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- 651: The Turbulent Sixties
- ... Nash, and Young. The people who came to this festival were part of a cultural revolution which would bring the hippies onto a worldwide stage. For three rain- drenched days, over half a million people lived in almost complete harmony with one another. Through food shortages, lack of medical supplies, and toilets overflowing, the hippies maintained their helpful and brotherly spirits and everyone left Bethel with nothing but good feelings (Anderson ... songwriters such as Joni Mitchell and Joan Baez became unofficial spokeswomen of the feminist movement. They were considered groundbreaking pioneers in the music business, an industry that had usually been dominated by men. Baez especially lived out the countercultural woman's dream, participating in the feminist movement, marrying a draft dodger, and maintaining that she would not pay her taxes (Pichaske 139). The 1960's was also a decade that brought ...
- 652: The Manhattan Project
- ... townspeople. Everybody had the same address where all mail was censored (Wood 4). Everybody was restricted to a 200 mile radius, and residents of Los Alamos were prohibited from telling friends and relatives where they lived (Wood 4). There were serious issues of security of documents, due to failure to lock up (Wood 4). The one serious incident was the hiring of Klaus Fuchs. He was later found, and convicted of ... themselves, wives knew nothing of their husbands' research (Wood 4). Decisions to drop the atomic bomb went through several personalities, yet ultimately rested upon president Truman. The man whose decisions created the Manhattan Project, never lived to see the results of his labor. FDR died on April 12, three months before the first successful Trinity test (Beyer 56). The responsibilities were soon placed upon Truman, the next president. Truman knew nothing ...
- 653: Impact Of Redifining Sexuality
- ... When considering coming out in middle adulthood, these women looked at their careers, place of residence, and family and friend reactions (Eliason, p.51). Percy and Johansson (1994) found in their study that women who lived in rural areas were more likely to remain closeted from family and coworkers from fear of being ostracized by their community. Women who were in white-collar professions as opposed to blue-collar professions stated ... lesbian relationship. Amy expresses her doubts about coming out as a lesbian, p. 6 Here I was, doing my damnedest to draw this woman into a relationship considered perverse and degrading by the society we lived in, one proscribed by law in many states, one that, according to accepted opinion, ran contrary both to human nature and to God .. I think this states all the deep-seated fears that all women ...
- 654: Pablo Picasso 2
- ... creating one of his great paintings, the "Mouilin de la Galette". It was here, in Paris, that most of his success was accomplished. Three months later, Picasso returned to Spain and co-founded the short-lived magazine "Arte Joven" (first issue March 31, 1901 - "Young Art"), in Paris. On a second trip to Paris, in the summer of 1901, he exhibited his works at Ambroise Vollard's gallery in the Rue ... transformed into the faces of fauns or swarmed with battling centaurs, bullfights (1948), doves (1949), and owls. "If the monster does nothing but smile," said Picasso in connection with the exhibition, "people are disappointed". He lived at his villa called La Galloise since October 1948, and it was there that he painted "Massacre in Korea" (1951), and "War and Peace" (1952). These works are more colourful and narrative in spirit than ...
- 655: In Search Of Your Own Identity
- ... who they really are. It is ironic how a few miles can bring about such a change in you. Personally, I have experiences such a confusion by simply moving twenty miles North of where I lived. I lived in Reynosa since I was eight. Then, my family and I moved here to McAllen. At the beginning, you don t feel quite like you fit. It makes it very difficult because it is a ...
- 656: Indentured Servants And Slaves
- Indentured servants in the 17th century and black slaves in the 18th century lived very similar lives. Both people had to endure a treacherous journey to the New World, both were isolated from their families and their loved ones, both were looked at as subhuman and both had their ... servants, they were not punished for having children. As with other forms of property and capital, appreciation or multiplication was desirable. Indentured servants got to choose if they wanted to become servants, and if they lived until the end of their servitude, they were free. Slaves were forced to work all their lives. This is the major difference between indentured servitude and slavery. Indentured servants most likely came to the Colonies ...
- 657: Walt Disney
- lived on a farm with 3 older brothers and a little sister. When walt was growing up on the farm he was in charge of feeding and taking care of the animals. He named all the ... it shipped back to her so she could take care of it. When he got back she was married 3 months before his return and his dog died. He then move back to Kansas City, lived with his brother Roy, and tried to get a job as an artist. Walt had many jobs but couldn’t keep one for very long. There was very few artistic jobs available then and the ...
- 658: Biography Of Nathaniel Hawthorne
- ... and after six months he withdrew from the community. In 1842 he married Sophia Amelia Peabody of Salem and settled in Concord, Massachusetts, in a house called the Old Manse. During the four years he lived in Concord, Hawthorne wrote a number of tales that were later published as Mosses from an Old Manse, published in 1846. They include Roger Malvin's Burial, Rappaccini's Daughter, and Young Goodman Brown, tales ... of his college friend Franklin Pierce. After Pierce's election to the United States presidency, he rewarded Hawthorne with the consulship at Liverpool, England, a post Hawthorne held until 1857. In 1858 and 1859 Hawthorne lived in Italy, collecting material for his heavily symbolic novel The Marble Faun. In 1860, on the eve of the American Civil War, Hawthorne returned to the United States. His political isolation is indicated in his ...
- 659: Martin Luther King Junior
- ... of all races and nationalities. He showed through his life and death that one person can make a difference in the lives of others. He did not just die for what he believed in, he lived for it. I believe that living a "Christian Lifestyle" means standing up for and honoring what you feel is right and just. Dr. King did just that King was born in Atlanta, Ga., on Jan ... in that stage when he died. But whether he was or not, he knew that it was necessary for him to show no fear, to be the sword and the staff of the people he lived to protect. King’s preoccupation with Vietnam and his determination to lead a Poor People's March on Washington combined with shifting public priorities to challenge his leadership. He was near exhaustion from stress, and ...
- 660: Girls Of Slender Means
- Joanna s and Jane s lifestyles. The by Murial Spark is a novel about the girls who lived in the May of Teck Club during the year of 1945. There are many characters involved, but the one s who caught my attention the most are Jane Wright and Joanna Childe. They represent different ... modern world no matter what. And, in fact, she did survived and became a women columnist later. In my opinion, Jane Wright and Joanna Childe were the most interesting characters in the book. Although they lived in the same time (after the second world war) and in the same place, they had different lifestyles. The only similarity between them was that they were using books for their occupations.
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