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The Vietnam Anti-War MovementThe antiwar movement against Vietnam in the US from 1965-1971 was the most significant movement of its kind in the nation's history. The United States first became directly involved in Vietnam in 1950 when President Harry Truman started to underwrite the costs of France's war against the Viet ...
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Aerosol Spray CansSpray cans produce an aerosol, the technical term for a very fine spray.
They do this by means of a pressurized propellant, which is a liquid that boils
at everyday temperatures. Inside the can, a layer of gaseous pressure increased,
and eventually it becomes so high that boiling stops. when the ...
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Great Gatsby Party ComparisonMyrtle's party in chapter two and Gatsby's party at the start of chapter three of The Great Gatsby are one example of Fitzgerald's use of juxtaposition to contrast the two atmospheres. Some of these contrasting ideas include the difference in the two hosts' lifestyles and wealth. However, the ...
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Chistopher ReevesWhat it means to be a Superman
Born on September 25, 1952, native New Yorker Christopher Reeve has lead a life of stardom, coupled with a life of tragedy. Leading a very successful film career, Reeves was on top of the world, until the fifth day of May of nineteen ninety-five. On this day, ...
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Karl Marx 2Society is flawed. There are critical imbalances in it that cause much of humanity to suffer. In The Communist Manifesto Karl Marx is reacting to this fact by describing his vision of a perfectly balanced society, a communist society. Simply put, a communist society is one where all property is ...
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Collective Farms Of The Soviet UnionThe Soviet kolhoz, the term for a collective farm owned by all of
its members, was a model of the inefficiency and tyranny of Joseph Stalin,
their originator. Introduced as a way to industrialize Russia, they
alternated between being a great success and being a utterly complete
failure. Although ...
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Labor In AmericaThe Industrial Revolution was dawning in the United States. At
Lowell, Massachusetts, the construction of a big cotton mill began in
1821. It was the first of several that would be built there in the
next 10 years. The machinery to spin and weave cotton into cloth
would be driven by water ...
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Hydroponic Gardeningis a method of growing plants without the use of soil. There are two main categories of hydroponic growing: liquid and aggregate. The liquid method uses no growing medium; the plant is merely suspended over the nutrient solution so that its roots may absorb the needed elements. The aggregate ...
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Ellis IslandWithin the shadow of the Statue of Liberty lies , the immigration center for the Port of New York, between 1892 and 1954. While Bartholdi's soaring statue was a world famous symbol of liberty and opportunity, the sight of and it's low-lying buildings also encouraged hope in the hearts and ...
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Instrumental History Of The DrumsThe first instrumental drum was called a timpani or kettledrums. This drums
origin is of Eastern origin. Small kettledrums were introduced into Europe as
early as the 13th century.
The European kettledrum , which is used in American orchestras also, derives its
special sound from the size and ...
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Wilhelm Conrad Roentgenwas born on March 27, 1845 in Lennep, Germany to Friedrich and Charlotte Constance Roentgen. When he was three Wilhelm and his family moved to Apeldoorn, Nederland. His father owned a thriving cloth business so he was pretty well off. He lived right next to the Kostschool of Martinus Hermanus ...
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An Analysis Of Jonathan Swiftand Martin Luther King Jr.’s Stylistic Devices
In a satirical essay, Swift uses Rogerian strategy along with other rhetorical tactics such as specific diction, nuclear emphasis, and multiple double meanings to effectively surface the horrific treatment of the Irish by the English aristocracy. ...
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The TelephoneAbout 100 years ago, Alexander Graham Bell invented by
accident with his assistant Mr. Watson. Over many years, the modern version of
makes the one that Bell invented look like a piece of junk.
Developments in tone dialing, call tracing, music on hold, and electronic
ringers have greatly changed ...
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DemocracyI. Meaning of
II. Summary of Places and Dates
III. Features of Democracy
IV. Types of Democracy
V. Early Democracy
A. Athens
B. Rome
VI. Middle Ages and England
VII. The Renaissance
A. United States ...
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Alcoholis a widely used substance for both science and in technology.
Its name comes from an Arabic word al-kuhl meaning " a powder for painting the
eyes". The term was later applied to all compounds that contain ic
spirits.
To most people alcohol is considerd a downer that reduces activity in
the ...
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The Use And Abuse The American LanguageAn essay from Newsweek Magazine, “Can’t anyone here speak English?” explains how many human beings use and abuse the American language. The lack of language may be a result of slang and new words or expression, but slang is not the danger of language. The danger is television. According to the ...
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Did The Expansion Of The Aztec Empire Lead To Their Downfall??
The Aztec Indians originated from a place called Aztlan, somewhere in
north or northwest Mexico. At that time the Aztecs were a small, nomadic tribe
living in the border territory on the margins of civilized Mesoamerica. (see map
I) In the 13th century they settled in the valley of central ...
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The Success Of WalmartSam Walton, a leader with an innovative vision, started his own company and made it into the leader in discount retailing that it is today. Through his savvy, and sometimes unusual, business practices, he and his associates led the company forward for thirty years. Today, four years after his ...
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Summer Of The MonkeysThe last thing a fourteen-year-old boy expects to find along an Ozark river bottom is a tree full of monkeys. Jay Berry's grandpa had an explanation, of course-as he did for most things. The monkeys had escaped from a circus, and there was a handsome reward in the store for anyone who could catch ...
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The Movie Industry AnalysisThe Movie Industry is one of the most exciting and informative business in the world, a business where the revenue of a single feature film can approach or exceed $1 billion. In 1994, U.S. consumers spent over $6 billion on movie tickets and another $34 billion on cable TV and video purchases and ...
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