... will probably still be read in a hundred years' time. This serves to underline the difficulty of reaching lasting critical judgements on a period which is close to the present. There is also the fact that there is much more literature, more cultural production in general, in the twentieth century than in any previous period. Modernism is one of the key words of the first part of the century. Modernism is essentially post- ... word choice were extended: at the same time the limits of syntax as a resource for the expression of meaning were explored. Here is an example from the opening of ...

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... any accessory that could compliment their fashionable lives. People in the town were black and white, and they hadn't aspired for their lives to be anything unique. While these lives continued, Edward Estilin Cummings looked around the streets of Cambridge, Massachusetts as his inspiration to be anything ... with athletes overcoming unbeatable hurdles, like Jackie Robinson, or politicians leaving their simple childhoods to become revolutionists, like Abraham Lincoln. The list is endless. Of course, however, where there is a misconception of American society, Cummings follows close behin...

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... but he was a formidable presence in his children's lives nevertheless. He encouraged them to be ambitious, emphasizing political discussions at the dinner table (and insisting that business matters were never to be discussed) and demanding a high level of academic achievement from each of ... or wrongly the Poles will fight over the Question of Danzig," referring to the controversy over a Polish seaport that led to Hitler's invasion of Poland. The tour lasted seven months, and ended with JFK back in London for the summer of 1939. He was still there when war ... there is a great deal of e...

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... Democrats, Russia's Marxist political party, and became a professional revolutionary. He worked in Tiflis, and then in the Black Sea port of Batumi, organizing worker protests, which led to his arrest in 1902. Exiled to Siberia, he would soon escape, setting a pattern for the next ten years: from 1902 to 1913 he would be arrested and exiled six times, escaping almost every ... side in that country's civil war. For a time, Stalin considered an alliance with the western Allies, France and Britain, in order to contain the growing Nazi threat; indeed, his Commissar for Foreign Affairs, Maxi...

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... insurance and prohibited commercial banks from owning brokerages. L. United States v. Butler. The Supreme Court of the United States ruled unconstitutional the processing taxes instituted under the 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act. M. February 1937. United Auto Workers developed a powerful weapon to get industrial employers to the bargaining table, the sit down strike. Employees would go to their places of employment and refuse to ... unemployment was down by 2.6 million. Q. Marian Anderson. Marian was a black singer from Philadelphia. In 1939, Howard University wanted her to perform at ...

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... from a bush, surrendering to armed Germans. Billy slips back into 1967. He is driving on his way to a Lions Club luncheon through Ilium's black ghetto, still smoldering from recent riots, and then through a section gutted for urban renewal. The urban destruction he sees outside the car reminds him of the scene after the firebombing of Dresden. He drives a Cadillac with John Birch Society bumper stickers. ... mustard gas and roses on his breath. Downstairs, Billy picks up a half-empty bottle of champagne from a table. He watches a late-night documentary on American bombers in World War II...

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... , not thinking about what long-term or even short-term effects could possibly happen. The malice that came out at the end greatly outweighed that of the other choices that were on the table. Some of the actions were taken with the future of the American economy in mind; some were taken predicting the absolute worst that could happen and felt they needed to stop "evil- (Hurewitz 58 ... , there will be less arms in the Middle East, approximately 25%, thus reducing the chances for a major outbreak of war. The way to go around this is to put a cap on private companies exporting instruments of...

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... has seen its population double since before the war. There still remains the border between the two Koreas. Which is known as the DMZ, short for demilitarized zone. At any given time there are 37,000 American troops stationed along the border of the DMZ, providing a human shield, so if there were to be another invasion the U.S. would be drawn into the war. Until recent diplomatic events between North ... he recommended, and an octopus. The fisherman takes your selection into the restaurant and they cut up the sushi for you as you wait at your table. Fresh sushi tastes the best and nothing...

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