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Invasion Of Normandy
Number of words: 1243 - Number of pages: 5.... work with but the rough water was hard to get in close. When the first wave of attack reaches the beach the infantry is totally disorganized. Gradually the waves of troops get on shore and by the night there is 34,250 men on shore but there was a loss of 1000 men. That was the worst lost of men in all the beaches. Gold beach also went well. The men were organized and they got on the beach and went inland fairly rapidly. They got 25,000 men onshore and less than 500 died. That too was a success. June beach was invaded a little late because the mines in the water were hard to get by. .....
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Gothic Cathedrals
Number of words: 865 - Number of pages: 4.... mastery of the ribbed vault, pointed arch and flying buttress to create a great cathedral that is at once taller, lighter, wider, and more elegant than the ones before. Even though the pointed arch could support more weight than its predecessors, there was still the problem of finding a way to support the heavy masonry ceiling vaults over wide spans. In order to support the outward thrust of barrel vaults, vertical support walls have to be very thick and heavy. What makes possible the extensive use of ribbed vaulting and pointed arches to “open” and “lighten” the walls and sp .....
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World War I Propaganda
Number of words: 1147 - Number of pages: 5.... of the departure of the Lusitania. Most people read this but thought this add was some kind of foolish prank and blew it off. Another thing that almost all of the newspapers said was that this was the war to end all wars. This led the American people to believe that this was for a good cause and it would be well worth the effort and losses.
Music and the motion pictures were used to not only entertain the American people but were also used to educate and help form their opinion. Motion pictures were used to unify the peoples opinion against the Germans and other enemies2. In a short fil .....
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History Of The French New Wave
Number of words: 1635 - Number of pages: 6.... the onset of the nouvelle vague.
After the Second World War much of Europe was in ruins. 35 million people had died and most European countries were hugely in debt. 1947s Marshall plan saw billions of American dollars poured into Europe in the form of aid to help Europe rebuild. Along with this vast amount of aid came American expectations of political allegiance. The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) was born, a military alliance which committed members to oppose the USSR and Communism. This American influence extended into many aspects of society, including the Film industry. .....
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Frederick Douglass' Speech For Individual Rights
Number of words: 1218 - Number of pages: 5.... way, they aren’t given the same natural rights. Black people do not have the same rights that were granted to them by the founding fathers of the United States, and there is no reason for the blacks to be celebrating the nation’s birthday. Frederick Douglass believed that no black man or woman should be satisfied until their whole race was treated like Americans, and not slaves. Until then the Fourth of July was a holiday which is not “theirs.”
Although Douglass’s speech contains the detestable, horrid facts about slavery and other important issues, he saw a silver lining. .....
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Conformity In The 1950s
Number of words: 405 - Number of pages: 2.... powers in order not to be accused of being sympathetic towards the opposition. They conformed to public opinion and shaped politics in America into a Cold War.
The public conformed towards the American Dream. Everyone wanted a home in Levittown, a car, a television set and a functional nuclear family. To be different from the norm put Americans in danger of being blacklisted as Communists. Low-interest mortgage insurance provided by the FHA made it possible for returning GI’s to start their own families. Cars also came at incredibly affordable prices as well. Suburbia became the ce .....
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Play Report On Kiss Of The Spider Woman
Number of words: 629 - Number of pages: 3.... to be easily adjectated by Molina. Given Molina's character, this is very understandable. In fact, Valentin became so adjectated that he drew a line in their cell which neither one of them was ever to cross.
As the play went on, Valentin and Molina actually became friends. Valentin's nature became less harsh towards Molina and Molina's character became more personable. Molina lost the whole attitude of doing anything to keep harm from coming to himself. He began to lie to the warden to protect Valentin. Molina became a very trustworthy friend of Valentin's. By the end of the play this .....
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The Vietnam Era
Number of words: 1001 - Number of pages: 4.... as an embarrassment and sent him to a psychiatrist. his parents didn't try to understand him, they just gave up. They were more concerned what other people thought than what he thought. Many parents could not understand their kids because their lives were so different. It was more than just a gender gap. The generation of changed the way our contry worked. They changed the dress codes, the music and even the laws.
Hippies lived by the concepts of free-love, racial equality and peace. These principles marked a great change in society. The spirit of lives on today. This generation e .....
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History Of Photography
Number of words: 874 - Number of pages: 4.... life like images he called daguerreotypes, (named after the creator…).
Daguerreotypes where developed in natural light in artist studios. The subject had to hold perfectly still for up to 45 minutes. Children where restrained with harnesses and metal neck braces which can’t have been the most comfortable thing for the children to put up with. The image itself is like chalk on a chalkboard and therefore has to be protected under glass and sealed with tape to keep out the elements. Yet these early daguerreotype photographers managed to not only record history but also to create art on m .....
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If Martin Luther King Were Ali
Number of words: 543 - Number of pages: 2.... filled decade, a leader like Dr King, would most likely defend the rights of the rightless, and be the voice of the voiceless, as he was more than 30 years ago.
I think that Martin Luther King would make a tremendous amount of change in cases of mistreated Americans. Incidents such as the Rodney King beating, and Reginald Denny. Along with the cases of Abner Louima and Amadou Diallo. They were all classified as racial crimes, and all created a large amount of racial tension. Dr King was very good at defusing tension like that. He never preached radical opinions about violence or .....
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