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- 8771: Spin Cycle
- ... is the most investigated president since Richard Nixon--facing inquiries into Whitewater, campaign fundraising abuses, and sexual misconduct--and yet improbably began 1998 with approval ratings as high as those of Ronald Reagan. But the new year has brought a barrage of new allegations, and the president and his advisers face once again the challenge of spinning news to their advantage, a challenge they have mastered many times before. In Spin Cycle, Kurtz reveals the inside workings of ... President about the various scandals because they don t want to learn information they might have to reveal to prosecutors or the press. the secret meeting between a Clinton operative and the editor of The New York times that led to a presidential interview in which Clinton knew the questions in advance. Bill Clinton s success in reaping favorable publicity by secretly courting selected reporters and columnists in off-the- ...
- 8772: Indulging In Escapism
- ... zoo, wasting time instead of going to typing class. She is frightened to interact with people and instead goes to the zoo were she does not fear being accepted or not. Laura also makes a world within her home as a place of acceptance, she develops a Glass Menagerie as a place were she can feel free from rejection be accepted. She has a favorite glass piece in her menagerie, the ... sticks to the fear that she is different because of her crippled leg, she magnifies her problem by not allowing her real beauty from within to come out. This is how Laura hides from a world she fears. Tom faces the sad fact of working every day at the factory and having to return home every day to a family who cannot understand his problems and insecurities. He goes to the ... look forward to. Even when he eludes Amanda and goes to the fire escape he is not free because it still leads him back into the apartment that gives him trepidation. Amanda lives in a world largely based on her imagined past. She may have added some memories from her past. This is meant to hide from the reality that her husband left and from her children who are both ...
- 8773: The British Renaissance Produced Many Types of Literature and Was Influenced By Shakespeare, Marlow, and Spenser
- The British Renaissance Produced Many Types of Literature and Was Influenced By Shakespeare, Marlow, and Spenser The British Renaissance produced many types of literature for the world to see. Shakespeare, Spenser, and Marlowe all contributed to the shaping of the time period. Christopher Marlowe's "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" portrays one of the typical love poems that can be seen ... love should be attained. Love should be attained by use of the heart. This theory is the premise of Christopher Marlowe's "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love." The Shepherd in his poem offers the world to his Love and everything with it. He is an old man and hopes to win the girl's heart. Notice the word ‘ hopes.' If these delights thy mind may move, Then live with me ... of year associated with love and light-heartedness. The allusions to these things also demonstrates the Shepherd's hollow sense of hope. The Shepherd tries to lure the girl by offering her everything in the world. This materialism clearly shows that Marlowe believes that only fancy trinkets and beautiful possessions will win the heart of a girl. In virtually every stanza, there is a reference to a nicety that the ...
- 8774: Daniel Webster
- Daniel Webster Daniel Webster contributed a large potion of the Civil War. To begin, he was born in Salisbury, New Hampshire on January 18, 1782. His parents were farmers so many people didn't know what to expect of him. Even though his parents were farmers, he still graduated from Dartmouth College in 1801. After he learned to be a lawyer, Daniel Webster opened a legal practice in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1807. Webster quickly became an experienced and very good lawyer and a Federalist party leader. In 1812, Webster was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives because of his opposition to the War of 1812, which had crippled New England's shipping trade. After two more terms in the House, Webster decided to leave the Congress and move to Boston in 1816. Over the next 6 years, Webster won major constitutional cases in ...
- 8775: Ideal Nude
- ... Venus a child bearing stomach was taken into account and to be included in the ‘perfect’ body. Duane Michals was born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania in 1932. In 1956 he inrolled in Parsons School of Design, New York. He worked as a graphic designer before he began his photography as a tourist in 1958. Since then his photographs have appeared at the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Delpire Gallery, Paris amongst many others. Michals attitude of an ideal nude differs significantly from the other two Photographers discussed, in relation to this issue he wrote, “When I work with the nude, I ... to view naked men? The attitude of an ideal nude body hasn’t differed since the camera, however the ideal naked body may have changed. The invention of the camera changed the face of art, new possibilities. The skill of highly detailed drawings became almost unnessary. However the perfect nude could be considered more complex and difficult to define, because of the lens showing exactly what the artist sees at ...
- 8776: Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will: A Work of Art
- ... about the greatness of their time, emphasizing the role of young Germans who must lead to a strong and deadly nation. The film is effective is showing a strong German nation, on the brink of world domination by Hitler. Hitler is shown as descending into Nuremberg from the clouds, like a heavenly angel flying in with a message and a miracle. The German people were dejected and economically depressed from their defeat in World War I, thus Triumph of the Will’s impact as a Nazi propaganda film was furthered by Riefenstahl’s artistic ability. Riefenstahl’s personal film-making ambition and creativity not only lent credibility to the ... adoring faces on German women thronging to Hitler, or Hitler himself, talking of the youth and the future in a stirring speech, we know Triumph of the Will is a beautiful vision of a demented world. Riefenstahl’s talents were used to prettily package the deranged belief system of Hitler. Her background, whether she wants to acknowledge it or not, was used willingly by her to promote death and destruction. ...
- 8777: The Prevalent Issues of Surrogate Parenting
- ... any children. Although Whitehead promised in the contract that she would form no bond with the baby, she knew in the delivery room she could not give up her child. Whitehead ended up kidnapping the new born. The case proceeded to a much- publicized trial entailing six weeks of testimony and half a million dollars in legal bills. Unfortunately many surrogate agreements end with a tragic conclusion similar to this one ... them as possible, is not afforded by special needs adoption or even the adoption of healthy newborns, and that although it benefits society more for them to adopt an existing child than to conceive a new one, the same is true for fertile couples, who nonetheless are permitted to reproduce without any restriction by the state. Surrogate motherhood is growing in popularity because it meets the urgently felt needs of those ... for the ordering of their own marital and reproductive lives. Doctrines fitted to other circumstances should not be allowed to bar the legality or enforcement of surrogate motherhood agreements. Works Cited Chesler, Phyllis. Sacred Bond. New York: Times Books, 1988. Field, Martha A. Surrogate Motherhood. Massachussetts: Harvard University Press, 1988. Keane, Noel P., and Dennis L. Breo. The Surrogate Mother. New York: Everest House, 1981. Overvold, Amy Zuckerman. Surrogate Parenting. ...
- 8778: Psychology
- ... learn how to be aggressive. They learn how to anticipate what may happen, learn ball skills, and basically learn how to play the game and be an all around player. When you first start a new sport, you learn most things by observation. It is through observation you learn to pick up a better sense of what you should do and how to perform by imitating the behavior of others. As ... operant conditioning to learn by trial and error. Operant conditioning is a type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by reinforcement or diminished if followed by punishment. (Reference) When you learn a new skill and decide to practice it, you will eventually take this new skill or move out onto the field to try it in a real situation. This is when you will be faced with reward or punishment. If fail in your attempt there may be a ...
- 8779: Jane Eyre 6
- ... During this wonderful spring, typhus ran rampant among half of the girls, weakening them and even bringing death to an unfortunate few. Even though Jane lost friends, her spirits soared because she had found a new sense of self. After eight years at Lowood Institution, six years as a student and two years as a teacher, Jane decided it was time to move on. She advertised for a governess position and ... a fine autumn morning; the early sun shone serenely on embrowned groves and still green fields; advancing on to the lawn, I looked up and surveyed the front of the mansion." (Bronte 91) Jane's new beginning was sweetened by the beautiful scenery. She saw her life in front of her as nothing but blue skies; she could earn her keep and she was away from Lowood, away from the institutional atmosphere. Even though this was a new beginning for Jane, Thornfield Hall had its problems. She noticed the "array of mighty old thorn trees, strong, knotty and broad as oaks...quiet and lonely hills and seeming to embrace Thornfield with a ...
- 8780: The Civil War
- ... civil war and civil war reconstruction time periods, there were many changes going on in the Union. The Emancipation Proclamation, as well as legislation such as the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments, was causing a new awakening of democracy; while the renouncing of secession by the South marked a definite triumph for Nationalism. As well, the government was involved in altercations of its own. During reconstruction, the legislative and executive branches ... persons born or naturalized in the United States . . . citizens of the United States." It also provided that, "No State shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States." This not only gave new meaning to black men's freedom, but it also gave a new and broader meaning to citizenship. Those drafting the amendment hoped that the broadness of would cover "unanticipated abuses", yet, the general phrasing was only an advantage to abusers. There is no listing of the " ...
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