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Portraits Of Ingres And Reynolds
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1746.... He has on a black suit, brown vest, and white shirt, as well. These colors working together allow you to make certain assumptions about him. He looks like a working man, which he was. “Louis-Francois Bertin (1766-1841), was one of the great leaders of the French upper middle class, a businessman and a journalist” (Rosenblum, 134). This would explain the one striking color in the piece, the red.
Bertin is sitting on a red cushion, red being a color classically associated with royalty. This could be a commentary on Bertin’s life on a whole. His journal, the Journal .....
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The Vietname War In "America's Australia: Australia's America" And "Into The Dark House"
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1793.... on the Australian American relationship (Chapter
Three), hence its Title. In keeping with the main focus of the War,
American involvement, McMahon deals with this concept in fourteen tightly
written and easily comprehendable Chapters. This results in identifying the
problems and the outcomes associated with the War. The outcomes of these
problems associated with the War primarily manifested themselves on the
battlefield not in the sheltered walls of the decision makers.
D.J.Dennis's Vietnam diary takes an in-depth look at the effects of policy
on the battlefield focusing o .....
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Die Hard The Movie - Action Film Subtexts
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 1003.... two kids with her. She is an executive for a Japanese company, and has changed her name to her maiden name, instead of her married name. Even though they are separated, it looks like Holly wants to try to work things out over the holidays. She asked him if he wanted to stay in their spare room, instead of staying at someone else's place.
Also, John seems to be a macho cop, and doesn't like that his wife has gone off to pursue her career. She is probably making more money than he is, and his pride is offended by this. Her boss has arranged for him to be picked up at t .....
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The Assassination Of Abraham Lincoln
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 826.... Encyclopedia.
Computer software. Buffalo, New York: Encarta 97 Encyclopedia, 1993-1996.
CD-ROM.
This article is a summary of the events leading up to, the
assassination, and the events after Abraham Lincoln's death. He was killed
April 15, 1865. His assassin was a man by the name of John Wilkes Booth.
Lincoln was planing to attend a play at Ford's Theatre that night. Booth
shot him that night.
Booth shot Lincoln with a small pistol known as a derringer. Booth
managed to escape but was caught twelve days later when he was found hiding
in a barn. He underwent sur .....
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The Boston Tea Party
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1476.... printed in the colonies and on most commercial and legal documents used in business. These two Acts alone provided about half of the funding needed to support the British Army. The Stamp Act caused much controversy amongst the colonists and the Stamp Act congress of 1765 said the colonists could not be taxed without their consent. The Stamp Act was repealed in 1776 and the Parliament also declared that England had full power to tax the colonies whenever it wanted (America On-Line).
Another Act, the Currency Act of 1764 forced the colonists to pay for the entire dom .....
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The New Land Of New Ideas
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 445.... However, in the new land there was more opportunity for
entrepreneurship. This led to a increase in the self-interest principle and a
decrease in the principles of religion. In Old England, it was believed that
the few that had the wealth were blessed. Even the King was viewed as the
Lord's represantive on Earth. In the new land one had to work to gain faith.
Wealth that the individual created was viewed as being faithful to the Lord. The
new America gives birth to a true entrepreneurship among the races, if they are
going to have anything at all they are going to have to .....
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Japanese Americans During WWII
Number of pages: 8 | Number of words: 1994.... with specific acts of disloyalty, however, only enemy aliens had to register, and those considered to be dangerous were interned. This was only a few in number as compared to the many Japanese Americans.
Early U.S. History In Dealing With The Japanese
In 1785 the first American ship, Empress of China, made the long voyage to China. This vessel carried all sorts of beautiful Asian treasures. These treasures brought enormous profits when sold in America. The American consumer could not get enough of these treasures. However, there was only one problem the Chinese Government di .....
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Causes Of The Great Depression
Number of pages: 13 | Number of words: 3536.... was an era when our country prospered tremendously. The nation's total realized income rose from $74.3 billion in 1923 to $89 billion in 1929(end note 1). However, the rewards of the "Coolidge Prosperity" of the 1920's were not shared evenly among all Americans. According to a study done by the Brookings Institute, in 1929 the top 0.1% of Americans had a combined income equal to the bottom 42%(end note 2). That same top 0.1% of Americans in 1929 controlled 34% of all savings, while 80% of Americans had no savings at all(end note 3). Automotive industry mogul Henry Ford pr .....
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