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The Great Gatsby

Doesn’t it always seem as though rich and famous people, such as actors and actresses, are larger-than-life and virtually impossible to touch, almost as if they were a fantasy? In , set in two tremendously wealthy communities, East Egg and West Egg, F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays Jay Gatsby as a ...

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ON POVERTY

Poverty as a social phenomenon has been a problem at every step of civilisation. Although the portion of poor people in society fluctuates in comparison to other times, poverty always remained as a problem. Moreover, the policies used to eradicate poverty generally dealt with the reason-result ...

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Holocaust Revisited

As soon as the Nazis came to power, they began to institute anti-semitic measures. Although the first antisemitic laws were not announced until 1933, individual acts of terror and brutality were inherent aspect of German life. Boycotts of Jewish shops were conducted by the Nazi storm troopers. ...

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6 Big Business Rivalries

February 18, 2009 6 Big Business Rivalries By Ilya Leybovich Healthy competition can sometimes devolve into full-blown feuding. Here we explain how six well-known business rivalries began and where they are now. When major businesses vie against one another for an increased chunk of market ...

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What Is A Short Story

A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas (in the 20th and 21st century sense) and novels. Short story definitions based upon length differ somewhat even among ...

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Adolf Hitler and Saddam Hussein

“Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” The lives of Saddam Hussein and Adolph Hitler are tragic not only because of the devastation that these two men caused, but also because it could have been so easily prevented had they both reflected upon the past, seen what they were ...

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Postmodenism

Postmodernism is a complicated term, or set of ideas, one that has only emerged as an area of academic study since the mid-1980s. Postmodernism is hard to define, because it is a concept that appears in a wide variety of disciplines or areas of study, including art, architecture, music, film, ...

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Ethiopia

Ethiopia is a country of rich culture, and history. The people of Ethiopia stick by their beliefs and keep the culture that has been there since the beginning, without worrying about developing to a new modern way of life. Ethiopia even has its own alphabet and calendar, which is roughly 8 years ...

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Reflections on Black English

Reflections on Black English Professor Worthington English 1A February 23, 2011 From the beginning of American History, Blacks have used language as a means for survival, “by means of brutal necessity in order to outwit death.” As slaves, we were denied proper education and forced to ...

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Suicide: Legal Or Illegal?

Suicide: Legal Or Illegal? Suicide is the act of willingly and consciously taking of one’s life. People commit suicide for countless reasons. It could be personally initiated or cultural pressure. Overall, suicide should be considered a legal action because it is a self-inflicted harm to ...

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The Tale of Two Presidencies: Herbert Hoover & FDR

John Szczsponik April 12, 2012 The Tale of Two Presidencies: Herbert Hoover & FDR 1.) Herbert Hoover and Frederick D. Roosevelt were bipolar to one another's ideologies on what needed to be executed in rehabilitating the economy. When comparing their backgrounds and political attachment, you ...

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Cold War

Cold War Brenda Bradley 20[th] Century American History - 2 Everest University Professor Geisler Individual Work Week 8 September 6, 2012 The containment policy was used by the United States to control the up rise and movement of communism. If I am not mistaken this was when the ...

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American Imperialism In Hawaii

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM INTRODUCTION The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and compare the concept of American New Imperialism. Specifically, it will discuss the significance of America's acquisition of Hawaii. AMERICAN IMPERIALISM IN HAWAII Imperialism took place around ...

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Neoinsitutionlism

Outline I. Introduction II. The Historical Roots of the New Institutionalism A. The Traditionalists B. The Behavioral Revolution III. The New Institutionalism Emerges A. A Return to the Law and Legal Analysis B. The New Institutionalism in Comparative Politics IV. Is There One Definition ...

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Westward Expansion

Westward Expansion is one of the most important human migrations in all of world history. Not only did it expand the mainland US, but also set the US to become one of the biggest superpowers in the world. When America was first founded, the people had thirteen states for which all of the population ...

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Instability in Territorial Tensions Between Catalonia and Spain

Instability in Territorial Tensions Between Catalonia and Spain Modern day Spain is faced with many territorial tensions. The Spanish government works by governing the region as a state of autonomies, as discussed in class. This type of governmental system is extremely decentralized, where the ...

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Louis Armstrong and Bix Beiderbecke

Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong was born in 1901 in the hub of American jazz and blues - New Orleans. His early years were particularly difficult ones. Poverty, racism and abandonment haunted his youth. His father left his mother when Louis was an infant. His mother also later abandoned the family (which ...

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Walt Whitman: “The American Poet of Democracy”

Walt Whitman: "The American Poet of Democracy" A. Introduction: Walt Whitman: "The American Poet of Democracy"? B. Whitman's Vision of Democracy in some of his Poetical Works I. Historical Background II. Walt Whitman's Poetic Style III. Literary Analysis of Walt Whitman's Poems a. ...

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The Last Of The Mohicans

In by James Fenimore Cooper, historical romance is apparent through settings, characters and plots. Cooper is considered by many critics to be the father of the American historical romance. Fred Lewis Patee said, “Not only was Cooper the pioneer (of the historical romance) in America, and ...

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Diego Maradona

: One of Soccer’s Greatest Players “Every morning that I get up, I should light a candle to the soccer ball.” - Soccer is the most popular sport in the world, and one of the most popular soccer player’s in the world is , star of the Argentina national team and a ...

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