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Bean Bag Chairs Bean Bag Furniture Design
763 wordsThe 1960 s was the start of a new era in design, an exciting and changing cause of ideas and experimentation, with new looks, colours and materials being constantly introduced due to changing technology. A new generation of designers were rejecting the ideas and values of 1950 s organic modernism by experimenting with new materials such as plastics, to create new furniture in vivid colours and fluid shapes. Any homes that were design conscious would contain Scandinavian chairs and stainless stee...
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President John F Kennedy South Vietnam
692 wordsDuring the years of 1954 - 1975, Vietnam believed that communist aggression in South Vietnam could lead to taking over South East Asia, which lead the United States to slowly become involved in the conflict of this war. Communist guerrillas, known as the Vietcong, helped native Communist terrorists in the south. One main objective of these rebels who were directly controlled by the Vietminh, North Vietnam's government, was to disrupt all types of South Vietnamese order. In October 1961, Presiden...
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University Of California Race And Class
601 wordsget Yvonne Davis was born January 26, 1944, to B. Frank, a teacher and businessman, and Sally E. Davis, who was also a teacher. Davis was born in Birmingham, Alabama, at a time of great political unrest and racism in the United States. As a child, Davis's parents had many Communist friends and she subsequently joined a Communist youth group. Davis traveled to Germany in 1960, where she spent two years studying at the Frankfurt School under acclaimed teacher Theodor Adorno. From 1963 to 1964, Dav...
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Critical Of The Love Song J Alfred Prufrock
1,433 wordsIt Is Impossible To Say Just What I Mean! To What Extent Can This Quotation From The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock Be Said To Summarise The Poem?" The ambiguity that Eliot creates in Prufrock's Love Song, with his often obscure and random streams of consciousness that are so characteristic of modernist literature, ensures that it is quite a challenging read. Similarly, it often seems that Prufrock, who throughout the poem constantly avoids and prolongs the asking of an overwhelming question, s...
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Biography Of Female Tennis Pro Billie Jean Moffitt
1,071 wordsBillie Jean Moffitt was born November 22, 1943 in Long Beach, California. She was named Billie Jean for her who was a Navy man who served in World War II. In 1948 Billies brother Randy was born. At a young age Billie developed an interest in softball, basketball, and football. She was given the name Tom Boy, a name given to girls who happen to like sports better than little girl things. Her mother suggested a more feminine sport. Billie decided to play tennis. She saved up money for her first ra...
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745 wordsGwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was born on June 7, 1917, in Topeka, Kansas. Her parents were David Anderson Brooks and Keith Wims Brooks. Her mother had come home to Topeka from Chicago to give birth to her child. When Gwendolyn was one month old, the family returned to Chicago. Despite her extensive travels and periods in some of the major universities of the country, she has remained associated with the city's South Side. She was one of two children. Her brother, Raymond, became an artist. Encoura...
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Influence Of Cold War In California
932 wordsInfluence of Cold War in California (1) The Cold War affected socio-political and cultural development of California to a large degree. It would not be an exaggeration to say that the ideological confrontation with Soviet Union has shaped California to what it remains now. It is well known that the 60 % of states economy is related to technological industries. The technological boom in California began in 1960 and it was closely associated with so- called Silicon Valley. It is now largely forgot...
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Racial Minorities Political Correctness
1,703 words... practical implementation of eugenics on a scale of governmental policies. Immigration and Nationality Act only replaced it in 1965. Ever since then the ratio of new immigrants, coming from non-white countries increased substantially, causing rapid demographic changes. These changes are usually referred to as a policy of multiculturalism. In recent times, Nativism became to be associated with American Natives strive to rightfully regain their right to be owners of the land, where countless ge...
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Martin Luther King Jr Civil Rights Movement
1,661 words... riot happen in the streets where we are corralled and a lot of us are shot up, unorganized... He exhorts, Black people, organize! (Franklin, p. 185). The leaders of the Black Panther Party seek to provide the avenue, the means, and the organization for militant mass-resistance Perhaps encapsulating the entire struggle of rage during the Civil Rights Movement are the works of Malcolm X. In one speech, he proclaims, Until the problem of the black people in this country is solved, the white peo...
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Civil Rights Movement 18 Years Of Age
1,506 wordsVoting Rights and Responsibilities The United States of America, we are the champions of the democracy. Why is it then that our society is so inactive in our government? In the last presidential election there was a forty-nine percent voter turnout. In the most important and most publicized of all our elections, less than half of our citizens voted. America has come a long way since its Independence. Throughout her history she has gone through a number of changes. One of these periods in which n...
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Nuclear Winter Theory Left A Lasting Impact Sagan
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Emily Dickinson Life After Death
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Native American Tribes Bill Of Rights
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World War Ii Color Of Their Skin
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Martin Luther King Civil Rights Movement
499 wordsDr. Martin Luther King, Jr Martin Luther King was born in 1929 and was killed in 1968. He was an American clergyman and civil-rights leader. He graduated from Morehouse College in 1948. The then went on to the university of Boston to get his Ph. D in 1955. He led the black boycott of segregated city bus lines and in 1956 gained a major victory and prestige as a civil-rights leader when Montgomery buses began to operate on a desegregated basis. King organized the Southern Christian Leadership Con...
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1,330 wordsMartin Luther King Throughout the twentieth century many people have had a profound impact on society. On January 15, 1929, one of the greatest men who ever lived was born. His name is Martin Luther King Jr. As a young child, Martin Luther King was very involved in the church, and helping people. When he was eight years old, he started working delivering newspapers for the Atlanta Journal. That really paid off, because in 1942, when Martin Luther King was just 13 years old, the newspaper deliver...
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