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Prison Camp Third Reich
1,006 wordsTowards the end of WWII, Theodore Roosevelt was having a meeting on how he could end the war. Director of the Office of Strategic Services (William Donovan) was summing up the war in 3 sentences. First, each and every day the war continued in Europe, 27, 000 men, women & children would die. Second, a group of German officers were ready to assume leadership of the Third Reich if an opportunity would arise, and would instantly surrender. Finally, it had been confirmed that General Eisenhower's rep...
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One By One Iron Maiden
1,146 wordsThe Lawrence family hails a cab in the heart of downtown H angleton. With little success, they move to a deserted street hoping for less human traffic. The only visible movement is a lone rat scurrying into a gutter. Two lights appear on the horizon and Mr. Lawrence signals for a ride. The family of four lazily enters the cab after a late night at the theatre and they take off. Because of the long night and lengthy ride they doze off and leave their destination in the strange drivers hands. The ...
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Story Progresses Common Man
750 wordsRush Hour Traffic. Urban Decay. Rudeness and ill will towards our common man. A society clearly coming apart at its seams. And worst of all, you cant get your hash browns at the local fast-food restaurant because they stopped serving breakfast 3 minutes ago. Weve all experienced these types of frustrations in varying degrees, and probably felt some sort of primal urge to retaliate at what we perceive as a deliberate and malicious affront to our person. Well in Falling Down, William Foster (exper...
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Los Angeles Times Los Angeles County
1,521 wordsBlack Dahlia Murder Who killed the Black Dahlia? That is the question that has intrigued and mystified people, since the hideous crime was committed in 1947. The sensational nature of the murder, the unusual name of the case, and the lack of a solution to the case add to the mystery. On January 15, 1947 a woman, by the name of Betty Bersinger, thought she saw a dummy lying in the grass. As she looked closer she realized that it was not a dummy, but the body of woman, severed and mutilated. The b...
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Upstate New York Millions Of Dollars
1,326 words... s responsible for the thefts, he declared war on Diamond's gang. The gang war claimed several casualties from both sides. Because he lived through numerous attempts on his life, Diamond became known as the "clay pigeon of the underworld. " For a while it looked like he was impossible to kill. But on December 19, 1931, Diamond was killed when two Schultz gunmen tracked him to upstate New York, burst into his hotel room, and repeatedly shot him. Schultz later told reporters that the dead gangs...
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Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Conan
948 wordsSir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, in 1892, about Sherlock Holmes, his famous detective. Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on May 22, 1859 (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes). He studied medicine there and eventually served as a physician in the Boer War, and many other battles. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published his first Sherlock Holmes tale, A Study in Scarlet, in 1887 (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes). Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was so successful in his writing t...
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Bladerunner Humanity And Nature
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Robert Aldrich Kiss Robert Aldrich Kiss Me Deadly Hammer
604 wordsRobert Aldrich's Kiss Me Deadly came near the end of the golden age of film noir, but its so fundamentally wrapped up in the definitions of the genre that its no wonder that the French film critics that initially coined that term responded to it as much as they did. You can feel the fingerprints of this film all over the early masterpieces of the French New Wave (particularly Breathless, which seems to draw much of its creative breath from here). The energy that this movie sends off is so radioa...
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Evil Eye Creative Writing
368 wordsCreative Writing: A Murder On The Eighth Creative Writing: A Murder On The Eighth Night Was Caused By An Old Mans evil Eye Creative Writing: A Murder on The Eighth Night Was Caused By an Old Mans evil Eye By Oscar Villa Fourth Period Vancouver, WA- An unidentified old man was murdered in his own residence last night when his butler confessed to murdering him. The butlers motive was to get rid of the old mans evil looking eye. It all started about 1 week ago the butler explained. I just couldnt k...
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Murder On The Orient Express Murder On The Orient Train
490 wordsDo you like murder, mystery, and suspense? Well if you do Murder on the Orient Express, by Agatha Christie, is the book for you. This novel portrays the trials and tribulations of Hercule Poirot, a talented and experienced detective. Within the first few chapters the reader is already caught in a web of deceit and lies. Though this specific case seems utterly unsolvable, Poirot is able to see through the deception and figure out the unbelievable solution. It all begins when Monsieur Poirot board...
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Edgar A Poe John Allan
601 wordsEdgar Allan Poe, son of Actress Eliza Poe and Actor David Poe Jr. , born 19 th of January 1809, was mostly known for his poems and short tales and his literary criticism. He has been given credit for inventing the detective story and his psychological thrillers have been influences for many writers worldwide. Edgar and his brother and sister were orphaned before Edgar's third birthday and Edgar was taken in to the home of John and Fanny Allan in Richmond, Va. The Allan's lived in England for fiv...
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Find A Job Short Story
1,215 wordsEdgar Allen Poe son of the actress Eliza Poland actor David Poe Jr. , was born January 19, 1809. His father was from ago Baltimore family and drunk heavily. His mother however was a good actress but she died of tuberculosis in Richmond Virginia in December of 1811. After this at the age of 3, Edgar and his brother and sister were orphaned. Edgar went to the home of John and Fanny Allan who lived in Richmond, VA. John Allan was a successful merchant. In 1815 they went to England for five years wh...
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Sherlock Holmes Great Detective
288 wordsTHE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES is by far the most popular of all of the adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Filmed over twenty times, serialized, illustrated, and endlessly reread, this short novel is an account of the spookiest case ever solved by the worlds best-known detective. Scariness is not its only virtue: the doctor who brings Holmes into the case is one of the oddest and most memorable characters in the entire Canon, Watson plays a very active part throughout the story and a crucial role at ...
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Proved Gillespie Wrong Proved Gillespie Virgil
399 wordsIn the Heat of the Night Essay For my essay I have chosen to write about the topic about Tibbs and Gillespie understanding and respecting each other. In the beginning of this story Gillespie thought of Virgil as he would of thought of any other Negro, but soon he found out he was wrong, Virgil was a very gifted detective with lots of skills. When Tibbs was first taken in to see Gillespie, Gillespie was yelling and screaming at Tibbs for no reason but Virgil did not break down to the harassment a...
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French Painter Open Window
1,129 wordsJuan Gris was born in 1887. He was a Spanish born French painter who went to the cubist school. Originally his name was Jose Victorian Gonzalez, he was born in Madrid and educated there. He left Madrid in 1906 and went to Paris, making the acquaintance of Spanish artist Pablo Picasso and of the French painter Georges Braque. Gris first cubist paintings, generally more calculated than those of Picasso and Braque, appeared in 1912. He spent the next summer in C? et, France, with Picasso, and while...
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End Of The Movie Beginning Of The Movie
1,350 wordsThe Bad Cop I was not really interested in seeing LA Confidential since everyone I knew who went to see it had bad things to say-too long, too boring, too confusing. After watching the movie, I became very interested in the movie. It? s rare to see a movie with great acting and a story that keeps me wondering what? s going to happen next. LA Confidential is a crime-drama adapted from an infamous novel written by James Ellroy. Curtis Hanson directs the movie. The film looks and feels like what yo...
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Notices A Small Deliverance And Tommy Doll
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Eine Leserin Oder Ein Leser Eine Leserin Oder Ein Sayers
822 wordsWhen advertising executive Victor Dean dies from a fall down the stairs at Pym's Publicity, Lord Peter Wimsey is asked to investigate. It seems that, before he died, Dean had begun a letter to Mr. Pym suggesting some very unethical dealings at the posh London ad agency. Wimsey goes undercover and discovers that Dean was part of the fast crowd at Pym's, a group taken to partying and doing drugs. Wimsey and his brother-in-law, Chief-Inspector Parker, rush to discover who is running London's cocain...
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Simon And Schuster Nancy
1,535 wordsSuper Girl Growing up, every child has his / her own personal idols, ranging anywhere from He-man to Barbie to the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. The teenage master sleuth Nancy Drew is one of these prominent figures in the eyes of many young girls. Her stories tell of adventure and mystery, yet they also seem to find a place in there somewhere to reflect the lady-like and proper nature of Miss Drew. Nancy is a paradox, but a paradox that often goes unnoticed. The Nancy Drew stories satisfy two s...
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Years Ago Roylett House
367 words1. Name of book? The Speckled Band. 2. Author of book? Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. 3. Setting? The story took place in Baker Street London, and in Stoke Moran. April of 1883. 4. Identify the theme of your book? It is about a detective who helps find murderers and helps in saving other peoples lives that without him would be victims. 5. Story. Helen Stoner a frightened woman knocks the door of the famous and best detective in the world Sherlock Holmes. Shaking with fear she asks him to help her find ...
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