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Arlo Guthrie
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 644.... with the original story. This is a shorter version.
You can get anything you want... at Alice's Restaurant, exceptin' Alice
You can get anything you want... at Alice's Restaurant
Walk right in it's around the back
Just a half-a-mile from the railroad track
Oh... You can get anything you want
At Alice's Restaurant.
First of all, there is no restaurant named Alice's Restaurant. Rather, it is about a woman named Alice who lives near a restaurant. Alice and her husband lived in a church that they made into their residence. There was a lot of garbage in the church and it leads to A .....
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The 60s And Freedom
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1298.... generation just
wanted a chance to express their own views rather than having to constantly
succumb to the values and rules left behind by the older generation.
The two different approaches used by authors to express these views
are often representative of the two main systems used by youths to help
gain their freedoms. The first approach, taken by the Port Huron Statement
and authors such as Gerzon, Reich, Revel and Gitlin, follows the ideals of
the New Left. The New Left represents youths striving for political change
through cultural means. People are encourage .....
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The Cold War
Number of pages: 10 | Number of words: 2540.... he made were helped immeasurably by
intelligence gathered from reconnaissance photos of the high altitude plane
U-2. In understanding these agencies today I will show you how these
agencies came about, discuss past and present operations, and talk about
some of their tools of the trade.
Origin of the CIA and KGB
The CIA was a direct result of American intelligence operations during
World War II. President Franklin D. Roosevelt recognized the need to
coordinate intelligence to protect the interests of the United States. In
1941, he appointed William J. Donovan to the .....
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The 1960's
Number of pages: 10 | Number of words: 2509.... "tune in, turn on, drop out." you know why the nation
celebrates Martin luther king, jr.'s birthday. all of the social issues
are reflected in today's society: the civil rights movement, the student
movement, space exploration, the sexual revolution, the environment,
medicine and health, and fun and fashion.
The Civil Rights Movement
The momentum of the previous decade's civil rights gains led by rev.
Martin luther king, jr. carried over into the 1960s. but for most blacks,
the tangible results were minimal. only a minuscule percentage of black
ch .....
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The Civil War Campaign Of 1862
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 354.... the river. This became known as the Battle of Seven Pines, a confused and bloody affair in which Johnston was severely wounded.
Lee was given command of the army and began shuffling troops around in front of McClellan to convince him that he was faced with an enormous force. Lee then moved across the river and attacked the Union forces there; these fell back so that Lee could attack the southern half on its flank, and this, in turn, fell back. Lee continued in this manner, pushing one flank and then the other, McClellan backing away before him, and only the relative inexperienc .....
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The Salem Witch Trials
Number of pages: 9 | Number of words: 2223.... if a horse’s mane was found tangled, it had been knotted by a witch who had used it as a stirrup to mount for a stolen ride to a witches’ Sabbath (Robbins 56).
In the Massachusetts Bay Colony, a strong belief in the Devil, factions among Salem Village fanatics and rivalry with nearby Salem Town, a recent small pox epidemic, and the threat of attack by warring tribes created a fertile ground for fear and suspicion (S.W.M. Ed.1).
The dramatic story unfolds through the influences of a slave girl from the West Indies. The slave to Reverend Samuel Parris and his family, Titub .....
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Address At March On Washington For Jobs And Freedom
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 598.... “bad check” thing means is these people signed papers for all people to be created equal and it just doesn’t happen.
Also in his speech he says “we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream”. That quote meant that we the people will not give up until all this segregation between races is over with and settled.
Then all throughout the end of his speech he talks about the same thing and that is how we the people will wake up some day and treat each other as if it was there mother, father, sister, brotherIn this speech .....
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Geography And Climate In The American Colonies
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1437.... to ship building, become merchants or fishing to make a living. Although geography did greatly affect the lives of those who settled in New England, there was a lot more that made their colonies different from others. For example, the Puritans came for religious freedom, and to create “A city upon a hill”. They left England because they felt the Anglican Church too closely resembled the Catholic Church, and they could only practice their religion underground, or they would be punished. To them, this was unacceptable, so they fled to Holland, and eventually came to Massachuse .....
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