancellor. In 1925 when Hindenburg ran of president, he won just but 3 %. But by then Hindenburg was very old, so he depended on his advisers a lot. His advisers took advantag...
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Dulce Et Decorum Est Give The Reader
1,476 wordsDulce et Decorum est by Wilfred Owen and The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred lord Tennyson are both about war and death. However, the themes are portrayed in two very different ways; one is about glory, and the other about a horrific death. Tennyson wrote The Charge of the Light Brigade in 1854 after reading a article in a newspaper. The poem was written to increase the moral of the fighting soldiers and of the people at home. The Charge of the Light Brigade celebrates the glory of war, an...
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Horn Again Imitates Climax Is Reached Melody
1,705 wordsThe classical composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, born in 1756 in Salzburg, Austria, is probably the greatest composer in Western musical history. He began composing when he was five, and when he was six he performed in concerts in numerous courts with his older sister. He composed his first opera 'La Find Semplice' at the age of twelve. In 1779 he was given the position of court organist, then two years later he was summoned to Vienna where he lived until he died in 1791, leaving a requiem which ...
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Red Badge Of Courage Henry Fleming
983 wordsFrom Boy to Man The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane traces the effects of war on a Union soldier, Henry Fleming, from his dreams of soldiering to his actual enlistment. The novel also takes one through several battles of the Civil War. Henry Fleming was not happy with his boring life on the farm. He wants to become a hero in war and have girls loving him for his glorious achievements in battle. He would also like to prove that he is a man and can take care of himself. Henry knows his mothe...
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University Of Illinois University Of Pennsylvania
1,194 wordsAre you anti-Chief or pro-Chief? Before I answered that question I decided to educate myself on the topic and saw this research paper as the perfect opportunity. What I wanted to know was when was the Chief Illiniwek introduce, what the deal is with the dance, and who and why did this anti-Chief movement start. The tradition of Chief Illiniwek was started on October 30, 1926, during a football game against the University of Pennsylvania. Raymond Dvorak, who was the Marching Illini director of th...
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University Of Illinois Native Americans
1,206 wordsAre you anti-Chief or pro-Chief? Before I answered that question I decided to educate myself on the topic and saw this research paper as the perfect opportunity. What I wanted to know was when was the Chief Illiniwek introduce, what the deal is with the dance, and who and why did this anti-Chief movement start. The tradition of Chief Illiniwek was started on October 30, 1926, during a football game against the University of Pennsylvania. Raymond Dvorak, who was the Marching Illini director of th...
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Roman Catholic Church Fundamental Beliefs
1,554 wordsOn the surface, Catholicism and Islam appear to have very little in common, but as you delve deeper into areas such as rituals, beliefs, ethics, founders, governing concepts and sacred objects, the two show strong mutual similarities, particularly in the fundamental areas, while being totally different. In this essay I will compare and contrast many of the facets that make up the worlds largest and most recognized religions, Catholicism and Islam. Both Muslims and Catholics are monotheists, beli...
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Henry Fleming Civil War
791 wordsBullets began to whistle among the branches and nip at the trees it was as if a thousand axes, wee and invisible, were being wielded. Henry Fleming says as he describes the terrible ordeals of war in The Red Badge of Courage. Stephen Crane, the author of this novel, hadn t been an actual soldier in any war, but he was able to accurately portray battle scenes of war. Crane was also able to thoroughly develop his protagonist, Henry Fleming, in the novel from first hand accounts of actual Civil War...
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