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For Another Man's Freedom
Number of Words: 527 / Number of Pages: 2
... rights of all men including themselves. These men were thought to be
"privileged", and at the time I am sure they believed that they were taking part
in an inconceivable historical event. I am sure that at that time they did not
realize that this would be an ongoing struggle even three-hundred years after
their existence. The soldiers entered this battle with great pride, holding
their flags high, hoping to make a difference. They did make a clearly
substantial impact on their society , but this quest for equality is still being
pursued.
This fight was not considered the only option at t ...
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Modern Music
Number of Words: 1590 / Number of Pages: 6
... only my opinion.” Kyle has listened to rap since he was 13, and he actually got me interested into it. I never liked rap until I started to hang out with him, and I am now starting to enjoy it because of its’ diversity that is involved in making the music. Each rapper has their own version of the world, and they express it through their music.
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Not all rap music is good according to a Texas widow, who filed a lawsuit against Tupac Shakur. Her husband, a Texas state trooper, was allegedly shot to death by a man who stole a car. In the man’s car a Tupac tape was found in the cassette player, and
Tu ...
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Beatlemania In The 1960s
Number of Words: 1635 / Number of Pages: 6
... with Ed Sullivan. The first show was scheduled for Sunday,
February 9, the second was telecast from Miami a week later, and the
third pre-taped for an airing in March. These concerts were the most
watched television programs ever (70 million viewers) until recently.
The Beatles' arrival in the United States was presaged by a deluge of
advance publicity. Newsweek, Time, and Life have chronicled
Beatlemania, UPI, and the AP(Associated Press) had done their part for
the cause (including an AP wirephoto of J. Paul Getty sporting a
Beatle wig), and even Vogue shoved high fashion aside momentarily ...
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The End Of The 20th Century
Number of Words: 749 / Number of Pages: 3
... Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and 3 years later Lewis and Clark finished exploring the western US. Gold was discovered in California in 1848. The first half of the 20th century saw both WWI AND WWII. Unforgettable names like George Washington, Beethoven, Mozart, Thomas Edison, Christopher Columbus, Martin Luther King Jr., Shakespeare, Hitler, Joan of Arc, Einstein, Napoleon, The Kennedy’s, and da Vinci all led there lives during this millennium.
So as we cap off such a memorial millenium, we will also see what is to come of the Y2K problem or the millenium bug which is expected to cause somewhere betw ...
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The 1800s Were A Tumultuous Time For The US
Number of Words: 5055 / Number of Pages: 19
... This
action delayed a deadly confrontation between the North and the South, at
least for awhile.
Then in 1828 congress raised the tariff on imported goods. In the
south they didn't have very much industry so they had to import most of
their good, so the tariffs were unpopular their. One state that protested
this action by congress. Since the North had more industry, the South felt
that congress was protecting the North by raising these tariffs. South
Carolina was the strongest protester of these tariffs. South Carolina
supported John C. Calhoun who said that a state could nullify or veto a
na ...
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Masaccio: The Holy Trinity
Number of Words: 944 / Number of Pages: 4
... of illusionistic painting. Illusionistic painting fascinated many artists of the Renaissance and Baroque periods.
The proportions in this painting are so numerically exact that one can actually calculate the numerical dimensions of the chapel in the background. The span of the painted vault is seven feet, and the depth is nine feet. "Thus, he achieves not only successful illusion, but a rational, metrical coherence that, by maintaining the mathematical proportions of the surface design, is responsible for the unity and harmony of this monumental composition." Two principal interests are summed u ...
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And The Band Played On
Number of Words: 807 / Number of Pages: 3
... patients who also contracted the virus, they could have also taken them to a special institute. Even when the government knew that there was a serious disease that was going to spread, they did not do anything about it. The reason for this is because they needed scientific evidence that the virus was deadly. Instead of ignoring the matter, they could have taken early precautions instead of waiting until the disease was virtually impossible to stop. If the government had taken these precautions, it wouldn’t guarantee the disease being controlled. But what it would do is lower the chances for t ...
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History After 1820
Number of Words: 1652 / Number of Pages: 7
... , which means they wanted Tyler to agree with whatever Congress said. Instead, Tyler fought with Congress on every issue possible. Tyler was unpopular with the people because he did not keep Harrison's inaugural promises. He also remarried while in office with a woman about half his age which is not a very presidential thing to do during the 1840's. Tyler was not re-elected. In 1844, Polk was elected president with his "All of Oregon or nothing" slogan. Polk was a expansionist and believed in "Manifest Destiny" , which is the belief that the United States should stretch from the Atlantic to the ...
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The 1960's
Number of Words: 1771 / Number of Pages: 7
... the 1960s. But for
most blacks, the results were minimal. Only a small percentage of black
children actually attended integrated schools, and in the south, "Jim Crow"
practices barred blacks from jobs and public places (Ascher 21). New
groups formed, new tactics devised, to push forward for full equality.
White resistance, however, often resulted in violence. This violence
spilled across TV screens nationwide. The average, neutral American, after
seeing his/her TV screen, turned into a civil rights supporter (Ascher 36).
Black unity and white support continued to grow. In 1962, with the
first lar ...
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Babe Ruth Changed The Game Of Baseball
Number of Words: 855 / Number of Pages: 4
... 60 home runs which was a record at the time and would last until 1961 when it was broken by fellow Yankee Roger Maris. He also made the first Major League Baseball All-Star Game memorable when he hit the first ever All-Star Game home run at Comisky Park in 1933 (Babe Ruth Museum 4). Babe Ruth had many glorious seasons and memorable moments. For instance, in 1921 he hit 59, 16 triples, 44 doubles, had 177 runs scored, 170 RBIs (Runs Batted In), a .846 slugging percentage (record), 204 hits, 144 walks, batted .378, and had an unbelievable 457 total bases (Creamer 239). In 1927, which many people ...
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