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Five Thousand Men Enemy
783 wordsThe soldiers of my army were pounding at the walls of the enemy base, ramming into the thick stone and metal with tanks and bulldozers. There was little left on the interior of those walls, having been blown away by mortar shells or destroyed by howitzer fire. The few buildings that retained anything more than a foundation were scarred black and had walls that had fallen in. The base was completely lost, or so I thought. I was in command of the regiment that destroyed the base. I thought myself ...
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West Side Story Romeo And Juliet
431 wordsWEST SIDE STORY IS DIFFERENT FROM ROMEO AND JULIET IN MANY WAYS Laurence's West Side story is an apparition of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. West Side Story and Romeo and Juliet differ in many ways. Romeo and Juliet is set in Verona in about 1594. West Side Story takes in New York City in 1957. Tony is the modern character of Romeo and Maria is the modern character of Juliet. In the two tragedies the major conflict is two opposing families, or gangs, do not agree of the relationship of their c...
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Trench Warfare Gatling Gun
339 wordsCivil war inventions New inventions during the Civil war lead to the development of new weaponry. Some of the new inventions include the Gatling gun, new bullets, Breech loading cannon, ironclad ships, Dahlgren gun, and trench warfare. The Gatling gun invented by Dr. Richard Gatling was a multi-barreled cannon which allowed troops to shoot multiple rounds rapidly without reloading and served as the predecessor to the machine gun. Prior to the war, it was discovered that by giving the bullet spin...
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Four And A Half Hampton Roads
611 wordsThe battle at Hampton Roads was part of the Peninsula Campaign that lasted from March to August of 1862. There was a total of five ships engaged in the battle. From the US Navy, there were four ships, the USS Congress, USS Minnesota, USS Cumberland, and the USS Monitor. The CS Navy had one ship, the CSS Merrimack. On March 8, 1862, the CSS Merrimack steamed into Hampton Roads. She proceeded to sink the USS Cumberland and then ran the USS Congress aground. Captain Buchanan then set his sights on ...
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Columbine High School Swat Team
1,267 wordsColumbine High School Shooting It was a normal day at Columbine High School. Students came for another day of learning. But two students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, it was a different story. The rampage started at 11: 21 am, with black trench coats and masks covering their face. Shooting guns first in the cafeteria to anyone whom was an athlete or a different race or color. Then going to the hallways screaming racial slurs and planting homemade bombs to explode even after the shooting was ov...
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National Rifle Association Children And Adolescents
1,172 wordsThe quest for political power. Rarely does a day pass where some form of power struggle does not occur within our government. The importance of the role of American government in the lives of its constituents has continuously grown in conjunction with a corresponding increase in governmental economic and social obligations. As the American state assumes greater power and responsibility in its actions, so must the citizens of the United States. With this increase in modern government participatio...
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1,560 wordsAmerican Cowboys Have you ever wondered who the cowboys were; how they lived; or what they did? The American Cowboy? s way of life was interesting and unique, and they contributed more to society than one might think. Besides looking after stock and driving cattle, they had to round up huge numbers of cattle for ranchers. This paper will examine the American cowboy? s character, what they wore, the everyday things they did like driving cattle and branding calves and the lawlessness of the old we...
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Drinking And Driving Rich And Famous
711 wordsCultural Comparison Essay Law and Order In the United States police are suppose to be honorable and fair. We all know not all of them are. In Malaysia, according to Daphne Chan, you can bribe the police to let you off. All you have to do is ask do you want to settle this now? she said. In Pakistan, on the other hand, they dont even have minor violations like speeding and seat belt laws. Mohammad Haider said, You can usually get off even if you are drinking and driving. This may sound pretty leni...
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Native Americans White Man
742 wordsCuster's Last Stand Bighead, Kate. An eye for an eye. pps 1 - 5. Online. Internet. 5 June 1999. Available: web The plight of the Native American Indians throughout history is plagued by many battles and episodes of relocation from one reservation to the next. One would have thought that the Native Americans were merely puppets that the white man controlled to fit their own needs. However, the battle known as Custer's Last Stand was different. It would seem that the Indian had finally gained cont...
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Released From Prison Opponents Of The Death Penalty
1,768 wordsThe Death Penalty seems to haunt the US mindset. While more countries are dropping the procedure as cruel the US still holds on. Eighty percent of Americans are still for the Death Penalty, citing revenge as the main reason, which is why families are allowed to watch the execution. Organizations like Amnesty International condemn the US regularly, as well as most Democratic nations. What I want to address is why the dialogue is ineffective. The proponents of the Death Penalty make arguments aime...
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Colleges And Universities Love
1,401 wordsDr. Grace Murray Hopper was born on December 9, 1906. As a child Grace Hopper enjoyed learning about machines, technology and other countries cultures. Following her mother? s love for mathematics and her father? s love for literature, Grace had high expectations for herself. Family life was large influence as she grew up, from the close relationship she had with her grandfather, a surveyor in New York City, she learned about real life at a young age. Her father, Walter Fletcher Murray, was a su...
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Ways Of Life Peer Pressure
1,390 wordsThe movie Friday is a comedy, but it also depicts many important social issues. The story is set in the city of Los Angelos, California, in what could be called a high class ghetto. The main theme of the movie is about a young black man who looses his job and is influenced by his best friend to smoke marijuana. The movie also shows the relationships of his family and other members of his neighborhood. With a zany cast of characters and a hilarious script this movie touches on everything from gan...
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Eye For An Eye Deep Breath
1,304 wordsEYE FOR AN EYE By Steve Hutchinson Let the bastards come now, he thought, just let them come! This time hed be ready for them, and he was. He had his crossbow in hand, a long hunting knife on his leather belt, and a vicious-looking machete on the low coffee-table near the large front window through which he had a fair view of the path leading up to the house. The house was in darkness except for a single light in the hall, it was a ploy. It was obvious to him that no experienced burglar would go...
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Hundreds Of Years Gender Roles
705 wordsWhen analyzing gender roles in our age today, we are less likely to see the striking differences in the characteristics of men and women as they were portrayed lets say thirty years ago. However, a strong sense of Androcentricity still remains in not only our society but is stronger than ever in other societies around the world. From the beginning of time, from what weve learned in textbooks, television, and other sources of media, of course, the male figure has always been portrayed as powerful...
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1,173 wordsThe problem that faced Baz Luhrmann when he was directing the new version of Romeo and Juliet was that he didn´ t know whether there would be an audience for Shakespearean stories in a modern culture. So Luhrmann didn´ t make this film with the old-fashioned, Shakespeare purist in mind. Instead, by using lively, modern images (swimming pool etc. ) with a modern rock soundtrack and young good-looking popular actors, he has taken Romeo and Juliet to an audience that would normally thin...
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Confederate Troops Confederate Forces
1,340 wordsTHE GRAND FABRICATION It is almost as difficult to find consistent information about the incident at Fort Pillow as it is to determine the moral significance of its outcome. Scholars disagree about exactly what transpired on April 12, 1864 at Fort Pillow, when General Nathan Bedford Forrest captured the fort with his 1, 500 troops and claimed numerous Union lives in the process (Wyeth 250). It became an issue of propaganda for the Union, and as a result the facts were grossly distorted. After cl...
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William Shakespeare Romeo Romeo And Juliet
988 wordsFranco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet Sex, drugs, and violence are usually a potent combination, and only William Shakespeare could develop them into a masterful, poetic, and elegant story. In the play, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, all these aspects of teenage life absorb the reader or watcher. It is understood that Hollywood would try to imitate this masterpiece on screen, and it has done so in two films: Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 Romeo and Juliet and Baz Luhrmann's 1996 Will...
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Gang Members Racial Lines
1,017 wordsThe topic I chose for my 4 th quarter paper is gang in America. I will be discussing there life style such as why they use colors to represent themselves, and why they use hand signals to communicate. I also will discuss who long long gangs have been around. Also how much fear does a gang put into a small or large community. Last i will talk about how gangs are worse now then they where years ago. Originally the word gang had no negative meaning. In Old English, gang simply referred to a number ...
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African American Poetry York W W Norton
561 wordsThe Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman Barbara Tuchman's Guns of August is about World War 1. Her book has a unique way of telling this story. Her books gives explanations for each countrys involvement in the war. It describes the opinions of the Czar and reasons for all of his crucial decisions during this time. It also explains how Germany was in a tight spot and prepared for war a few years before it actually began. England was not to worried about the war in Europe because it had its own prob...
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Takes Place Place Called
812 wordsKidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson has a genre that classifies as historical fiction. I selected this book because the setting takes place during the 1750 s, which is a perfect time for history. At that year many historic events occurred that have been written down in books today. Such as, The French and Indian War. Since the setting is in Scotland, the way the writing in the book is is quite hard. The setting not only takes place in Scotland, but also through a voyage in a boat, as well as on...
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