1948

The poem Blood by Naomi Shihab Nye emanates feelings of confusion and anger that people from many cultures in America have felt. This confusion settling in at the moment a young child realizes they are different and realizing that this difference makes them inferior. Why is that despite we are all humans beings, given life the same way, biologically structured the same way, and given the same fate in the end, that we are so different from one another? Naomi Shihab Nye is a Palestinian-American…

The Arab-Israeli conflict originated in a fight for land that transformed into a political and religious clash. Throughout the years, Jews and Palestinians fail to peacefully coexist in a land they both believe they are entitled to reside in. The territory, which is only 10,000 square miles, encompasses a wide range of people with different cultures and religious backgrounds. The Palestinians are defined as the Arabs who are of mainly members of a Christian, Muslim, or Druze religion and whose…

Jordan switched from song to spoken language was crucial to his upbeat style of music. The rhythm of his songs were essentially useless without the implementation of his lyrical features. It was interesting to see that out of all the songs in the year 1948, less than half of the tracks followed the artistical strategy. It was therefore clear that Louis Jordan did not necessarily adopt it as his trademark, but he still managed to experiment with other forms of preforming songs. To an extent, it…

years. For players Wrigley imperative on and off the field. The team had rules they had to wear dress no jeans and their hair had to be shoulder length. They also had curfews set, and couldn’t drink or smoke. As major leagues there stats were good in 1948…

Brenda Colvin Brenda Colvin was a historical landscape architect, born in India 1897. In 1919 Colvin went Swanley Horticultural College, Kent, England to study market work and landscaping, during her first year she became highly intrigued in the design study under Madeline Agar, a qualified landscape architect trained in the USA then working on the renovation of Wimbledon Common; she worked for two years as a student and supervisor in Madeline Agar office. Then in about 1922 Colvin decided to…

growth rate of fungal cultures” (Bellis 123). Finally, in 1941, Andrew J. Moyer the Peoria Lab’s nutrition of mold expert and Heatley had succeeded. Bellis wrote that they had accomplished, “increasing the yields of penicillin 10 times” (124). In 1948, Moyer was given a patent for the production of penicillin. “Perhaps the most compelling fact about penicillin is that it went on to save hundreds of thousands of lives during World War II” (Lane 122). Howard and Fleming both went on to win the…

"A Win Nobody Wants " A corrupted system. A system that does not protect but kills its citizens instead. Do they dare speak up or are too afraid to say anything at all? The Lottery is a very intriguing story when tradition and superstition is stronger than logical thinking. They kill the person that is chosen for their crops to grow or, so they think. "Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon" (Jackson p4). Is this murder or death with a reasonable cause? In small towns or countries change is…

In 1944 she did “Meet Me in St.Louis.”as Esther Smith. In 1945 she did “The Clock” as Alice Mayber. In 1946 she did “Ziegfeld Follies” as Kathryn Grayson. Also in 1946 she did the “Harvey Girls” as Susan Bradley In 1948 she did “The Pirate” as Manual. Another one she did in 1948 was “Easter Parade” as Hannah Brown. In 1949 she did the “Good Old Summertime”as Veronica Fisher. In 1950 she did “Summer Stock” as Jane Falbury. In…

At first glance, European imperialism and thus colonialism seems ridden with atrocity and demise for those upon whom it is imposed while serving the pride and prejudice of those who have imposed it. The question that this paper seeks to answer, however, is one that is layered and cannot be superficially analyzed based on popular views and discourse. For the findings of this paper to prove academically valuable and sound, one must aim to consider with as little (if any at all) bias as possible.…

the reformation of negative situations that women and families underwent in the past. Based on the novel, Morrison demonstrate relations between families that are domestically violent and neglected. Such relations were conventional in the era of 1948 - 1998 which was the era that introduced the Women’s Right movement, illustrating exactly what women fought for - the freedom of rights. These rights opposed degrading inequalities including married women and their belitted position in law, all…