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Wallstreet, Movie
Number of Words: 1838 / Number of Pages: 7
... led, "as by an invisible hand," toward a greater welfare state. He says that people pursuing self-interest demand comfort and security and that they don't take the risks that result in growth and achievement.
At the start of Wall Street, Bud Fox is young and very naïve about the business world. He is a typical broker seeking new clients and offering second-hand advice regarding the buying and selling of stock. “Just once I’d like to be on that side,” he says, dreaming of the day when he will be a corporate big shot controlling the flow of millions of dollars, like his hero, Gordon Gekko. In pursu ...
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Greek Goddesses
Number of Words: 1136 / Number of Pages: 5
... along with the Tethys raised Hera ( Hamilton
28 ). Most people knew Ilithyia , Hera’s daughter, for her help of women through
childbirth. Hera held the city of Argos sacred along with the peacock and cow. In Roman
mythology, the name of Hera was changed to Juno, queen of goddesses ( Pinset 20 ).
Artemis, or Diana in Roman mythology, had the role of Leto and Zeus’s daughter
and also twin sister of god Apollo. Known as the goddess of wildlife and hunting, Artemis
held all animals sacred, but the deer more then any other. Artemis also held the cypress
tree sacred. N ...
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Father Of The Bride
Number of Words: 542 / Number of Pages: 2
... The theme does not relate to any social issues.
The story talks about George Banks who is middle aged, and has a daughter Annie Banks, who is twenty-two. Annie Banks decides to marry a boy who is twenty-six. However, George thinks his daughter is too young to marry, and also he doesn¡¦t want Annie to leave him alone after she married. He knows that he can¡¦t be that selfish, so he agrees with the marriage and makes a great wedding party for her. The plot is very interesting, because George makes a lot of funny things through out the film. The story is believable, because the father¡¦s love i ...
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The 60s And Freedom
Number of Words: 1298 / Number of Pages: 5
... to the values and rules left behind by the older generation.
The two different approaches used by authors to express these views
are often representative of the two main systems used by youths to help
gain their freedoms. The first approach, taken by the Port Huron Statement
and authors such as Gerzon, Reich, Revel and Gitlin, follows the ideals of
the New Left. The New Left represents youths striving for political change
through cultural means. People are encouraged to work for their ideals. In
contrast, the second approach, taken by Rubin and Didion, reflect the
ideals and mannerisms of ...
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Edgar Degas-en Francais
Number of Words: 568 / Number of Pages: 3
... artistique. Degas est alors entre dans le studio de Louis Lamothe, un artiste qui a etudie avec Ingres.
Degas etait seulement dans l’atelier Lamothe pendant une annee mais ceci a commence son respect profond pour Ingres. Il a alors etudie d’Ecole des Beaux Arts a Paris. Degas plus tard etudie dans l’auvent et avez puis commence l’etude des peintres modernes aussi bien que les vieux maitres. Il est alors parti pour que l’Italie continue son education independamment. L’Italie a ce moment-la etait le but de tous les artistes aspirants. Degas trois annees epuisees de sa vie en Italie etudiant les pei ...
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The Petersburg Campaign
Number of Words: 2322 / Number of Pages: 9
... boosted morale in Washington, where the news from their theater was not always encouraging. Now that he was put in charge of the entire Union effort, morale soared on the home front. However popular Grant was with the civilians, the soldiers remained skeptical. Grant may have done well against the Confederate Generals in the West, but he'd never met Bobby Lee.
After receiving his promotion and attending a few of the required festivities, Grant left for Tennessee to confer with General Sherman about the the course of the war. The basic summation was that Sherman was to go after Joe Johnston while Gr ...
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King Philip's War
Number of Words: 382 / Number of Pages: 2
... casualties were higher in King Philip’s War than in either the American Revolution or Civil War.
The Wampanoag did not get off so very easy either. An English ally killed Metacom and his head was exhibited at Plymouth for twenty years.
As a result of this war, Native Americans never regained power of southeastern New England again. Because of the loss of men, the settlers had to become dependent on its mother country once again. In the long term, the Native Americans and English never became friends and the Native American culture was left poorer than ever and it slowly disappeared.
King Philip’s War ...
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Witchcraft At Salem
Number of Words: 315 / Number of Pages: 2
... days. Even today, with the abundance of knowledge about
the way things work, some hasten to postulate "God's doings" as the answers
to all of our unanswered questions. Are we on this earth because "God put
us here"? Was it a chance arrangement of amino acids in a molecular pool
which evolved into a human being? Or does the answer lie in some different
theory that only time will reveal? Whether it be in the case of medicine,
religion, history, or anything requiring judgement, even gossip, one must
realize that reality is impossible to pin down. Although we may be sure
that two parallel lines c ...
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The Industrial Revolution
Number of Words: 1220 / Number of Pages: 5
... of Independence in 1776. England at the time was the most powerful empire on the planet. So, it was inevitable that the country with the most wealth would be a leader in this revolution. This revolution changed the entire life of the people. It completely changed the habits of workers-the men and women who produced the goods. It brought down prices, so that people were able to buy things they could not buy before (Derry 36). It made some men rich, but it reduced the earning power of others. It gave work to many that had been unemployed. At the same time it took jobs away from many skilled ...
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The New Immigration
Number of Words: 536 / Number of Pages: 2
... over many
different peoples and nationalities and often cruelly mistreated them.
Until 1899, U.S. immigration officials asked arrivals which nation
they had left, not their religion or ancestry. So oppressed people were
listed under the countries from which they fled. Armenians who escaped
from Turkey were recorded as Turks, and Jews who had been beaten by mobs
in Russia were listed as Russians.
This so called "new immigration" was different in many other ways
from previous immigration. For the first time, Catholic an Jewish
immigrants outnumbered Protestants, and still other arriv ...
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