... to California. Unfortunately, the week of spring break was the week that the major battles in Operation: Iraqi Freedom broke out. We took one of San Francisco's famous trolley rides late at night to view parts of the city. About half an hour into it, the trolley stopped at Union Square, and we ... loss of soldiers in Vietnam. As this war progressed, so did civil unrest. One hundred thousand protesters gathered in New York, and even more in San Francisco. Riots broke out here, and in other big cities such as Detroit. The president was getting no support from any front. A horrible effect ...

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... filmmaker had even worse situation. This is a very good stage and opportunity for those Asian America filmmakers to present their thought and movie to their audience. This year is the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival 20th birthday. During these 20 years, Asian America filmmakers and works that helped this festival expand from 13 films in 1982 to 134 in 2002 ... ...

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... the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) and the FBI in order to show how a handful of disciplined communists had supposedly "duped" thousands of innocent students into protesting the San Francisco HUAC hearings and had then deliberately incited them to riot. These demonstrations were actually part of a communist plan to destroy the HUAC and weaken the American Democracy. "In th! e discussion ... ...

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... all shared one common goal. They wanted their troops to come back home and the involvement of the United States to come to an end. The hippie culture started in San Francisco, California, and spread across the United States. The word hippie originated from the term "hipster", meaning one who is hip and aware of the latest trends or developments. (World book ... ...

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... had to mourn over the loss of their dad, brother, or son. "In the spring of 1967, huge antiwar protests occurred in major cities such as New York City and San Francisco"(Alterman 11 ). Every kind of person participated in this march, priests, business people, and mothers. Hundreds of men burned their draft cards in these protests. As the US got deeper ... ...

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... two-story house, located in Pinole. My father is no longer a gambler, an alcoholic, or an abuser. My older two sisters are in college, one is at the University of San Francisco and the other is at the University of Berkeley. Our family relationship is healthier. ...

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