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    everyone be the same in order for it to be fair? Kurt Vonnegut’s short story, “Harrison Bergeron” describes a world where there is total equality; everyone is the same. The story takes place in 2081, where amendments have been added to make everyone the same. Those who are stronger, faster, smarter or beautiful wear burdens to bring them down to the same level as the rest of society. No one is better than anyone else. Harrison Bergeron show’s the world that people should not be equal in…

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    The Round Table Essay #1 Introduction Throughout the Arthurian legend, the Round Table has symbolized how much power King Arthur had. There were only one person that chose who can sit on this very table, and that was the one and only King Arthur. The sphere shape of the historical round table represents what Arthur was trying to complete for the people that saw him as an almost Christ like figure though his rule. The thirteen knights that sat around it were only the most kind (to women) of all…

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    Ever since we began thinking about potential History Day topics, we have been intrigued by the Beatles and their influence on pop music. Music has always been a large part of our lives, and that interest in music influenced our decision to pick this topic. We were very interested by the idea that one band could change the music industry so tremendously. We picked this topic because The Beatles changed how music is today. We started our research immediately, and we were able to find a…

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    “My life has been a tapestry of rich and royal hue, an everlasting vision of the ever changing view”- Carole King, born in New York on February 9 1942, started her career as a Brill Building songwriter. During her career at the Brill Building, King wrote most of her songs with her husband Gerry Goffin. The duo successfully wrote more than two dozen chart hits (Wikipedia), until 1968 when the couple separated. As a result of the split King chose to move across the country to Laurel Canyon, Los…

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    The Fortunate Son was released by the group Creedence Clearwater Revival in December of 1969. John Fogerty wrote the song for the band and was the lead singer. This song stayed on the billboard charts for 15 weeks and hit #3. Fortunate Son was on the “B” side of the record with “Down By The Corner” on the A side hitting the billboard charts as well. This was a rare occasion to have both songs on a record to hit the billboard charts. In 2014 it was added to the National Recording Registry.…

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    Fab Four: The Beatles

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    My choice fell on well-known Fab Four. The success of the band was formed by phenomenon of "Beatlemania" - состояние сильной, граничащей с сумасшествием, любви к группе The Beatles. During an active concert activity is expressed in fanatical worship , which prevented the carrying out of concerts. In the future, the movement has affected many , including music distant from humans. They began to play and form new group For young people all over the world The Beatles became a role model (this is…

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    Harrison Bergeron, written by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. is what is called dystopian fiction. Dystopian fiction means it is fiction based in a futuristic degraded and broken society. This story is about how government tries to keep equality among all. Equality is based on how they look, how strong they are and how intelligent people are. In this story Vonnegut is really showing the reader that even though complete equality sounds good, it is not achievable and loss of individuality becomes reality. He…

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    First: For this event, Venezuela and Great Britain had long disputed the boundary separating British Guiana and Venezuela and tensions rose after 1 509-ounce gold nugget was found in the disputed territory. Both countries claimed the gold was discovered in their territory and President Grover Cleveland attempted to intervene when he became eager to enforce the Monroe Doctrine and to keep Britain from gaining more land in the Western Hemisphere. But eventually, a neutral arbitrator settled the…

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    Harrison Bergeron The story Harrison Bergeron is based in the future, the year 2081 to be exact. The world has turned into a very equal place at least that is what everyone believes besides Harrison. The world is ruled by a Handicapper general by the name of Diana Glampers. The handicapper is the ruler, the one who turns people’s beauty into everyday normality’s. The only one to stand up for them is Harrison Bergeron and that results in his shooting and death on television. Something that really…

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    Justin David Hayward

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    Justin Hayward Justin David Hayward is an English songwriter, lead singer and former guitarist in the rock band the Moody Blues. Born in Swindon, Wiltshire, he studied at Shrivenham School in Berkshire, and The Commonweal School in Swindon. Hayward has shown interest in music since his teenage years, taking part in several groups on the age of 15. One of those early bands was called All Things Bright. It was formed for The Hollies and Brian Poole and the Tremeloes. Career success and personal…

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