... the same proportions or with the same intensity as the generations before them. The article argued that with each successive generation (or "age cohort "), continually smaller percentages of the population would attend theatre. Miller's contention was that with the "graying of America"", resulting from the aging of the Baby Boom generation, there will be an accompanying "graying of ... attended a musical. Noting the fact that overall attendance for theatre has dropped by 13.5% since 1992, and factoring in the shifts in size of the age cohorts within the overall U.S. population, the SPPA ...

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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 society was ... 's Model T. Ford and his company created specialisation and diversification, meaning that each person (or machine) had their singular job, which they repeat over and over ag...

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... 6,007.2 persons/km (15,610.7 persons/mi). The racial makeup of the city is 80.82% White, 4.26% African American, 0.16% Native American, 4.31% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 7.63% from other races, and 2.78% from two or more races. 20.18% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 19,418 households out of which 11.4% have children under ... of 1,839.7 persons/km (4,768.2 persons/mi). The racial makeup of the city is 78.64% White, 5.52% African American, 0.17% Native American, 4.14% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 7.46% from other races, and 4.02% from two or more race...

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... internal migration for marriage or employment is sufficiently common to ensure that links between communities are maintained. By and large, the Haitian population in the United States is extremely diversified in terms of income structure, educational attainment and skin color; class classifications within each community ... island. New York has a larger concentration of Haitian and other West Indians immigrants than any other American locality. The Haitian population covers a wide range of immigrant status. Some are naturalized American citizens; others have a legal immigrant or nonimm...

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... culture and a new form of political activism (Breaux J. November 1999). Education, medical advances, and technology afforded more freedom and independence. Soon America will look different; the average age of the population will go up to fifty-five. The baby boomers will have the benefits and face the challenges of longevity. Can America afford the social, medical, and political issues the aging ... aging baby boomers and reflect the diversity in lifestyle, race and income of the future senior citizens. For the last few decades the influential baby boomer segment of the population domin...

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... were defeated by the Senacas. Nations conquered by the Iroquois were not always treated poorly "the survivors were often brought under the Tree of Peace and absorbed" into the Iroquois population. The conquered peoples were sometimes allowed to become "props of the longhouse" which meant they could live in Iroquois country under the authority of the five nations. The Iroquois defeated ... Indians proves this. Additionally, they did not just wear the disguise of Indians; the patriots specifically dressed as Mohawk Indians. Is it a coincidence that they chose to dress as a Native American...

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... report seeing groups of thousands. Over hunting, the cultivation land, and competition with farm animals for grazing land during periods of draught caused the population to be wiped out. Cause of this species extinction? Humans over hunted it, cultivated their habitat and they did not have enough food supply ... the biologists tried to return the birds to the wilderness because the population of the birds had grown. By 1997 the population of the birds had increased to 133, which 33 of them live in the wilderness. The American Bald Eagle was once plentiful near lakes and coasts in North ....

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... 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 ... levels, political and military. Political and military leaders became subjects of derision. The imperfect lens of history tends to portray these individuals as incompet...

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... 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 ... , 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. Because he ... every...

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At one time the North American continent belonged to various forms of enormous, fantastic creatures. By the end of the Ice Age, most of these large animals had ... Beringia as they progressed southward. This new species was called the Columbian mammoth (Mammuthus columbi). The Columbian was a larger mammoth well adapted for the North American grasslands. While the Proboscidea originated in Asia and Africa and migrated to North America, other animals evolved in the New World and traveled across the land ... were the sole cause of mass extinctions during the Late Pleistocene. Paul Martin of the...

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... heterogeneous society becomes more homogeneous. What this means is that the many immigrants living in the United States are actively being assimilated to American cultural beliefs and values. Thousands of immigrant children as well as adults in the United States today are learning English, US history, ... and other subjects that ultimately help prepare them for the workforce and integrate them into American life. Another important role of education from a functionalist point of view is social and cultural innovation. It is impossible for scientists ... of free, compulsory education in ...

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... themselves often come from families in which abuse was the norm. The main reason for this is because hitting children to correct and control them is so deeply ingrained in American culture. Sexual abuse was also considered the norm because taking liberties with a child was often considered casual use of an unimportant object. Physical abuse is any use of size, strength ... of these studies was conducted in 2000. In 1990 861,000 children were abused out of a total population of 64,163,192. In 1991 the child population grew to 65,069,507, and the number of abuses rose to 912,000. In 1992 ...

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... profits. So, the regulation of business by federal agencies was reduced to a minimum. Government expenditure was kept low. Taxes were cut on high incomes and profits. And, most important, American goods were protected against foreign competitors by tariffs (taxes or "duties" on goods coming into a country). High tariffs make imports more expensive and therefore "protect" goods produced locally. The ... . Many found jobs, usually unskilled ones. pay was low, but better than in the South. Living conditions in the city ghettoes were often dreadful, however hostility from the white populati...

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... political power. They employed millions of workers, a large percentage of whom populated the suburbs that were growing across the country. The changing American economy also experienced dramatic shifts in the composition of the work force. Fewer workers went into traditional fields such as manufacturing, agriculture, and ... the "good times" of the fifties, and the youth were looking for a niche to call their own. With the drastic change in child population after the Second World War, divorce became less taboo. As a result, single mothers were forced into the labor market, and with thes...

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... in England, a country with dense populations, short distances between cities, and large financial resources. In America there were different circumstances, a sparse population in a huge country, large stretches between cities, and only the smallest amounts of money." ("Railroad" 85) The first American railroads started in the 1830's from the Atlantic ports of Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Wilmington, Charleston, and Savannah (Douglas 23 ... Nebraska, specifically Omaha, before and after the coming of the transcontinental railroad. Nebraska was admitted to the Union in 1867, and d...

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... a cozy feel that was unique to Bronx. Therefore it made little sense to construct a major sports stadium in an area that had such a small population. There was also little unity in terms community pride as described by Sullivan and historian Lloyd Ultan "The area had little common identity. Lloyd Ultan, the ... 1940s and early 1950s saw a major influx in suburbs and automobiles. The mostly white middle class that had made up the majority of the population of New York was leaving the city for the suburbs in droves. With this white flight and influx in poverty all around New York, ... imp...

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... led the minorities living in such bad neighborhoods, such as the streets of Spanish Harlem, to search for respect and dignity while the American Society is doing the opposite, segregating and separating them from the rest of the society causing ghettoization to take place. Even during the ... all kinds of law-breakers; there are nests of the narcotics, thieving, stealing, cheating and every conceivable kind of law breaking" (Bourgois, 48). Population of the so-called "Spanish Harlem" is mostly Hispanic, specifically Puerto Ricans who have emigrated from Puerto Rico throughout the 1900s. ...

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... Crisis was William Edward Burghardt DuBois. W.E.B. DuBois was born on February 23, 1868 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. At that time Great Barrington had very few Black people. Out of a population of about 5,000 there were probably about 50. Consequently, there were little signs of overt racism there. Nevertheless, it certainly existed and through a constant barrage of suggestive innuendoes and ... youth. They should concentrate all their energies on industrial education." DuBois believed in the higher education of a "Talented Tenth" who through their knowledge of modern culture cou...

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... England flourished, literature evolved; led by Shakespeare. Nationalism and imperialistic spirit grew in England. 5. 1604-England and Spain sign peace treaty. C. England on the Eve of Empire 1. England's population exploded in growth between 16th and 17th centuries. Enclosure Movement forced many peasants off farms. Economic depression hit textile industry in late 1500s, many became beggars. 2. Laws of primogeniture stated ... failing to comply with his orders; he legalized the squatter settlements in CT, granted a charter to Rhode Island and revoked the bay Colony's charter. K. Andros P...

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... out in the community's collective mind. To the average American, it would seem as if violent crimes are increasing at an alarming rate. In reality the number of violent crimes is decreasing, despite the fact that our prison population is growing rapidly (Wolfers 2014). There is also an ... to portray these offenders generally as minorities, minorities are disproportionately arrested, even though drug use is equal in proportion between races. Also, due to population size, whites use more drugs than any other group (Knafo 2014). When crime is highlighted on television the offenders are, ...

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... to save others. The fire department is one of the most important agencies and is considered very necessary in New York. The dense population and the massive structures in which we live and work in are fragile to the fact that fire can tear these structures down and ... ranking an exam must be taken. The Fire Department of New York consists of 11,495 uniformed firefighters and fire officers. Considering that NYC has a population of 8,008,278 and is 321.8 square miles (see figure 1.0) the amount of fighters and officers is just enough to cover New York's City's ... work force, made the c...

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... Faced with the problem of ensuring the security of the realm, the authorities introduced restrictive measures from time to time for the control of the slave population. On the other hand, the slaves possessed certain rights, as outlined by the legal code Las Siete Partidas" (89-90). With this detailed description ... "Crevecoeur as New Yorker," states, "His years in New York gave him the unique ability to write as both inside and outside, to view the American experiment both as a wholly committed participant and as one who could never lose sight of its relation to those other and older mo...

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... Protestant-like. The Irish were neither discrete nor Protestant-like; they were not at all humble about their religion or cultural practices. (B p. 90) To bring down this growing Catholic population the native Americans eventually resorted to reviving the Ku Klux Klan in 1915, but before this they tried to prevent Catholics from obtaining employment and gaining political power. Elections were ... another purpose for their money though, "...Irish-Americans, people who had achieved social and economic mobility, worked for an Irish nation-state that could earn them respectability in the ge...

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... deal with (Marshall 1893, 754)". As you can imagine, focusing on the sixth ward where the infamous Five Points are, the large population of poverty stricken immigrants who came to New York looking for a better 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 status they existed ... known to be part of Five Points. This was a significant site bec...

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... protective tariff has been an issue dating back to Alexander Hamilton, and its purpose is to raise the prices of imported goods and stimulate American industry. Democrats viewed the high tariff as government intervention in the market, and a way for businessmen to get favors from government. This ... 1561-62) This was the result of the power shift from government in D.C. to the business leaders. A passage from Roark and Johnson's The American Promise proves previous statement: Why do the great industrialists like John D. Rockefeller, J. P. Morgan, and Andrew Carnegie jump vividly from t...

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