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- 2771: Abstract Expressionism
- ... lives and were expressing the maturity of the art. The economic and cultural circumstances in the United States conditioned and defined their art- the crash of 1929, the election of Franklin Roosevelt in 1933, the American stance of neutrality towards World War II until December 1940. The term "Abstract Expressionism" is misleading. On its first appearance, it seemed like any genuine innovative style, breaking away with the past in a radical manner. By a clearer understanding it revealed that Abstract Expressionism flourished due to some reliable understanding of the painters' formal and technical concerns and their relationship to previous art. Unlike European tradition, American art had no classical roots. In the mainstream America art has not been monumental and decorative, but basically popular and realistic. After giving primary debt of the Abstract Expressionism to the European art, the artists managed to preserve some unique and compelling qualities of American expression. These included boldness of imagery, directness of technique, stress on the material physicality of medium and surface, and sincerity of statement. Abstraction embodied the intellectual achievement and adventurous outlook of the twentieth century, ...
- 2772: Bilingual Education...Si or No?
- ... more familiar learning environment. However, if they are not taught in a common, public language, are these children really learning anything? Richard Rodriguez doesnt think so. As a child of a Spanish-speaking Mexican American family, he experienced the struggles of attending an English-speaking public school. While there, he learned English not only to fit in with his classmates, but also with the rest of society. In doing so ... learn English. He describes the times as a child when he felt so relieved to come home from school and talk Spanish without any difficulty. Then, Rodriguez discovers that English is the only language that American society really accepts. Therefore, he is determined to be a success, so he is determined to learn English. It comes to the point that to become better at speaking English, Rodriguez almost totally abandons his ... participating member of society--one aware of his rights, responsibilities and individualities. His personal experiences build an effective argument and essay; and Rodriguez states that bilingual education is not a convenient route to acceptance in American society.
- 2773: The Scarlet Pimpernel
- ... way he executes his plans. Sir Percy was willing to look like a fool to be able to keep his identity as the Scarlet Pimpernel a secret. The movie takes place in Paris during the revolution and viewers can see the major changes going on throughout the move. People were being put to death for such minor offenses as cutting down a tree that was thought to be important because it was planted as a sign of independence. People who were though to be a threat to the revolution or Republic were put to death by the guillotine. The movie showed how people may be wrongly blamed and arrested for a crime they did not commit. When situations arise like this in history panic ... put her brother in jail if she does not help him catch the Scarlet Pimpernel. In these times, it was possible to be put to death for being accused of treason against the government. The revolution that was going on was very necessary, but some of the people that were bringing it about were doing it in the wrong way.
- 2774: Cryogenic
- ... freezing of people, or just their heads, in liquid nitrogen after death in hopes that one day they can be thawed to the out cured of what killed them. "This could be the most profound revolution in human history. It is the change to live as long as you want." (Goodavage, 1990) Cryonics is not a science. It has little basic in fact. But some people accept Cryonics, because it tells ... companies have already signed up about a thousand customers. Across the U.S. about 70 people is in cold storage with four companies. The four main cryonics groups are Alcor, the largest, in California; the American Cryonics Society/Trans Time and Cryospan, both in California; and the Cryonics Institute, founded by movement pioneer Robert Ettinger in Michigan. There weren't that many people involved in this process because it is very ...
- 2775: Development Of Computers
- ... were helped by 15 engineers we shall see that S.A.Lebedev and his team accomplished a feat (200 engineers and many workers besides 13 main leaders took part in the creation of the first American computer ENIAC). As life have showed the foundations of the computer-building laid by Lebedev are used in modern computers without any fundamental changes. Nowadays they are well known: ? such devices an arithmetic and memory ... machinery construction the first two decades of its development. The next step that led to the further lag was the mindless copying by the SU Ministry of Electronic Industry and putting into production the next American elaborations in the field of microprocessor equipment. The natural final stage was buying in enormous quantities of foreign computers last years and pressing to the deep background our domestic researches, and developments, and the computer ... way of weakening of positions, achieved by the Soviet machinery construction of the first two decades of its development. The next step that led to the further lag was the mindless copying of the next American elaborations in the field of microprocessor technique by the Ministry of Computer Industry. ? CONCLUSION aving analyzed the development of computer science in two countries I have found some similar and some distinctive features in ...
- 2776: Of Mice And Men
- ... a war correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune. In 1944, his first son, Tom, was born. His second son, John IV, followed two years later. In December of 1948, Steinbeck was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. On December 28, 1950, Steinbeck married his third wife, Elaine Anderson Scott. On October 25, 1962, Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. On September 14, 1964, he received ... consistent. A single purpose has directed his experimentation, a single ideas has guided his literary thought. Always his fiction has described the interplay of dream and reality; his thought has followed the development of the American dream. (Tedlock 68) In John Steinbeck: Journeyman Artist, Joseph Warren Beach, like other critics, notes the versatility of Steinbeck's talents. He is not disturbed to find Steinbeck something more than an "objective realist" (Tedlock ... characteristics with a broad range of literary accomplishments, rather than to judge the "correctness of his position regarding contemporary urgencies and controversies" (Tedlock 20). In George Snell's chapter on Steinbeck in The Shapers of American Fiction: 1798-1947, he notes Steinbeck's strengths and weaknesses: "an enormous gift of story-telling", "catholicity of sympathy" and "'common touch,'" ease of character creation through "types" rather than "individuals," "love of exaggeration ...
- 2777: George III
- ... George and Charlotte had 15 children, one of whom, George IV would be the next king. King George III sat upon the throne of England from 1760-1820. It was on his watch that the American colonies were lost. King George III, after the French and Indian War, had large debts to pay, and thought he could extract the necessary money from the colonies. King George was incensed when the insolent American colonists objected to the taxes being levied, particularly the Stamp Act. When the Stamp Act was repealed, King George flew into a rage. King George thought the colonists should be dealt with harshly for their ... disobedience and insolence. Using his profound influence, he pushed through the Townshend Acts, in 1766, taxing many commodity items including tea resulting in the infamous Boston Tea Party. King George was eventually humbled as the American colonies successfully became the United States Of America. Other colonies began to rebel after America's success and King George remained embroiled in one conflict or another for many years. George III inherited more ...
- 2778: The Revival Of Jazz In South Africa
- ... and improvise around it, rather than changing the chord sequence."(GOFFIN-112) Legendary bandleader "Zuluboy" Cele introduced modern instrumentation to the style.(GERARD-59) Later players, like popular bandleader Zakes Nkosi, blended in idioms from American jazz, especially the swing music of the big-band O'CONNOR-4 era. Later still, the improvisational adventures of bebop were also drawn in.(GERARD-61) But the chord progressions and improvisational style of marabi ... of our life; they spoke of bus boycotts, of abandoned love affairs; they spoke of the hideous pass system, of our exile in sanctuaries outside South Africa...They were even bold enough to speak of revolution and be banned."(KEBEDE-117) Performers were often paid only a few pounds which gave the recording company full rights to their music in perpetuity. And, says jazz trumpeter Dennis Mpale, "Many venues were closed ...
- 2779: Religion The State And Soverei
- ... This developed and identified that power now comes from the people. These people from which the government is derived and power (legitimacy) have rights and will be safe-guarded by the people. The French and American Revolutions harnessed the ideas which the enlightenment wrote and discussed. The French Revolution exemplified the early stages of nationalism. Nationalism derives from a grouping of people who share common cultural and social experiences. From nationalism the concept of self-determination is derived. Phrases like," We the People. . ." began ...
- 2780: Racism Analysis
- ... in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character" (Martin Luther King Jr.) Ku Klux Klan. Neo Nazis. The Aryan Nations. The American Nazi Party. What are these groups? Why are they present in a land of supposed equality of all men? They are there because there are millions of Americans that believe in their message of white pride. The African American population is growing and Americans are now a mixed group of people. Black people are white people's neighbours, doctors, friends. With a growing unity between the two races, why does racism continue? The answer ... similar message and a similar fate. Both were assassinated. Today the hate groups of America have spread into Canada and are particularly common in Manitoba. The major sects are of the same name as their American cousins with a very similar message. Racism, despite much opposition, will never end. As long as there is fighting among a Jew and a Palestinian or hatred between a white and a black, Racism ...
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