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    The mid-nineteenth century was the immense time of British radicalism. Illustrative of the time was William Ewart Gladstone, who served as leader four times somewhere around 1868 and 1894. Before 1848, Gladstone had been a traditionalist with a solid reformist streak; his two noteworthy interests were unhindered commerce and the restoration of London's whores. “By the 1860s he had gone separate ways with the traditionalists and turn into a main liberal, pushing for expansion of the establishment, change in the armed force and common administration, and a decrease in the size and cost of government.” He would later bolster Irish home govern and criticize those he saw as narrow minded despots, including the pope, the Ottoman sultan, and his most…

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    Blue is psychologically at the border of suicide. (podcast tip sound effects taste) Colors affect our psychology. Food establishments use yellow and red because of the powerful effects. Pink shows a strong affects to physical athletes, improving aggression and response time. While it also makes you score lower on tests. The most interesting of the colors though, is the most common. You know the one. The invented one. If you are not familiar. Its from a Radiolab podcast but based on the book…

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    government. As a result, the upper classes were nervous that the revolution in France would take place in Britain. Consequently, pressure was put on Britain and small Political Reforms were granted, but no major changes took place. For this reason, political changes abroad weren 't a main factor in Briatin 's growth of democracy. Political attitudes in Britain were slowly changing. The Government had growing confidence in the new middle and working classes, because of the Education acts of 1870…

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    the populace was that the greater political involvement of the working class was essential in assuaging this poverty due to their first hand experience with these issues and thus their ability to draw attention to them. To this end the goverment implemented changes which allowed the so called "skilled working class" to vote , specifically, in 1867 for the townsfolk and 1884 for those residing in the countryside. The historian Sydney Wood – Britain and Scotland 1850-1979 – strongly argues…

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    In Death of a Salesman by, Arthur Miller, Willy has a desire to be a good father to his son were his dad was not. Willy believes that if he can instill the correct values into Biff so he can be like himself or more successful. The problem Willy is confronted with is that he cares too much as if he is trying to emulate his life in Biffs. Compared to Willy Charley takes a position of hands off while still teaching Bernard to be a good student and by working hard because it will pay dividends later…

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    knowing what celebrities went through to get there. With that being said, what do you value most in life? Is it the little things that can be by the past or the important things? In life people tend to put so much value on the little things. For example, like William Carlos Williams hold his red wheelbarrow to so much standards. He feels as though so much depends upon it. When we focus on the little things, we tend to get side-tracked as William Carlos Williams shows in his “Red Wheel” poem and…

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    simple man was William Carlos Williams. He was born in America as a Puerto Rican-American who then with hard work and determination became a well-practiced doctor. He however is better known for his works of poetry that challenged the traditional way of writing poetry. In Williams’s book of poetry, The Wedge, is prefaced by an introduction that introduces his readers to his controversial ideas concerning poetry and what it should represent in today’s modern times. He wants his readers to break…

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    commentary. In terms of poetry, authors often switch between the two throughout their bodies of work. William Carlos Williams is an imagist poet whose personal poetic philosophy as expressed in various essays and interviews demonstrates a clear choice for using the poetic form to make social political commentary. In particular, Williams poem This is Just to Say is no exception to Williams’ method of using the poetic form for political…

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    In Remembrance of Aggie Fausnaugh (1929 – 2016) The Agnes H. Fausnaugh Endowed Scholarship Fund is a bequest from Aggie Fausnaugh, Ohio Wesleyan, to her beloved sorority, Kappa Kappa Gamma. Aggie Park attended Ohio Wesleyan University where she became a member of Rho Chapter in 1946. It was that same fall that Aggie met Hal A. Fausnaugh, a member of Beta Theta Pi and her future husband. From the moment she met Hal, she knew he was the guy for her. Kappa was another great love of Aggie’s life.…

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    A modernist by trade, William Carlos Williams works with other artists in an effort to start and perpetuate a new movement. Working within the constraints that focused on breaking free from past restrictions and conscriptions with an eye towards current events and cultural influences, Williams is building something beautifully simplistic in his poetry. Towards the beginning of his efforts in poetry Williams’ underlines the fears associated with the cultural change to modernism, and the prevalent…

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