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Secretary Of State Department Of State
1,737 wordsIn August 1948, Whittaker Chambers, a former Communist appearing before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), charged that Alger Hiss, was a Communist spy. Chambers claimed that he and Hiss had belonged to the same espionage group and that Hiss had given him secret State Department documents. This group was a network of American spies recruited by the Soviet Union to collect useful information for Moscow. Alger Hiss was a Harvard-educated lawyer and a distinguished Washington figure...
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Horatio Alger And Ragged Dick
1,174 wordsThe use of symbolism has always been a prevalent way for writers to communicate important issues to the public. It is not uncommon to read a simple childrens story and discover underlying political or moral messages, for example, Horatio Alger's novel Ragged Dick. This story was written after the Civil War, when America experienced a period of huge industrial growth. The capitalistic work ethic had become a universal idea in the North, and in response the Government agreed to stay out of busines...
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U S President Alger Hiss
787 wordsThe Cold War was a war of words, not violence, that began in 1946. This was signified by competition, tension, and conflict between the Soviet Union, and the United States. In 1946, Sir Winston Churchill gave an address at Westminster College in Fulton, Mo, about foreign affairs of the time. In it he uttered the following quote: "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent (of Europe). " These words, in some respects, were the beginni...
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Dialect And Culture In American Literature
1,609 wordsDialect and Culture in American Literature In order for a literary piece to be considered a work of art, it has to stand the test of time. It has to be unique and it must also separate itself from the mass quantities of words which are merely written down on paper. It must have character, and when read by the audience it will take on a special meaning for that individual. What better way of capturing the audiences attention is there than with the use of dialect and culture? It simply engulfs the...
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Alger Hiss Communist Spies
1,458 wordsDuring the late nineteen forties, a new anti-Communistic chase was in full holler, this being the one of the most active Cold War fronts at home. Many panic-stricken citizens feared that Communist spies were undermining the government and treacherously misdirecting foreign policy. The attorney general planned a list of ninety supposedly disloyal organizations, none of which was given the right to prove its loyalty to the United States. The Loyalty Review Board investigated more than three millio...
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U S Supreme Court Alger Hiss
1,484 words... ut when facing pretrial examinations for the vilification suit, he changed his story. Chambers told his lawyers that he could produce evidence that Hiss had given government documents to him. Chambers believed he had saved some documents in case he needed to protect himself from retribution. ! She sealed the documents in an envelope and gave them to his wife! |s nephew, Nathan Levine. Levine hid the envelope in his parents! | Brooklyn home, !" [Levitt, 239 ] Chambers remarked. Chambers subse...
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Richard Nixon Was The Thirty Seventh President Of
764 wordsRichard Milhous Nixon was the thirty seventh president of the USA in 1969 - 74. During political career Richard has proved to be as very artful and sometimes tactless republican politics. These features of his character can be seen if to examine some Nixon's biographic facts and his methods of rise on a career ladder. Nixon was born on January, 9, 1913 in southern California in the city Yorba Linda and has risen from simple conditions of a life up to the supreme state post. Intelligent, sporty, ...
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Fairytale Like Quality Story Of Dick Hunter Fairytales
930 wordsRagged Dick A modern fairytale based on the style of the classic fairytales The implausibility of the events and the manner in which they unfold to a successful conclusion suggests that Ragged Dick by Horatio Alger Jr. does have the qualities of a fairytale. In fact, it appears that the author has modeled his writing style on the conventional fairytales, except that there are no supernatural characters, such as goblins and fairies involved in this story. It is, thus, a modern fairytale that has ...
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Rapid Eye Movement Walking Down The Street
1,835 wordsMiranda was walking down the street and she came to a stoplight, it was red. While she was waiting, somehow she had fallen asleep standing up. This was not the first time for Miranda or others like her, Miranda suffered from a disorder called narcolepsy. Narcolepsy is a disorder that causes excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) and affects more than 200, 000 Americans, but can be helped with scheduled naps and drugs such as Provigil and Yohimbine. Those with Narcolepsy experience excessive daytime ...
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Incl Briar House Un American Activities Committee
2,398 wordsThe Alger Hiss Spy Case During the late nineteen forties, a new anti-Communistic chase was in full holler, this being the one of the most active Cold War fronts at home. Many panic-stricken citizens feared that Communist spies were undermining the government and treacherously misdirecting foreign policy. The attorney general planned a list of ninety supposedly disloyal organizations, none of which was given the right to prove its loyalty to the United States. The Loyalty Review Board investigate...
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Horatio Alger Ragged Dick
1,181 wordsThe use of symbolism has always been a prevalent way for writers to communicate important issues to the public. It is not uncommon to read a simple children? s story and discover underlying political or moral messages, for example, Horatio Alger? s novel Ragged Dick. This story was written after the Civil War, when America experienced a period of huge industrial growth. The capitalistic work ethic had become a universal idea in the North, and in response the Government agreed to stay out of busi...
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Ragged Dick Horatio Alger
3,715 wordsRagged Dick, by Horatio Alger, is a splendidly written novel involving a colorful character named Dick Hunter who works as a bootblack in New York City. He has no home to speak of in the beginning of the story. Dick dreams of becoming a respectable young man. The entire novel is the story of how he does just that. Throughout the story, there are many detailed explanations of what life was like on the streets in the 19 th century. By the end of the story, Dick is no longer living in the streets a...
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19 Th Century Status In Society
2,082 wordsHoratio Alger is remembered as the 19 th century novelist who wrote and popularized the American rags to riches story. His first book Ragged Dick tells of a misfortune boy named Dick Hunter who, through a combination of good ethics, hard work, luck, and help from supporter who believes in him becomes a prosperous and a wealthy young man. The book Ragged Dick, written in 1867, is about the success story of Dick Hunter. Dick is a bootblack in New York City who is near starvation. He sleeps in the ...
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Rags To Riches Horatio Alger
668 wordsRagged Ragged Dick Ragged Dick Ragged Dick is a novel written in the 1800 s by Horatio Alger. It is a story about a young boy named Richard Hunter, also known as Ragged Dick, as he progresses though his childhood. Ragged Dick is a typical Rags to Riches story where Dick struggles through the hardships of city life, trying to achieve the American Dream. As a child, Dick is nothing more than a poor city boy who is trying to earn money on the streets of New York City. He spends his time shining sho...
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