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    In the article “Farewell to the Man in the Red Beret, Enter the Man in the White Silk Mitre: ‘there is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in,” Peter McLaren engaged in an historical debate of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’ legacy after his death and established a parallel between Chavez’ death and the election of Pope Francis. The author expressed that the election of the new pope, who is a Jesuit, could cause a potential revolution in the Catholic Church much like Chavez caused…

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    The movie The Green Berets starring John Wayne was directed and written by him and Ray Kellogg in 1968. The film is about a group of Green Berets who are led by Colonel Mike Kirby, played by John Wayne, along with a skeptical journalist who go into south Vietnam to help with humanitarian effects and to stop the spread of Communism from the north Vietnamnese people. George Beckworth, the skeptical journalist, comes along with the Colonel and his group of special forces to see if these is a need…

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    land. It takes place in the unsettled Dakota Territory in the 1870s. Some topics in the novel are the mental state of each person after living in the total desolation of the wilderness, along with the manual labor of survival. Per Hansa, his wife Beret, their two sons Ole and Store-Hans, and their daughter Anna Marie also known as And-Ongen, have traveled across the Great Plains and undertook the journey in a caravan with several other Norwegian immigrant families. One of Per Hansa’s wagons…

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    the farther west they journeyed” (Rölvaag 43) and the “endless blue-green solitude that had neither heart nor soul” (Rölvaag 50). Here on the prairies, Beret is immediately struck by the feeling that she is totally isolated from civilization and finds the silence and the wide open spaces both depressing and terrifying at how vast the land is. For Beret, living on the prairie makes her feel exposed, “here there was nothing to even hide behind” (Rölvaag 42) and so she hangs heavy clothes to cover…

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    James Phillip Fleming is a medal of honor winner. He was born on March 12, 1943 in Sedalia Missouri. He was a pilot in the Vietnam war. He was awarded the medal of honor for rescuing a six man MACV-SOG recon team stranded between heavily defended enemy positions near Đức Cơ, Vietnam In 1968, he was an aircraft commander of a UH-1F transport helicopter assigned to the 20th Special Operations Squadron at East Airfield in the Republic of Vietnam. On November 26 a six man special forces army team…

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    depart of defense called the green berets came to honor the John f kennedy.John F Kennedy made business with the Green berets. On october 12,1961 the president visited Fort bragg and u.s army. The green berets help John F Kennedy with being the president. But a dark cloud descend upon the green berets helped JKF with being the president. But a dark cloud descend upon the green berets.when they got the news about John F Kennedy. JFK family requested for the green berets. John F Kennedy had…

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    The United States is often portrayed as the land of great opportunity. Anything can be accomplished as long as one works hard enough to do so. Many people believe the prosperity of immigrants is tied to how completely they embrace this ideal of the American Dream. While often thought of in a modern context, this idea is seen in older works as well. In Willa Cather’s My Ántonia and Ole Rølvaag’s Giants in the Earth, the attitude with which immigrants approach their new lives decides how…

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    exemplifies what a man is. For the grandson, that story set a foundation for a life-long pursuit of excellence and discipline in an attempt to be even close to the level of a man as that young Army Specialist was. Becoming a Special Forces operator, a Green Beret, one of the Army’s specialist in unconventional and guerilla warfare, is difficult to say the least. If one can pass the numerous amounts of rigorous and challenging schools required he will enjoy not only the experience and knowledge…

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    There are said to have inspired the Chicano Brown Berets in particular, an organization dedicated to Mexican American liberty. But of course we know that that BPP’s greatest following was amongst their own people. Black women began to reject white beauty standards and embrace their hair in its natural state…

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    Embellish your outfit with lavish jewels with this statement necklace and drop earrings set. Marquis and Oval crystals are set in gold and cluster in the middle along the gold chain for the necklace. Long clusters of marquis crystals form the drop earrings. Create an astonishing look in red with this statement necklace and drop earring set. Large geometric red crystals are set in gold and accented with small clear round crystals for both the necklace and earrings. A double row of round red…

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