... on personal letters from homosexuals in the armed forces but he also supports his arguments with military documents he requested through the Freedom of Information Act. His research included professional journals, military reports and medical records that documented the origins and effects of antihomosexual policies during World War II. The author declares that the senate denied a lot of documents to him ... ...

• Word Count: 1395
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... the masculinity of bar-b-que cooking and the equation of a car to a "chorus girl coming" and "a fighter plane going." Drawing her sources from presidential archives, museum collections, popular histories, scholarly journals and books, automotive styling manuals and business publications, Marling reconstructs and deciphers 1950s culture in new and interesting ways. Although As Seen on TV is a story of popular culture, it ... ...

• Word Count: 2184
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... characters accurately. All weapons used or fired were originals modified to shoot blanks. To make Band Of Brothers even more realistic, Simon Atherton, armourer, and his crew read books, interviews, journals, and anything they could find describing the actual soldiers, what weapons and ammunition they had with them on D-Day and what changed over the course of the campaign, and all ... ...

• Word Count: 1821
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... the literary magazine of the Trinidad Guardian newspaper until 1950, when he left for England in search of other employment. In London his short stories began to be published in journals and newspapers, and in 1954, before the publication of his second novel, he was awarded his first Guggenheim Fellowship. Six additional fellowships and assorted scholarships, including a second Guggenheim (1968), followed ... ...

• Word Count: 2466
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: Undergraduate