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    Watergate Seven Scandal

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    The U.S. is said to have undergone a transformation of political culture in the early 1970’s. The Watergate hotel break-in at the Democratic campaign headquarters led directly to the White house. In 1972, President Nixon was seeking a second term and was facing Democrat George Mcgovern. Nixon was unsure that he would be re-elected, so he put in place several groups of specialized unlawful men to gather and uncover as much information that he could use against his opponent and party. Cover-ups,…

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    In this passage, it is Christmas time and Rudy’s father is still gone. Liesel makes an attempt at cheering him up by bringing Rudy to his father’s tailoring company after dark. As the two children poke around the abandoned shop and find old treasures. To any passerby they would look like normal children, a little on the skinny side, but other than that normal. What they do not see is the hurt that stays inconspicuously behind the eyes of human embodiments of sorrow and pain. They escape these…

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    A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens shows the theme that anyone can become a better person if they look upon their past. The reader learns that even someone like Scrooge can become a great man. At the beginning of the story, Ebenezer Scrooge is a greedy, rude man. On pages 17 and 18 he refuses to donate any of his money (Which he has plenty of) to the poor. On page 20 a caroller comes to his door and Scrooge makes them run away. On page 15 he refuses his own nephew’s Christmas meal invitation.…

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    Assassination of our beloved president John F. Kennedy. There were anti-war protests, anti-racism acts and marches that went for miles. One of the most known people involved in these events was the one and only, Bob Dylan. His career was a big impact on young people of the 1960’s It started when Bob Dylan begun listening to Little Richard ( a rock ‘n’ roll artist from the late 50’s early 60’s) and imitating him while he was a teenager. (source 1) This is one of the places where he got his…

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    With the rise of popular stars such as Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift, many people think that country music is a new genre. The truth is that country has a long standing tradition in American music, going all the way back to the 1930's. The history of this music is important to understand if someone is curious about how it has become such an immensely popular genre today. When country music first hit the popular music scene in the 1930's, it was in a form known as honky tonk music. The genre…

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    Machine Gun Song Analysis

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    were also part of the anti-war movement, fighting back against the oppression of those in the higher power of the American society. Bob Dylan’s folk music was still relevant during the Vietnam War, and Cuban Misle crisis. People could identify with Dylan’s “Hard rain” as the song talk about the destructive world with themes of pollution, hunger, war, and racism. Bob Dylan’s “Master of War” song also addressed the Vietnam…

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    Rolling Stones History

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    The Rolling Stones have been a major band since 1962 releasing 51 albums and hundreds of songs. The band started out in 1962 in London. The original line-up consisted of Mick Jagger born July 26, 1943 (age 73 years)(lead vocals), Keith Richards born December 18, 1943 (age 72 years)(lead guitar, backing vocals), Brian Jones February 28, 1942 (rhythm guitar, harmonica), Ian Stewart born July 18, 1938 (piano) Charlie Watts born June 2, 1941 (age 75 years) (drums) , and Bill Wyman born October 24,…

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    Pitching a tent without poles is a difficult task; sleeping in one for a week is even harder. The wind blows at the feeble attempt of shelter, constantly swaying the loose tarp scrappily tied between two trees. The rain seeps down through ill-positioned window flaps to create a permeating dankness. The supposed place of refuge from wilderness becomes a suffocating box as the canvas slowly collapses and sinks to the ground. Of course, prior preparation and remembering to bring along the poles can…

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    The movie “The Little Prince”, is about a little girl who lives a very grown-up life with her mom. In the movie, her mother tries to prepare her for adulthood. They move into a house next to a nutty older man named the Aviator. The Aviator introduces the girl to an extraordinary world where anything is possible, which is the world of the little prince. The older man in this film is an exaggerated stereotype because he's like the crazy older man who lives on the block. All the neighbors try to…

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    1) I think the music of today will be described by historians of the future like it always has been in the past. Our music today is a reflection of the lives led by the people making the music and also a reflection of the lives led by the intended group which the musicians are trying to reach and influence. People tend to say that they believe historians will view today's music as different and more risky than music of the past, which is true, but that is no different than how historians have…

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