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- 6891: Dimitri Shostakovich
- ... his best music, especially the Eighth Symphony (1943), the Piano Trio (1944), and the Violin Concerto No. 1 (1947-48). Their dominating seriousness contributed to Shostakovich's second fall from official grace. When the Cold War began, the Soviet authorities sought to increase cultural control, demanding a "more accessible musical language" (Olkhovsky) than some composers were using. In Moscow in 1948, at what is a now notorious conference presided over by ...
- 6892: Race Relations in the United States
- Race Relations in the United States America, 1967: Five years after the assassination of President Kennedy, and the Civil Rights March in Washington D.C., the Kerner Commission wrote a report that found that America was moving towards two societies, one black, one white, separate and unequal. Three decades later, in an address at ...
- 6893: Dorothy Parker
- ... never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne. Three be the things I shall have till I die: Laughter and hope and a sock in the eye.' *** Dorothy Parker became popular shortly after the first world war with her light verse and short stories. Although her works may not seem harsh and unwomanly today, they were labeled in this manner at the height of her popularity. Her cynical verses developed into something ...
- 6894: The Real Issue Of Youth Violence
- ... Grandparents just celebrated their sixtieth anniversary. They led a very difficult life. They were forced to move to Chicago because the dust bowl had completely destroyed their family's farm. My grandpa went to World War II and left my grandma with a very young child. Albeit their life was difficult, they seem to have led a pretty simple life. My Grandpa worked at Johnson & Johnson working machinery and my grandma ...
- 6895: Following A Dream Toward Freedom
- ... and towns present to this day. The officers and soldiers of our great country followed their dream toward freedom by fighting and sacrificing their lives for the freedoms which are enjoyed and greatly appreciated today. Civil rights and women's rights leaders followed their dream toward freedom by achieving equality among all american citizens. As President Frankin D. Roosevelt stated in 1941, these four freedoms are still essential today. Not just ...
- 6896: A Black Cloud
- ... or something. Throughout history, the world has been afflicted by the prejudices of powerful leaders who in turn took their animosity out on large masses of people. Adolf Hitler, the leader of Germany during World War II, is a prime example of this. He took his hatred out on the Jews, forcing them into concentration camps. Another group that is a target of hatred are the blacks. The Ku Klux Klan ...
- 6897: Sociology and Its Aim
- ... understanding means that you have taken a new sociological perspective on a behavior and gained a new social reality. When people have opposing opinions in an issue that has to be resolved such as a war, gaining level 2 understanding is of great importance. You wouldn't have to change your view on the situation at all but you would be in a much better position to compromise an end to ...
- 6898: Traffic Control: The Need For Change
- ... that the testing and construction of a very advanced vehicle control system will cost approximately $290 billion (Zygmont 18). The system will monitor all vehicles at all times, which could be considered a breach of civil liberties (Clark 387-404). Also, like any computer, the possibility exists that hackers could infiltrate the system and wreak havoc on the computers (Yates 19). If the system should malfunction for some reason, this could ...
- 6899: Pidgin: Dialect of English Spoken on the Hawaiian Islands
- ... my mother is Scottish, English, Italian, French, and much more. My father is part Hawaiian and part Scottish. Being such I have to choose which lifestyle is right for me. There is a tug-a-war between the Hawaiian part of me and the Haole part of me. The two cultures that I consider myself, Scottish and Hawaiian, are both proud, interesting, and contain their own prescriptions toward behavior. The pidgin ...
- 6900: The Roman Society
- ... some rich merchants and artisans joined the upper class. At the bottom of all of the classes were the slaves and non-citizens. Neither of them had very many rights. Slaves were usually prisoners of war from countries that the Roman empire had taken over. They were used as gladiators along with criminals (some freedmen did volunteer, though, for these "murderous Games" also). In addition, slaves were used as actors in ...
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