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    The 1997 film, Titanic, directed by James Cameron, is based of the true event of the RMS Titanic which had sunk in the Atlantic Ocean on 15th April, 1912. The film begins with special submarines searching the old sunken ship underwater. Astrologers have been in search for a rare diamond necklace called the “heart of the ocean” that was gifted to Rose Bukater from her fiancé Caledon on the ship before it had sunk. Even though the diamond necklace is not found, the astrologers recover a safe with drawings of Rose Bukater wearing nothing but the necklace around her neck. These pictures were shown on a news channel from where an elderly lady claims to be Rose. When she comes to meet the astrologers, the story of the titanic is told through her. Rose Bukater, along with her mother and fiancé, boarded the titanic as one of the first class passengers. Even though Rose was brought up in a high class society her whole life, she has always felt misfit. Because of financial problems, Rose's mother is forcing her marriage with Caledon as a way of regaining their money. On the other hand there was Jack Dawson, a penny less artist, who won his third class tickets on the Titanic through gambling. Rose and Jack meet for the first time when Rose attempts on suicide from the back of the boat due to all the pressure put on her by her mother. Jack convinces Rose not to jump off and from there both start getting to know one another and slowly develops into friendship. Rose realizes that she…

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    The book I will be analyzing is, Kopet: A Documentary Narrative of Chief Joseph’s Last Year’s by M. Gidley. It was published in 1981 in Seattle, Washington, United States of America. This book is split up into three different sections: 1. Starting Out from the Meany Papers An introduction 2. Chief Joseph of the Nez Peres A chronology 3. White Witnesses to Chief Joseph’s End A Narrative This book discusses the last few years of Chief Joseph’s life, the white people…

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    Schumpeter’s work considered the role of entrepreneurs in creating profit as well as building on Weber’s examination of credit-money. He focused on these areas as an attempted to solve two problems with Smith’s circular-flow model. First, that it did not contain profits and secondly, it did not contain the element of bank credit-money. Schumpeter explained that the role of the entrepreneur was not passive, simply responding to price signals. He argued that in reality the entrepreneur’s…

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    Franz Joseph Haydn is widely known as one of the creators of classical music, as well as being dubbed the “Father of the Symphony” and “Father of the String Quartet. He is also one of the greatest and most celebrated composers of all time. Haydn once remarked, “Young people can learn from my example that something can come from nothing. What I have become is the result of my hard efforts.” And it was the truth. Haydn came from humbler beginnings than most. He was born in Rohrau, Austria on March…

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    Analysis Of Sister Wives

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    Sister Wives, should polygamy be legalized? Polygamy has been around for many years and with the TV show Sister Wives it can now be viewed in our homes weekly with each new season it brings. The show reminds us of the controversy that surrounds plural marriage. Should plural marriage be legalized? There are many opinions on this touchy topic. Should we, as a society, just leave it be, mind our own business as it were? Should we turn a blind eye to the accusations of abuse and underage…

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    Even though The Soviet Union turned from a rural farming country to an industrialized power house in just a matter of years, Stalin’s plans were more harmful than helpful to the Soviet Union because of the famine he caused, and the millions that died because of his actions. Joseph Stalin was one of the leaders of the Bolsheviks or communist party that took control of Russia on October 24, 1917. During the Russian Revolution, he was a general who fought in major battles in the Russian Civil War…

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    Jalol Ikromi HIST 3121-03 Final Paper In June 1941 Nazi attack on Soviet Union started, and to due economic turmoil and Stalin’s reign of terror, Soviet Union forces were weak and were unable to oppose a surprised German invasion, therefore Germany was had early success which hurt Soviet forces even more. However Soviet Union was able to keep fighting, and result successful after 1943. Factors that have contributed to the success of the Soviet Union was an astonishing recovery of the Soviet…

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    1.What factors precipitated and fueled the social divisions of the 1920s? The Reds were a group of individuals who were fueled to overthrow American capitalism. They were many factors that fueled this and caused this "Red Scare" in America. The Americans believed that one of the factors were new immigrants from Eastern Europe bringing in radical ideas that were against the United States and its beliefs. Also many workers were being laid off since machines were replacing them along with…

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    stable conclusions—and in the end no conclusion at all”. His musical gestures and languages were well presented his idea of the chamber music in this piece and we can get the idea of employment situation for professional composer in middle of the 18th century. While Haydn built his career at Esterhazy as a royal place musician, Mozart who is another great composers in classic period faced little bit different situation compared with Haydn. Mozart was third concertmaster at Archbishop…

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    The Red Scare

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    The Cold War created a large amount of tension not just between the United States and the Soviet Union but also within the country itself. The second wave of the Red Scare was a direct result of the Cold War and changed the overall moral of the country for a period of time. There were many cases that came as a direct result of the widespread panic and anxiety over the infiltration of Communist influence into society. Together, The Smith Act, Dennis versus U.S. and the HUAC hearings of the…

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