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What Dreams May Come
Number of Words: 871 / Number of Pages: 4
... to Heaven he meets Albert, his guardian angel, and discovers that Heaven is even more wondrous than anything he could have imagined. His Heaven is the canvas that Annie was currently working on, it was their place. It was where they would retire and live, everything that the both of them loved, the mountains, the water, the fields, the house, and the beautiful colors. It wasn’t done yet but as she added things, he still saw them, they were so in touch with each other that they still felt
what the other felt and could feel the others presence when one was in Heaven and the other on Earth. When sh ...
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The Truman Doctrine
Number of Words: 2419 / Number of Pages: 9
... demands especially concerning the Dardanelles.
A direct influence of this Doctrine was, of course, the Marshall Plan.
The Marshall Plan was designed to give aid to any European country damaged
during World War II. It tremendously helped ravaged European nations such
as Italy and France. By helping them economically, the Marshall Plan
indirectly helped to stem growing Communist sentiment in these countries.
The process whereby the Truman Doctrine came to fruition was a long
and arduous one. After World War II, the Soviet Union and the United States
stood at the pinnacle of w ...
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Hollywood Vs. The World
Number of Words: 1284 / Number of Pages: 5
... The interrogation that happens in the bathroom between Paul and Madeline is a perfect example of this. They spend a good ten or fifteen minutes discussing how they feel about love and relationships. Another scene where interrogation plays a major role is the scene in which Paul is interviewing the model for the magazine. In this scene, the characters discuss multiple topics. They range from politics to love. This is something that is not often seen in Hollywood films. In general, the American public is more interested in fast-pace scenes often containing sex and violence.
The intervie ...
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Vincent Van Gogh The Successful Failure
Number of Words: 1069 / Number of Pages: 4
... age twenty, Vincent fell in love with the big city of London. He moved to London where he continued his career as an art dealer at Goupil's London branch. Coincidentally, Vincent van Gogh also fell in love with a French girl named Ursula. At the age of twenty-one, after much deliberation, he confessed his love to her. He was coldly rejected. This was heartbreaking to Vincent, and his family worried about him frantically. Vincent had a growing hate toward his parents. This hate finally became evident when he rejected both his mother and father at yet another time when his mother had tried to ...
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Scarlet Letter- Judgment
Number of Words: 783 / Number of Pages: 3
... of sin." (John 8:3-11).
The story of this woman in the bible is very similar to the story of Hester Prynne from the renowned novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. In this novel, Hester commits adultery and bears the child of a man that is not her husband. The book is set in an early New England colony with Puritan values and Puritan views on life. After Hester delivered her baby, she was set up on a scaffold to be ridiculed and humiliated in front of the accusing town. "All men are potentially sinners, though they profess themselves saints." (Levin, Harry 77). The townspeople in the ...
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The History Of The Panama Canal
Number of Words: 855 / Number of Pages: 4
... sites out of Spanish hands. The republics of
Central America instead tried to interest groups in the United States and
Europe in building a canal, and it became the subject of debate in the US
Congress. The discovery of gold in California in 1848, and the rush of
would-be miners stimulated US interest in digging the canal. Various
surveys made between 1850 and 1875 indicated that only two routes were
practical, the one across Panama and that across Nicaragua. In 1876 an
international company was organized; two years later it obtained a
concession from the Colombian government (Panama was then part o ...
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The Great Depression
Number of Words: 601 / Number of Pages: 3
... who lost their jobs couldn’t afford proper medical care or food. This caused many people to turn to relief, which is government support to help families get through the month. Relief was a sign of laziness and an embarrassment to the parents and children. Even with the support of the government many children were malnutrition and many people died of starvation. People fought for food in the streets and even though there were food shelters to help people, impact city life greatly.
Yet the city was not the only place that The Depression was felt. Farm life was also a large concern. Ev ...
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Stanely Kubrick
Number of Words: 2481 / Number of Pages: 10
... is often found that Kubrick focuses on exterior themes such as man as a symbolic figure, while Lynch focuses on intensely private themes such as a character's discovery of self. Using their films as evidence, let us take a closer look at how these two great directors use their unique sense of style, characters, and auteurship to espouse their world view.
One of the greatest contrasts between Lynch and Kubrick is found in their treatment of mankind. For Kubrick, men are often treated as 'machines' who serve a purpose. For Instance, in 2001: A Space Odyssey and Full Metal Jacket the dialo ...
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Henry Rollins
Number of Words: 333 / Number of Pages: 2
... a dozen books in print, some of which include, Get in the Van: On the road with Black Flag, Black Coffee Blues, Solipsist and Art to Choke Hearts. He also runs his own publishing company, 2.13.61 Publications, which puts out his and several other authors work.
Rollins has appeared in such major motion pictures as The Chase, Heat, and Lost Highway. He is also a renowned spoken word performer, having sold out shows at colleges and halls worldwide. He has released several recordings of his speaking shows, as well as many albums of his current Rollins Band.
is an extremely intelligent and talented per ...
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Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Number of Words: 1832 / Number of Pages: 7
... the
remaining oil. Unfortunately, the cleanup effort was hindered by an inadequate
cleanup plan that had been created during the 1970's. These plans outlined how
an oil spill would be handled, including provisions for maintaining equipment
such as containment booms and "skimmer boats." The plans also called for a
response team to be on twenty-four hour notice. Unfortunately, the plans were
good on paper only. A spill of this size had not been anticipated. Therefore,
the response teams had been demobilized, and the equipment that was supposed to
be ready at all times was either too far away or no ...
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