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- 6811: A Brief History Of The Blues
- ... would answer it." (RSR&RE 53) The guitar did not enjoy widespread popularity with blues musicians until about the turn of the century. Until then, the banjo was the primary blues instrument.) By the 1890’s the blues were sung in many of the rural areas of the South. (Kamien 518) And by 1910, the word 'blues' as applied to the musical tradition was in fairly common use. (Tanner 40) Some ... first popularized about 1911-14 by the black composer W.C. Handy (1873-1958). However, the poetic and musical form of the blues first crystallized around 1910 and gained popularity through the publication of Handy's "Memphis Blues" (1912) and "St. Louis Blues" (1914). (Kamien 518) Instrumental blues had been recorded as early as 1913. Mamie Smith recorded the first vocal blues song, 'Crazy Blues' in 1920. (Priestly 9) Priestly claims ... the blues home with them following the First World War. They did not, of course, learn them from Europeans, but from Southern whites who had been exposed to the blues. At this time, the U.S. Army was still segregated. During the twenties, the blues became a national craze. Records by leading blues singers like Bessie Smith and later, in the thirties, Billie Holiday, sold in the millions. The twenties ...
- 6812: Hitler
- ... could not apply to the school of architecture as he had no high-school diploma. During the next 35 years of his live the young man never forgot the rejection he received in the dean's office that day. Many Historians like to speculate what would have happened IF.... perhaps the small town boy would have had a bit more talent....or IF the Dean had been a little less critical ... September 12, 1919 - a fateful day in history, Hitler was sent to investigate a small group which called itself the "German Workers Party". Hitler was not to happy about his assignment. He thought it wouldn't be worth it to even go. At the group mainly talked about the Countries problem and how the Jews, communists and others where threatening the master race and offered their own solutions. Hitler was bored ... into one to survive. His natural ability to speak imprest the leader of the group and at the end of the meeting he gave Hitler a pamphlet and an initiation the next meeting. He wasn't interested in attending but after reading the hand out he accepted. He later joined the German Workers Party and was in charge of Propaganda. The party was small at first but Hitler's great ...
- 6813: The Two Sides Dealing With Abortion
- ... to life and that abortion is murder. Pro-Life feel the fetus is a living, feeling being from the instant of conception. People in the Pro-Choice group mostly believe that it is the woman's choice to get an abortion, depending on their reason. They believe it is the woman's body and she has the right to choose what happens to it. Some people may even be in between both of the sides. This is a very emotional topic and a lot of factors are ... what happens with their bodies, but I also believe people should be responsible for their actions and not go out and get pregnant or get someone pregnant thinking it is okay to take the child's life. I believe that I was a living, feeling person from the time of my conception and that it would have been murder to abort me. I do not believe in late term abortions ...
- 6814: Jailhouse Rock: The Story of Elvis Aaron Presley
- ... a very sad one, too. Elvis had a twin brother, Jesse Garon Presley, who was stillborn just a couple of hours before Elvis himself was born. Elvis was named after his father, Vernon, and Vernon's best friend, Aaron Kennedy. Elvis's parents, Vernon and Gladys, married on June 17, 1933. Gladys was 21 and Vernon was only 17. His mother worked as a sewing machine operator while his father was farm hand. When Elvis was 3 ... a birthday gift. Upon doing this, he impressed the studio manager with his unique vocal style. He demonstrated outstanding range and influences of African American music. This experience led Elvis to recordings with the studio's owner, Sam Phillips through his record label, Sun Records. At the age of 21, he recorded his first songs for a major record label, the Radio Corporation of America (RCA). Included in these recordings, ...
- 6815: The Glass Menagerie: Struggle to Fit Into Society
- The Glass Menagerie: Struggle to Fit Into Society "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams shows the struggle of two people to fit into society, Tom and Laura, and how society wouldn't accept them. They were the dreamers that were unjustly kept out and you may even go as far as to say persecuted into staying out and aloof like the other dreamers which are forced to ... a place for someone like him and his mind rebelled. Lastly you can see how society forced them to change and Laura to lose her status in order to fit in with Jim and that's shown by the horn breaking. Tom then realizes that and leaves which causes him to change too. Tennessee Williams artfully depicted this. The fire escape. A downtrodden red thing off the sides of buildings showing ... both physically and mentally. When Laura said “I'm all right. I slipped but I'm all right”(47). She was trying to pass to the real world to do a real job and couldn't because of societies “inability” to accept her and her ways. She wasn't strong enough to make the trip by herself, but needed the moral support of the other dreamer in the area, which ...
- 6816: The Truth Is Out There, Do We
- By: Jen Armstrong The Heart of Darkness The search for truth and knowledge consumes us all at some point in our lives, but we don’t always find what we are looking for in Truth. We wish it to be definitive, but more than that, we search for it with the strong belief that we will find it and be pleased ... other cultured people, he knew nothing of the dark depths of the human heart. When confronted with those horrible realities, he was forced to learn the "black" truth about life and people. His mind couldn’t comprehend the truths he had to accept; it was totally contradicting to what he knew, and so he crumbled, selling his soul to sit among demons and devils. He was hollow inside, had no sense ... After quickly rising to the top by using fear and adoration, he was destroyed by the excesses he attained. Marlow sought truth, he was disgusted by the pieces of blackness he glimpsed through the manager’s waste and senseless cruelty. He didn’t know white truth to the extent Kurtz did, neither did he live the black truth. He merely observed, and what he saw deeply disturbed him. He only ...
- 6817: Recommendations on Asset Allocations for 20 Year Investment
- ... that we can help you come to a decision based on several logical factors that we have prepared for you below. Figure 1-1 shows a graphical representation of the performance of stocks, bonds and T-bill for a twenty-year period assuming a yearly investment of one dollar per year. This rate of return (ROR) has been normalized for inflation and is based on historical data starting in 1926. Normalization ... from one year to the next can be compared. Historical data shows that the inflation corrected ROR over a 20 year period is clearly higher for Stocks, except for a period in the mid-1970’s when stock returns dropped below T-bills. Periods of high inflation in the 70’s are the primary drivers of the stock ROR decline. T-bills have historically had a much lower 2.5% maximum ROR that has not been ...
- 6818: Gene-The Character Analysis
- ... with lots of conflicts and a struggle to find himself or, in other words, his own identity. Throughout the book, we come across acts and thoughts of Gene envying Phineas. Although he mentions that he’s glad having a boy like Phineas as a roommate and best friend in several places among the book, it’s clear that he has a feeling in himself against Phineas even he can’t describe himself. At the beginning and the first chapters of the book, Gene shows a very weak character accepting everything that’s offered to him by Phineas, not considering any other facts like his ...
- 6819: Wal-Mart is taking Over
- Wal-Mart is taking Over Is Wal-Mart good for communities, or is Wal-Mart a wolf in sheep's clothing? With a gross annual sales of over $67 billion and more than 2,000 stores, Wal-Mart is one of the biggest corporations in the United States. Wal- Mart opens a new store once ... two days in small communities and cities across the United States, however, are these stores good for these communities, or are they wrecking havok? When you look down at the fine print Wal-Mart doesn't earn it's money it steals it money from other businesses. Choking other smaller businesses by offering wider varity of products at a more competitive price. This is actually a very simple business tactic if you want ...
- 6820: The Inconvenience of Convenience
- The Inconvenience of Convenience It's everywhere! It surrounds us! You can't go anywhere to avoid it! It lives in the campground out in the woods. It thrives on city streets and freeways! People give up their lives for it! It will either help you or restrain ... create the idea to install bathrooms and showers at campgrounds, a place where the idea is to go and " rough it. " The idea and importance of convenience has even been a reason to end one's life. It is convenient because of its quickness to end tough situations. My cousin recently used this excuse. Convenience is not a bad thing, it usually is for the best, but it appears that ...
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