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World War Ii Western Allies
1,199 wordsHistorical Background to the Event The Berlin crisis and airlift of 1948 is the initial and most important event of the cold war. The episode which led to the fall of Berlin wall has assisted in formation of modern Germany. After World War II, Germany became a conquered nation and was dived into four zones which was controlled by its victorious allies including United Nations, France, Germany and Soviet Union. Berlin, capital of Germany, though positioned in the eastern soviet half, was also par...
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Buster Keaton Warner Bros
4,657 wordsIn 1927 Warner Bros. released The Jazz Singer, a silent drama with sound sequences in which Al Jolson sang and spoke. The film was a hit, and within two years American cinema shifted irreversibly to talking films. At first everyone was planted around the microphone, but even as the technology improved, sound still slowed down the onscreen tempo because of the greater detail and realism which it brought to action. This change helped the dramatic players of silents, most of whom had equal or great...
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World Trade Organization People Republic Of China
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Willy Loman Arthur Millers
5,023 wordsIntroduction to Death of a Salesmanfdsaffswq On February 10, 1949, at the Morocco Theatre in New York, Death of a Salesman opened. It was immediately acclaimed as a perfect blend of script, setting, staging, and acting. The New Yorker called the play a mixture of compassion, imagination, and hard technical competence not often found in our theater. Death of a Salesman swept the award field in 1949, winning the Drama Critics Circle award, the Tony, Theatre Club, and Front Page awards, as well as ...
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