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The Breakfest Club
Words: 696 - Pages: 3.... of missing or uncaring parents mentioned by Theresa Puchta. Although all of the characters are clothed to suit their particular part in the movie, they have been done so based on the latest fashions that certain clique adopted at that time. For example, it was “in style” for jocks to wear their school’s sport jackets, for geeks to wear the cardigans and khakis, bullies to wear leather jackets, weirdos to wear an assortment of clothing, and the popular girls to wear the fashion magazine trends. All of the characters are dressed in one of these ways. The soundtrack accompanying the movie was created by a very popular “top 40” .....
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Fort Henry And Donelson
Words: 1333 - Pages: 5.... rivers just south of the Kentucky line. They built Fort Henry on the Tennessee River, on ground susceptible to flooding, but chose higher ground for Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River.
Both sides wanted Kentucky but recognized that the first to cross its borders risked losing popular support. Confederate Brigadier General Gideon J. Pillow rashly seized Columbus, Kentucky, on the Mississippi River bluffs, a move that appalled President Jefferson Davis, who first ordered Pillow to withdraw, then allowed him to stay when he realized that the deed could not be reversed. Grant, commanding at Cairo, Illinois, then occupied Paducah at the mou .....
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Berlin Wall
Words: 1235 - Pages: 5.... the East and the British, French, and U.S. zones in the West hardened into a permanent boundary. In 1949, shortly after the Western powers permitted their zones to unite and restore parliamentary democracy in the Federal Republic of Germany, the Russians installed a puppet regime of German Communists in the East, creating the German Democratic Re-public."(Niewyk, 1995) According to Galante (1965, p.vii) "a city is the people who live in it. Berlin is 3,350,000 people in twenty boroughs. A rich city of factories, an airy city of farms and parks and woods and lakes…On Sunday, August 13, 1961 Herr Walter Ulbricht stopped that. He b .....
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The Pyramids Of Egypt
Words: 991 - Pages: 4.... the Egyptians as just the beginning of a journey to the
other world. In Egyptian society each individual believed that his eternal
life was dependant on the continued existence of their king, a belief that
made the building of the pyramid a concern of the entire kingdom. Many
people would be called to duty to work on the pyramids and many would go at
will. It was found that the Egyptian people actually liked working on the
pyramids. Many youths would travel down the Nile to work on the pyramids
so that they could see the great city of Memphis.
Furniture and riches not to mention body parts of the dead king
were buried with him i .....
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African Americans In The Civil
Words: 2363 - Pages: 9.... from the Union. Abraham Lincoln, who was President at this time, wanted to save the nation by bringing the southern states back to the Union, but this “Great Emancipator” ironically did not have much intention of freeing the slaves. His greatest interest lie in preventing a war from occurring. However, even he could not stop the outbreak of the Civil War (Fincher).
With the war just beginning, ex-slaves and other African Americans wanted to get in on the action. They wanted to fight against those who had enslaved them and their families for generations. They began volunteering and trying to enlist, but everywhere they .....
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Theory Of History
Words: 1077 - Pages: 4.... American colonies revolted against their British rulers. They expressed themselves by using anarchy to be freed from the unjust treatment of the British (Brinkley 120).
Living with the hardships of life in the wild, new land, the American settlers gained strength and a firm belief in the rights and liberties of the individual man. They revolted because England interfered with their trade industry, demanded unjust taxes, and sent British troops to compel obedience. In the beginning of the war the colonists fought for their individual rights. After a year of fighting they fought for independence and change in American life (Brinkley 122). .....
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Lyrics
Words: 1898 - Pages: 7.... the Lord, above all. Many of the musicians consist of non-religious people
who live only for fun and only for themselves. Why then would we, especially as
Christians, put our total devotion in them? It exists like wanting to ride with a blind driver
rather than one with perfect vision. In addition many of the musicians use drugs and
stimulants to satisfy their hunger for themselves and for pure fun. The musicians tend to
use drugs massively, to get out of the very real world that they consist so much a part of.
Popularity seems pleasing but when one has the affections and total devotion of a mass of
people, that person can not han .....
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Bladerunner 2
Words: 1020 - Pages: 4.... upwards, creates the allusion that Deckard is traveling higher, rising up towards heaven perhaps, as this later ties in with Tyrell being a God-like figure.
Once Deckard is inside, the loud dynamic music changes to the sound of windchimes. The soft ringing sounds are a contrast to the music that is heard as he is approaching. This change in sound is also a contrast to the noise and bustle of the streets, which represents the masses. It enforces the idea that Eldon Tyrell and his corporation are powerful, that they are physically and socially above the 'little people' who live below. The impression of holiness from the ringing sounds and echo .....
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Hitler
Words: 909 - Pages: 4.... for the outstanding individuals, and contempt for the masses.
In WWI, , by then in Munich, volunteered for service in bavarian army. He proved a dedicated, courageous solider, but was never promoted beyond private first class because his superiors him lacking leadership qualities. After Germanys defeat in 1918 he returned to Munich remaining in the army till 1920. His commander made him the education director, with the mandate to immunize his charges against pacifist and democratic ideas. In September 1919 he joined the national German worker's party, and in April 1920 he went to work full time for the party, now renamed the national S .....
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Armenian Genocide
Words: 1971 - Pages: 8.... B.C., by King Cyrus of Persia in 549 B.C., by
Alexander the Great, by King Antiochos III of Syria in 212 B.C., By the Arabs
in 642 A.D., by the Mongols in 1240, by the Ottoman Empire in the 16th
century, and most recently by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR)
1922. During most of the time in between the Armenians had their
independence. Despite or perhaps because of the constant warfare and conquest
of that region and the oppression that the Armenians have faced over time they
have developed into a "… strong-willed people, self reliant and fiercely
independent"… The Armenians were the first country in the wor .....
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