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car it wasn't fast at all. With its “blue flame” six-cylinder engine and two speed powerglide transmission, that was standard in all 300 1953 Corvettes didn't really sit you back like a sports car should(“Chevrolet Corvette History”). Moving on to 1955, the Corvette gets its new engine the v8 small block chevy. From that point on the souper car was born. Chevrolet gos into the 60’s with nothing else in mind but raw horsepower and making their car go fast. Now the 70’s, the body style changed in…

Many teachers experience intense episodes of work-related stress. Elmore (2002) found that teachers are being asked to do something that most people currently working in schools today were not hired to do; they have not been prepared for experiential learning, meeting standards, and/or customized learning (p. 4). Teachers obey representatives from the nation’s capital to the school principal, even when they believe that these mandates and reform initiatives are not in the best interest of…

Visiting the Worcester Art Museum, I was drawn in by the piece Static Variations: Blue x2. The art museum was having a series on her, and had several of her works up, but this one stood out most of all. Static Variations: Blue x2 (fig. 1) is a highly political piece about the Civil Rights Movement. In order to interpret it one must understand the life of the artist, Terri Priest, and the Civil Rights Movement itself. Terri Priest was born in 1928, in Worcester Massachusetts. She spent her…

Chapter I: Introduction 1. Background Information After the end of World War II, the interdependence among sovereign states began to emerge all over the globe. States started to cooperate with one another in terms of politics, economics, and security in order to promote the prosperity and peace of their territories. Particularly, The Kingdom of Cambodia, one of the countries that suffered from experience of colonialism, has strengthened the international relation with one of the superpowers…

Mouse, that are still well known today. As the studio grew, and became increasingly successful, Walt Disney became more adventurous with his ideas. Later, he introduced syncronized sound and color to his animations. Walt Disney opened Disneyland in 1955, and afer its success, he went on to create what would be known as…

It took many years and many different leaders for African-American people to finally to get the rights they deserve. Jackie Robinson, Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King Jr., and Rosa Parks. First, Jackie Robinson was the first black professional baseball player. During his time of baseball, he received many threats due only to his skin color. Many African-Americans during this time were greatly inspired by Robinson and influenced others to stand up for what they believe. Martin Luther King Jr.…

Background Chuck Berry was born on October 18, 1926 in ST. Louis to a middleclass family. His mother an African American woman with a college education and his father a carpenter. This stable home was essential for Berry to stay out trouble and additionally foster his hobbies and interest including music. Bu the Age of six berry was participating in a church choir. After learning how to play guitar Berry would be arrested for robbery and placed in jail. Following his time in jail he started his…

Assignment #4 - Why was the Arab World Poised for Revolution? Middle East has gone through revolutions, some were successful in the beginning and others were complete failure. The success of the revolution was based on the cause of the revolution and who it was poised by. For instance the first Arab awaking revolution that was led by the Middle Eastern leaders was aimed to rise from under the western control, and to create a better life for their people. However, the revolution was not at its…

The Veldt written in 1950 by the American writer, Ray Bradbury in the era that United States was experiencing significant economic, technological and social changes. The American economy experienced a golden age during 1950’s. While other countries in Asia and Europe were still rebuilding and recovering themselves from the World War II destructions, America’s economy had the chance to grow rapidly. Many factors involved in this economy boom. The GI bill let the veterans who could not afford…

parents of these teenagers. This was felt because the teenagers (who were now the parents of the teenagers during the 1950s) back in the 30 's and 40 's had a completely different life because of the great depression. Source 1. In Rebel without a Cause (1955), actor James Dean portrayed Jim Stark, a seventeen-year-old filled with anguish about his role in life. A sensitive but misunderstood young man, Stark muses that he wants “just one day when I wasn’t all confused . . . [when] I wasn’t…