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  • American Dream

    American Dream

    American Dream Throughout history, Americans hoped of having a piece of the American Dream. The American Dream is a dream connoting hope for prosperity and happiness symbolized particularly by having a house of ones own. In today’s market place, only 14% of Californians are able to achieve this dream. (Lansner, 2006) This has resulted in an increase in renters, rental owners seeing an opportunity to make money, and the rise in the cost of rent.

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    Submitted: January 14, 2010 By: Steve
  • Australian History Sources

    Australian History Sources

    The Dismissal ~ Three Primary Sources Primary Source Number one Distinctly this is a photograph of the Governor- General's secretary, David Smith as he reads the notice-dissolving parliament on 11 November 19, with Gough Whitlam looking on. The expression that is apparent on Whitlam's face and his general demeanour and conduct can be used to interpret people's attitudes and actions. It is evident that there is the presence of a large number of journalist's microphones.

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    Submitted: January 14, 2010 By: Kevin
  • American Dream

    American Dream

    My great-grandfather moved to this country from Thailand. His lineage situation is a bit confusing considering he is of mixed blood. In those days racism was on a uphill slope, especially in such countries as Taiwan and China, and Japan, that would have been considered blasphemous and it still is today. Today we live in a more enlightened time, being of Taiwanese and Jamaican blood he and his parents were abandoned by his family and

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    Submitted: January 14, 2010 By: Mike
  • Zymborska’s View of History

    Zymborska’s View of History

    Frances Mae Zymborska is a living American poet, who lives today in Illinois, a part of the United States located near Indiana. She moved from familiar chronicles (the wide-read sequence “The Olde House”) to biography (the award-wining Kramer: His Freinds in Poems) to history in A Runoff for Cosmo Rocke . Read strictly as poet, Zymborska’s new poem is a stunning sucess, an indicated sequence of fifteen linked Poetrarchan sonnet’s, with the last comprising

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    Submitted: January 14, 2010 By: Mike
  • Diet in American People

    Diet in American People

    Unfortunately, Americans today are obsessed with losing weight. Everybody wants to be thin! Everywhere I go, there’s someone counting calories, cutting "carbs", and running themselves to death on a treadmill. Dieting can be beneficial, when done properly and with discussion with a doctor. Sadly, some people fall into these bad habits when the desperation to lose weight has become tremendous. Everyone wants to lose way quickly and more importantly very easily. Therefore, any fad diet

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    Submitted: January 15, 2010 By: Mike
  • Ewos History

    Ewos History

    1931 EWOS was first registered i Sweden in 1931. The founders were Erik Berggren, Victor Weyde and Olle Sjцstedt. The initials formed the company name EWOS. 1935 The Swedish pharmaceutical company ASTRA acquired EWOS. This year is regarded as the official first year of EWOS history. The business of EWOS was focused on feed additives for the agricultural sector. 1949 Norsk Landbrukskjemi, later known under the name EWOS as, was established as the first subsidiary,

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    Submitted: January 15, 2010 By: Edward
  • Examine the Ways in Which Hollywood Cinema Has Conventionally Represented African Americans.

    Examine the Ways in Which Hollywood Cinema Has Conventionally Represented African Americans.

    I will be examining some of the ways in which Hollywood cinema conventionally represents African Americans with relevance to the film Trading Places. Trading Places (1983) is a good example of how Hollywood cinema represents African-Americans because it does so in different ways. It is a typical black and white �buddy’ film in which it has paired together an African American star with a white star in order to attract both audiences, however, not bypassing

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    Submitted: January 15, 2010 By: Yan
  • History of Dsl

    History of Dsl

    History of DSL The technological race is a fast-paced one indeed. Improvements are constantly being sought. What had at one time seemed to be amazing advances quickly became yesterday’s news. But have you ever wondered where it all started? Has DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) always moved at this speed? This history of DSL Internet access will show just how quickly new technology became old. Any history of the transmission of data begins with Alexander Graham

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    Submitted: January 15, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • American Revolution’s Effects on American Society

    American Revolution’s Effects on American Society

    One of the most significant events in United States history was the American Revolution. However, the significance of the event did not lay in the number of casualties or in Revolutionary wartime strategies. The importance of the Revolution lay in its effects of American Society. This landmark in American history has caused important changes to the government, affected vast and deep social changes, and altered the economic state of the newborn nation in the years

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    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: Max
  • Stereotypes of Latin Americans

    Stereotypes of Latin Americans

    A Report on Stereotypes of Latin Americans among Graduate Students of International Management Carmen Vega Carney and Matilde Franciulli This study presents the results of a study conducted among graduate students in international management in a US business school. The study aimed at identifying the students’ prevalent stereotypes of Latin Americans as well as to ascertain whether these differ from conventional stereotypes present in the general population. The conventional stereotypes were identified from those reported

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    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: Top
  • Frank Stella - an American Artist

    Frank Stella - an American Artist

    Frank Stella An American Artist Frank Stella is an American painter who remains poplar after almost four decades of work. He was born in 1936 and studied at the Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts under Patrick Morgan and at Princeton University under William Seitz and Stephen Greene. After 1958 he lived in New York. He came to the fore in the 1960s as one of the most inventive of the new school of Post-Painterly Abstraction,

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    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: Jack
  • History of the United States

    History of the United States

    HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES Discovery of America Paleo-Indians the term “Paleo Indians” is generally used to refer to early Native Americans up through the end of the Ice Age (c.8000 B.C.). Most authorities believe they entered North America from Siberia as small bands of migratory big game hunters. Such a journey could have been made by means of a land bridge, known as Beringia (Bering Strait) from Siberia to Alaska they were nomadic hunters/gatherers

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    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: Mike
  • The History of Baseball

    The History of Baseball

    The History of Baseball Americans began playing baseball on informal teams, using local rules, in the early 1800s. By the 1860s, the sport, unrivaled in popularity, was being described as America's "national pastime." Alexander Joy Cartwright of New York invented the modern baseball field in 1845. Alexander Cartwright and the members of his New York Knickerbocker Base Ball Club devised the first rules and regulations for the modern game of baseball. Baseball was based on

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    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Abraham Lincoln: The Man Who Changed History

    Abraham Lincoln: The Man Who Changed History

    ABRAHAM LINCOLN: THE MAN WHO CHANGED HISTORY I remember that day in Illinois, it was very dark and cold. We moved many times when I was young. This time we were in Macon, Illinois. It was hard for me as boy, my mother died. Now I had a step mom. She was never going to take the place of my mother, but I saw her as my own. Growing up poor was very hard for

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    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: Jon
  • Civility in American Today

    Civility in American Today

    Each day he rode the city bus, usually seated near the front. Dressed in a stylish black coat and black hat, the elderly gentleman never failed to turn to thank the bus driver as he made his way to the door to get off. And just before he went down the steps, he would turn to the passengers, tipping his hat with a brief nod and smile, then make his departure. This scene really impressed

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    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: Jon
  • American Revolution

    American Revolution

    The American Revolution was a conflict between 13 British colonies in North America and their parent country, Great Britain. It was made up of two related events: the American War of Independence and the design of the American government. In 17, the commander of British forces, General Thomas Gage, sent out troops to Concord and Lexington. The mission was to capture leaders of the rebel cause, John Hancock and Sam Adams. The rebel Paul Revere,

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    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: Mike
  • Native Americans of North Carolina

    Native Americans of North Carolina

    American Indians had been living in North Carolina for at least 9,500 years before European explorers first encountered them in the 1520’s. For the past several decades an increasing number of Americans have been identifying as American Indians. For centuries before European contact, these native people lived in harmony with the natural environment, taking no more from the land than they needed to survive. Of all the states in the Union, North Carolina has witnessed

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    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: Top
  • Eli Whitney: Great American Inventor

    Eli Whitney: Great American Inventor

    Eli Whitney Great American Inventor Colleen Hogan A.P. History Semester 1, 2002 Eli Whitney was a great American inventor. He was also a noted manufacturer, craftsman, and pioneer. He is best known, of course, for inventing the cotton gin. Many also know him for his manufacturing of interchangeable gun parts. Both of these achievements had profound impact on American history and brought fame to a humble farmer’s son who always tried his best and

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    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: Steve
  • American's Involvement in Vietnam

    American's Involvement in Vietnam

    American's Involvement in Vietnam Dianne I. Causey History 102 Mr. Phillips The Vietnam War took place in Southeast Asia, which the United States fought during 1960s and early 1970s. The war waged from 1954 to 19 between the communist North Vietnam and noncommunist South Vietnam, two parts of what was once the French colony of Indochina. Vietnamese communists attempted to take over the South, both by the invasion from the North and by guerrilla warfare

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    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: regina
  • Sikh Americans and 9/11

    Sikh Americans and 9/11

    Even though Sikh Americans have experienced a heightened amount of animosity, it is quite a warm feeling when communities and groups gather to support victims of hate crimes as stated in this excerpt, “It has happened before in New Jersey. But this time, an act of hateful vandalism has drawn an avalanche of support for a victimized Hindu family, highlighting the growth of networks aiming to assist South Asian-American victims of bias crimes. The family

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    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: Yan
  • History of the Port of Long Beach

    History of the Port of Long Beach

    History of the Port of Long Beach The San Pedro Bay breakwater began construction in 1899. This was to facilitate the building of the Port of Los Angeles. It served well as a breakwater for both ports. In 1909 the Los Angeles Dock and Terminal Company purchased about 800 acres of marshes and mudflats at the mouth of the Los Angeles River. On June 24, 1911, in a grant from the State of California, the

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    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: Monika
  • History of Baseball

    History of Baseball

    The History of Baseball Americans began playing baseball on informal teams, using local rules, in the early 1800s. By the 1860s, the sport, unrivaled in popularity, was being described as America's "national pastime." Alexander Joy Cartwright of New York invented the modern baseball field in 1845. Alexander Cartwright and the members of his New York Knickerbocker Base Ball Club devised the first rules and regulations for the modern game of baseball. Baseball was based on

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    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: Max
  • Special Operations in American Wars

    Special Operations in American Wars

    Running Head: SPECIAL OPERATIONS Special Operations in American Wars Michael Qualls James Madison University United States Special Forces have been used in �covert’ operations since the beginning of the US Military. From Vietnam to Iraq, they have played a major role in battle, and continue to as technological knowledge increases. What are Special Forces? The Department of Defense defines Special Forces as, “organized, trained, and equipped to conduct special operations with an emphasis on unconventional

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    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Water Scarcity in History

    Water Scarcity in History

    Natural ecosystems require water for the survival of the plants and animals that live within them. These ecosystems help to regulate water quality and quantity of water. Wetlands hold water in periods of high rainfall, slowly releasing it during dryer periods, and purify it of heavy metals and other contaminants. Forests recharge our groundwater, which can be used elsewhere for drinking or irrigation. (Bergkamp 1) Natural ecosystems can help to prevent floods, provide shelter and

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    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: Jessica
  • True American: Bill Cosby

    True American: Bill Cosby

    Tedra Heath Heath 1 English III Due: May 22, 2008 Mr. Sullivan True American: Bill Cosby I would give you the actual definition of a True American, but I cannot. A black and white, printed, accepted definition of a True American does not exist. I can say this because I actually looked it up in my dictionary and the word True American is not there. In my own views and beliefs, a True American is

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    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: Mike

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