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1950s Essays and Term Papers
Stalin And The Soviet UnionStalin, Joseph (1879-1953), general secretary of the Communist Party of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from 1922 to 1953, the despotic ruler who more than any other individual molded the features that characterized the Soviet regime and shaped the direction of Europe after World ...
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Labor Unions: Aging Dinosaur or Sleeping Giant?
The Labor Movement and Unionism Background and Brief History
Higher wages! Shorter workdays! Better working conditions! These famous words echoed throughout the United States beginning in “1790 with the skilled craftsmen” (Dessler, 1997, p. 544). For the ...
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History Of Philippine CinemaREEL TO REAL: THE HISTORY OF PHILIPPINE FILMS
The youngest of the Philippine arts, film has evolved to become the most popular of all the art forms. Introduced only in 1897, films have ranged from silent movies to talkies; black and white to color. Outpacing its predecessors by gaining public ...
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Poul Voulkos CeramistThe exhibition of recent stoneware vessels by Peter Voulkos at Frank Lloyd Gallery featured the sort of work on which the artist established reputation in the 1950s. The work was greeted with stunned amazement. However now it is too, but it's amazement of a different order -- the kind that comes ...
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Cystic Fibrosis(CF) used to be considered a childhood disease, because people born with it rarely lived to reach adolescence.
Now, with marked improvement in treatments—from physiotherapy and antibiotics that keep the lungs clear of mucus and microbes to enzyme supplements that aid digestion—many people with ...
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The Study of PsychologyThe study of psychology in a philosophical context dates back to the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Greece, China, India, and Persia. Historians point to the writings of ancient Greek philosophers, such as Thales, Plato, and Aristotle (especially in his De Anima treatise),[11] as the first ...
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Comparing the M-16 and AK-47The great military debate that has existed for decades attributes to which firearm has the better rifle platform, Eugene Stoner’s M-16 or Mikhail Kalishnikov’s AK-47? Both are used extensively by police and military forces around the world. These two weapons platforms have been going head to head ...
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Abstract ExpressionismEssay Title
What would you judge to be the most significant decade or era in fine art or design in the 20th century and why?
Abstract Expressionism - 1940 – 1950
Contents Page
1. Essay Title
2. Contents Page
3. List of Illustrations
4. Introduction (Beginning of essay)
5. The ...
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RacismFitting In
Racism in Australia was extremely prevalent in the 1950’s, and Germans in particular were targeted due to them being on the opposite side of the War. “Fitting In” by Susan Midalia creates an environment of a 10 year old German girl, growing up in a racist Australian place. Susan has ...
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How Does US Popular Culture Present the Communist Threat?How Does US Popular Culture Present the Communist Threat?
United States pop culture instigated identification with the anti-Communist cause through presenting Communism as an affront to the American dream, the Catholic church, and the patriarchal order. This conservative bent exemplifies how ...
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The Man In A Grey Flannel Suit ReviewThe Man in the Grey Flannel Suit
The Man in a Grey Flannel Suit is a film adaptation of the 1955 best-selling novel of the same name by Sloan Wilson. The 20th Century Fox film was directed by Nunnally Johnson (producer: Darryl F. Zanuck) and starred Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones, Fredric March, ...
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America And The Computer IndustryOnly once in a lifetime will a new invention come about to touch every aspect of
our lives. Such a device that changes the way we work, live, and play is a
special one, indeed. A machine that has done all this and more now exists in
nearly every business in the U.S. and one out of every two ...
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The History Of General MotorsOne September evening in 1886, a young businessman in an old lumber town in
Michigan hitched a ride in a friend's horse-drawn cart. The cart's spring
suspension made it a more comfortable ride than usual--so comfortable, in
fact, that the young businessman bought the rights to manufacture the ...
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Andy WorhalAndy Warhol, the American painter, printmaker, illustrator, and film maker was born in Pittsburgh on August 6, 1928, shortly afterwards settling in New York. The only son of immigrant, Czech parents, Andy finished high school and went on to the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, ...
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Ideas Of AutomobilesThe first true components of an automobile may have
come from Otto Von Guericke, a 17th century German
physicist. Guericke was noted as the first person to make
metal pistons, cylinders, and connecting rods, the most
basic components in a reciprocating engine.
But the first automobile was ...
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The Outsiders By SE HintonIn this book analysis, about the book “The Outsiders” by S. E. Hinton I will discuss character and plot development, as well as the setting, the author’s style and my opinions about the book. In this part of the analysis I will give some information about the subjects of the book, and about the ...
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The Outsiders: An AnalysisIntroduction
In this book analysis, about the book “The Outsiders” by S. E. Hinton I will
discuss character and plot development, as well as the setting, the author's
style and my opinions about the book. In this part of the analysis I will give
some information about the subjects of the book, ...
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Western Filmsare the major defining genre of the American film industry, a eulogy to the early days of the expansive American frontier. They are one of the oldest, most enduring and flexible genres and one of the most characteristically American genres in their mythic origins - they focus on the West - in ...
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Crucible Term PaperMiller captured the paranoia and hatred of the 1692 Salem Witch Trials and made a controversial reference to his own society’s Witch Hunts during McCarthyism in the 1950s. In only 146 pages, Miller told us the stories of the lives of John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor, Abigail Williams and ...
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History Of The Computer Industry In AmericaOnly once in a lifetime will a new invention come about to touch
every aspect of our lives. Such a device that changes the way we work,
live, and play is a special one, indeed. A machine that has done all this
and more now exists in nearly every business in the U.S. and one out of
every two ...
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