United States home front during World War II

Important Information In Los Angeles during the summer of 1955, Doctor Foster had enough patients to secure admitting privileges at a hospital; however, it was not near Cedars Sinai or the UCLA Medical Center. The hospital was near his office and was called Metropolitan Hospital (Wilkerson, 2010, p. 309). The majority of the patients were of color, but the hospital doctors were white, with the very few exceptions, Doctor Foster was one of them (Wilkerson, 2010, p. 309). Doctor Foster dreaded…

directs you to your seat. “Third row down, to the two seats at the very left side.” You find your seat as you comfortably start to settle down making sure that you can see the stage since you paid a little more money in order for you to be at the very front closer to the actors. The energy feels excited but still content. You hear the rest of the people talking quietly to the person next to them. The third bell rung however, the lights of the theater dim, making the stage brighter. The crowd…

C.E. Constantine declared Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire and spurred the development of European music, and 850 C.E. music moved from monophony to polyphony (infoplease.com). Significant strides in modern music were sparked during the renaissance era when polyphony sounds changed to harmonious sounds. Consequently, secular music became popular. Around 1600, the first Italian opera, Euridice, was performed (infoplease.com). Baroque music…

out of town on a tide of gentrification” (Molloy 2016). Another example involves Loretta Holloman, a resident of Northeast Washington, who is experiencing first-hand the displacement that comes with gentrification. She lives in Brookline Manor, a World War II-era development of 19 squat brick blockhouses with 535 no-frills apartments. A few miles north of the U.S. Capitol, the complex is occupied mainly by low-income tenants whose rents are government-subsidized. As the District’s growing…

The culture of the west and thought begun with the classical Greece. These officially started in the year 1500BC; however, the interruption of the culture of the West was about 1100-900BC during the dark ages of the Greek. The intrusion took momentum at the beginning of 900BC a classical period when the Greece would enter into their most glorious period (Merchant, 98). It is also a time when they were setting the basis for the dominant empires and nations in the millennia and the centuries to…

1953 Iranian Coup d’Etat The study of this event goes back to the post-WWII discussions over Iranian oil. For many years, whilst being politically involved in Iran, the US had not pursued comprehensive economic ties. For decades, Iran had hosted oil concessions owned by the USSR and the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (Britain), and these two powers held significant power in the region. They alone controlled most of Iran's oil reserves, a vital key to Iranian economic stability and strength. Although…

“We Win, They Lose”: How Reagan’s Foreign Policy Brought Down the Soviet Union The 1980s was a pivotal era in world history. After decades of America’s failed containment policies which strengthened and helped spread Communism across the globe, a change in direction was desperately needed. Ronald Reagan fundamentally shifted American foreign policy as president, which in turn, greatly influenced the collapse of the “evil empire” by the early nineties. Although the Reagan Administration did…

best point on front of the class. Mr. Wilson mimicked the kind of debate they were expected to do, and told them that he would flip a coin to decide who would go first. Mr. Wilson also informs the class that as their six classmates debated they should add any arguments that are bought up in the debate they don’t have in their…

accommodating despite his dissatisfaction in his daily life. His mother describes his actions, "'The boy has nothing in his head but the company. I almost worry that he never goes out at night; he has been in the city eight days now, but he was at home every night. He sits with us at the table and quietly reads the newspaper or studies train schedules. Busying himself with woodworking is as far as he goes in the way of amusement'" (Kafka 950). Gregor's obsession with work takes over his life, as…

The Effect of Physical Education on World Health Assuring oneself good health demands that one goes beyond observing instructions from health professionals. One ought to appreciate the contributions of routines like hand washing, proper sanitation, good diets, access to clean water, and sufficient physical exercises towards attainment of proper health. Societies should look past the national programs in order to appreciate and borrow what has worked well in other countries in the guest of good…