... those over sixty rose from 15.5% to 22.8% of the theater audience. " 2 This trend has continued, and the most recent SPPA, published by the NEA in 2009, concluded definitively that American theatre audiences continue to both age and decline, and that, theatergoers are "increasingly older than the average U.S. adult. ... The previous SPPA, conducted by the NEA in 2002, found that the median age of attendees for both non-musical and musical plays was 44. In 1992, the SPPA reported a median age of 42 for both plays and musicals, and in 1982 the median age for both was 39. This constitutes a ...

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... engaged to be married. Zelda ended up breaking their engagement when she became unwilling to wait for Fitzgerald to achieve success. One week after Fitzgerald achieved notoriety by publishing This Side of Paradise in 1920, however, Zelda and Fitzgerald were married. Once she was clear that there was money to be had, Zelda agreed to marry Fitzgerald. Both had temporarily ... between the characters in The Great Gatsby and Zelda Fitzgerald, who was eventually overtaken by the lifestyle she and F. Scott Fitzgerald lead, and experienced a number of mental breakdowns which caused her to be hos...

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... been stretched, so he passes school for a countless affection. Dexter then finished schooling, and then he had borrowed 1,000 dollars from his degree to buy assistance in laundry. When Dexter had turned twenty seven years old, he had already owned the greatest laundries for the upper Midwest. He then sold his business and had ... Golf Club. Mr Hart, who was the one to announce this also had Dexter as his caddy at one time. Dexter feels like he doesn't belong in this world, and that he is superior to the other competitors. During this, Dexter and Judy go on a date that evening after golf...

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... a determination as to whether the writer has proven his or her point. Decision making, on the other hand, is the process by which a course of action is decided upon in order to solve a particular problem. The authors of Critical Thinking: Asking The Right Questions (Browne and Keeley, 2000), describes critical ... a course of action. It is sometimes choosing a course of action that will deliver the lesser of two evils, as was the case in the last presidential election. Decision making involves reviewing all of the available information regarding the situation upon which you must act, an...

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... by British law, to the colonist there were many flaws in the rule but one which could not be overlooked would be the absence of "unalienable rights". The colonists grew tired of their lack of power towards their own governance, and in 1775 they began their fight towards independence, in ... on the way alter the attitudes of many Americans. After gaining their independence, the colonists will work towards their unity, improvement, and in the end happiness. The first stepping stone towards their new government became the Articles of Confederation. The problem with these new set of ... with ...

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The book The Jungle by Upton Sinclair was published by Grossett and Dunlap in New York, 1906. The purpose of this book is to understand the importance of adult care and teaching. If you are not taught as a young child how to become a successful human being then you will not be successful. If you are treated as an animal (as those in the book) you ... people that I would recommend this book to, and that is those who don't understand the amount of importance that there is in raising your young with the proper manners. If you treat your kids as though they have no importance in the world and don...

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... especially as coercion. There have been many acts of terrorism in the world over the years. The bombing of the U.S. embassy in the Middle East, the Oklahoma City bombing by Timothy McVay, and even the first attack on the World Trade Center in 1994. However, no terrorist attack has had the impact on ... . Then at 9:03a.m, a second hijacked American Airlines flight 175, crashed into the World Trade Center tower 2. This killed thousands of people who worked in the building, as well as the fire fighters and police officers that came to the scene of Tower 1. Then at 9:40a.m, hijacked American ...

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More and more companies are developing policies and practices that respect and accommodate employee's beliefs and practices in a way that does not undermine the company's ability to conduct business, according to the Business for Social Responsibility. By doing this, it helps prevent lawsuits as well as giving everyone an equal opportunity of freedom of religion. The Bill of ... Rights to the US Constitution gives public employees the right of freedom of expression of religion. Although private employees are not protected by the Constitution, there are state and federal laws that can. People ...

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... execution and is holding fast his opinion of guilty. Juror three, the president of his business, refuses to alter his vote or opinion in any way. Still haunted by his own son, juror three verbally assaults the group with a forceful tone and a taciturn attitude. One of twelve, Reginald Rose ... created them all from the same pen and ink, and they could all be no more different. Juror three is angry, bitter man who has spent his entire life forcing his opinions unto others, and has most likely succeeded in ... arguments, he uses the phrase "know what I mean" at the end of almost everything...

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... money and social status, all things that make them apart of New York's high society. His family is blue-blooded A-list people. Holden is growing up in a life that many people would consider privileged. The only thing is that Holden doesn't really care for things like money, distinguished prep schools, and New York ... is that he doesn't know what he wants or what he wants to do to satisfy his needs, he just knows that he can't find either in meaningless sex or drinking binges. Holden gets tossed around to a couple of prep schools, all to which he cares and thinks very little of. For ......

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... she is an alcoholic, etc., when these individuals are much more. Little attention is paid to what such people do, or what their particular stories are. In written work, though, as opposed to life, the characters can be examined, their vices scrutinized, and, eventually, all can be tied into the various stories ... of his "nasty habit" and eventually to his death, much like Sonny's musical endeavor pulls him towards the use of drugs. Unlike Paul's tragic suicide in Cather's story, Baldwin's Sonny grows from his vice, and not only survives, but thrives from his experience. Sonny desires, ...

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... people living, you will find Indian markets. Older, well-established ones tend to be run by second generation Indian American families. Newer stores may be owned by Pakistanis or recent immigrants from Bangladesh. In some large cities such as New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and San Francisco there are large ... Indian populations in "Little India's". Here you will find the most authentic and versatile grocery stores ... dal to chai. Some stores sell meals to go from deli counters, other offer savory deep fried snacks, tandoori tikkas, and kebabs wrapped in hot naan (leavened white bread...

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... country, the freedom to express yourself. It is not fair, nor is it constitutional that music should be censored in anyway. It is not only rap music trying to be censored it is in all types of music. They are taking away their rights and it isn't fair. Wall-Mart CD standards are ... Changing Pop Music, Wal-Mart and other large department stores sell CD's by your favorite artists which are not what your favorite artists ... , with its rough-edged lyrics about sex and violence, has prompted two very different responses from black oriented radio stations in New York and Los Angeles. Two st...

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... main causes. All three were needed to promote the great optimism that was held. The first way in which optimism fostered nationalism at the turn of the century was the development of arts and science. ... printed nearly a million copies a day. In the United States, citizens read New York World and New York Journal. Sports like cricket in the United States, soccer in Europe and cricket in India began to draw large fans. ... Movie stars like Charlie Chaplan and Rudolph Valentino became famous. All these advancements especially in sports and reading began to unite people behind their teams ...

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... (Fuentes, 1992). The Aztec emperor of the time, Moctezuma, was hearing many messages that light-skinned men with strange animals (the horses) had landed in Mexico, which worried Moctezuma. He believed that Quetzalcoatl had come back to retake his treasure and his kingdom (Fuentes, 1992; Von Hagen, 1961). Cortes ... of the powerful tyrant emperor named Moctezuma of Tenochitlan, they also found that all the tribes hated and feared the Aztecs. Cortes became interested in visiting and slowly migrated towards it. The superstitious Moctezuma did not want "Quetzalcoatl" to come and dethrone hi...

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... Holden and Conrad share the same kinds of problems. Dealing with superficial people was a large part of why both Conrad and Holden had such problems in life. In The Catcher in the Rye, Holden was so concentrated on the way people viewed him that he could not have possibly been a happy young man. He was lazy ... death and talks as if Allie is still alive. That shows that he has a hard time letting going of things and moving on. He's clearly caught in the past and he can't seem to live his life like he used to. When he wrote the essay for Stratlater and Stratlater made fun of it, ... he ...

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... the position. He appoints four generals below him. The first is Artemas Ward a veteran of one campaign in the French and Indian war. Second comes Charles Lee. Lee is considered by most as the most experienced and brilliant general representing the colonies. The only reason he is not given Washington ... , desperate for more leadership, goes to Congress and inquires about Horatio Gates, a dejected yet worthy major who could not climb any higher in the British military hierarchy because of his lowly roots. Although the Congress has not heard of Gates before, they listen to Washington and ga...

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... reasonable pleads for separation." " - David McCullough, 1776 Some things I learned about US History that I had no knowledge about before reading the book "1776,"by David McCullough were: 1. King George III was a cruel man. 2. George Washington was a reserved man. Before reading 1776, my knowledge of King George ... Title: Dorchester Heights My title: Battling for Boston Throughout chapter 3, it effectively displays the American Colonists success in the city of Boston, Massachusetts. The Britains dreamed of taking Boston by burning it and the entire East Coastline. However, this was not ...

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... , must go through to achieve an ultimate victory. Some more prominent examples of these literary mechanisms within the novel are those of sleep patterns and clothing imagery. By using clothing imagery and the change in Edna's sleeping patterns though out the novel, Chopin shows how Edna changes and grows until she accomplishes her final goal. To the outsider, Chopin's tragic heroine, Edna ... 's sleep patterns is initially set up in the third chapter when Mr. Pontellier comes home from his daily ventures and finds her asleep. Léonce promptly awakens Edna from her sleep and begins to tell...

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... it has on nonsmokers? Second hand smoke is a mixture of the smoke given off by the burning end of a cigarette, pipe, or cigar, and the smoke exhaled from the lungs of smokers. This mixture contains more than four thousand substances, more than forty of which are known to cause cancer in humans and many of which are irritants. Secondhand smoke is estimated ... by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to cause approximately three thousand lung cancer deaths in U.S. nonsmokers each year. (EPA) It is time that restaurant employees and customers are provided the same protection we ... ha...

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... named Holden Caulfield. Holden was a michevious boy from New York City whom always lacked off in his doings. He would never care about school and his grades, but always managed to get a good passing grade in English that was taught by a teacher named Mr. Spencer. Holden learns the most valuable lessons about everyday life and wonders ... about her the most around people and brag about her. She was only eight years old and was very intelligent for her age. Holden Caulfield started out in his life at a school named Thompson Hill and then to a school called Whooton. It began roughly for him...

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... is currently the number one tourist attraction in Canada. Over 160 million dollars in building permits were created in 1999, which was an increase of 47% over 1998. The tourism industry is expected to invest 1 billion dollars over the next four years, and by 2002, the number of visitors to the ... Niagara region is expected to exceed 20 million. Casino Niagara alone generates over 1.3 billion dollars in economic activity annually. According to the HRDC, over 6 billion dollars worth of ... is a problem that is unavoidable, but there is help out there for those individuals. Another prob...

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... easy to dismiss the idea that you are being watched, but maybe everyone is. Steven is the typical twenty-five year old working man in New York. He owns an apartment, which usually smells like instant noodles and beer, has security cameras, and obviously owns a television, laptop ... walking in the street. The recently purchased 3D television fascinates all his friends because it keeps track of the watcher's eyes and automatically adjusts the pixels to deliver a comfortable picture for the viewer. Unfortunately, the televisions manual did not include that this data is collected by adverti...

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... and legalization must be identified. Decriminalization can be defined as the act of eliminating criminal penalties or legal restrictions (Dictionary.com 2010). In this case it would be lowering the charges of cannabis possession charges from criminal offenses into general fines. So instead of a ... get a solid career. Thousands of young adults everywhere in Virginia are having their futures crippled by the unfair laws of cannabis possession. Virginia senator Adam Ebbin recently headed the creation of a bill to decriminalize cannabis in the state. In the article "VA. Lawmaker Pushes Bill...

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... City, it is a fast paced, very stressful and very socially ranked area. Everyone is trying to reach the top of the "food chain" in a way. Same thing goes with all of the books that we have read so far. All the books we have read so far. New York being ... the City that it is puts a lot of different stresses on people and pressures to perform. In the Death of a Salesman, Biff views the city on by the physical advantages that it attribute to his success as a whole. The place where Biff succeeded the most was on the football ... field. Yes, he could have played at a higher level, but by be...

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