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- 951: Black Female Bodybuilders
- ... immediately what came to mind for her, the personal transformed into the political. On the popular Amos 'n' Andy radio and television shows in the 1950s, through the character of Sapphire Stevens, the wife of George "Kingfish" Stevens, black women were depicted "as over-bearing, whip-cracking, butt-kicking, 'Never trust a Black man' females who had to constantly hound their men to get up out of bed and 'get a ... other bodybuilders. Yolanda Hughes was on a cover of Women's Physique World in 1997. My thanks to Reg Bradford for calling this to my attention. 31.In a 1988 interview with WRC-TV in Washington, Snyder was quoted as saying that during the Civil War, "'the slave owner would breed his big black with his big woman so that he would have a big black kid. That's where it ...
- 952: The Conspiracy Behind the Beatles
- ... dive bars. Popular locally, they were discovered by record store owner Brian Epstein. (Celsi, 8) When the band became popular in the eyes of the world, the fab four members included John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. As the Beatles became more popular, they also became more influential. Their style as well as their music effected both their era and generation. The famous mop top haircuts caught on ... doll parts represent the horrible nature of the car accident that had occurred. There is a set of teeth on Paul's right arm, signifying that Paul's teeth were knocked out tin the crash. George is holding the head of a baby doll next to Paul's head, to signify that Paul was decapitated in the accident. This album also had lyrics within the songs that contained clues. The second ... Ringo is next in line in a dark outfit representing the undertaker. Paul next, is barefoot and has his eyes closed, representing a corpse. This barefoot symbolism was also shown in previous albums. Last is George, dressed in shabby clothes representing the gravedigger. On the right side of the street, there is an ambulance, or a morgue wagon parked. In the background a ways back, a car appears to be ...
- 953: History of Rock and Roll
- ... sung by groups such as The "Mills Brothers" and the "Ink Spots". Small Swing Bands or Jump Bands featured saxophone soloists and repeated phrases. These city style blues featured singers such as Joe Turner, Dina Washington, T-Bone Walker, and composer-singer Percy Mayfield. During this era, country blues traditions of the south became influential in the North as well. Blacks moved from the South to the North and Chicago became ... starting in Liverpool, England. John Lennon (10/9/40-12/8/80), led the Beatles as the lead singer and songwriter. Also writing the songs for the Beatles was Paul McCartney (6/18/42- present). George Harrison (2/25/43-present) added to the sounds of the Beatles. In 1962, Ringo Starr (7/7/40-present) became the drummer for the band. They were now known as The Beatles, (the Fab ...
- 954: Ted Bundy
- ... for Ted's natural father Lloyd Marshall, who was an Air Force veteran was unknown to him throughout his life. When Ted turned four, his mother, Louise took him with her and moved to Tacoma, Washington where she married Johnnie Bundy. Ted Bundy felt nothing towards his stepfather, he was very bitter that he was forced to move across the continent from his grandfather, the only man he looked up to ... had immediately began an investigation. Shortly after the Devine attack, Lynda Ann Healy went missing. During the spring and summer as many as seven female students went missing from the states of Utah, Oregon, and Washington. A pattern emerged from these mysterious disappearances; all the victims were white, thin, and single. The police interviewed various college students and some had stated that they had seen a strange man in the parking lot on campus that was wearing a cast and asking for assistance with starting his Volkswagen (VW) Bug. In August of 1974 in Lake Sammamish, Washington, the two girls were found and then identified from their remains, as Janice Ott and Denise Naslund. (Duijndam.) Similarities between the murders in Utah and Oregon caught the attention of the local police in ...
- 955: Hemmingway
- ... champagne from Paris, Chinese foods from London, codfish from Madrid. She hired a shooting booth, fireworks specialist, flamenco dancers, waiters, barmen and cooks from all over the world. Guests included General C.T. Lanham from Washington, Ernest's old Paris pals, Italian Royalty and the Maharajah of Behar. The party went twenty-four hours strait, from noon of July 21st to noon July 22nd. Seeking a calm place to recuperate and ... month of December he was given electroshock therapy. In January of 1961, Ernest was released. At first all seemed well again. He had even managed to write a few coherent words for the jacket of George Plimpton's new book: On April 23rd, Ernest Hemingway tried to take his life for the first time. He had tried to put a shotgun to his head. It had failed the first time but ...
- 956: Hedda Gabler
- TITLE : People may argue that George, Eilert, and Judge Brack are responsible for Hedda’s death, but in reality it is the fault of Hedda’s society. I’ve chosen this statement for several reasons. Ibsen’s character, Hedda Gabler, represents ... we can see that thea wasn’t the woman with the more control. She also had an unhappy marriage because of Eilert’s work. Aunt Julia is different; she likes to help people, she raised George and took care Rina. As far as Berda is concerned, there is not much to say because she is the servant of the house and she just takes care of everybody and obeys to orders ... to cross over her set in stone “boundaries”, manipulate others, and stand back and watch others lives be destroyed as a result. But when she is backed into a corner by the “new” creative couple (George and Thea) and Judge Brack, she takes the final power into her own hand. The irony is that the power is her late father’s pistol. In the play, we can also sense how ...
- 957: U.S Involvement In The Vietnam War
- ... present boundaries But most of all it was about politics. The presidential political involvement in Vietnam had little to do with Vietnam at all. It was about China for Eisenhower, about Russia for Kennedy, about Washington D.C. for Johnson, and about himself for Nixon ( Post ). The last two of which were the major players in America's involvement in regards to U. S. Troops being used ( Wittman ). The military involvement ... to war or military strategy. The White House has significant control in military matters. That control should be used to help the military in achieving its goals as it was in the Gulf War where George Bush said specifically to let the military do its job. The only alternative to this is to use political influence in the same way that it was used in Vietnam. If we do not learn ...
- 958: Yours, Jack (about Jack The Ri
- ... leads. A growingly angry public began to seek a solution without the police. Samuel Montagu a member of the Home Office offered a 100 pound reward. In addition the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee was formed with George Lusk elected president. The Vigilance committee was essentially a neighborhood watch, but they also kept a look out for possible suspects. The committee would report any suspicious action to the police. The police however didn ... mythical Boss. The two letters spark a massive number of hoax letters written in the same style. Investigating all of the letters manages to tie up the city police for days. The very next day George Lusk petitions the Home Office requesting that the police offer a reward. He receives no reply. On that same day the self proclaimed "Clairvoyant" Robert James Lees offers his psychic assistance to the police. Although ... by Sir Charles Warren of the Home Office in Hyde Park. Unfortunately the dogs fail the test this time. Jack seemed remarkably unphased by the advancements in police crime stopping technology, as on October 16th George Lusk received a package in the mail. When he opened it he discovered that it contained half of a human liver. (Later identified a similar to the half missing from Catherine Eddows.) And the " ...
- 959: Hear No Evil: Music Censorship
- ... appeals to manipulate the audience to take their stance. One of the founding debates over censorship in music was the Parent Music Resource Center (PMRC) Congressional hearings on September 19, 1985. The PMRC is a Washington women’s group that informs parents about violent or obscene music. The group was founded in 1985 by Tipper Gore, along with three other women (Stolder 30). Mrs. Gore left the PMRC in 1993 (Gowen ... of the record industry’s “Parental Advisory” stickers in 1990. These stickers are placed upon all albums that are deemed obscene or violent. The PMRC is a powerful group, with a lot of backing in Washington, but they face some tough opposition in the hearings. The opposition to the PMRC was a group of record industry representatives and musicians. They are not a formal group. Their belief that music censorship opposes ... think for themselves. He also proposes a simple solution, which has the parents running back. The last form of pathos that he uses is against governmental regulation in general. “What if the next bunch of Washington wives demand a large yellow “J” on all material written or preformed by Jews” (P.C.H. 54). This biting statement calls to mind such taboos as human rights and the Holocaust, immediately turning ...
- 960: Analysis of "The Age of Anxiety" by W.H. Auden
- ... Age of Anxiety" conveys reflect his belief that man's quest for self-actualization is in vain. W. H. Auden was born in York, England, in 1907, the third and youngest son of Constance and George Auden (Magill 72). His poetry in the 1930's reflected the world of his era, a world of depression, Fascism, and war. His works adopt a prose of a "clinical diagrostician [sic] anatomizing society" and ... A. Knopf, 1969. Auden, W. H.. "19th Century British Minor Poets". New York: Delacorte Press, 1966. ----. "City Without Walls and Other Poems". New York: Random House, 1969. ----. "Secondary Worlds". New York: Random House, 1968. Bahlke, George W., ed. "Critical Essays on W. H. Auden". New York: G. K. Hall & Co., 1991. Barrows, Marjorie Wescott, ed., et al. "The American Experience: Poetry". New York: MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1974. Kunitz, Stanley J ... Wilson Company, 1942. Magill, Frank N., ed.. "Critical Survey of Poetry". Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Salem Press, 1982. Nelson, Gerald. "From "Changes of Heart" ("The Age of Anxiety")." "Critical Essays on W. H. Auden". Ed. George W. Bahlke. New York: G. K. Hall & Co., 1991.
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