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Art: The Ultimate Expression
Number of Words: 1120 / Number of Pages: 5
... Most of the figures were seen in the same: profile of the legs, frontal view of the torso, and profile of the head. Like most civilizations, Egyptians put a lot of faith in gods. The sky god Horus, a bird, is found in a great amount of Egyptian art. Little recognition was ever given to the artists. The emphasis was on the patron.
Early Greek art was greatly influenced by the Egyptians. Geography permitted both cultures to exchange their talents. The beginning of Greek art is marked by the Geometric phase. The most common art during the Geometric phase was vase painting. After the vase was formed b ...
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The Northwest Ordinance Of 1787
Number of Words: 1061 / Number of Pages: 4
... if federal money would be given to the schools for use, nor did it
specify if African-Americans could attend schools with whites' and although
it the separation of church and state had been previously outlined, the
Ordinance did not mention if it was ok to teach creationism in schools.
These problems are still being debated on. (Northwest Ordinance packet,
40-41)
The Northwest Ordinance ensured the loyalty of the territories by
promising protection for them when they could not protect themselves and
ensuring them of eventual equality and self-government. (Northwest
Ordinance packet, 42-43) ...
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Film Review Of Do The Right Thing
Number of Words: 1089 / Number of Pages: 4
... that there are no black photos displayed on the wall of the pizzeria. Radio Reheem ends up being murdered at the hands of the police. The community turns against Sal and the pizzeria and a riot breaks out, in which his pizzeria is destroyed.
In Do the Right Thing, the subject is not just a struggle between races, but racial tension and miscommunication. Lee’s point is to show the way race affects the lives of those in America. He has focused his story on African-American characters, and how they
relate to each other. Its central main character is Mookie, played by Lee himself, a friendly, yet irr ...
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Progressivism And The Progressive Era
Number of Words: 540 / Number of Pages: 2
... bosses and powerful industrialists to the people; to curb the power of big businessmen, in order to give greater economic opportunities to small business and labor; and to eliminate the social ills of society through needed reforms. Although the aims of Progressivism were shared by all Progressivists, support came from many different groups.
Progressives came from both major parties, as well as from minor or third parties. Important political leaders in the movement included Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, and Governors Robert La Follette, Charles Evans Hughes, and Hiram Joh ...
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Reservoir Dogs
Number of Words: 693 / Number of Pages: 3
... them happening to us in real life.
The weird part is, many of these things DO happen every day. We all know there really are gangsters, mobsters and really low-life people that involve themselves in what we think of as underworld crime. Drug deals.... on a level so great... amounts we can't begin to comprehend. Murders, for whatever reason. Even the thought of hiring someone to kill someone else gives us a goose bump or three. In his movies it's almost like borrowing a cup of sugar from your next door neighbor. Chopping off someone's ear would repulse me and probably make me want to spew my lunch. Tar ...
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What Really Happened At Roswell, New Mexico?
Number of Words: 1072 / Number of Pages: 4
... to Write Field in
Dayton, Ohio.
"On the morning of July 8, 1947, Colonel William Blanchard,
Commander of the 509th Bomb Group, issued a press release stating
that the wreckage of a ‘crashed disk' (UFO) had been recovered"
(Kent Jeffrey, Time For The Truth About Roswell).
This press release made the headlines of over 30 U.S. newspapers in time
for supper. It appeared that Earth was not alone in the universe. A few
hours later, “a second press release was issued from the office of General
Roger Ramey, Commander of the Eighth Air Force at Fort Worth Army Air Field
in ...
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Development Of The Carol
Number of Words: 1588 / Number of Pages: 6
... performances were being written in the vernacular for these plays. The still popular English "Coventry Carol" dates back to this period. By the end of the 15th century, carols had begun to stand on their own as anonymous pieces of music, and were dung on almost all religious feast days, including Christmas, Easter, and throughout the Spring in celebration of the peoples emancipation from Puritanism.
As mentioned earlier, the music that these early carols were based on dates back to the 9th and 10th centuries Medieval period, where it was used as dance music. The word carol itself is derived form ...
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The New Deal
Number of Words: 1967 / Number of Pages: 8
... the rise. But with such problems as bad investments, bad income distribution, bad banking, bad foreign trade, and over-expansion of credit the stock market crashed and the U.S. was heading to a depression. One of the first Acts to affect the economy was the Emergency Banking Relief Act. This act authorized the Federal Reserve Board to issue more currency. It prohibited a rivate hoarding of gold and exporting of gold. In Roosevelt's second day of term he issued a four-day holiday for the banks. The Treasury Department was directed to reopen the banks if they were relatively sound. It took Congress ...
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Not Only Impeach, Remove From Office
Number of Words: 328 / Number of Pages: 2
... named Monica Lewinsky. Monica was quickly summoned and gave accurate testimony. Bill Clinton was also examined. When he was interrogated about his and Ms. Lewinsky's relationship, he was quick to lie under oath. This is simply perjury. Others may argue that Mr. Clinton did not actually perjure himself. They believe that he did not honestly feel that he had a sexual relationship with Ms. Lewinsky. This is an outrage! How many Americans would allow their spouse to wonder around town engaging in oral sex with random people? Regardless, do we really want a man who does not think oral sex is sex ...
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The Watergate Scandal
Number of Words: 1998 / Number of Pages: 8
... But when the burglars
went to trial four months later, the story changed rapidly from a small
story to a national scandal. It ended only when Richard Nixon was forced
from office.
Watergate was connected to Vietnam, it eventually exposed a long series of
illegal activities in the Nixon administration. Nixon and his staff were
found to have spied on and harassed political opponents, planned
contributions to the campaign, and tried to cover-up their illegal acts.
These crimes that they did were called the Watergate scandal, named after
the building that it happened.
For years Nixon was carryi ...
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