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- 4361: Freedom In The United States
- ... was the strongest objection to the ratification of the Constitution. Less than a decade after the Bill of Rights had been adopted it met its first serious challenge. In 1798, there was a threat of war with France and thousands of French refugees were living in the United States. Many radicals supported the French cause and were considered "incompatible with social order." This hysteria led Congress to enact several alien and ... 16, 1965, thirteen year old Mary Beth Tinker went to school in Des Moines, Iowa. She and her fifteen year old brother, John, had decided to wear black armbands as a protest to the Vietnam War. In advance to their arrival, the principal had decided that any student wearing an arm- band would be told to remove it, stating that, "The schools are no place for demonstrations." If the student refused ...
- 4362: Achilles
- ... fate of many Greek and Trojan warriors. It is his struggle against his anger, pride, loyalty, and love that make this poem one of a tragic nature, rather than just a gruesome account of a war. Although the reputation of Achilles claims him to be the perfect warrior, strongest of the Greeks, the poem spends more time on the man than on his reputation. I think the most obvious presentation of ... love for his friend. This is the tragedy of human flaws and the shortsightedness that goes along with anger. This scene in the story is one of transition, not just in the turn of the war, but in the maturing of Achilles as he finally begins to follow the path of his destiny. He chooses a fate of death over dishonour, truly a hero’s decision. Then after he avenges his ...
- 4363: Story Of J Robert Oppenhiemer
- ... it? Memories began to cloud his mind. It all began a few years ago, in 1943 when he was chosen as one of them. He would be a part elite few who would win the war for the Allies, and save the lives of thousands of Americans. It sounded so powerful, so righteous, in fact to him it sounded perfect. He would be America's hero. Regardless of whether or not ... he ever feel normal again? The last words he heard were "Mr. Oppenheimer, you have done a great deed, you have saved many American soldiers. Because of you and your team we will win the war. Our descendants will forever owe their lives to you. This is your time. Your are the man of the Century." Then he was gone, as fast as he had come. The click of the phone ...
- 4364: The Growing Need For The Aware
- ... attitude towards other people present within the society today. For example, being PC refers to using phrases as physically challenged instead of disabled and Asian rather than Oriental. This term originated, interestingly enough, after the Civil Rights Movement and during the birth of modern feminism when many minority groups were fighting for their rights as Americans. The meaning of the words was not as significant back then as they are now ... white person, despite the fact that it is the nineties, the insult becomes like a dagger through the heart. It is very hurtful because those single words can evoke thoughts of slavery, struggles of the Civil Rights Movement, and the racism and hate that still haunt the nation. It brings back all the grief, sorrow, and pain that their ancestors had to go through for freedom. On the contrary, if a ...
- 4365: A Man For All Seasons,by Rober
- ... decided to give up his Lord Chancellorship, which was due solely to the submission of the bishops in Convocation. More defends his decision to Norfolk by saying that the submission "isn't 'Reformation'; [but] is war against the Church!...Our King...has declared war on the Pope - because the Pope will not declare that our Queen is not his wife." (Bolt 52). He again remains constant in not conveying his own opinion on this matter. More also states his ...
- 4366: American History X
- ... path as his brother. The movie's main storytelling device centers on Danny's latent writing ability. After turning in a glowing review of Hitler's "Mein Kampf", when asked to discuss a book about civil rights, Danny's now being forced by a concerned, hard-love school teacher to write an account of Derek's journey from the "heights" of murderous skinhead leadership to the depths of brutal rape in ... expressions of ethnic solidarity, but any club or association expressly for whites is by definition racist. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) campaigns openly for black advantage but is a respected "civil rights" organization. The National Association for the Advancement of White People (NAAWP) campaigns merely for equal treatment of all races, but is said to be viciously racist. Today, one of the favorite slogans that define ...
- 4367: Radio - Making Waves In America
- ... through the air. David Sarnoff ( later the head of RCA and NBC) had a vision of Òa radio receiver in every homeÓ in 1916, although the real potential of radio wasnÕt realized until after World War I. Before and during World War I, radio was used primarily to send long distance messages across continents and oceans. Reginald A. Fessenden made the first radio broadcast in the U.S. from an experimental station in Brant Rock, Massachusetts on ...
- 4368: Music In Therapy
- ... care profession? The idea of music as a healing influence which could affect health and behavior is as least as old as the writings of Aristotle and Plato. The 20th century discipline began after World War I and World War II when community musicians of all types, both amateur and professional, went to Veterans hospitals around the country to play for the thousands of veterans suffering both physical and emotional trauma from the wars. The ...
- 4369: The Beat Generation
- ... the founders, of this movement were Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs, who then was under the name of William Lee, and Allen Ginsberg. The Beats rejected the conventional American life style. As survivors of the World War II and preys of consumerism, everything that went on in the United States gave them great dissatisfaction. Their meaning of life was rediscovered from Jazz, Buddhism and drugs, which became the integral part of the ... They also shared similar feelings toward themselves and there way of life. Another similarity that the Beats and jazz musicians had was the word “beat” itself. “The word “beat” was primarily in use after World War II by jazz musicians and hustlers as a slang term meaning down and out, or poor and exhausted.6” To the Beats, jazz was a way of life and they borrowed terms such as “square ...
- 4370: Origin Of Musical Instruments
- ... to make two silver trumpets which were to be sounded forth "for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps" (Num. 10:2). Also God told them: "If ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets" (Num 10:9). The fiftieth year, or the Year of Jubilee, was ushered in on the Day of Atonement by the blowing of the trumpets (Lev. 25:8, 9). Throughout the history of Israel, trumpets were used to gather the people together in times of war that they might go to battle, and usually in times of peace that they might come to the sanctuary for the purpose of divine worship. Special Occasions For The Use Of Music Among the Hebrews ...
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