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- 971: Cuba's Tourism
- Cuba's Tourism Cuba was a popular attraction for Americans about forty years ago. Under the restrictions imposed by the American economic embargo Cuba became off limits to Americans. Cuba is the largest of the Caribbean islands located 145km south of the United States across the Florida straits. The island is about 750 miles long with ... reasons. Many Americans have found ways to visit Cuba despite restrictions. Cuba's main tourist are the Spanish who visit Cuba today. Spanish investors are the people who helped revitalize Cuba. Today the number of American religious and academic groups wanting to visit Cuba as increased a lot since Pope John Paul II's visit last year. Cuban and American officials have not been able to estimate the number of American visitors to Cuba, because it is difficult to tell do to unauthorized travel. Americans travel to the island through third countries like Jamaica ...
- 972: Early American Writers
- Early American Writers In the literature of early American writers there is one common trait among all the writings: religion. Among Anne Bradstreet and Jonathan Edwards all speak of their opinion of religion, god, heaven, and material things. Anne Bradstreet was a puritan wife ... and Hell but the air; it is only the power and mere pleasure of God that holds you up." Religion has defiantly influenced Jonathan Edward's writings. Anne Bradstreet and Jonathan Edwards were both early American writers who contained a common charecteristic in their writtings. Both of these puritan writers have strong thought about religion and did not hold back these thoughts in their writings.
- 973: The Joy Luck Club: Differences Between Generations
- The Joy Luck Club: Differences Between Generations "Hey, Sabrina, are you Japanese or Chinese?" I asked. Her reply, as it seems to be for a lot of minority groups, is, "Neither, Im Chinese-American." So, besides her American accent and a hyphenated ending on her answer to the SAT questionnaire about her ethnic background, whats the difference? In Amy Tans enjoyable novel, The Joy Luck Club, about the relationships and experiences of four Chinese mothers and four Chinese-American daughters, I found out the answer to this question. The difference in upbringing of those women born during the first quarter of this century in China, and their daughters born in the American atmosphere ...
- 974: The Great Gatsby As A Metaphor
- "THE GREAT GATSBY" ESSAY "The Great Gatsby ", besides being a great literary piece, is a metaphor for a whole society, the American society. As well, as a clich้: "The party was over", which signifies a level of prophetic vision within the American society and its history. An essential part of this American characteristic of the novel, and its historicity, is about the American Dream. The dream At the center of how Gatsby is a metaphor for a whole society, is the relationship between Europe, the already ...
- 975: Korean American
- ... over Korea. Thats when many Korean immigrants started to get involved in the Korean independence movement. After nine years of Japanese Annexation of Korea in 1910, around 540 student were admitted for study at American schools. Most of these students were political refugees so they became an addition to the Korean community. Korean immigrants started to form anti-Japanese programs to free their country. This was a great concern to ... political activists started to rise to start a movement, like Syngman Rhee, An Chang-ho and Pak Yong-man. These leaders tried to free Korea by trying to attract the attention and support of the American public. Earl k. Paek, acting president of the Korean National Association, and Syngman Rhee both wrote letters about declaration of independence to president Wilson of United States, but it wasnt acknowledged. They have tried many other ways to get help but all failed. Koreans in American made the last effort by appearing at the Washington Disarmament Conference, but this also failed. In 1945, Korea finally declared independence after WWII, when the Allies defeated Japan. This was a very sad thing ...
- 976: The Influence of Black Slave Culture on Early America
- ... beats. Along those lines, an early type of slave music was the spiritual, which has its roots in Protestant hymns taught to the slaves. Spirituals were "long thought to be the spontaneous creation of African-American slaves and the only original folk music of the U.S." Spirituals told tales of suffering and struggle, but these true meanings were often hidden. An example is in the song "Gospel Train" with the ... when they came to America. The Christian ideas they did absorb, however, were indoctrinated into their lives with the addition of culture such as gospel music (see Music). Later, a minister of mainly of African-American congregations would use distinctly "Black" preaching methods, as when "he begins to employ numerous stock phrases and ideas," and, "Midway in the message the preacher begins to chant his words rhythmically." Art 17th-century Africans ... and art were inseparable. Moreover, the slave was afforded few opportunities to carve on his own or his master's time." This repression of the slave's creativity doubtlessly impeded the development of an African-American art standard. Although slaves could be trained in the practical arts, such as typesetting or furniture making , they could really not fully express themselves until released from the bonds of servitude. Incidentally, there was ...
- 977: American Football
- American Football The playing field is 120-yd (110 m) long and 53.3-yd (48.8 m) wide. At each end of the 100-yd main body of the playing field, white lines called goal ... kicks off to its opponent. A defensive team earns 2 points for a safety when it causes the team on offense to end a play in possession of the ball behind its own goal line. American football is generally regarded as having begun in 1869, when teams from Rutgers and Princeton universities met for the first intercollegiate football game. Collegiate football dominated the game for about its first 100 years in ... Year's Day contest, an event that became the celebrated Rose Bowl game. The first professional football game in the United States took place in 1895. The first league of professional football teams was the American Professional Football Association, formed in 1920. In 1922 the National Football League (NFL) was founded. The offensive techniques and formations prevalent in contemporary football developed from the ideas of early- and mid-20th-century ...
- 978: The Use And Abuse The American Language
- The Use And Abuse The American Language An essay from Newsweek Magazine, Cant 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 essay television makes language ... is just trying to look good because she uses big words, but in reality I think its pathetic if she can just use the language in a simple form. In conclusion individuals abuse the American language. The indifference in language varies from exaggeration of words, to small vocabulary and of course the lack of reading. The opportunity to read is limited because many prefer watching television for entertainment rather ...
- 979: Stay Tuned: The Exploitation Of Children In Television Advertisements
- ... rich, the not-so-rich, and in poverty-stricken homes and tenements, as well as in schools and businesses, sits advertisers' mass marketing tool, the television, usurping freedoms from children and their parents and changing American culture. Virtually an entire nation has surrendered itself wholesale to a medium for selling. Advertisers, within the constraints of the law, use their thirty-second commercials to target America's youth to be the decision ... interpret it. Children are literalists, which makes them more vulnerable to advertising's message. For them seeing is believing" (Guber). Though questions of ethicality are denounced extensively, advertising to children persist on the forefront of American culture. Advertisers continue to focus on the children's market because children have become a tremendous source of revenue and an increasingly important commodity for the advertising and marketing industry. In 1993 alone, children between ... has little preconceived preferences. (Guber) With a combination of money to spend and an open mind for the potential to create a brand loyal consumer at an early age, children are an irresistible market to American businesses. With such tremendous potentiality for revenues and brand loyalty, advertisers target the children's market with vengeance. Advertisers annually spend close to 471 million dollars on advertising to children. While the rest of ...
- 980: George Patton
- ... troops to ever be quartered in the Tower of London. Soon, however, Pershing and Patton were in France, where George requested transfer to a combat command. His request was granted and Patton became the first American assigned to the new U. S Tank Corps. With his usual impetuousness, Patton treaded to victory with the British tankers at Cambrai, the world's first major tank battle. A short time later he went through the French tank course. Using his newly acquired knowledge of tanks, Patton organized the American tank school at Langres, France, and trained the first 500 American tankers. During the next few months, Patton received two promotions to lieutenant colonel. Prior to the battle of St.Mihiel, his tankers carried out reconnaissance missions. During the battle itself, Lt. Col. Patton foreshadowed ...
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