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    René Magritte is a surrealist artist who has produced a reputation for his “clever and intriguing imagery” using basic designs and ordinary symbolism. Maybe viewers for the most part got caught by his The Son of Man painting, but may not know the painter by name. Rather would recognize the iconic painting and the repetitive topic and theme in another depiction by this artist. There's considerably more to know about Magritte and how the painting fits into his works as a whole. René François…

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    writer foremost modernists in the twentieth century. She was born in January 25, 1882 to March 28, 1941. Woolf was significant figure in London society and central in the influential Bloomsbury Group intellectuals. Best-selling novels like Mrs. Dalloway 1925, The Lighthouse 1927, and Orlando 1928, the book-length A Room of One’s Own 1929, its dictum. Woolf severe bouts of mental illness her life committed suicide in 1941 at age of 59. Adeline Virginia Stephen born in Kensington, London. Her…

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    Fitzgerald’s literary advancement as well as fix the financial issues that were developing between Fitzgerald and his wife. Hemingway familiarized Fitzgerald to Sylvia Beach and Gertrude Stein, and the two visited Edith Wharton at her salon in July 1925. Fitzgerald, increased his drinking behavior and was often frustrated by his inability to write. On the same day, when he was drunk he made outrageously inappropriate remarks. For instance, when he first met Edith Wharton, whose writing he had…

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    Lennie Small Murders

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    The 12th of July. 1925, Mrs. Eleanor Curley (26) was found recklessly murdered by a mentally ill ranch laborer, at Tyler ranch, owned by her father-in-law. It was reported that the unfortunate woman was found with a broken neck under a bunch of hay. According to the police officers, Lennie ran away after committing the crime. Later that evening, the main suspect, Lennie Small, was found dead nearby a lake, not far away from the actual crime scene. To reveal the motive behind both murders, the…

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    school in the fifth grade to begin working. Contributions: So after all after Armstrong had to leave school he learned to play the cornet in a boy school. After Louis quit his hard labor jobs he played cornet full time where he met Bix Beiderbecke. In 1925 he began recording under his own name with his famous Hot Five and Hot…

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    Bordetella Pertussis Just like the flu, pertussis is one of the many communicable disease that has recently broke out, causing numerous amounts of deaths and infections of the American people. “ Annually, more than 50 million cases of pertussis, including 600,000 deaths are reported worldwide”(Center for Biotechnology, Anna University). Pertussis is very contagious, the bacterial disease is also known as “whooping cough”. Whooping Cough is a upper respiratory infection…

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    Venice is a planned retirement community located on the Gulf of Mexico, just south of Sarasota. It was developed as a retirement community by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers all the way back in 1925. Venice's location allows it to offer residents a comfortable climate for much of the year. Even in winter, temperatures average a little over 71 degrees. Why choose an assisted living community in Venice, Florida? An assisted living facility can enhance seniors quality of life by…

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    An estimated 1-3.5 million people died in the Killing Fields. The leader, Pol Pot (1925-1998) made an attempt to make a peasant, farming society. He eliminated the wealthy, the educated, doctors, lawyers, police, former governors, monks, Chinese, Buddhists, and many more. Pol Pot cut off use of foreign languages, schools, television and…

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    stage. He had the lead in the making of “All God’s Chillun Got Wings.” The following year, he had a role in the London staging of “The Emperors Jones” both by playwright Eugene O’ Neil. Also, he starred in an African-American director Oscar Micheaux’s 1925 Body and Soul. He had minor roles in the production of Shuffle Along. Shuffle Along was a musical play written by a pair of Vaudeville veterans. He was on his way to international fame. He continued to gain fame in London in 1928, when he had…

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    Jomon Pottery Essay

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    the term "Jomon", which means "cord pattern" in Japanese ,refers to the ancient pottery produced by Japan's first Stone Age culture, during the period 14,500 and 1000 BCE. It was named Jomon pottery by the American zoologist Edward S. Morse (1838-1925), who excavated the first known examples of Jomon ceramic art from the Omori shell-mound near Tokyo. Because all the recovered sherds had marks of twisted cords on their exterior surfaces, Morse gave them the name "Jomon". In fact, the name "Jomon"…

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