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Mass Destruction Mass Production
528 words
In Alvin Toffler's book, "The Third Wave, " he
discusses our progression as a society. One can
easily see the pattern to the mentioned waves. He
describes wave one as the start of agriculture. It
also marks the beginning of our culture. Wave two,
marks the beginning of the Industrial Revolution,
atomic destruction, and mainstream items. The
change that takes place between these two waves is
the start of what we call progress. It impacted
our families, our planet, and set the pace for
economics. ...
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Bring In 'da Artistic Director Rent
1,772 words
There's a scene in the new musical "RENT" that may
be the quintessential romantic moment of the ' 90
s. Roger, a struggling rock musician, and Mimi, a
junkie who's a dancer at an S/M club, are having a
lovers' quarrel when their beepers go off and each
takes out a bottle of pills. It's the signal for
an "AZT break, " and suddenly they realize that
they " re both HIV-positive. Clinch. Love duet. If
you don't think this is romantic, consider that
Jonathan Larson's sensational musical is inspired
b...
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Men And Women Part Of Society
1,240 words
In the words of Pap, You think youre better your
father, now, dont you, because he cant [read and
write]? (2). In Mark Twain's adventure novel
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck Finn escapes
from civilized society to traverse the Mississippi
River. Throughout the book, Twain uses various
themes such as social ostracism to comment on
human nature and its role in shaping society.
Sometimes mainstream society is not as right and
moral as it believes, and when individuals try to
justify it they pu...
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Violent Crimes Homeless People
842 words
Homelessness Thesis: Contrary to much public
opinion, the growth of the homelessness is caused
by economic conditions, personal choice, society,
and other factors such that they are discriminated
by the mainstream society. Homelessness seems to
be an expanding problem of the modern age over the
past year. Homeless people face an intense
struggle just to stay alive despite the fact hat
society turns its head from the problem. The
government makes laws that discriminate against
homeless people, wh...
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Money Wealth And Energy V1 1r
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MONEY, WEALTH, AND ENERGY v 1. 1 r 0 Authorship
by: Tyler Jordan Money is like an iron ring we
have put through our noses. We have forgotten that
we designed it, and now it is leading us around. -
Bernard Letter Introduction Money affects nearly
all aspects of our lives, how it works is
something everyone should be interested in
understanding further. Unfortunately, politically
and financially motivated and biased "experts"
actively work to discourage us with terse jargon
and assurances that the...
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Set The Stage Million Copies
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... llc was the proud father. In 1984, Metallica's
second album was released. The much-anticipated
"Ride The Lightning" spent almost a year in
Billboard's top 200 ("The Band"). It features such
tracks as "Ride The Lightning", "For Whom The Bell
Tolls", and "Fade To Black." Even with its
success, stations refused to play the album
because of its harsh attitude. The album goes gold
in the same year. Metallica's third album, "Master
of Puppets", showed a more melodious approach to
metal. The album ...
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Discussing Waterlily Marriage And Dakota Life
600 words
In modern Euro-American culture, if a man were to
simply mention the idea of buying a wife he would
face certain ridicule and would be considered
sexist. Wife buying is not a pc option in todays
society as it stands in direct opposition to the
mainstream idea of womens liberation and
independence. That is not to say that it doesnt
happen (remember the show Who wants marry a
Millionaire? ) it is just to say that it is not
overtly accepted. Waterlily, by Ella Cara Deloria,
details the religious an...
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Sex Or Subordination Violence And Pornography
1,115 words
... orography available to adults. The courts
assess that to ban or censor the material would be
infringing on the public's First Amendment Right
(Carol 28). Maureen O'Brien quotes critics of a
congressionally terminated bill, the Pornography
Victim's Compensation Act, as saying "That if it
had passed, it would have had severely chilling
effects on the First Amendment, allowing victims
of sexual crimes to file suit against producers
and distributors of any work that was proven to
have had 'cause...
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Poet Laureate Ted Hughes
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Knowledge of contemporary British poetry is of
great importance when it comes to understanding
the reigning trends of England. The 1970 s saw a
fair amount of polemic concerning the
discontinuities of the national "traditions, "
most of it concerned with poetry, all of it
vulnerable to a blunt totalizing which
demonstrated the triumphant ability of "nation" to
organize literary study and judgment -- as it does
still, perhaps more than ever. It remains the case
twenty years later that there is a ...
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Sexual Aggression Sexual Violence
1,027 words
... e Court judge is quoted as saying, "I can't
define pornography, but I know it when I see it"
(Itzin 20). This statement can be heard at
community meetings in every state, city, and
county across the nation. Community standards are
hazy due to the fact that when asked what
pornography is to them, most individuals cannot
express or explain in words what pornography is,
therefore creating confusion among themselves.
Communities are left somewhat helpless in this
matter since the federal courts ...
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Japanese Animation Folk Tales
1,456 words
... e beginning as a medium, 's aid Linda
Simensky, Director of Animation for Nickelodeon.
We agree completely. Clay Animation may not be at
it's highest potential, but we hope that it will
make it someday. Maybe if additional feature films
were made it would boost the industry of clay
animation to an all time high. The only problem is
that it takes such a long time and if the studios
happened to take on a film, they would have to
quit their other tasks and focus directly on that
film. It took y...
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Rave Culture And Its Effects On Popular
1,199 words
... posts individualism, a come-as-you-are
mentality, there are definitely many similarities
among ravers in general. A unique aspect of rave
culture is the fashion. There is a definite sense
of individualism within the rave fashion scene;
you are likely to see someone in jeans, someone in
black vinyl pants, or someone in costume. However,
many people fit into a definite 'typical raver'
mold. For males, baggy pants are the norm. A very
tight shirt, no shirt, or a sweatshirt is also
common for ma...
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Punk Rock Punk Bands
1,072 words
Mrs. Barbara Simpson English Comp II 25 March 2000
The Origination of Punk Rock The time was in the
mid-seventies, there was a void in the music
industry that needed to be filled. This need for a
new sound was aptly filled by punk rock, a new
type of sound that had evolved from mostly rock
and a little pop music. The focus of this paper is
on punk rock and it's ample beginnings, early
pioneers of the new sound, punk rock listener's
cultural background and their ideas as a whole,
bands influenced...
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Political Correctness American Medias
1,514 words
Media Bias in Politics The Medias are being
traditionally referred to as the democracy's
fourth column, in the sense that they influence
peoples minds to a great extent, which is often a
single factor that defines citizens political
affiliation. One of the most important principles
of democracy is independence of Medias. In theory,
Media owners biggest goal is to deliver honest and
unbiased information to the people, while leaving
it up to them to come to their own conclusions. Of
course, it is ...
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Animal Rights Activists Mercedes Benz
2,603 words
College: Lecturer: Course: Date: Outline of
contents Contents Page Abstract 3 Michaels
background 3 Impact on the society 4 The fall of
Michael 5 Rehabilitating Michaels image 7 Works
cited 11 Abstract This paper examines the life of
football player Michael Dwayne Vick, the mistakes
he has made in the past, the retributions, and the
way ahead. It seeks to show how Michael can
rehabilitate his badly tarnished image despite the
sordid past. It also draws lessons from the past
that should feature p...
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Citizen Kane Wuthering Heights
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Excellence, Popularity, Typicality Discuss The
Relative Excellence, Popularity, Typicality
Discuss The Relative Merits Of Each Of These As A
Basis For The Inclusion Of Films In A Film History
Excellence, popularity, typicality discuss the
relative merits of each of these as a basis for
the inclusion of films in a film history Any
attempt to study film history requires the
consideration of films, which occur within the
categories of excellence, popularity and
typicality. They are three very diffe...
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Point Of View Mainstream Society
1,842 words
In today s society, there exists a myriad of
issues which, when discussed, tend to raise the
temperature of the citizens proverbial blood.
There are a handful of topics that always seem to
escalate this temperature to the boiling point
among individuals who earnestly participate in
discussion, debate and argument. Some examples of
such delicate subjects are the death penalty,
abortion, and euthanasia. An issue that has in
recent years, begun to command the intensity of
the foregoing, is the acce...
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Hard Core Pornography Soft Core Pornography
4,515 words
Violence and Pornography Pornography Sex or
Subordination? In the late Seventies, America
became shocked and outraged by the rape,
mutilation, and murder of over a dozen young,
beautiful girls. The man who committed these
murders, Ted Bundy, was later apprehended and
executed. During his detention in various
penitentiaries, he was mentally probed and prodded
by psychologist and psychoanalysts hoping to
discover the root of his violent actions and
sexual frustrations. Many theories arose in
attem...
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Rave Culture Club Drugs
1,454 words
Rave and drugs The new millennium is coming soon.
So, there are many of special parties will appear
at the end of the year. All of the youth people
are being busy to think what party they should
attend and have the most fun on this special New
Year Eve to greet the Y 2 K (year 2000). In my
mind, a word Xrave pop up because it can have more
than thousand of people dance in a place and
create the festive atmosphere. This is the reason
why the rave culture will still go on to capture
the attention ...
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Hip Hop Ain T
3,377 words
Spirituality in Hip-Hop Many people view hip-hop
from only a commercial standpoint. This would
force them to believe that since mainstream rap is
riddled with references to violence, sex, and
money, that there is a lack of reverence or
acknowledgement for God. This problem is remedied,
however, if one looks deeper into the sources of
hip-hop. Mainstream music is the sub-genre of rap
in which the consumers most readily purchase. For
rap, the ideas that sell the easiest are these sex
and money-fil...
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