... which ended in horrific consequences. As everyone was a volunteer in 1914 to 1915 Posters, magazines and poems helped to recruit young soldiers making war sound fun and heroic, classed as propaganda. Poets such as Harold Begbie and Jessie Pope used their pro-war poems, which helped to sustain war effort for ... young recruits needing answers. The title is repeated in the first stanza. Who's for the "game?" is a metaphor for war making war sound like fun, trying to remove any fear for the would-be recruits. Jessie Pope recognises that if she compares war to something young men enjoy, then...

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... which ended in horrific consequences. As everyone was a volunteer in 1914 to 1915 Posters, magazines and poems helped to recruit young soldiers making war sound fun and heroic, classed as propaganda. Poets such as Harold Begbie and Jessie Pope used their pro-war poems, which helped to sustain war effort for ... young recruits needing answers. The title is repeated in the first stanza. Who's for the "game?" is a metaphor for war making war sound like fun, trying to remove any fear for the would-be recruits. Jessie Pope recognises that if she compares war to something young men enjoy, then...

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... to the front line as ambulance drivers during World War I. Nellie "Smithy " Smith, the main character of this novel, questions this nationalism many times throughout the book. Even Tosh pokes fun at Smithy when she calls her "one of England's Splendid Daughters " (Smith 13) because of how Tosh sees Smithy's high class standing as part of the reason she has this ... nationalistic obligation. In that same line, Tosh makes fun at the fact that the older generation is sending the younger generation to war, due to what she feels is pride-lead stupidity. World War I was a severe and terrible ...

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... childcare. Water theme park, water skiing, scuba diving, paragliding and dancing. Others Then (1950) Now (2001) Relaxation and the opportunity to have some time in a friendly fun' environment. The opportunity to take a break and have fun. Visit different area and experience new cultures. Day Trip Transport Then (1950) Now (2001) Silloth on the Solway Coast Metro Centre, Newcastle Accommodation Then (1950) Now ... ...

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... school staff or one another. Within the group of friends Gene and Finny were the closes. Finny is the leader of the pack suggesting the odd ideas of games and "fun" things to do. Finny, the athlete, created games such as "Blitzball". A game that only the few succeeded in, majority of the time it was Finny dominating , conforming rules that fit ... also is a mark of irresponsibility because he doesn't respect others feelings. Finny also showed that he was irresponsible. Throughout school he didn't care about his success, only worried about having fun. His irresponsibilities rubbed off on...

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... top. But it wasn't easy. As Asian Americans, they were outcasts in their American schools. A place where they wanted to belong, but were rejected. Both Chinese and Japanese were made fun of at school. Being called "Japs" or "Chinks" were one of the many discriminatory hardships they faced everyday. They were segregated wherever they went. The movie theatre, barber shops, restaurants ... children, they didn't enjoy going to two schools, mainly the Chinese or Japanese school. These second generation children enjoyed going to their American schools, even if they were being made fun of or t...

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... blaming finger still points to videogames as being the core risk for negative behavior changes in children. When anti-gamers accused the games industries of producing more mature games than fun and educational ones, game enthusiasts pointed out the fact that 42% of gamers are over age 18 (Choi 2). In 1997, 43% of games reviewed by the ESRB were rated inappropriate ... and interactivity. People also seem to forget that educational games do exist, and can teach kids things that do not involve guns and killing. Games that are helpful, educational, and fun would be more popular if more peop...

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... The Underland Chronicles to The Hunger Games. "It's difficult to put kids in violent situations- Gregor is in a war, Katniss is in a gladiator game. Characters will die. It's not fun to write, but I think if you can't commit to really doing the idea, It's probably better to work on another type of story", Collins states, "Given that, you ... ...

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... now has storefronts worldwide. The two founders, William Harley and Arthur Davidson, took a simple idea and turned it into an American dream. Harley owners not only ride their bikes for fun, they ride them with pride....

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... that did not incorporate politics, rather people turned to music for an escape from all the political paranoia that was sweeping the country. As a result the 1950s were dominated by fun, up-beat Rhythm and Blues music. Secondly, the rock and roll of the era served as an instrument for teens to rebel against their parents. Teenagers embraced rock and roll ... ...

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... on they were only known as the number. Nobody dared to care of your name and your background. The camps were not that of children's summer camps where all were fun and games. It was in fact the exact opposite and even more than so. Prisoners arrived to camps packed aboard trains tighter than a can of sardines. Once off the train ... ...

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... sections of the community (including visitors from overseas) at Royal Garden Parties and other occasions. No guest would leave the palace without a smile on his or her face. Yet, before fun came extreme amounts of work. Elizabeth and her newlywed husband first toured Canada in 1951 and would stop at nothing to continue the tour of the countries of our great ... ...

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... and turned off the light thinking of how little men and women really understand one another and yet we make it work somehow. Men and Women for years have poked fun at their differences, and yet embrace each moment shared together. I glanced down for the last time that night at Marilyn Sachs" article, Male/Female Communication Styles as I closed my eyes ... ...

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... matter id people were good business mert or had any alcohol to sell. The Great Depression totally changed their life style, moreover, their view on life. The want to have fun, and go to parties totally stopped, and people's main concern became can their children get fed; can the family continue to live in the house, and can the family support ... ...

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... the flapper era. According to Alison Lurie, the author of The Language of Clothes, "The flapper' of the 1920s was high-spirited, flirtatious, and often reckless in her search for fun and thrills- (74). Flappers, with short hairs and skirts with turned-down hose and powdered knees, were the typical women who were often thought of as a little brazen and outgoing ... ...

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... be a day to honor the men who fought for our freedom. As mentioned in the introduction, today people have a wonderful time on this day. They would go out and have fun and celebrate it by having parties and picnics. It is obvious that these people weren't caring about where their men were while fighting or whether they were alive, they only ... ...

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... been more than ten years old, he bragged saying, " then I felt the old tigers leap in me and then I leapt on these two young ptitsas. This time they thought nothing fun and stopped creeching with such mirth, and had to submit to Alexander the Large but both were very drunken and could not feel much they were creeching.. as they put ... ...

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... lives. I don't mind telling you that you don't feel normal when you have to plan hundreds of complete, final deaths of American boys who are alive and joking and having fun while you are doing your planning. You break your heart and your head trying to figure out a way to save one life. The name given to our invasion plan was ... ...

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... and Barbara Streisand. Humphrey Bogart formed the "Rat Pack" in 1955. The pack was really meant to be a gathering of the guys for nights on the town of drinking and fun. After Bogart's death the pack was re born under the leadership of the pack master himself, Frank Sinatra. Along with Frank, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop, and Peter ... ...

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... there are no adults on the island. He wants to be liberated. "This is our island. It's a good island. Until the grown-ups come to fetch us we'll have fun."" (Golding) Piggy thinks that the adult world has stability and order, but the adult world is just as disordered and corrupt as the island world. "While the ship saves the ... ...

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... . "The efforts of four or more batters to post that single run could now be matched in an instant by the most powerful swing in baseball- (6). He made the game fun "it was suddenly easier to be a baseball fan than it had ever been before. Ruth's entry as a prominent figure in baseball could not have come at a better time. The ... ...

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... . We now have an idea about what war looks, sounds and feels like. Ryan is trying to portray what hell war is really like. This war is not exciting or fun, it is the most horrific place to be. From the film it is evident that Spielberg knows all this, so Ryan plays out like a documentary in every way but story ... ...

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... tendencies became obvious in the trend of the economy. Because of the high degree of surplus involved, necessity achieved a cathexis of merchandise and services the individual had to consume, the fun he had to enjoy, and the status symbols he had to carry. Since physical labor tended to become increasingly unnecessary due to automation, the traditional content of the struggle for ... ...

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... day after her session with the psychiatrist, she and Chapman became engaged. They chose as their wedding day, Friday, June 13, 1924, the day before Margaret's twentieth birthday, just for fun. They purposely picked a day that most couples would avoid because it was believed to be bad luck. During the honeymoon, Chapman's mother came, uninvited, to the cottage they were staying ... ...

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... -he is sold through his commercials." The representation of the president is, therefore, not necessarily used to invoke or support the idea that politicians are dirty, but rather to poke fun at the American people for buying into the stories of the media rather than logically analyzing them and waiting for the truth to come out. The portrayal of the president ... ...

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