... , a sardonic novel by Julian Barnes, explores the dichotomy of man's satisfaction with reproductions of authentic experiences. The story draws from the twisted ideas of the enigmatic Sir Jack Pitman, a well-known London entrepreneur who wishes to build a theme park on the Isle of Wight based on stereotypes and clichés associated with England. His company purchases the island and creates ... The protagonist Martha Cochrane, who suffers under Pitman's yoke of influence as a "Special Consultant- (Barnes 45), eventually intervenes and takes control of "England, England- when she feels Jack ...

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... to duty in the U.S., and by spring of 1944, he found himself laid up in Boston's Chelsea Naval Hospital, diagnosed with a chronic lower back disease. That same spring, in London, his sister Kathleen married an English nobleman, William Hartington, the heir to the staunchly Protestant Duke of Devonshire. The difference of religion made it a controversial match from both families' perspectives ... success, Jackie's grandfather went so far as to fabricate a noble pedigree for the family in order to boost their social standing. Jackie's father, unfortunately, was a less impressive figure--n...

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• Grade Level: High School

... Desensitized and disillusioned from WWI, writers such as Herbert Huncke, Carl Solomon, and Neal Cassidy created controversial poetry and novels that challenged society's beliefs. Jack Kerouac, author of On the Road in 1957, embodied this movement with his bitter, comic rants against society. Political activist and poet Alan Ginsberg showed ... had exciting cuts and lines, and used innovative fabrics used in exotic ways. Mary was seen as the most daring, hippest designer in all of swinging London, and bum rushed the conservative style of the 1950s with a "hold-no-bars- attitude. Quaint is ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... private elementary schools, including a year at Canterbury School in New Milford, Connecticut, and four years at Choate School in Wallingford, Connecticut. He spent the summer of 1935 studying at the London School of Economics. He entered Princeton University but was forced to leave during his freshman year because of an attack of jaundice. In the fall of 1936 he enrolled at ... by rifle fire while being driven in an open car through Dallas, Texas. The alleged assassin, 24-year-old Lee Harvey Oswald, was shot and killed by night club owner Jack Ruby two days later, while under heavy pol...

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... the world. For most of the 20th century, boxing attracted huge fan and media attention in the United States. Some boxing champions became legendary. Boxers like Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, Jack Dempsey, and Rocky Marciano became larger-than-life figures for their boxing matches. Boxing was criticized a lot throughout its history for its violent nature and high injury rate. But somehow ... willing to strike an opponent's head, while the introduction of three-minute rounds ended the practise of boxers falling to one knee for rest, as they could under the Revised London Prize Ring Rules. Mod...

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• Grade Level: High School

... aid and dangling promises of control over Palestine after the war, Lawrence galvanized Arab support and organized a competent army that pestered Constantinople until the end of the war. In addition, London planned to attract Jewish allegiance through its support of Zionism, the movement to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine. In 1917, British Foreign Secretary Lord Arthur Balfour issued the so-called ... By July 1918, the United States was sending over three hundred thousand troops every month to Europe to fight in the American Expeditionary Force under General John Pershing, nickn...

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