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    Ruby bridges were the first courageous African American to enter an all white elementary school in New Orleans in 1966. She was a brave, little girl was lead by U.S. Marshals. Protesters yelled at her as she walked up the stairs. Ruby demonstrated bravery even though she was ostracized, threatened, and surrounded by racists. First, Ruby was shunned by white people, including her teachers and administrators. Ruby spent most of her first day of school in the principal’s office. White parents…

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    Observing and organizing criminal and administrative investigations on behalf of the Federal Air Marshal Service is required as these investigations result in administrative sanctions by appropriate agencies. This is especially important as a Team Leader during Special Mission Coverage operations. These reports are processed through criminal, administrative and intelligence agencies. These missions require surreptitious surveillance of subjects as well as documenting both overt and furtive…

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    High Noon Film Analysis

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    The revisionist western drama begins with cowboys, who look to be “bad”, all meeting up and riding into town, as a gang, on their horses. The film then shows us a man and woman getting married, also finding out the man is a deputy. Will Kane, the deputy, previously locked away Frank Miller, the outlaw, for a crime he was supposed to be killed for. High Noon is filmed in real time, the audience only know as much as the characters because everything is portrayed at the same speed between viewers…

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    Armed Airline Pilots

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    deaths. The aircraft manufactures insist that these results are mostly Hollywood special effects and are highly unlikely actually to happen. (West) If these highly dangerous results were a reality, why would air marshals be put on planes? Wouldn’t the same result happen if an air marshal fires a weapon? There are some alternative weapons that would potentially be used to subdue any hijacker. This type of weapon is considered as a type of stun-gun. A stun-gun can be used in two different ways.…

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    Tom Chaney In True Grit

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    what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.” In the novel True Grit by Charles Portis, the main character Mattie Ross, a fourteen-year-old girl, goes on quest to avenge the murder of her father. Along the way, Mattie teams up with the meanest Marshal, Rooster Cogburn and Texas Ranger Laboeuf. Together they hunt down her father’s murderer, Tom Chaney. A quest like this requires a lot of grit, which is fearlessness, determination, and passion for a goal. Mattie, Rooster, and Laboeuf all share…

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    They both depict characters fighting to achieve something mostly on their own. Although they have the same underlying isolation, they both come in different ways. In the movie High Noon, the marshal of Hadleyville, Will Kane, fights alone to stop an old foe that he sent up. Although he is considered the best marshal the town has ever had, when push comes to shove, no one is there to help him. In the short story "The Most Dangerous Game" Rainsford is an expert hunter who was traveling to the…

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    police. Membership in the witness protection program is typically for life, and usually begins with a visit from U.S. marshals, whether anticipated or not. While many of the witnesses and their family members have time to make the decision and prepare for their new lives, others are forced to choose rather quickly. Sometimes they even occasionally have to leave within moments of the marshals arriving. In 1963, Joseph Valachi became the first Mafia member to publicly acknowledge the existence of…

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    Django Film Analysis

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    county in the street. Afterwards, the marshal and the militia of the town come to the bar in order to arrest and/or kill Shultz and Django if they resist. Instead, Shultz proves that he is beyond the law and instead of arresting Shultz for murder, Shultz informs the marshal that he now owes him money for his service. Interestingly, the film portrays this violence as abnormal as it throws the whole town into chaos. Additionally, this scene illustrates a theme…

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    In the 1960s, the Vietnam War pressured the American society and culture into the anti-war movement. A new culture was founded to protest against the entrance of the war. Through the eyes of a drafted man, a passionate protester and a political author, the audience learns different responses to the movement. Their contrasting expressions of the spirit of the time provokes a similar message together. David Lance Goines, Ann Charters and Susan Sontag demonstrate their approach to support the…

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    bullies come towards him and pulls his dog's ear. Billy is then furious and fights them off, but there were too many of them and he was beaten to the ground. A marshal comes along and the bullies ran away. The marshal then brought Billy and his dogs to a store and gave Billy some soda. Afterwards, Billy leaves the store and said goodbye to the marshal. Billy heads for home and fine his mom knitting something. He runs to his mom and starts to cry. His parents then ask him about how he like the…

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