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George Carlin
Number of Words: 2419 / Number of Pages: 9
... the public, ah, airwaves, um, the ones you definitely wouldn't say, ever. Bastard you can say, and hell and damn so I have to figure out which ones you couldn't and ever and it came down to seven but the list is open to amendment, and in fact, has been changed, uh, by now. The original seven words were shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker, and tits. Those are the ones that will curve your spine, grow hair on your hands and maybe, even bring us, God help us, peace without honor, and a bourbon. (Carlin, 1977)
A man driving with his young son heard this broadcast and reported it to the Federa ...
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Women In World War I
Number of Words: 895 / Number of Pages: 4
... etc. In April of 1917, women gained the most honorable status in society they ever received as Jeannette Rankin, of Montana, was accepted as the first woman in the House of Representatives. In 1920, women composed 23.6% of the labor force, more than ever in American history, and beside that, these women were married with families, and had taken over their husband's jobs in factories as well as in big business. Formed in June of 1920, was the Women's Bureau, a federal agency designed to report on the conditions of women working industrial jobs, as well as to promote the welfare of women i ...
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Baroque Style
Number of Words: 652 / Number of Pages: 3
... were created to accommodate the clothes of the period. The materials used to create each piece also distinguish the time period. First generation furniture was made of sterling silver, and the upholstery was changed with the seasons. Second generation furniture was very elaborate and made of wood. Versailles is a perfect example of progression in Western art. The entire house displays the transition from Medieval to Renaissance to the Baroque stylings. The palace is like a museum, which shows the progress of society using art and architecture.
Caravaggio was an artist of this period who was also a ...
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American Involvement In The Cuban Revolution
Number of Words: 1050 / Number of Pages: 4
... ranks, and the people found order preferable to disarray. Batista
could no longer legitimize his regime . Failure in the elections of 1954
showed the discontent of the people, and failure in communications with the
United States illustrated its discontent. Finally, opposing forces
confronted Batista's power: there were street protests, confrontations
with the police, assault, sabotage, and urban violence. This began the
revolution in Cuba.
America, with its stubborn ideas and misjudgements of character, forced
Castro to turn to the Soviets for alliance and aid. When Castro visited
th ...
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The History Of The Ku Klux Klan
Number of Words: 2568 / Number of Pages: 10
... Klux Klan became known for their violence against people outside the white race and people who associated with them. Contrary to what most people believe, the Ku Klux Klan was started because of a few people wanted to have some innocent fun, not because they were intending to start a chain of violence on anyone outside the white race.(The Klan, p.2)
The Ku Klux Klan began in Pulaski, Tennessee, a small town south of Nashville. On the night of December 24, 1865 six ex-confederate soldiers were sitting around a fireplace it the law office of Judge Thomas M. Jones.(Invisible Empire, p.9) These six frien ...
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Dionysus The Peoples God
Number of Words: 1822 / Number of Pages: 7
... Zeus saves his unborn son and transplants the fetus into his leg. Once born Dionysus was taken to Semele's sister, Ino the Queen of Orchomenus. To hide the child from Hera, Ino disguises him as a girl. Hera was not fooled, so to punish Ino she drove her to madness. Zeus changed Dionysus into a goat and sent him to live with the Nymphs in Nysa. It was Nysa where Dionysus learned of fertility and wine. When Hera found him she imposed the same madness on him as she did on Ino. Dionysus wandered the earth for many years in a state of insanity. He wandered until he met the Rhea, who cured him of ...
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The Civil War
Number of Words: 737 / Number of Pages: 3
... Taylor to move his troops from the nuces to the rio grande and to build a fort to blockade the river. To mexico this was an invasion of their territory. Mexican troops therefor crossed the rio grande and in a small battle wounded sixteen American soldiers. This was the Beginning Spark of war.
The Mexican people were more united about the war then the americans were. Mexicans felt that they were defending thier territory against invaders. In the United States the war was popular in both the south and the west. Where expansion settlement was especially strong. But then on the other hand, ...
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Death Of Romeo And Juliet
Number of Words: 824 / Number of Pages: 3
... and therefor it brought them their tragic ending.
Although many feel that Romeo and Juliet's tragic ending is fate and can not be change, Henry Alonzo agues against this saying that character flaws cause Romeo and Juliet's tragic ending. Henry Alonzo Myers feels that "fate…is determined by character and not by chance."(163) Myers states many evidences to show that "character is a deeper and more important influence in human affairs than luck or chance." (160) Is it true that human character has more influence in human affairs than luck or chance? Yes it is. An example is a story about a man who ...
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Jane Addams And The Hull House
Number of Words: 913 / Number of Pages: 4
... others with the same interests as her, worked among the poor, established art classes, discussion groups, a kindergarten, a coffee house, a library, and a gymnasium. She tried to invent a place free of ethnic racism and stereotyping. In a time when Americans were beginning to feel threatened by immigrants, Hull House embraced them and showed them the true meaning of American democracy. She wanted to devise some educational enterprise that would build a bridge between European and American experiences in such a way as to give them both more meaning and a sense of education. The Hull House attempted to ...
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Hercules His 12 Quests
Number of Words: 1861 / Number of Pages: 7
... The Nemean Lion. Eurystheus first ordered Hercules to kill the Nemean lion, a terrible beast that had defied all would-be captors. The combat between Hercules and the lion was brutal and cruel. .Seeing that his club and arrows were of no avail in the battle, Hercules grasped the lion in his hands and strangled it to death. He returned to Eurystheus, wearing the skin of the lion as a cloak and the head as a helmet.
The Hydra, or Water SerpenL Hercules was ordered next to slay the Hydra, a many-headed water serpent that had taken a heavy toll in the country of Argos. The middle head of the Hydra was i ...
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