... look very colorful. This, evidently, changes the way society works. Especially when one considers that we currently live in a consumer society, and when consumers lack faith, so does society. But how did we come to live in a consumers society? Let's look back a while. After World War II, there began to evolve a large need for machines that make life easier. Cars, airplanes, household-machines (such ... as vacuum-cleaners, ovens, microwaves), televisions, you name it and it was produced. It began to become a hype, to always have better material possesions than the people in society aroun...

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Bryan M. Smith The Spy Wore Red: My Adventuress as an Undercover Agent in World War II. By Aline Romanones. New York: Random House, 1987, 304 pages. Have you ever felt that someone is watching you? You"re walking down an empty ... underneath your pillow? Aline Romanones did. She tells the story of how she made it as a secret agent and survived. In The Spy Wore Red, Aline gives her own personal account of how she served our country in World War II. She was an aspiring model from New York that wanted to serve her country. She re-tells her account of very ... turns out, Operation Anvil is what i...

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... ability to time travel to the past and to the future, this is the climax of the conflict. In this book German soldiers in World War II captured Billy Pilgrim. When he was released he was assigned to work hard labor in Dresden, Germany. While Billy was in Dresden the city was bombed by the Ally air force. Billy and many others managed to survive. He ... he was captured by aliens and brought to the planet Tralfamadore. He was only gone for a few seconds in Earth time. On his way to a convention his plane crashed and he was the only survivor. After he recovered the operation he started to ...

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... employees and employers must communicate and act during work hours as well as outside of work. Gender discrimination began to surface during World War II mainly because women were brought into the workplace out of necessity. They were given traditional male jobs and performed well. ... Ever since, they have been trying to maintain their validity in the workforce. The percentage of female employed before that time was not high at all. World War II has been considered the starting point of women being a real part of the ... gender is very prevalent in top executive and management levels ...

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... new social programs and was advised by Harry Hopkins and Francis Perkins. Roosevelt entered the 1932 election with the support of the largest and most influential state in the country as well as several important political figures such as Joseph P Kennedy, William Gibbs McAdoo, William Randolph Hearst, and his soon-to-be vice president, John Nance Garner. After the onset of ... the Great Depression Americans were in a state of shock and despair, President Roosevelt helped ease the American people's woes through the establishment of the New Deal. The New Deal consisted ... , a program s...

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... Bill the Butcher (Daniel Day-Lewis) for killing his father, scarring him for life, abusing his girlfriend (Cameron Diaz) and his people. The end to this long movie can leave one wondering, "Is that it?" Never the less, I found value in this movie simply from a fascinating and educational perspective. It gives yet another window into the toil and danger of immigration and ... the unrest of the civil war period in America. Also of note is the sociological insight into the world of gangs. The movie prompted me to think about the function of gangs. I realized they are nothing new, and they ...

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... such as religious persecution, racial tension, and the looking for freedom. The freedom to live where they want, to own property, to take part in government, and to live and be treated like a human being. For most coming to America was very difficult. Many boarded overcrowded, old boats that ... . When people arrives, often in New York, they were herded like cattle onto Ellis Island. There, they were physically examined by doctors, and tested for sanity. Throughout the history of America certain minorities have always been persecuted. Some examples of this are the relocation of Japanese ...

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... developed philosophies of progressivism, which can not be clearly defined. Nonetheless, many persons stood out in the era of Progressivism during the earlier part of the twentieth century, but perhaps the most ... brought out most of his progressive philosophies while working as a lawyer and Governor in New York State. He also helped the American Government progress following World War I as the Secretary of State during Warren Harding and President Coolidge's presidencies ... by the federal government to broaden the reach of the interstate commerce power, yet champion political dissent ...

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... , love, drugs, and Woodstock! All of the preceding are the very essence of the "60s in America; all of them had a distinct impact on the world. Presumably the most prominent aspect of the "60s was the evolution of the youthful generation into a powerful strong-minded group of people known as the hippies. Around the late "60s, there was a copious amount of young men ... and women who were just reaching their late teen years, re-evaluating their sentiment on important issues. But just what was a hippie? Hippies were mostly young people who were often characterized by long hair and flowing ...

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... known as the most famous international sex symbol of the 20th century. She is important to the world of theater because her fame brought her much attention, as well as to others. She became acquaintances with many famous people, even President Kennedy, which all led up to her phenomenal fame in the U.S. Marilyn's life demonstrated the effects of her personal struggles "her insecurities ... their marriage, her new husband was called to military service. There was a surplus of jobs since the men were at war, so she got a job at an airplane factory. The Army sent a photographer to take pic...

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... with New York and Liverpool among the world's great ports. Only 80,000 tons of freight reached New Orleans from the interior in 1816 and 1817, more than 542,000 tons in 1840 and 841. Upriver traffic was affected even more spectacularly. Freight charges plummeted, in some cases to a tenth of what they had been after the War of 1812. Around 1818 coffee cost 16 ... country canals presented formidable engineering problems. To link the Mississippi Valley and the Atlantic meant somehow circumventing the Appalachian Mountains. Most people thought this impossible. Mayor DeWitt Clinton of New Yo...

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Walt Whitman is one of the most significant writers in literature not only in American but also for world literature. He had an interesting life. He was from Long Island, New York and was a New Yorker most of his life. ... and reads. Due to his extensive reading, he becomes an expert on Egypt and astronomy. During the Civil War, he works in a hospital in Washington DC area attending to wounded soldiers. He will become our foremost Civil War poet with "Drum Taps". He was also very affected by Lincoln's death so he wrote the Lincoln Poemes ... than anyone else. Like Emerson, he believes imaginat...

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... groups being established * The sexual revolution * Availability of contraception especially the Pill. * Black civil rights * Gay liberation All these things made people question their values, their value systems and the way in which society operated. Since World War II people were questioning their values. IMPORTANT BOOKS INFLUENCING FEMINIST THOUGHT: The Second Sex The Feminine Mystique - Betty Freedom The Female Eunuch - Germaine Greer The Golden Notebook - Doris ... Lessing Sexual Politics - Kate Millich MAIN IDEAS The main idea is the personal is political. Traditional histories hav...

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... infamous day. When I first heard it, I was overwhelmed with feelings of confusion and disbelief. The situation seemed surreal. I had always been thankful to live in this country, and have the freedom that so many others in this world can only dream about. The entire disastrous event was like a bad dream. The destruction our nation faced on September 11, 2001 was more than I could ... , 2003 has marked the 2nd anniversary of the terrorist attack on New York and Washington cities. During the past two years, we have witnessed a nation recovering from the impact, and a world determined to br...

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... emotion. Abstract expressionism can be roughly divided into two general types. Jackson Pollock was representative of "action" or "gesture" painting, in which the artist's process and movements were an important aspect of the end result. Mark Rothko's work is an example of "color-field painting," in which the artist was more concerned with creating an overall field of paint. The two works included ... not the only impetus behind the development of abstract expressionism. The end of World War II, the explosion of the atomic bomb, and the realization that mankind had developed the ability ...

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Langston Hughes was born on February 1, 1902 in Joplin, Missouri. He grew up in a small Mid-western town in Kansas during the quiet years before World War 1. Where he learned the blues and spirituals, he would later use this to put the musical elements into his poetry and fiction. Langston was an only child and when he ... went to school he was the only black student. As a Black in Kansas, there were things he ... contributions of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. Unlike other important black poets of the period "Claude McKay, Jean Toomer, and Countee Cullen--Hughes refused to tell apart ...

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... shortest amount of time because of this. However, port cities such as Boston became some of the most important trade centers and harbors in North America. Due to the poor production of food in New England, trade became the most lucrative profession. By importing food and exporting manufactured goods, New England cities became wealthy places of commerce. The broad forests supplied ample lumber ... other religion but their own, despite the fact that they migrated to the New World to find religious freedom. The resiliency of these people made them able to carve colonies out of the hostile ...

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... meant for you. England has many qualities that would make it an exemplary vacation spot for people of all different clichés. Its exquisite museums range in all shapes and sizes and come in a variety of different attractions. Museums such as the British Museum, the Imperial War Museum and the Museum of the Moving Image are all visited frequently by tourists and natives. However ... right vacation spot for you. The glamorous getaway is made up of 118 islands all together, most of which have countless activities for people of all ages and genders. Activities come in an assortment to choos...

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... devoted more than thirty years to exploring his culture on screen. "His films are an almost anthropological study of what it means to be Italian, Catholic, and repressed in post-war America." (Dougan). Through Martin Scorsese's films, the audience enters a world in which they may relate to by the intimacy of family and the injustices of class or through the romanized violence and power ... the 10th of June 1934. After they were married Charles and Catherine Scorsese made their home in the New York suburbs of Queens. It was in Queens that their sons were born: first Frank, in 1936, then ...

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... many Americans don't identify themselves ethnically because they can't. Diversity and unity remain in tension nowadays as always. There are not two groups alike regarding geography, age, occupation, income, culture etc. To explain these differences may be difficult. Most black people earn less than the white ones. Before the World War II, many Jews, blacks were excluded from society, but after the WWII they ... this difference still exists. The income in New York is almost double than in Mississippi regarding the same ethnic group; lifestyle differs also. A reason of this geographic dis...

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... Levi Strauss comes to mind, most people would probably think of denim jeans or his company, Levi Strauss & Co. That's because he invented the first riveted pair of jeans and he started the first and largest manufacturer of denim jeans. Levi Strauss was born on February 26, 1829 in Buttenheim, Bavaria what is now known as Germany. In 1843, Strauss sailed from Bremerhaven ... . So that's when they started riveting the pockets and the base of the fly with a copper wire. But when World War II started, the government ordered conservation of some metals, so they had to stop putting copper wire...

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... the apple called "America". The Harlem Renaissance, as the name given to this whole bunch of artistic and literary revivals, is believed to have begun in 1923 with Jean Toomer's novel Cane. Besides Toomer, some of the important writers of the time can be listed as Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, and Claude McKay. Claude MacKay's "America" is a poem about ... before us lies the open grave?". He makes a call for his kinsmen and stresses that they must fight back writing: "we must meet the common foe!". These violent calls and war-like declarations are all the results ...

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... During the 1920's, the spiritual, social, and literary eagerness that raced through Harlem could be called the most important period of self-discovery in African-American history after the Civil War. Black literature went through a tremendous outbreak in Harlem, which is a district of New York City. In the middle of the changing atmosphere, a small group of black men and women began a public relations campaign to ... confident and took greater risks. They often wrote about alienation and their own life stories, which were directed mostly to African American people and the third world of...

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... of the Washington gossip on the Clinton's were "inspired by personal anger at the President," (141) showing how mature the Ann Coulter's of the world really are. Another strong topic Alterman discusses is the racial biased in the news media. From coverage to employees, it is safe to say that a majority of the media, is white media. Take the New York Post ... Smarts, there is a reason. There was very little coverage on her case, that is until police began looking for a possible connection between Smart and Patterson. Jessica Lynch, a rescued prisoner of war, and another "American Beauty"...

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... most famous newspapers in the world. Except from being a famous newspaper, NYT has developed a very accurate and informative online newspaper. The online version covers various types of news such as international, domestic, business news, sports and common interest news. Between the two versions, there are differences in the time of ... the 20th of March. Each day consists of about 18 to 25 news items separated by region. Every day, the four most important events are presented with a title in bold, a small description, and with media elements such as photos on the cover page. Another fi...

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