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- 3401: Brownsville, Tennessee
- ... has maintained the charms of the past without ignoring the demands of the future. Here you’ll find state of the art farming operations, modern businesses and nationally known industries located side by side with Civil War-era homes such as Davie Place or “Prospect,” emblematic of Haywood county’s care and attention in providing the best lifestyle for its citizens. Throughout Haywood County, attentions to community values abound. This is the ...
- 3402: RAP CENORSHIP
- ... 1991 Second Reader: Alan Stuart Instructor: Richard Hixon Introduction Our society today largely views censorship as a method that has disappeared from liberal cultures since the enlightenment with the exception of restrictions in time of war. The enlightenment served to cripple the intolerance of incisive religious and government leaders, but did not obliterate censorship altogether. Instead, the job of expurgating unacceptable ideas has simply fallen into new hands using new tactics ... censored opinion, whether true or false, sidesteps conflict and secures our distance in the truth. In a court case involving censorship of the band Dead Kennedys, Barry Lynn, the Legislative counsel to the national American Civil Liberties Union, revealed the symbiotic relationship of controversy and censorship: ...Dead Kennedy material and visual art in general lampoons the conformism of American society. That is preeminently political speech. We know it works because it ...
- 3403: Scandinavian Mythology
- ... in Norse mythology, the other being the Æsir. The Vanir are generally earth and water gods and gods of fertility. The Vanir resided in Vanaheim, one of the nine worlds, until the end of the War between the Æsir and the Vanir. After the war all the gods were referred to as Æsir. When the Vanir went to Asgard after the war, they took with them their knowledge of magic and witchcraft. Listed among the Vanir are Freya, Freyr and Njord. These were not the only Vanir and this can be shown be looking at the ...
- 3404: Mark Twain
- ... Twains humor in his stories was used partly because it was his way of writing but also because during those times America was going through great tribulation and was in need of relief from the Civil war. Through humor he eased the pains of America and also made himself a popular literary figure of the time. In the story "Life on the Mississippi" he writes of the life in a small town ...
- 3405: France
- ... battles through the years. Calais has been an invasion route from the 1st century right up to today. Battles involving the Roman, Louis the 14th and Napoleon have occurred on the region soil. During World War 1 it was the scene of some of the bitterest fighting of the entire war. In World War 2 the area was occupied again. The battles of Dunkirk, and Calais were battles that occurred here. Now there are homes, cattle ranches, and farms on this exact land. THE END
- 3406: Night
- ... devastated by this atrocious act, and there are still people today who haven't overcome the effects. One example of the heinous acts of the Germans that stands out occurs at the end of the war, when Elie and the rest of the camp of Buna is being forced to transfer to Gleiwitz. This transfer is a long, arduous, and tiring journey for all who are involved. The weather is painfully ... be destroyed in the end. The Jews fought for everything they had, from their possessions at the beginning, to their lives at the end. The result, however, was the same. At the end of the war, Elie looks into the mirror, and says he saw "a corpse." This "corpse" is Elie's body, but it has been robbed of its soul. This is similar to the loss suffered by people all over the world. Those not directly involved with the Holocaust were still alive physically, but their mind and spirit had long been dead. By the end of the war, Elie loses all of his faith in God and his fellow man, and this is the most difficult obstacle to overcome when he is released.
- 3407: Oklahoma City Bombing
- ... the first of our fallen soilders. It was the day of April 19,1861 when these two Lowell men lost their lives. Although there were two other men who lost their lives in this tragic Civil war they are not as historically recognized like Ladd and Whitney. There names were Needham of Lawrence, and Charles A. Taylor formally from Boston but later moved to Lowell. The monument was originally dedicated to Ladd ...
- 3408: Homeless
- ... because it's not getting any better. People have not always had to suffer with homelessness. Too bad the problem has almost always existed, it had not reached a severe level until recently. With every war there has been a small trickle of homeless veterans to follow, but the Vietnam War and Korean War left a wave of many people without anywhere to go. This was just the start of the problem. Then the government decided to decriminalize drunkenness, loitering, and roaming on the streets. That means there ...
- 3409: The Cherokee Indians
- ... concerning farming, lawmaking, and disputes between individuals, families, or clans. He also played a large role in religious ceremonies. The Red Chief gave advice concerning warfare. One such decision was choosing who would be the War Woman, an honored woman chosen to accompany braves on their war parties. The War Woman did not fight, but helped feed the men, offered them council, and decided which prisoners would live or die. The Red Chief was also in charge of the lacrosse games which were called " ...
- 3410: Mother Teresa
- ... ruled Macedonia around the time Agnes was born. Agnes grew up around much fighting. When she was born, there were Albanian protests against the Turkish government. When she was two, she witnessed the First Balkan War. In that war, the Ottomans were defeated, but Macedonia was divided among the conquerors: Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegero, and Serbia. The city of Skopje was distributed to Serbia. Albania received its independence in 1912, but Nikola continued his nationalist work. He joined a movement determined to incorporate Serbia into the Albanian nation. In 1914, when Agnes was only four years old, World War I began. In 1918, her father was killed. Some people believe that he was poisoned by enemies. Many people mourned his death because of his kindness and generosity. Drana Bojaxhiu and the family were ...
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