... history, can pursue their life. commitments and avocations devoid of monarchical control, demagoguery and the rigid social and class stratification that once characterized the old world. Through much of the colonial era, the neoclassical to the post- modernist years, this feeling of idealism and cheerfulness about America and ... early stages of her stay in Chicago, Carrie resided in the home of her sister Minnie and her husband Hanson, a taciturn and stern family man. Together Minnie and Hanson make a parsimonious couple, given in to a lifestyle of frugal living because they are too po...

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... named Katrina Van Tassel, whom was also loved by another man named Brom Bones. The growing rivalry between the two men causes quite a few problems. Ichabod wanders out into the forest one night and is confronted by the ghost of an old Hessian trooper who ends up knocking Ichabod of his horse ... rival with whom Ichabod Crane had to contend, and, considering all things, a stouter man than he would have shrunk from the competition, and a wiser man would have despaired-. Brom Bones was then constantly picking on poor old Ichabod and even went as far as to ridicule him in front of Katrina, "...

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... on the national decrease of adult attendance at regional theatres, and further states that, "the declines are concentrated among audiences 18-46 years old, meaning that young people represent a smaller slice of the audience and that 18-34-year olds are a declining share of the overall audience ... of theatergoers in the Greater Boston area. The study found that the majority of theatre audiences in Boston fell into the 45-64 year old age range (45.6%), while 23.3% of the audiences were under 35. The TAMA survey also focused on which theatre companies attracted various demographic ... sacr...

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... the Episcopacy at the end of the 19th century represented the merger of what appeared to be an irreconcilable conflict between two rival elite groups: the old pre-industrial New England - based on upper-class norms, with its high-minded, non-urban mores, and the big, rough New York based - ... of newspapers and TV stations has already been consolidated to such a staggering degree that unmanipulated news coverage has practically ceased to exist. Only one man and his media holding need be mentioned to provide some semblance of understanding of the scale of this dilemma. His name is Rupert ...

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... the Episcopacy at the end of the 19th century represented the merger of what appeared to be an irreconcilable conflict between two rival elite groups: the old pre-industrial New England - based on upper-class norms, with its high-minded, non-urban mores, and the big, rough New York based - ... of newspapers and TV stations has already been consolidated to such a staggering degree that unmanipulated news coverage has practically ceased to exist. Only one man and his media holding need be mentioned to provide some semblance of understanding of the scale of this dilemma. His name is Rupert ...

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... the Civil War, speaks about the futility and ignorance of men pitting themselves against one another in the poem "Reconciliation" ("For my enemy is dead, a man divine as myself is dead"). The sequel to the "Drum Taps" collection ("Sequel to Drum Taps") contains the famous eulogy on the Civil War president Abraham ... Fallen cold and dead." In this collection it is apparent that Whitman's love for democracy was diminishing after seeing the destruction it could cause against fellow man, though at first it was for a cause that furthered unity and equality during his childhood. Another of hi...

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... called 'Lenapes ("the people")'4 who began settling New York City in the middle of the 14th century. According to Mushabac and Wigan, the land was undisturbed by man with rolling hills, wooded areas, marshes and waterways that allowed for hunting, fishing and cultivation of the land by the Lenapes. They were able to use the natural waterways for ... British and then, using their background in ecology, they began "filling in" the map with ecosystems that" they could safely assume existed on the island, such as old-growth forests, wetlands, or plains, based on soil types, rainfall, a...

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... with known Marxists meant that the ire of both the commission and the public had already been raised. Chaplin had married Oona O'Neill in 1943 when she was 18 years old and been involved in a protracted, highly public paternity trial the following year. It has been suggested that much of the information about Chaplin's private life that appeared in gossip columns ... in producing it had actually ended up resulting in a lessened effect and probably damaged the perception of the film among many as the bitter ramblings of an out of touch old man. 10 Conclusion A King in New York – while ...

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... based on a metered hourly rate that fluctuates with the cost of electricity. State regulators will allow California utilities to collect $28 billion for old debts. Illinois The Illinois General Assembly passed a plan to require competition for local utilities beginning in 2002. The plan delays changes in assessed values ... York The state will introduce utility competition through agreements reached with utilities. The state determines how much each utility collect to pay off old debts. Competition will be phased in for customers of Consolidated Edison of New York from 1998 to 2002, and...

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... 's Gotta Have It. The film tells the story of Nola Darling (played by Tracy Camilla Johns), a modern African American woman living in Brooklyn, is sexually involved with three different men: old fashioned and protective Jamie, vain and arrogant model Greer, and silly and juvenile Mars. Nola is attracted to the best qualities in each of them, however, she refuses to commit ... to any of them, cherishing her personal freedom instead while each man wants to claim her for himself. The film, shot on location in Brooklyn, took twelve days to shoot with a small budget of $175,000. Despite recei...

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... imperfect lens of history tends to portray these individuals as incompetent. A mythos permeates the American historical psyche that the British were opposed to progress, trying to enforce a centuries-old authoritarian regime on progressive, forward thinking, and liberty-loving colonies. England, steeped in outdated notions of aristocratic superiority and class divisions, was sure to fail against antimonarchist virtues ... on either Newport or Philadelphia. After several weeks investigating possible harbors, Cornwallis narrowed the choice to either Yorktown or Gloucester. Clinton suggest...

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... choice gay or lesbian people have is whether or not to live their lives honestly, or according to societies unrealistic expectations (Bell, Weinberg, M.S., & Hammersmith), (Troiden). Upon coming out to her old friends and people upon first encounters, my friend faces an internal struggle. Fear of rejection and loss are always a concern. However, coming out to her parents and family was even ... heavily frowned upon by religion. In the past, religious leaders supported the dominant culture's ignorance about homosexuality by calling it a 'sin'. Strong believers in the biblical translation...

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... chastity and the hunt. In chapter two, we see the irony of Newland's opinion of New York society. He is somewhat discomfited by Ellen's view of the city as a dear old place', and feels that she is not treating his social environment with sufficient respect. Given the undercurrents which motivate society, and the way in which those undercurrents and moral constraints ... much as any of the others. In any case, it is ironic that, in a patriarchal society where the subjugation of women works very much to the advantage of men, that a man should promote the freedom of women in any meaningful...

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... and fatally wounded in Paterson, New Jersey. Three caucasians was killed inside the Lafayette Bar and Grill and a black tavern owner on the other side of town. Twenty nine year old Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a prominent professional boxer, at the height of his career, along with John Artis was arrested and charged with triple murder. Despite the lack of credible witnesses, evidence ... had been a victim of mugging by a black person, his request fell on death ears. Larner went on the let this potential juror take a seat on the jury. Ironically, this white man also had a fifth grade educat...

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... the birthplace and inventor of baseball, respectively. Today, many baseball historians still doubt the testimony of Abner Graves. Historians say the story came from the creative memory of one very old man and was spread by a superpatriotic sporting goods manufacturer, determined to prove that baseball was a wholly American invention. According to Doubleday's diary, he was not playing baseball in Cooperstown, but attending ... a fielder catching a batted ball in the air, or on the first bounce, or by throwing a fielded ball to the first baseman before the runner arrived. Other innovation...

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... in men who are wealthy and can financially afford multiple wives. Seeing polygamy as a common and preferred form of marriage left me at a surprise where I have mostly seen monogamy where a man has one spouse at a time. This trip to Pakistan left me thinking about how the culture affects our idea of an accepted family and marriage. Among the different family styles ... portray that as their ideal structure. Where as in New York I have seen most people have developed or taught to develop that a nuclear family is an ideal structure, a 60-year-old idea where a family consist of a mother, a ...

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When it comes to community entertainment, nothing beats a good, old-fashioned witch hunt. It's so much easier to just accuse someone of witchcraft and have them hanged then to actually deal with your problems. Towns from New York to Savannah ... to conjure their various crushes into loving them with D'Jouba's help. They each bring something to contribute to the potion and add these items to the pot whilst exclaiming the man's name. The town reverend, who is also the uncle of one of the girls, discovers them in the woods dancing around the potion, which sets into motion a series of events ......

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... underground. "We remember, in particular, one middle-aged lady from Westchester who almost blew her cookies when she was confronted by one of the clothes pin fetishists: a muscular, shirtless young man wearing smoked goggles, a leather aviator's cap and black elbow-length gloves - the ensemble topped off by two red plastic clothes pins clamped onto his nipples. "(Mc Cormack). Artistic endeavor was ... people easy to control and oppress. Punk rock is not the first counter-culture to bring this to the surface and cause people to confront themselves. Alternative lifestyles are as old as ci...

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... many films noir, but this disillusionment becomes even more apparent in "Taxi Driver," both thematically and stylistically. Scorsese, in making "Taxi Driver," not only had access to the thirty year old tradition of noir, but also was immersed in the cultural context of the 1970's, an era not entirely different from that which produced the first-round of noir films. Schrader ... still figures on the edge of society, and are equally trapped in the corruption. Like those real life would be assassins who preceded and succeeded him, Travis is a paranoid schizophrenic, a man whose sense of se...

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The Battle Against Economic Recession and Terrorism The morning of September 11, 2001, seemed like any other morning as Americans were diligently going through the same old routine of trying to get to work and after a long, exhausting day return to their homes . Some did not make it back to the safe haven of their homes because ... and a significant increase in unemployment. President Bush applied $42 billion more in tax cuts to counter this negative effect on our economy. "At cabinet meetings the president was like a blind man in a room full of deaf people.", said Former Secretary Treasure...

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* "Wives and Mothers, secondary citizens in a man's world where your only possible achievement is a vicarious one." Is this the destiny of all women? According to Adlai Stevenson's address at Smith College in 1955, it was the only ... jar" is a metaphor for the alienation, isolation and confinement that Esther experiences during her mental breakdown. From the beginning, Plath's first person narration creates intimacy with the disillusioned 19 year-old Esther by introducing her thoughts and feelings of alienation and estrangement in New York City. Clues about Esther's feelings of the restrict...

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... among college women those that attended the program were less likely to be assaulted after two months. The first part of the new study that branches away from the way old studies have been conducted will take 40 women and interview them to identify factors associated with repeat sexual victimization. Using this new information in combination with what's known about the ... unwanted sexual advances. Women will also listen to an audio tape of an acquaintance rape scenario and will then be asked to stop the tape when they feel that the man has gone too far in his sexual advances. Researche...

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... marriage. She starts off by telling about a situation where gay adoption was excepted. In her first paragraph she states that, " a judge in New York approved an adoption of a six-year-old by his biological mother's lesbian partner"(410). She then goes on to talk about the negative judgment society imposes on gay marriages in society. She lists an event that occurred ... small as that can make you small"(411). Quindlen tells how the Bible was an influence on the definition of what marriage is; "marriage is by definition the union of a man and a woman" (411). She states that religion shou...

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... must look at the development of what society calls gangs. We must also first look at the definition of the word. Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary says it is a word of Old English origin and refers to a group of hooligans or roughnecks that run through the streets causing mayhem. It is also believed that these children do not have parents or that ... ' feelings of powerlessness and low self-esteem. A strategy that embodies an understanding of "gang psychology" increases the probability that gangs will be less able to attract new members and retain old members. The following eight i...

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... there education and background are just know becoming aware of the severity of ergonomics and the problem it poses. Companies are taking many different routes in instructing managers new and old to this problem. Now that the problem is becoming more eminent and common managers are having a very tough time adapting to the changes in policies they have grown accustomed to ... being awarded to employees the only hope is to become aware of the problem and find the proper ways to adapt their thinking to accommodate the problem. Managers new and old will eventually have to deal with the probl...

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