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Generation Ecstacy
Number of Words: 682 / Number of Pages: 3
... millennium that resonates well beyond its subculture confines.
There are those who might find a book to analyze music that often aims for the effect of a sledgehammer to the head a mite pretentious. Yet the radicalism of dance music lies precisely in it's "meaninglessness," which, paradoxically, requires intellectualization in order to get at its significance. This problem is particularly acute for Reynolds, who wants to both valorize everything about techno that makes it resistant to rock-crit "literary" analysis, and also explain exactly why it really did mean something, man. His central tool for ...
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Standing Mahadeva
Number of Words: 1386 / Number of Pages: 6
... had not been used. This was burning hot and no one could hold it. It was passed from god to god until it finally was tossed into the sacred waters of the Ganges. Shiva took the seed and placed it on top of a mountain for ten thousand years in the sight of the rising sun, and Kartikeya was born. The Krittikas (the six stars of the Pleiades) took his care, from which he got his name. In one hand, he carries a spear called Shakti, which symbolises the destruction of demons. With his other hand he always blesses devotees. His vehicle is a peacock, which is capable of destroying harmful serpents (symbol ...
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The Turbulent Sixties
Number of Words: 1633 / Number of Pages: 6
... be considered an anthem against the war efforts was called
"Blowin' in the Wind," written by Bob Dylan in 1962 while he was living in
New York. The song is centered around racism and militarism, two main
focal points which were principal in many early sixties protest songs
(Pichaske 58). Dylan used conventional symbols to blatantly state his
point; a white dove representing peace, flying cannon balls describing war
and violence, and roads and seas symbolizing the hardships and struggles
there would have to be with eliminating the war.
Demonstrations against the Vietnam War took place in many major
c ...
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"The World Today Seems To Be Going Crazy": The Unabomber's Manifesto
Number of Words: 3376 / Number of Pages: 13
... FBI's code name); proponents of technology. The Unabomber believes that the
present industrial-technological society is "narrowing the sphere of human
freedom" (Unabomber, 93).
The crudeness of the Unabomber's inaugural mail bomb attack was not an
indication of what was to come. The Unabomber's devices became more
sophisticated and deadly as his targets became more specific and focused. "The
pressure vessels in his bombs were the most sophisticated ever seen by federal
authorities" (Ewell, 3). His later efforts were sometimes concealed in books
and hand-carved boxes, had all hancrafted parts c ...
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Causes Of The American Civil War
Number of Words: 1946 / Number of Pages: 8
... by the federal government. This was more roads, railroads, and canals. The South, on the other hand, did not want these projects to be done at all. Also the North wanted to develop a tariff. With a high tariff, it protected the Northern manufacturer. It was bad for the South because a high tariff would not let the south trade its cotton for foreign goods. The North also wanted a good banking and currency system and federal subsidies for shipping and internal improvements. The South felt these were discriminatory and that they favored Northern commercial interests.
Now the main reason for the S ...
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Todays Hip Hop
Number of Words: 2306 / Number of Pages: 9
... party and you hear that beat in your head, the tingle in your arm, and that feeling you get
to jump out and say "hey shorty whutz ya name?" thats Hip Hop.
Enough of the poetic disjustice. Hip Hop is not just a black thing. Yes I am black. Yes
blacks created Hip Hop. Yes blacks perfected Hip Hop. Yet the people who lead the way
to hip hop were not racists. And if you believe great men like Martin Luther King Jr., who
fought for equality would want his decendants fighting over an area of equality, You are
MISTAKEN! Hip Hop is large and is growing now lets prove that to the world.
Dont fight ove ...
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Development Of The Civil War
Number of Words: 678 / Number of Pages: 3
... had been changed by the time of the Civil War, the Southern people still remembered how they were treated by the northern people.
In the years before the Civil War the political power in the Federal Government, centered in Washington D.C., was changing. The Northern and Mid-Western States were becoming more and more powerful as the populations increased. The Southern States were losing political power. Just as the original thirteen colonies fought for their independence almost 100 years earlier, the Southern States felt a growing need for freedom from the central Federal authority in Washington D. ...
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Events Leading To The American Revolution
Number of Words: 996 / Number of Pages: 4
... to the Crown of Great Britain that is
owing from his subjects born within the realm, and all due subordination
to that august body, the Parliament of Great Britain." This statement can
be used as a summation of the entire document that the Stamp Act Congress
had initiated. The statement depicts the colonists has having to be
submissive and servile in the view of Great Britain, this policy angered
the colonists very much, and was another component of the transition of
the colonists' rights and liberties.
When the Declatory Act was passed in March of 1766, many colonies
were attempting to claim that t ...
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Analysis Of The Use Of Lighting In THE GODFATHER
Number of Words: 966 / Number of Pages: 4
... so that the only thing we can see is the man. Even though this is logically unrealistic, the stylistic decision to light in this manner is warranted, since this or any other good film draws heavily upon our expectations and imagination to convey a message or meaning. We as audience accept the unrealistic elements, if they assist in making the story more engrossing. There is another light placed so that the man has an obvious highlight in the center of his black eyes. This highlight area of his eye is the part of the frame which has the greatest contrast, so naturally the audience is drawn dire ...
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King's "A Letter From Birmingham City Jail": An Analysis
Number of Words: 1913 / Number of Pages: 7
... why he is in Birmingham,
however, he is not clear, as he states, ". . . [he], along with several
members of [his] staff, [are] [there] because [he] was invited [there].
[He] is here because [he] has organizational ties [there].". In other words,
he was there because what he does brought him here, kind of like a job.
In the second paragraph, he becomes crystal clear, by stating that
he is " . . . in Birmingham because injustice is [there].". Not only does
he present why he is there, but he justifies it by alluding to biblical
characters such as "the Apostle Paul", and "Paul" who did the sam ...
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