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The 1970’s: Rebellion, Recession, and Relief Ever since war began in the 1700’s, the United States has created an extraordinary history. A past that included battle, set backs, and reconstruction. This would change America forever. My family has continuously been apart of war dating back to 1914. I chose to write my Oral History assignment about the 1970’s. While focusing on the Vietnam War, this time period was quite eventful. The 1970’s were a fearful, influential, and revolutionary time that…

Anna May Wong, considered to be the first Chinese-American movie star, was very influential in the rise of Asian-American prominence in film. She was born as her chinese name Wong Liu Tsong, meaning ‘frosted yellow willow’, and told those around her, “I represent one considerable spot of yellow that’s come to stay in the silver of the screen” (Corliss 2, “Anna May Wong: In Her Own Words”). Through her work, Wong has helped to normalize the image of Asian Americans on screen, and proved the…

Dr. Peter Venkman is interested in testing whether psychics who claim to have clairvoyant powers actually do. Dr. Venkman believes that real psychics have special clairvoyant powers that non-psychics do not possess. 1a). If the “psychic” can predict the identity of these “psychics” possess clairvoyant powers that non-psychic people do not possess.1b) Looking at the fact sheet provided by John A. Thomas shows an experiment known as the Rhine experiment when Joseph Banks Rhine made the ESP cards…

In 1982, Vera Bradley was founded with an idea of two neighbors, a work space of a ping pong table, and $500! The founders were disappointed while traveling that baggage was no longer beautiful and they started their own brand. The company was named after founder, Barbara Bradley Baekgaard’s mother, Vera Bradley. Vera worked for the company as a sales person until she passed in the early 1990s. The stores still celebrate her birthday each year (“About Vera Bradley”)! Vera Bradley is…

Kirtan Patel AAST200- 0101 The Reality of M. Butterfly In David Henry Hwang’s theatre play, M. Butterfly manifests three keywords that have a greater and deeper meaning: race, gender, and Orientalism. “Race is a social construction…” (Hwang) Junaid Rana starts her definition of race by calling it a social construction. Where race was never truly a thing, it is something created to separate cultural and biological differences in a corporate class. Race was not an issue when it came down to…

to bunt holding the bat out in front of the plate. I have to bunt, I have to bunt, if I miss the ball, our winning run is out for sure. I stare down the ball, as if I can see it’s red laces’ every rotation, the world is silent for half a second. . . PING! I got it, I got the ball, but now I’m off for first. My mind is racing faster than my feet carrying me to first. I’m almost there, springing off my toes with every bound, I hear cheers. Oh no not cheers. I still can’t turn my head, what if…

Thousands of muslims rohingya have escape from Myanmar, many of them are crossing by land into the border of Bangladesh. while some others choose to take the sea to reach others countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. The discriminatory policies of the myanmar government in rakhin state, which have caused hundred of thousands of rohingya to flee sinced the late 1970s. Their plight has been compounded by the responses of many of Myanmar’s neighbors, which have been slow to take in…

Ping-Hsin Ko (2009) conducted a study to observe the relationship between the plantar pressure caused by standing and metatarsal head soft tissue strain under varying heel heights. They found that the pressure increased a great amount when raising the…

Congressional Country Club, Bethesda, Maryland: 8:05 am... “Lockwood,” said Senator Bobby Richards, “you are the only congressman who can miss your tee time by an hour and march right up to the tee and start hacking away.” After resetting his ball by pulling up the tee some, he was happy‒hoping his ball would land where he was looking. “That is about all I do anymore, is hack,” Lockwood replied, with a kid-smile, as he pulled his lucky…

tumultuous period of American history. Mysteriously, Forrest finds himself at the center of dozens of major events of the 60’s and 70’s. He was present during the forced integration of the University of Alabama, he was one of the players in so called “Ping Pong Diplomacy,” and his call to the front desk of his hotel created the Watergate scandal. He is a Vietnam War hero, plays all American football with Bear Bryant and makes a fortune investing in Apple. Forrest lived his life as a slow,…