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Violent Crimes Carry Concealed
1,080 wordsSpecific Purpose: To persuade my audience on the negative effects of gun control Central Idea: The effects gun control will have on the nation are leaving people unprotected against violent crimes, an infringement on states rights, and the loss of hunting and sport shooting in our country. In Cumberland, TN, a 28 -year-old Jason Mcculley broke into the home of Stanley Horn and his wife tied up the two of them at knife point, demanded to know where the couple kept their money in the house. While ...
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Rite Of Spring Major Part
1,791 wordsAn introduction to 'The Rite of Spring', The part I of the Rite of Spring starts with an " introduction ." The texture at the very beginning is extremely thin, and the only instrument in use is the bassoon, in an unusually high tessitura. The bassoon is soon joined by the Horn, and later, a pair of clarinets. This little wind ensemble creates an eerie feeling, and the fact that tempo rubato is employed makes the whole start very unstable, as if the 'grand work' has just had a bad kick-off. Howev...
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Gold Rush San Francisco
1,728 words... siting blanket-wrapped corpses in hurriedly dug holes on river bars. At least fifteen hundred travelers died along the Oregon Trail in 1949. (Mark 56, 57) Nearly all the routes on the trail led the traveler to the Sierra Nevada's. The ones that didnt led through Death Valley. Either the mountain range or the desert had to be crossed in order to get to the Sacramento Valley or Los Angeles, respectively. Both routes had their challenges, and climatic changes were always a factor in which the t...
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Ny Simon British Army
1,460 words... s attacked in this formation with the left horn almost cutting off some other cavalry units and the right horn going behind the mountain of Isandlwhana to get into the rear of the British camp. The center came straight on towards the British battle lines who were armed with single shot Martini-Henry rifles which fired a big bullet (. 45 caliber) but kicked like Hell! The disciplined British volleys actually started to break the attack of the Zulu center, forcing them to halt for some time an...
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Count Basie Bob Marley
1,580 wordsFor my week posing as professor for music history 10, I would like to discuss the meaning of and history leading up to the mid 90 s ska selection by Less Than Jake: Sugar in Your Gas Tank. Sugar in Your Gas Tank was released on Less Than Jakes 1996 album on Capitol records: Losing Streak. Although they had actually had many previous releases on independent labels, this was Less than Jakes first major label record. Previously only having an underground Indy following, being picked up by a major l...
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Body Of Water Rosh Hashanah
1,589 wordsRosh Hashanah, the Jewish Holiday, is celebrated in the month of Tishre. The Tishre is the seventh month according to the Jewish calendar. The first day of Tishre is announced by the blowing of the Shofar. The Shofar is a rams horn. Rosh Hashanah is the prelude to the holy day of Yom Kippur. Rosh Hashanah is a solemn celebration. The Jewish New Year is very different than the secular New Year that we celebrate. Rosh Hashanah celebrates the creation of the universe, the creatures, and humanity. A...
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Violent Video Games Violent Games
1,653 wordsOver the past several years, video games have evolved from the simple pong and pac man to highly detailed, fully interactive fantasy adventures. Unfortunately, along with this development came the ability to depict violence with gory detail and high-speed action. Studies substantiate that this brutal violence found in modern video games has a direct correlation with violence among todays youth. This relationship can be seen through several areas. Several experiments confirm that children are adv...
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Males And Females Killer Whales
1,028 wordsIntroduction Narwhals, the unicorns of the sea, are very mysterious creatures that are not widely known. They are whales with many fascinating features and historical value. This research paper is answering the question, What are Narwhals? . General Description Monodon Monoceros, Latin for one tooth, one horn#; or Narwhal, Norwegian for corpse whale, because of it mottled coloration suggests a bloated corpse#. Narwhals are in the white whale family, along with the beluga, but are actually covere...
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Jefferson Davis South Carolina
1,173 wordsMary Boykin Chesnut was born on her grandparents' estate at Mount Pleasant, South Carolina on March 31, 1823. She learned early about the workings of a plantation by observing her grandmother. Grandmother Miller rose early to assign the cleaning and cooking duties for her servants. Besides keeping the mansion clean and prepared for the frequent guests, Mary's grandmother also took charge of making and mending clothing for the slaves on the plantation. She spent whole days cutting out clothing fo...
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Symbolism In The House Of Seven Gables
1,691 words... the, the hens now appear gaunt and ugly. The family with the genteel blood is now unattractive and ineffectual like the hens. 16 The hens really like Phoebe and react to her in a similar manner as Hepzibah and Clifford react; they react as if in automatic approval of her regardless of her common strengths. Holgrave tells Phoebe, "The chicken really treats you like an old acquaintance. " 17 He also tells her that the Pyncheon hens are not like common hens. The hens act as if they are better t...
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Glass Menagerie World Of Illusion
1,933 wordsThe illusion in the play starts in scene even before the stage direction at the beginning one where it is clear that Amanda peruses illusions from the very first moment we meet her. Being a memory play, it is dimly lighted, it is sentimental, it is not realistic page 3. The fact that Tom acts as both narrator and as a character in the play immediately suggests the transitory and illusory nature of memory. Indeed Roger Bill, in his book Tennessee Williams says the play is cradled in the play wrig...
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U S History Panama Canal
1,260 wordsAfter the war with Spain at Cuba, the United Stats realized that a faster route was necessary in order to deploy its warships from Pacific Ocean to Atlantic Ocean. It was because the warships in Pacific Ocean had to take a detour around Cape Horn, which is located at the extreme South end of South America, in order to go to the sea area of Cuba. The total distance amounted to 224, 000 kilometers, and this great distance caused great amount of wasted time during the war. (web) Panama Canal was th...
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West Mexican Cultures 2000 Years Ago Shamanism
1,602 wordsThe Siberian shaman's soul is said to be able to leave the body and travel to other parts of the cosmos, particularly to an upper world in the sky and a lower world underground. How can anyone know what the people of Mesoamerica were seeing if they in fact were even in these states of trance. A broader definition is that shamans would include any kind of person who is in control of his or her state of trance, even if this does not involve a soul journey. This broader definition stills does not i...
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Jean Michel Basquiat Davis Swing Landscape Jazz
1,136 wordsJazz has been an influence in many artists work, from painting to other forms of music. Jazz is an American music form that was developed from African-American work songs. The white man began to imitate them in the 1920 s and the music form caught on and became very popular. Two artists that were influenced by jazz were Jean-Michel Basquiat and Stuart Davis. The influence is quite evident in many of their works, such as Horn Players, by Basquiat, and Swing Landscape, by Davis. Stuart Davis was b...
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Article Iv Article Ii
620 wordsDriving in India Traveling in India is an almost hallucinatory mixture of sound and sight. It is frequently heart-rending, sometimes hilarious, mostly exhilarating, always unforgettable and, when you are on the roads, extremely dangerous. Most Indian road users observe a version of the Highway Code based on some ancient text or on the position of the moon. In general the 12 rules of the Indian road code are: ARTICLE I The assumption of immortality is required of all road users. ARTICLE II The fo...
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Glass Menagerie Wingfield Family
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Contemporary Literary Criticism Larger Than Life
2,712 wordsMyth versus Realism in the Old West LONESOME DOVE While Larry McMurtry honors certain mythical features of the Old West, his epic, Lonesome Dove, is the quintessential representation of the realism of the Old West. By contrast, mythic representations of the Old West tend to look absurd and silly. Stories such as the one portrayed in the film True Grit appear to be ridiculous because of their one-dimensional presentation of characters, including women; their passive, utopian environments; and the...
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2,790 words" Old West" LONESOME DOVE While Larry McMurtry honors certain mythical features of the " Old West, " his epic, Lonesome Dove, is the quintessential representation of the realism of the " Old West. " By contrast, mythic representations of the " Old West" tend to look absurd and silly. Stories such as the one portrayed in the film " True Grit" appear to be ridiculous because of their one-dimensional presentation of characters, including women; thei...
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Social And Moral Nuclear Proliferation
1,214 wordsPolitical, Social And Moral Messages In The Political, Social And Moral Messages In The Works Of Dr. Seuss Theodore Seuss Geisel, better known to generations of readers all over the world as Dr. Seuss, is the American author of many popular children s books. Dr. Seuss deft combination of easy words, swift rhymes and batty nonsense (Horn 69) has convinced many children that reading does not have to be a boring chore, but instead can be fun and entertaining. Amidst these wacky drawings of zany cha...
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Started Walking Wasn T
1,712 wordsPytho's Lives (A Mythilogical Writing Excercise) Essay, Pytho's Lives (A Mythilogical Writing Excercise) It all started one afternoon while I was walking home from school. It was an average spring day. It was warm enough to get your skin heated, but not too hot that it would be uncomfortable. The sun was burning high in the sky with not a single cloud to block its rays. The air was moist and the morning s dew still hung from the flowers it had collected on. As I was walking, I noticed that the a...
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