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- 2941: Holocoust
- ... able to fan the flames of an ancient hatred into a wild and out of control conflagration (Altman 12). As with most hatred and prejudices, the animosity that fueled the Holocaust started with antilocution, verbal abuse. As soon as Hitler was named chancellor, he persuaded the cabinet to declare a state of emergency allowing him to end all personal freedom. Among the rights lost were freedom of press, freedom of speech, and freedom of assembly. He then voiced his beliefs in the supreme "Aryan" race. As his ideology spread, spoken or verbal abuse escalated. Those who were not considered to be of the perfect "Aryan" race were jeered and mocked. Fred Margulies, a survivor of the Holocaust, recalls: " When I was about ten years old there was a ...
- 2942: Virginia Woolf
- ... Virginia's pain contributed to her grief and subsequent suicide. (Bond 109) Virginia portrayed her relationship with Vanessa through her literary work, The Waves. A character in the story, Susan, presents Vanessa as an "uninhibited child of nature, as a creature of the wild, independent of the demands of civilization" (Bond 110), which was how Virginia viewed her sister. The hard ships between Virginia and her sister may have arisen because ... only against her father, but against her mother as well. She blamed her father for her mother's death because he expected her to dedicate her whole life to his needs. Seeing this as a child, Virginia placed most of the blame on her mother for losing her personal sense of self and identity, causing her to die young. Although Virginia refused to settle for a life like her mother's ...
- 2943: Inca Empire
- ... the Inca aristocracy (Rosso 132). Every adult male, upon marriage, received from the king an allotment of land, or “topo” which was just large enough to support himself and his wife (Lost 126). When a child was born, another “topo” was given to the couple (Rosso 122). Once the child had been weaned, its parents observed a ceremony, called “rutuchicoy”, a feast attended by relations and friends. Here, the senior male relative would cut off a lock of the youngster’s hair (Lost 129). To ...
- 2944: "Braces Suck!"
- ... point, as a prisoner of their own dentist. Teenagers are faced with zit and acne wars during the stages of puberty and braces add additional torture to this already hellish time to both parent and child. A life with braces is far more embarrassing, painful, and expensive than living with buck-teeth, gaps, or overlapping teeth. Mental scars remain long after cuts and bloody sores in the mouth have healed. These ... cleaning and bleaching and are necessary to remove stains and hardened glue. These additional expenses added to the original costs can mean a huge debt to parents. Braces can be both a parents' and a child/teens' worst nightmare. Thank God I don't have to go through that again!
- 2945: Sergei Grinkov And Ekaterina Gordeeva
- ... on March 20, 1972 to Alexander and Elena Gordeeva. Ekaterina's mother Elena was a computer specialist and a swimmer, and her father, Alexander was a member of the military- dance theater ensemble. As a child Ekaterina showed the same interest in figure skating as Sergei had done. Since Ekaterina's father, Alexander, was a member of the dance ensemble, he often helped her with her dance positions and maneuvers. Ekaterina ... before he collapsed and died. This illness is often called the widow maker. Ekaterina arranged his wake to be at the Central Army Skating Rink, the very same place where Sergei had trained as a child. Sergei Grinkov was buried on November 25, 1995 in the Vagankovky cemetery, (Moscow, Russia). Ekaterina gave Sergei some purple pale flowers, not because of their beauty but for their significance. The flowers were first given ...
- 2946: The Baroque Era
- ... that work well with instruments. The second movement heard contains soloists and continues without string orchestra. The third and last movement is made up of soloists and orchestra. George Friederich Handel, “For Unto Us A Child is Born” from Messiah Handel is known as the “other” Baroque composer. Handel contrasts greatly with Bach, not only in their style of music but in their personalities, lifestyles, and careers. Handel was not born ... 1759, blind, but was still seen as a celebrity. Due to Messiah’s length and it’s contemplative rather than dramatic approach to nature, it makes it a not typical oratorio. “For Unto Us A Child is Born” is a splendid example of Handel’s choral style, an element which makes oratorios so popular. As opposed to Bach’s style of writing for only small groups of boys and men, Handel ...
- 2947: Problems Encountered When Feed
- ... jaw is pushed forward by the rest of the skeletal structure. The jaw then opens irregularly and with no set pattern. It may even become stuck in an open position. Feeding is difficult because the child has little or no control over his jaw. Another problem that may occur with the jaw, but is less common, is chin retraction. This movement is a pulling back of the lower jaw, making it difficult for the mouth to open fully. Strain is placed on the mouth and air passage forming a smaller tunnel of flow. This then creates a problem with swallowing. A child with this type of problem must not be given solid, tough, or chewy food that is not already chopped up. Otherwise choking may occur. In addition to problems with the chin are problems with the ...
- 2948: Jim Morrison and Susan Sontag
- ... many of the songs written by Jim. One of the songs, where Jim uses the Indian reference, is Dawn's Highway where Jim says "Indians scattered on dawn's highway bleeding / Ghosts crowd the young child's fragile eggshell mind./ Indian, Indian what did you die for?/ Indian says, nothing at all." (Morrison 4). The dying Pueblo Indians helped to create the existential side of Jim Morrison because in his mind ... died on one of his fur trading trips in the China. As a result of the death of her father and the absence of her mother Susan was often considered to be "a psychologically abandoned child" (Sontag). As Susan Sontag's life continued she became more isolated than when she was a kid and often found her only escape from society in books. As a result of her isolation and absence ...
- 2949: Short Stories by Hemingway: Nick Adams
- ... relationships. In the story of the Indian Camp Nick has his first experience. In this story Nick learns about life and death. In the Indian camp a young Indian woman is giving birth to a child and Nick's dad is dedicated to performing as a doctor by helping the woman with her birth. Nick decides to go along with his father. The birth was a very brutal process, with only ... wife and decided to cut his throat. Nick witnessed life and death first hand in this story. Nick who has observed the proceedings asks, "Is dying hard, Daddy? Nick learns that giving birth to a child is a very grueling task and that death can come very easy to any man or woman without much effort. Another experience of death that Nick encounters is in the story of The Killers. Nick ...
- 2950: The Masters Of Puppets
- ... called Exodus, which featured Kirk Hammett on guitar (Clark 713). Megaforce Records signed Metallica for their first release and it was during this tour that Mustaine was asked to leave the band because of substance abuse (Clark 713). Mustaine later cut his solo debut album before forming the band Megadeth (Rees and Crampton 572). Hammett flew in from San Francisco to join the band and finished the tour after Mustaine had ... or less, die-hard fans feel sold out for more money, they are doing it for the money and not the fans. After the band had changed members a number of times due to drug abuse, alcohol, and personal despair, fans lost interest in the “new” Metallica. “Whenever the hits start getting to catchy, some serious young upstarts will come along and foul it all up” (DeCurtis, Henke, and George-Warren ...
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