... yet to achieve again. "Dream" brought in an audience of people in my age group, who rarely, if ever, had attended theatre, and exposed the joy of Shakespeare in performance to a demographic of audience members that, for the most part, had no previous interest in attending a Shakespearean performance. Most of the ... officially advertising it, that if people came to see the play, they would be allowed to remain in the nightclub afterwards, thereby avoiding both the club's entry fee (about double the cost of a ticket to the play), and the long waits behind the velvet rope. Furthermore, ti...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... Condorcet so enthusiastically supported. They joined the Confederation des amis de la verite, which, along with the Cordeliers, was the leading club in the movement to establish a democratic republic. It drew leading feminists such as Etta Palm d'Aelders. The Confederation was especially devoted to ... she joined the progressive political circles of the salon. Etta seized the Revolution and established herself as a public speaker in the revolutionary club movements who strongly advocated for women's rights. Mme d'Aelders published a pamphlet entitled Appel aux Francaises sur la regenera...

• Word Count: 3295
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... the east coast punk rock world."(Beeber, 45) The owner of CBGB's, an aspiring entrepreneur and supporter of artistic endeavor named Hilly Crystal, founded the club in 1973. The name CBGB's stands for "Country Blue Grass and Blues,"" but it was punk rock that emanated from bands such as "Suicide," ... "The Misfits," "The Dead Boys," "The Talking Heads," "Blondie," and countless others who were launched into stardom and immortality from the stage of the infamous club at 315 Bowery @ Bleecker Street, in lower Manhattan. A gig at CBGB's came to be like a badge of honor for many young aspir...

• Word Count: 3241
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... factory worker who now drives a cab in Binghamton. "That jerk Giuliani has been sending us all his welfare cases and all his criminals. He's the real carpetbagger."/" Grunwald's article provides commentary from other people, who are against Clinton's candidacy, which supports and enhances his argument. People are often more comfortable and agreeable with an article when there is other people giving ... commentary. This is a strategy writers use to prevent readers from feeling "alone" and getting them into thinking that other people who care and are involved. He also does this to increas...

• Word Count: 1351
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... overshadowed in the late 1840s by the "New York game," a popular version of which was devised by the members of the New York Knickerbocker Club. Organized in 1845 by a band of aspiring gentlemen and baseball enthusiasts, the Knickerbocker version was devised by one of their members, Alexander J. Cartwright ... of play, rules, and decorum. Since no leagues or playing schedules existed, formal games in the 1850s were arranged by correspondence between club secretaries. By the end of the 1850s, victories and the prospect of gate receipts were becoming more important factors. As more clubs e...

• Word Count: 1673
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... they didn't really need like overly priced items instead of food and clothing. It was reported that Toaster and Liquors and sport memorabilia, than food and shoes. A lot of people's commentary on the traumatizing sight was like "Holidays in July". When the blackout was over the Big Apple was going through recovery mode, the city been going through a huge ... ...

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... addressed in any sort of overtly significant manner is the plight of homeless, neglected, and otherwise abused children in the 19th century. While Twain in no way attempts to create a commentary on these issues, one cannot avoid focusing on the situation in which he has placed his protagonist. On the surface, Twain's words seem to convey a relatively light-hearted approach to ... ...

• Word Count: 1965
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... held and how the poor people felt. Beard comes right out and states that, "In the present state of our historical materials all that can be attempted here is a superficial commentary on some of the outward aspects for the movement for the Constitution- Here he is coming out and saying that is sources are inadequate. Another statement by McDonald informs that ... ...

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... . Even with all the advantages that are available for the managers dealing with the problems many older managers are still not complying hoping the problem will simply go away. Good luck, the problem is hear to stay and with the amount of compensation being awarded to employees the only hope is to become aware of the problem and find the proper ... ...

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... indebted many people of Salud to herself. While Dona Amparo worked in the manner she was also a very strong female because she was the owner of the town's only gentlemen's club, cock-fighting arena, and she employed men under her service. Marisol greatly relates to these two lost woman because as they were, she is also lost in life. While she ... ...

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... Blanton Elementary School, Ann Preus heads multicultural clubs and works to perpetuate the understanding of and tolerance for diversity. After the terrorist attacks, Preus spoke with her Kindergarten students and club members about what the United States should do. Porter includes ten year old Kyle Frank's response, "I would say to the president love is much stronger than anything you can think ... ...

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... , a teacher can lecture in less time. Finally, two of the interesting, perhaps side, benefits of using the Socratic method are that it gives the students a chance to experience the attendant joy and excitement of discovering (often complex) ideas on their own. And it gives teachers a chance to learn how much more inventive and bright a great many more students are than usually ... ...

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• Has Bibliography
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... takes precedence over the love and integrity of the game. While college basketball was once a pure, amateur game in which students played for the pride of representing their universities, the joy of competing, and the passion for the sport, corporate sponsors, NBA agents, and compulsive gamblers have robbed the game of its innocence. While the point shavers in "51 deflowered the ... ...

• Word Count: 1992
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
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... a mystical or spiritual quality, which she has vehemently denied. On the contrary, as she wrote in an autobiographical note for the catalogue of the "Coenties Slip" exhibition: "I paint out of joy of experience." I paint beauty without idealism, the new beauty that needs very much to be defined by modern philosophers. (I consider idealism, mysticism, and conventions interferences in occasions of real beauty ... ...

• Word Count: 3087
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate