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Neil Simon Utilizing Charatter Exaggeration
Neil Simon Utilizing Charatter Exaggeration
American History · 1,927 words
  • NEIL SIMON: UTILIZING CHARACTER EXAGGERATION "Neil ("Doc") Simon stands alone as by far the most successful American playwright of this century and most probably in the history of the American theater" (Litz 573). He has entertained audiences for over thirty years with many Broadway productions,...


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Sixth Sense Movie
Sixth Sense Movie
American History · 606 words
  • The Sixth Sense, directed and written by M. Night Shyamalan, follows the troubled life of eight-year-old Cole Sear, played by Haley Joel Osment, who is haunted by his supernatural abilities to see and communicate with the dead. Being sought after by the disturbed spirits of his hometown of...


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The 1960's
American History · 1,648 words
  • Many social changes that were addressed in the 1960s are still the issues being confronted today. The '60s was a decade of social and political upheaval caused by student and anti-war protest movements, political assassinations, and ghetto riots. The decade began under the shadow of the Cold War...


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Proclamation Act Of 1763
Proclamation Act Of 1763
American History · 550 words
  • The was a major change for both the English and the French. For the English, they wanted to assimilate the French. This was necessary for two reasons. One, the British had, after all, conquered them, and wished to create a full British Empire. They thought that the only way to do this was...


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Friends
Friends
American History · 270 words
  • Anyone can stand by you when you are right... but a real friend stands by you when you're wrong. A simple friend identifies himself when he calls... a real friend dosen't have to. A simple friend opens a conversation with a full news bulletin on his life... a real friend says "Whats new with...


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Ku Klux Klan
Ku Klux Klan
American History · 332 words
  • After the cannon fell silent and peace descended upon the battlefields of the War Between the States, there came an infamous chapter of American History called 'The Reconstruction.' From this era, this abyss of human misery and despair, there arose like the morning sun the . The Klan was one of...


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Jujitsu - The Gentle Art
Jujitsu - The Gentle Art
American History · 836 words
  • To a person not conversant with this art, Jujitsu may be considered as a foul or derogatory term in Japanese. However, Jujitsu us one of the most effective and deadly forms of martial arts taught today. Unique among other forms of combat, Jujitsu holds the position of a 'parent art', of from...


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Gothic Architecture
Gothic Architecture
American History · 620 words
  • Gothic and Romanesque Style Arch. Represented primarily through cathedrals, Romanesque and Gothic styles of architecture were some of the few symbols of civilization in the poverty stricken and often depressing Middle Ages. These cathedrals represented faith, dedication, and cooperation; a sane...


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American Involvement In The Cuban Revolution
American Involvement In The Cuban Revolution
American History · 1,013 words
  • The revolution in Cuba was not a result of economic deprivation, nor because of high expectations in the economy, it was the political factors and expectations which evoked the civilians to revolt. The Cuban economy was moving forward at the time before the rebellion but the dominant influence of...


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The Three Great Compromises
American History · 487 words
  • The United States of America was founded on the basis of compromise, but what does compromise really mean? According to the Webster's New World Dictionary compromise means "an adjustment of opposing principles". Political systems use compromises in daily life. that occurred early in this...


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Jimi
Jimi
American History · 797 words
  • The Hendrix Experience released its first album in early 1967. Popular music had been leaning towards psychedelics for a couple years already and Are You Experienced? came out at about the same time as the Beatles' Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Are You Experienced? far exceeded the...


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Civil War Timeline
Civil War Timeline
American History · 1,325 words
  • Fort Sumter Attacked April 12, 1861 - At 4:30 a.m. Confederates under Gen. Pierre Beauregard open fire with 50 cannons upon Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The Civil War begins. April 14, 1861. - Fort Sumter after its capture, showing damage from the Rebel bombardment of over 3000...


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