... regard to race relations few other changes in the structure of American society occurred. This is perhaps, no more clear, than in the strict roles followed within the American family. The "Nuclear Family", as it was known, consisted of a working father, a homemaking mother, and their 2.3 children, ... Stanley, the appellant, was served with a search warrant in his home pertaining to his alleged bookmaking activities. While searching the premises police officers found several films, which, were to them, in violation of the state obscenity laws. Stanley was arrested and then convicted in ...

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... furniture design, filmmaking and exhibition design (Kirkham, 128). Eames" contributions to design extend far beyond the range of furniture or architecture. He was also a filmmaker, being involved with over fifty films (Kirkham, 309). Eames" legacy surrounds us in homes and offices, airports and museum collections. Though trained as an architect Charles Eames often referred to himself as an artist (Kirkham, 16 ... ). But beyond that he was also an inventor and technologist, "a true renaissance man" (Kirkham, 34). He created films and exhibition designs for such diverse clients as Moscow F...

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... propaganda as the distribution of pamphlets and documentaries portrayed how good life was in America, demonstrating the life of the American worker and selling the democratic way of life. Feature films such as "Nikotchka- which satired the lives of Russians went a long way in winning the war against communism. This film was repeatedly shown in the working class regions of Italy ... time to release 29 merchant ships to the Italian government that had been seized during the war as a gesture of "friendship and confidence in a democratic Italy-(Miller). This event was followed four days lat...

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... disillusioned with the use of force in international relations and as a result sought an approach consisting of an effective system of collective security. In post war society anti-war books, films and poems all became increasingly well liked and several pacifist pressure groups were formed with the sole aim of achieving peaceful solutions to international problems. These groups were known as ... attacked. Hitler was however somewhat less worried by these claims, as in the past Britain and France had made threats but done nothing in carrying them out, instead they always followed their ...

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... Stalinist tactic). Then, in quick succession, a number of minor Party men who had supported Kamenev and Zinoviev in the '20s were also arrested, charged with terrorism, and shot. This was followed, in January of 1935, by the arrest of Zinoviev and Kamenev themselves, along with a number of their allies; they would be tried in secret, accused of having "inspired" Kirov's assassination ... ." (His two sons were disappointments: Vasily, the younger, was a dissolute disgrace; Yakov had died, disowned by his father, as a German prisoner of war.) Stalin now took an obsessive interest in films,...

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... had to change their food, clothing and housing style into the Japanese, to follow Japanese holidays and to learn Japanese martial art. Of course, Japan controlled production of Korean books, films and music, too. The use of the Korean language was prohibited not only in public institutions but also in private life. In 1939, by the reformed "Order for Civil Matters ... disease and regulation of sanitation were indicated. The lines were different from station to station, but basically they included such rules as above. Although the rules had to be strictly followed, it is hard to know the...

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