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A Farewell To Arms 2
Number of words: 463 - Number of pages: 2

.... and his lack of place in it. Catharine is role-playing to deal with the loss of her fiancĂ© and to try to find order in the arena of the war. When they are able to role-play together, “ the promise of mutual support” is what becomes so important to them as they try to cope with their individual human vulnerability. Floating down the river with barely a hold on a piece of wood his life, he abandons everything except Catherine and lets the river take him to a new life that becomes increasingly difficult to understand. The escape to Switzerland seemed too perfect for a book tha .....

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The Elizabethan Age
Number of words: 884 - Number of pages: 4

.... theatre of the Elizabethan theatre came about, the Globe. This is where Shakespear's latter plays were performed. It was built from the same scraps that the Theatre was built from by Peter Street. The Globe lasted from 1599 to 1613 when a fire destroyed it. Of this next playhouse, very little is known. It was located at Newington Butts and was probably owned by Phillip Henslowe. He was the greatest Elizabethan impresario. Henslowe also owned another playhouse. This one was called Rose. Performers of the Rose included Strange's men, Sussex's men, the Queens men, and the Admiral's .....

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Comparison Of Spartan And Samu
Number of words: 1426 - Number of pages: 6

.... skills as well as military arts (Wilson, 1994). This trend became more and more apparent as time went on. The samurai no longer believed that being a good warrior was all that was necessary. The samurai now believed that the complete man was one with a balance of both martial and literate skills. Training now involved leadership skills, meditation and poetry. By doing this, the shoguns ensured an army of elite soldiers that had the capacity to lead others or think for themselves if necessary. This training eventually had the effect of many warriors reverting to a study of Buddhism. .....

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The Civil War
Number of words: 737 - Number of pages: 3

.... alternative then to use force. Polk ordered Zachary Taylor to move his troops from the nuces to the rio grande and to build a fort to blockade the river. To mexico this was an invasion of their territory. Mexican troops therefor crossed the rio grande and in a small battle wounded sixteen American soldiers. This was the Beginning Spark of war. The Mexican people were more united about the war then the americans were. Mexicans felt that they were defending thier territory against invaders. In the United States the war was popular in both the south and the west. Where expansion se .....

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Lincoln Could He Have Preserve
Number of words: 734 - Number of pages: 3

.... fort would not only lower the morale of his entire army, but could also turn many of his supporters against him. So, needless to say, Lincoln could not really consider this as an option. Lincoln, for a time, also entertained the idea of compromise. The southern resolve was so concrete that this idea was abandoned rather quickly. Another idea, proposed by Secretary of State Seward, was to abandon Fort Sumter and concentrate on Fort Pickens. Lincoln did not accept this idea either, mainly because abandoning a fort anywhere in the South would recognize the South as an independent nation. E .....

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Buddhism 2
Number of words: 919 - Number of pages: 4

.... he could become a follower of the polytheistic religion that was at that time the only religion in India. When his father refused, Siddartha stood in one place for days on end, until his father agreed. So Siddartha left his enclosed palace and set out on his own. Not long after he started his venture out of his home, Siddartha ran across four things he had never seen before. These four things were to be called the four signs. The four signs were; old age, sickness, death, and true serenity. These four men were really gods put there so Siddartha could learn what else lies .....

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Cuban Missile Crisis 2
Number of words: 1003 - Number of pages: 4

.... that asked for help in resisting communism. The Truman Doctrine became known as the basis for containment, the policy to keep communism from spreading to other countries. After the Truman Doctrine, George Catlett Marshall, Secretary of State, proposed the Marshall Plan, the European Recovery Program through which the United States provided aid to Western Europe after World War 2, in June 1947. The Marshall Plan was offered to all European countries, but Stalin would not let the countries his military was occupying take part. In April 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) .....

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He Got Game - Cinematography And Film Techniques
Number of words: 2608 - Number of pages: 10

.... between them. Empty space here is exaggerated through the use of a wide-angle lens. Jake is seen here in the foreground with Jesus and Booger in the background. All three men keep a healthy distance apart. When Jake approaches Booger to give him love, Booger backs away, reacting to the violation of the space that the director has created between these characters. This distance between Jake and Jesus is kept throughout the scene as they walk parallel paths across the court to the fence. As the film progresses and as Jesus begins to accept his father more and more, the distance betw .....

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New Jersey Vs. T.L.O.
Number of words: 340 - Number of pages: 2

.... to the police headquarters. A New Jersey juvenile court admitted the evidence, saying that the search of the purse was reasonable under the standard of enforcing school policy and maintaining school discipline. The court found the student, T.L.O., to be a delinquent and sentenced her to a years probation. The appellate Division affirmed the courts decision that there had been no Fourth Amendment violation, T.L.O. appealed . The supreme court reversed the decision . The court held that the fourth amendment prohibits unreasonable search conducted by school officials ; a school official doe .....

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The Turning Point Of The Civil War
Number of words: 1342 - Number of pages: 5

.... in which he failed dismally in the days and weeks leading up to Gettysburg. Lee decided to take the offensive by invading Pennsylvania via Maryland in an attempt to end the war quickly by threatening the Northern capitol and waging "total war" on the Northern citizens. Unfortunately for Lee, Stuart's joyriding, Stuart delighted in riding complete circles around the Northern armies and hence all of the public recognition and attention, left him blind, without any clue as to the whereabouts, intentions, strengths, or capabilities of the Union Army of the Potomac. Unbeknownst to him, Meade was .....

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