In one of his most famous works, "plato told," Cummings cites other famous historical figures who have warned against war, but ironically, he paves his way in becoming an icon himself through his protest. ... Instead, we see his teachings spanning other topics, as thus, Cummings uses the subtlety of parenthesis to show how our culture ignores a symbol as powerful as Jesus if he conflicts with tradition social perceptions, like war. ... Plato even said "Only the dead have seen the end of war," 3 and Cummings emphasizes this thought by showing that despite our many warnings by people who we ...

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Wars would look good, and we would be sure to have more of them. ... He loves her for that act, because it was such a human thing to do. ... In his head he refers to them and himself as the Three Musketeers, and tells himself the story of how the Three Musketeers saved the life of a dumb college kid. ... His father tries to teach him how to swim by the sink-or-swim method. ... They have been captured. ...

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"You have to be pretty good with masks, makeup, or false mustaches to fool anyone looking right at you, and most of us aren't (Poe 39). ... No matter how many times you look at something, say your credit card, you probably do not remember ever number and its order, but it takes only once to match a voice to a face. ... All you can do is remember it " (Poe 52). ... An AT&T commercial does an amazing job advertising how their cellphone network is faster and better. ... Having the movie released for free online reflects how media has changed drastically. ...

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Designers knew that although the "responsible" adult customer" when asked would say that "economy, durability and reliability "9 dictated their auto purchases, in reality what mattered was "adult toys, with pizzazz and sex appeal." ... Or if you prefer, they were its "Pep Boys "- Manny, Moe, and Jack, who managed to make every Tom, Dick and Harry randy for creased steel and burnished chrome." ... American designers portrayed the "car of the future,"" with many of their design inspirations centered around sex, the military or the combination thereof. ... "Assembly lines rolled off car after ca...

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Through America's past time, we are able to understand how certain events through decades have influenced the way film is made. ... He eventually becomes a bounty hunter and goes after the people who have stolen his ranch while he was out fighting in war. ... With also having a director who did not have experience in film musical, much of the final print had to be completely in the production and editing room. ... His belief as a conventional filmmaker was that, "it's not so much what the characters do, it is where they're placed, and how the react. " "In Jean Cocteau's Be...

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It has long since been proven that to keep the people happy you need to keep the people busy and employed. When a man cannot earn a living simply because there is nothing he can do no matter how willing he quickly turns on the government for help. ... People want to be told what to do when faced with a problem they cannot handle alone. ... Not everyone will jump off the bridge if you tell them it's safe. Mussolini, being quite clever and devious in his own way, knew how to deal with this problem. ...

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What is most disturbing is that they have nearly succeeded in grasping hold of this power, without most inhabitants of this planet having the slightest idea of what is being planned for them."" ... Both have played a useful role, but not completely fulfilled the hopes of their founders. ... The U.N. does much more than is imaginable. ... Count out another sixty seconds; in this short time, the world will have spent $1.4 million on its military. ... We have got our priorities drastically wrong. ...

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Determinism is the belief that man does not have free will. ... Golding uses the names of two of the boys as if to say "This is how things really would have happened."" ... He asks reader about their vision of Kurtz "Do you see him? Do you see the story? Do you see anything? ...

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The question was how to deal with Germany. ... Since Germany has caused these problems, how can we let them be their own autonomous country? ... The question is what should we do with Germany? ... How can you have an effective peace conference if the country you are trying to punish is not involved? ... The Germans had a very militaristic way of doing things. ...

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For decades, people have engaged in wars as a motive to bring about peace. However it has proven to do nothing but disturb and hurt the lives of millions of civilians around the world. ... It is difficult to think of a world without war because we have grown accustomed to continuous conflict and have made it the only solution for peace. ... This former solider was in the Angolan armed forces and explained how soldiers burst into his home one night three years ago and took him away. ... Francisco stated, "All these years, all I have wanted to do is go home. ...

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