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In the spring of 1841, Solomon Northup accepted an offer of short-term employment as a musician, accompanying a pair of white men, circus performers working their way back to their troupe. A free African-American and resident of New York state, Northup expected the job to take him from Saratoga Springs to New York City, entailing only a brief absen...
Dolce and Gabbana, an Italian ready-to-wear line, was founded in 1982 by Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana. Since the distinguished duo established they have become influential and innovative to the fashion industry. Their clothes signify a sanguine, sexy glamour, which, however raw, never over powers the wearer's character, making them one...
Age of Pope 1. Pope became well known early in his life in spite of serious disabilities. What were these disabilities? 2. Of what poetic form was Pope a master? 3. What real incident provided the background for the "Rape of the Lock"? 4. Why is a mock epic appropriate to Pope's theme? 5. Read the first 8 lines of Canto III, p 577. De...
To me one of the worst thing's man has ever done was to drop the atomic bomb over the cities of Hiroshima and Nagusaki. It killed so many innocent people and affected so many people. A lot of the children who lived through the bomb died of leukemia or another radiation related sickness. Many adults's who lived through it now suffer from nausea a...
In 1932, Americans realized that they had an increasingly great financial problem on their hands, and tried to correct it by centralizing power. The President acquired so much power that the nation almost became a communism, especially with Roosevelt's introduction of the New Deal. When Franklin Roosevelt became Presiden...
THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms(ATF) was founded in 1972, established as a separate agency inside the U.S. Treasury Department. Before this transition took place, all of the ATF's responsibilities were under the care of the IRS. The Bureau's responsibilities consis...
What does the term 'propaganda' say, what does one think of, when approached with this term? Would one think it was of a positive of negative connotation? What about the association it had with the holocaust, would it then be considered negative? Did the Nazis use the role of propaganda overtly? Propaganda played an extremely crucial part i...
Eleanor Aquitaine In 1122 William X and his wife A'nor of Ch'tellerault had a daughter be the name of Eleanor who also called herself Ali'nor. She grew up in the presence of her father and the troubadours of the court. A young lady who strengthened every situation and marriage she was in and promoted the artistic influence of troubadours...
In order to maintain peace and stability in the world, there must be a balance of power between countries. was started because there wasn't a balance of power after World War II. The U.S. was the only country at that time which possessed nuclear weapons. Russia, fearing a United States domination of world power, developed a nuclear bomb of its...
Egyptologists had lost interest in the site of tomb 5, which had been explored and looted decades ago. Therefore, they wanted to give way to a parking lot. However, no one would have ever known the treasure that lay only 200 ft. from King Tut?s resting place which was beyond a few rubble strewn rooms that previous excavators...
What does the term 'propaganda' say, what does one think of, when approached with this term? Would one think it was of a positive of negative connotation? What about the association it had with the , would it then be considered negative? Did the Nazis use the role of propaganda overtly? Propaganda played an extremely crucial part in the Nazi's r...
The brain, an organ we all have. It is an organ whose power can overcome any challenge. The brain holds what we know as the human unconscious mind. This is a place filled with mysteries and contradictions. It is almost impossible to regard a person's brain without an involuntary tingle of curiosity: what lay deep within the coralline gray whorls o...
The Federal Government The Federal government also has three elements: executive (the President), legislative (Congress) and judicial (Supreme Court) branch, and the three elements are checked and balanced by one another. The President The President is the effective head of the executive branch of government, head of state and Comm...
In 1825, a group of American businesspeople announced the formation of a canal building company, with interests in constructing a canal system across the Isthmus. This project was to take place in an area now called Panama. The endeavor was filled with controversy. Though the canal itself was not built until the early 1900's every...
