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The Gold Rush
Number of Words: 491 / Number of Pages: 2
... his wealth with a
saw mill. On January, 24,1848, during construction of the mill, one of
Sutter's carpenters, James Marshall, saw something glistening. He picked
it up,examined it, and picked up a few more. He was sure he had found gold.
James Marshall took a 40 mile journey to Sacramento where Sutter
was dwelling, and told him about his fabulous discovery.The rise of the
gold rush
Word got out about this wild discovery. Everyone was
screaming"Gold!Gold from the American river!" In one year 25,000 people
from the eastern part of America had traveled to California by sea. Others
took fas ...
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To The People Of Texas And All Americans In The World: The Alamo
Number of Words: 2089 / Number of Pages: 8
... tempered and ready to start up with any government that they disliked. They soon found a chance to stir up trouble under the changeable Mexican rule.
Mexican authorities began to worry that too many Americans were coming into their country. About thirty thousand settlers came to Texas in a ten year span after Austin had established his settlement. The Mexican government under the urging of President Bustamante made harsh laws against arrival of new immigrants into Texas in 1830. Trade was also restricted with America. All borders were closed to newcomers but the Louisiana border could not be patrolled ...
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Cather In The Ryes Vs. Generation X
Number of Words: 1561 / Number of Pages: 6
... people hurting. He explains when he says that he would like to be "a catcher in the rye", someone who protects children from the pitfalls of hypocrisy and lies, that Holden seems to think infect the adult world. As a result, Holden is very careful not to use other characters as a means for his own ends. In many ways he is unable to deflect the unexpressed pressures that every teen male feels, to have sex. He is offered the "teenage dream" of sex in a non-responsible situation when Maurice, the elevator operator in his hotel offers to set him up with a hooker. Holden jumps at the chance, but when conf ...
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The Progressive Era
Number of Words: 995 / Number of Pages: 4
... Citizens were enraged, with big businesses' growing influence in all
branches of government and sought ways to purify it.
Big Business was also a target of progressivism. During this time
presidents like Roosevelt and William Howard Taft tried to regulate and control
big business. Many well educated people of the time, as well as moderately
prosperous businessmen and members of other professions(middle class) felt
threatened by the increasing power of big business and the tycoons. These people
were also disturbed by the Big business' influence in politics, making a mockery
of the democratic s ...
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Tango - In Spanish
Number of Words: 5363 / Number of Pages: 20
... un valor cultural radicado de la Patagonia al Bravo, y en particular en Argentina y Uruguay, los países del tango. A los primeros acordes musicales, a la simple mención de un título, a la cita de un verso se despierta una pluralidad de imágenes que actúan con seducción de sirena. Todo ello, envuelto en la sutil sensación de haber perdido algo irreparable, ofrece un tipo especial de fruición, que es casi sufrimiento. Un "tanguero" no concibe un tango vociferado ni cantado en coro. El tango equivale a un momento de soliloquio. Es un complejo culto que, racionalmente, puede incluso no convencer ...
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Awakenings-awakenings Within Movie
Number of Words: 797 / Number of Pages: 3
... dedication. Dr. Sayer's scientific research into the L. Dopa drug made possible Leonards 'awakening.' He saw this drug as having potential and gave it a try. As the drug was given to Leonard, Dr. Sayer noticed little effect, but this made him more persistent and the dosage was raised. Initially, it was 200mg, and through Dr. Sayer's persistence, the dosage reached 1000mg, and this produced the amazing result of awakening Leonard.
At first, Leonard was scared of going to sleep with the fear of never waking again. His mother had to sing him to sleep, as she did when he was younger, and unaffected by ...
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Breakdancing
Number of Words: 360 / Number of Pages: 2
... attitude, as "crews" met each other in fake rumbles that often turned into real fights. Even peaceful displays resembled the competitive toasting of Bronx musicians in concurrently developing rap music.
Like other facets of the hip hop movement, met with commercial success and public notoriety in the early 1980s. Paralleling Soho's embrace of Bronx graffiti art, Manhattan dance clubs welcomed breakdancers to their floors. And like rap, appeared in a number of popular films, including Wild Style (1982), Breakin' (1984), and Beat Street (1984), which featured the Rock Steady Crew, 's most renow ...
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Oscar Claude Monet
Number of Words: 363 / Number of Pages: 2
... Monet went to the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts to study the effects of light and color.
By mid 1880’s Monet was generally the leader of the impressionist school and he achieved significant recognition and financial security. Monet was recognized, as the master of meticulous observation and true feelings for is paintings. In 1890, Monet was able to purchase some property in the village of Giverny, not far from Paris. In Giverny Monet began to construct a water garden ( a lily pond arched with a Japanese bridge and overhung with willows and clumps of bamboo). In 1906, Monet’s paintings o ...
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Nonwestern Art
Number of Words: 418 / Number of Pages: 2
... know that Moche society was very class conscious. This particular ceramic is decorated in reddish brown over a white background with a Moche priest performing a ritual beneath a starry sky. Such a ceramic would have been actually used in a religious ceremony to store various sacred liquids needed for the completion of such an act.
The most important people, the priests and warriors, were members of the urban classes and lived closest to the large ceremonial pyramids and other temples. They were surrounded by a middle class of artisans and then, in descending order: farmers and fishermen, servant ...
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E.J Lennox And Building Of A Courthouse
Number of Words: 507 / Number of Pages: 2
... Many people complained and
said that the cost of building the hall could have been used on practical
schemes such as sewer improvage, water supplies and other important city
needs. This mind blowing amount of money encouraged many investigations and
lawsuits. One affair being in which the architects name was revealed
carved immediately below the ledge under the uppermost windows and it
spelled out "E J LENNOX ARCHITECT A D 1898".
THE BUILDING NOW
Before designing the building Lennox made a tour to cities of the U.S
with buildings with the same style, now city hal ...
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