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that Welch paid to creditors of a bankrupt business that he was formerly the secretary for, were not deductible as an ordinary and necessary business expense. Rather, the court found that these expenditures were akin to capital expenditures of his new business. These payments were found to be extraordinary in nature because similar businesses do not improve their credit and goodwill through such…

artist. After studying there for two years, Thomas Cole joined his family in New York City in 1825. This is where his work really started to take off. Two of his more well known pieces depicted the Hudson River and the Catskills. By displaying his work in a bookstore, Cole's pieces started getting noticed and sold. Thanks to William Dunlap spreading the news of the new talent in town, Cole's work became quite popular. The New York City culture loved his romanticized view and representation of…

PART I QUIZ SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS Compare the views of these two historians by answering the following questions. Be sure to find specific examples in the text to support your answers. 1. What is the topic of each excerpt? The topic of Bernard Bailyn’s excerpt, “The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution.” focused around his theory that multiple, radical ideologies were the cause of the American Revolution. He says, “In the end I was convinced that the fear of a comprehensive…

Clayton Condon Joanna Boylan American Literature 3rd 24 October, 2014 America’s Melodies: An Analysis of Patriotism in Lyrics Since the creation of the genre in the late seventeenth century, patriotic music has demonstrated the expression of admiration and devotion for one’s country, boosted general moral in times of crisis, and rekindled pride in who we are, and what we represent, as a great nation. (Rhein 1). In an effort to increase nationalistic views, there are several qualities used…

This part of the movie seems to capture Pollack’s focus on his painting and leaving the taste for hard liquor behind in New York City. Lee and Jackson decide to get married and focus on turning Pollack’s talent in art into something original and new. The film from here focuses on how Pollack creates his trademark technique of dripping or action painting, which leads to an article about him and his work in Life magazine. Lee and Pollack believe that this is only the beginning of the successes to…

there conveying a real pleasure in participating in this heaven for bachelors. Contrasting with The Tartarus of Maids, in which the narrator is horrified by the enslavement of humanity by the machinery of industry and the dehumanizing effect of the new technology being dominate over living, breathing people. A closer look at Melville’s word choice reveals a contrasting tone that supports the juxtaposition in attitude between the two narratives. Starting in the title with “paradise” meaning…

The Middle Colonies and the New England Colonies way of life was similar and different in many ways. Even though these two colonies had many differences they all had one thing in common, they all worked very hard everyday, and it all payed off. The Middle Colonies, and The New England Colonies flourished with crops, jobs, and many people living and working there! Even though these are two different regions with their own lifestyle, these colonies had some similarities! No matter what your…

Walt Whitman, born in 1819, is profoundly known for his later start in poetry. His works primarily focus on his personal experience within the Civil War. His two works deeply reflect his time spent as a nurse for the Union side of the war. Although one being fiction and the other nonfiction, Whitman is capable of getting his tone and ideas across to the reader in both The Artilleryman’s Vision and Letter to His Mother. Both works and their depictions articulate the Civil War experience through…

People think that football originated from softball, but that’s not the case. The first game of softball was due to a football game. On Thanksgiving, 1887, some alumni were at the Illinois Farragut Boat Club in Chicago waiting for the outcome of the football game of Yale vs. Harvard. Yale won, and when this was announced one of the Yale fans tossed a boxing glove at one of the Harvard supporters. They swung a stick, and the rest of the people in the group became intrigued. A reporter named…

PA 584-Intergovernmental Management You Decide Paper By:Farkhanda Qadir Dear Governor: Due to the state’s budget problems, many higher education programs had to be removed from the state’s publicly supported universities. As a result, some majors will no longer be offered by these universities, which mean that students within the state will have to avail of those majors in another state. However, the state’s universities also offer majors that are not…