... The need for this data is easily ignored because the attendance figures for the aggregate independent and grassroots theatres across America likely represent a small proportion of the overall American theatre attendance.13 Regardless, assuming that the anecdotal evidence that smaller theatre companies draw audiences that are significantly younger than those of regional and Broadway theatres, their full ... America. Moreover, such data would provide invaluable insight into what types of theatre models are most likely to attract younger audience members. The statistics regarding age demogra...

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... I understand it, is associated with rugged individualism, generous enthusiasm and idealism in the pursuit of success, fame, power and glory in their supremely possible ways. It trends from old puritanical American culture, the affirmation that Americans everywhere are a special people, "a city upon a hill" like the old puritans of New England called it, a land and place formulated by divine providence ... America and Americans has evolved, today adding secular and capitalistic overtures to its propositions, perpetrating a hegemony of class and social privilege. William Fahey in his book...

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... twentieth century. Many became innovators by combining some of the traditional styles associated with Blacks in their classical music and by exploring twentieth century compositional techniques. Living American composers, such as George Walker, are the product of the Black innovators of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This synthesis and exploration can be seen ... and "Mother Goose."" Throughout the twentieth century, music in America has played a significant role in defining its culture, and Black composers have made significant contributions towards shaping American...

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... space. Dr. Bluford became a NASA astronaut in August 1979. Dr. Bluford is married and has two children. Carver, George Washington George Washington Carver (1865?-1943) was an American scientist, educator, humanitarian, and former slave. Carver developed hundreds of products from peanuts, sweet potatoes, pecans, and soybeans; his discoveries greatly improved the agricultural output and the ... boycott, which eventually resulted in a Supreme Court ruling that segregation on city buses is unconstitutional Rillieux, Norbert Norbert Rillieux (March 17, 1806-October 8, 1894) was an African-Am...

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... forbidding of the production, consumption and selling of alcoholic beverages, all associated with the inferno of gambling, prostitution and cigarette smoke. As drink was "destroying the minds and bodies of American men" (and women). William Windom, a US Senator had commented that alcohol "artificially stimulates an evil habit it methodically breeds debauchery, poverty, anarchy and crime". But the new ... . That changed with the new buzz word 'AirMail'. The Postal business began and aeroplanes were freighting goods all over the USA, and soon all over the world. Aeroplanes became a fad. Am...

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... always live on, watching over the descendants. In honor of their dead, the Chinese have set holidays, one holiday is Qing Ming This is in the early April of the American calendar and is one of the most important traditional Chinese festivals.During Qing Ming, the people are supposed to visit their family graves to "sweep?or clean them of weeds ... always live on, watching over the descendants. In honor of their dead, the Chinese have set holidays, one holiday is Qing Ming This is in the early April of the American calendar and is one of the most important traditional Chinese festivals.D...

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... and of course the kids want to be able to do that too. But they can't, so they do the next best thing and that's buy there toys. G.I. Joe a Real American hero figures have been selling like crazy since September 11 and Brian Goldner the president of Hasbro's U.S. toy groups states "What we did was refocus on the most patriotic, courageous ... ...

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... and reduced the number of capital crimes to only two. Many states after this followed they leadership of New York. Vermont in 1797, Maryland in 1810, New Hampshire in 1812 and Ohio in 1815. Not only did they reduce the number of capital crimes, they also built a penitentiary in every single state I listed. A few states, on the other hand, took an opposite ... came to the conclusion that new found evidence was not enough to free an inmate unless a constitutional violation could be proved. In the same year, Kirk Bloodsworth became the first American to be released on the grounds of DNA te...

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... similar philosophies, became close. The relationship with Hawthorne reawakened Melville's creative energies, and in 1851 Melville published his most renowned novel, "Moby-Dick." Although now heralded as a landmark work in American literature, the novel received little acclaim upon its release. He followed this with  Pierre(1852), a novel that drew from Melville's experiences as a youth, and the modest success  Israel Potter  ( ... of Melville's mind and spirit, should be pursued, and it should embrace not only his psychological and intellectual history but his responses, frequently d...

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... Self", and " Home Life", and develop a claim that the rhetoric in these speeches was an effective tool in advancing the movement as a whole. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born November 12, 1815, in Johnstown, New York. She was born unto a conservative, Presbyterian family of considerable social standing. Her father, Judge Daniel Cady, was considered to be both a wealthy landowner and a prominent ... Elizabeth and her husband traveled to London for a worldwide antislavery convention. It was here that she met Lucretia Mott, another well-know women's rights reformist, who was chosen as an Am...

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... Self", and " Home Life", and develop a claim that the rhetoric in these speeches was an effective tool in advancing the movement as a whole. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born November 12, 1815, in Johnstown, New York. She was born unto a conservative, Presbyterian family of considerable social standing. Her father, Judge Daniel Cady, was considered to be both a wealthy landowner and a prominent ... Elizabeth and her husband traveled to London for a worldwide antislavery convention. It was here that she met Lucretia Mott, another well-know women's rights reformist, who was chosen as an Am...

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... longing for something that would make them feel alive again. That something would be The Beatles."" The Beatles' music has had a major impact on American music. They entirely changed the way music was made, and how it sounded. The Beatles brought back traditional rock and roll, but they made it ... after its release. Writer Langdon Winner said that "Sgt Pepper- was "The closest Western Civilization has come to unity since the Congress of Vienna in 1815 In every city in Europe and America the stereo systems and radios played, "What would you think if I sang out of tune - and everyone ......

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... Self", and " Home Life", and develop a claim that the rhetoric in these speeches was an effective tool in advancing the movement as a whole. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born November 12, 1815, in Johnstown, New York. She was born unto a conservative, Presbyterian family of considerable social standing. Her father, Judge Daniel Cady, was considered to be both a wealthy landowner and a prominent ... Elizabeth and her husband traveled to London for a worldwide antislavery convention. It was here that she met Lucretia Mott, another well-know women's rights reformist, who was chosen as an Am...

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... war against destabilizing, revolutionary ideals " which threaten a general subversion of every system, religious or civil, hitherto respected by mankind." Moderate elements within British leadership were convinced that keeping the American colonies under British rule was indispensable to England's endurance as the premier world power. Losing the war was inconceivable, and outright impossible. Victory was certain. When the result was the ... on all levels, political and military. Political and military leaders became subjects of derision. The imperfect lens of history tends to portray thes...

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... we remember the character of the onslaught against us." F. O. Corregidor surrenders to Japanese (1942) After the fall of Bataan, Corregidor, a strategic point in the Philippines, was forced to surrender. G. P. Battles of Bataan, Coral Sea, Guadal canal (1942) US forces, for three months, continued to fight the Japanese, before retreating to the Bataan peninsula in the Philippines. These men earned themselves ... end to the war, but the effects of it, the millions of lives lost, the new threat of Communism, and the potential of nuclear attack, remained a big factor in American society and...

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... upon the happenings in the Philippines during the Marcos era, immersing its reader in a panorama of bizarre episodes that show the futility of the American, Spanish, and Japanese invaders, as the country has already been colonized from within by the Marcos regime. A misunderstanding between the first lady and ... hypnotized, towards the scene onstage." (p. 75) Sal X holds such a powerful impact over the men and women of Akeldama, and even over the American soldiers that occupy the area. He is a religious symbol, the "Kristo of Akeldama", known for his annual stunt of self-crucifixion. Bec...

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... approximately two hundred years until they were forced out by the Americans in 1776 near the end of the Revolutionary War. After the battles of the American Revolution ceased it was time to rebuild. The rebuilding began on the same spot where the British troops had their stronghold, near Collect ... life were not excited to find themselves in worse conditions than they fled from. Many of these immigrants were German, Irish, Jewish and African American fleeing famine, religious persecution and slavery. These people were treated as trash by the middle class and others within the same low st...

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... the rhymes. This is what is known as battle rapping, and it is still very popular today. Soon however rap moved beyond the battles and showed up in the pop scene and all over television and radio (hiphopanonymous.net). The Sugar Hill Gang was the first rap group ... popular cultural and spiritual vessel." Without a doubt the artists who create rap music are extremely talented, and it has gone beyond the African American culture as many of today's artists are of varying races and ethnicities. Music and cultural critics praise rap's role as an educational tool, ... on girls living in a n...

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... labour force, namely those on foreign owned plantations and employees with the railway. Within the constitution he banished large estates and " stated that private property had to have a social function." American historians have strongly argued that the Arevalo government " saw Communists among [their] most fervent and active supporters ." The land reforms brought in by Arevalo upset the then U.S. ambassador to ... Jose Figueres in the Costa Rican civil war of 1948, it greatly antagonized one of his biggest supporters, Colonel Francisco Arana. Arana's power was by virtue of his continuo...

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... family found that Americans followed certain "unwritten laws" and a very few were brave enough to resist them. According to John Garraty, a specialist in American biographies, Samuel Blackwell was a "zealous champion of social reform, women's rights, temperance, and the abolition of slavery" (Garraty 107). For example, ... and it was from Papa, too, that she learned the high cost of rebellion." (Kline 9). The entire Blackwell family was involved in battles for human rights because they had a specific vision of how the ideal life should be, according to their Christian beliefs (Crovitz 10...

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... being the Nazi attempt to destroy homosexuals by sending them to die in camps with the other disparate people of society. Sadly, American history for homosexual culture and politics, while even briefer than Europe's, is no better. In the United States, the historically largest communities ... acknowledge in a court of law his homosexuality, while at the same time pleading innocent of the charges. This was the first time an American court was forced to make a distinction between homosexual behavior and illegal behavior. Ultimately, the jury was deadlocked and all charges were dropped, .....

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... , Dorothea Lange brought her photographic vision to bear most memorably on the living conditions of Depression America's rural poor and Japanese Americans detained in World War II interment camps. Fighting battles and excelling at her craft were two activities that Dorothea Lange devoted her life toward. Throughout her life she overcame odds, with her childhood serving as a training ground for her ... mountains, our valleys, and our country town. They are not our well-advertised women of beauty and fashion, nor are they a part of the well-advertised American style of living... They are o...

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... , Dorothea Lange brought her photographic vision to bear most memorably on the living conditions of Depression America's rural poor and Japanese Americans detained in World War II interment camps. Fighting battles and excelling at her craft were two activities that Dorothea Lange devoted her life toward. Throughout her life she overcame odds, with her childhood serving as a training ground for her ... mountains, our valleys, and our country town. They are not our well-advertised women of beauty and fashion, nor are they a part of the well-advertised American style of living... They are o...

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... the gladiatorial events. Staged with a dramatic sense of climax, the afternoon started with second rate displays that were bloodless. These mock fighters were called paegniarii.(Cowell p.176) After these mock battles came the real fights, the tamest of these would be the hand to hand combats with one opponent. However, most of the contests were worst, ranging from armed fighters against ... ...

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... had died. As part two begins, Alex is being sentenced to fourten years in state prison. Alex finds a love for the Holy Bible while in prison, in particular, the many battles that take place. The prison Charlie loves Alex for this. He and Alex work together at every mass. After two years pass, Alex and his cellmates get a new cellmate. They ... ...

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