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Russia
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... These exhibits helped make 1961 a great period for art. There were other publications that helped characterize this time. Many great works were done in architecture. Nikolai Nikolaevich Voronin, a n archaeologist who studied architecture published Architecture of Northeastern of the 12th-15th Centuries. This was such a fine paper discussing Ancient n towns it won the Lenin Prize in 1965.
There were many performances done in Ballet that were note worthy. The NutCracker was a very popular performance at this time, as was The Stone Flower. Although there were no premieres of new ballets, these o ...
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More About The 1968 Tet Offensive
Number of Words: 1553 / Number of Pages: 6
... the 1789 Tet Festival one day ahead so that he could launch the
attacks on the first three days of the lunar new year while the Chinese
troops were still feasting and not ready to organize their defense.
Those who claimed the similarity between the two campaigns certainly did
not know the whole truth, but jumped into conclusion with wild imagination
after learning that the North Vietnamese attacking units also celebrated
Tet "one day ahead" before the attacks.
In fact, the Tet Offensive broke out on the Tet's Eve - in the early
morning of January 30, 1968 at many cities of Central Vietn ...
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Immigraton Laws
Number of Words: 1537 / Number of Pages: 6
... Europe, with immigrants from Austria, Hungary, Italy, and Russia
constituting more than half of the total. Until World War I, immigration had
generally increased in volume every year. From 1905 to 1914 an average of more
than a million immigrants entered the U.S. every year. With the start of the war,
the volume declined sharply, and the annual average from 1915 to 1918 was little
more than 250,000. In 1921 the number again rose; 800,000 immigrants were
admitted. Thereafter the number declined in response to new conditions in Europe
and to the limitations established by U.S. law.
The first measure res ...
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Events Leading To The American Revolution
Number of Words: 996 / Number of Pages: 4
... same allegiance 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 at ...
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Inherit The Wind
Number of Words: 534 / Number of Pages: 2
... a
witness. Brady agreed replying, “Your Honor, this entire trial is unorthodox. If the interests of
Right and Justice will be served, I will take the stand.” (page 75) Brady, at times, can be quite
ignorant and the decision he made to take the witness stand proved it. Brady did not know how
much Drummond knew about the Bible but instead he believed all the rumors he heard about
Drummond be agnostic.
Brady thought everything in the Bible should be taken literally and Drummond knew that.
That is why he asked questions that were impossible to answer. Brady was a very self-centered
man ...
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“Economic Issues, Not Religion Determined The Development English Colonies In North America.”
Number of Words: 534 / Number of Pages: 2
... slaves from Africa were brought to this colony. Economics was important in establishing the Virginia colony.
In Maryland, an owner/leader took the ownership of the land. The whole area was given to Lord Baltimore. Under him, there was talk of joint stock companies, monopolies and distribution of the farmland. Even though it would seem as if the statement would be perfectly relevant to Maryland, there were religion issues facing Lord Baltimore. He and other settlers were Catholic, but there were also Protestants living in Maryland. To escape any major religion problems, he decided that it woul ...
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The Effects Of The French And Indian War
Number of Words: 851 / Number of Pages: 4
... And The coercive Acts, which led the upper legislative chamber of govtermant to be appointed rather than elected. These laws passed by England made the colonists furious because it took away their rights to choose what kind of tea they liked or pick who they thought fit to be in the legislature. This led to a rising level of political tension between the colonists and the mother country. These tensions finally led the colonist to the first continental congress. While the Continental congress was meeting in April 1775 war broke out.
Due to these taxation's and other ongoing events the colonist start ...
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Streetcar Named Desire
Number of Words: 803 / Number of Pages: 3
... that Stella was in similar position as Blanche was in when she ran away from her tradition, and searched for her desire. "She tries to conceal from herself her true needs through hiding and drugging herself in a sex relationship." (Pg. 305 Kazan) No matter how Stanley treats her, Stella is so dependent on him that she gives up so much of herself. Stella is relatively very slow on reading people's mind and she gives in, accepts, let things slide. Nevertheless, Stella is in her own paradise, but when Blanche enters, Stanley and Blanche's conflict ruins her and makes her abandon her own sister ...
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Number of Words: 1935 / Number of Pages: 8
... produced, followed on a subsequent visit by Lucia Silla. The
latter showed signs of the rich, full orchestration that characterizes his later operas.
A trip to Vienna in 1773 failed to produce the court appointment that both Mozart and his father wished for him, but did
introduce Mozart to the influence of Haydn, whose Sturm und Drang string quartets (Opus 20) had recently been published.
The influence is clear in Mozart's six string quartets, K168-173, and in his Symphony in G minor, K183. Another trip in search
of patronage ended less happily. Accompanied by his mother, Mozart left Salzburg in ...
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Film 2
Number of Words: 600 / Number of Pages: 3
... phases in the Queen’s life. From her carefree days before her rein where she wore long flowing and light dresses, to that of her rebirth as the “Virgin Queen.” In her last phase she dons the most elaborate attire, huge and stiff dresses with high neck lines. She even cuts most of her hair off and painst herself white as a display of her personal sacrifice and commitment to her subjects alone. Towards the movie’s beginning we see Elizabeth being interogated on treason charges. From a God’s Eye view she is seated alone in the middle surrounded by three men moving around her. The shot mirrors t ...
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