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History Of Punk Rock

... the history of punk. You may have heard of called "mashing" or "stage diving." Mashing is just a big game of bumper cars like you played when you were a kid. I think Natalie Jacobson who is dating the lead singer of "Murphy's Law" describes stage diving best when says, "It's like diving into a human carpet. Something like the old kids' trust game. Just my way of getting into it. Gospel people got their thing, I got mine."1 Politics Some punks consider themselves Nazis', or are concerned with issues like peace, racism, and nuclear war. Most ...

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Saddam Hussein: The U.S Portrayal Of Evil Encarnate

... fall of communism had created what George Bush had described as, "A new world order," and would become the first major test of how the U.S. would handle its role as the sole remaining super power in this "new world order." There were many challenges facing the Bush administration as to the manner in which they would handle this first major international crisis. The Bush administration had to develop a consensus of the major remaining powers, and appear not acting alone in its response to President Saddam Hussein’s actions ...

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History Of The Original Lincol

... nineteenth century.” Douglas then purposed dates and places; Lincoln complained that Douglas would have four opening and closings speeches whereas he would have only three, he wrote “I accede, and thus close the arrangement.” The first of seven debates was on Saturday, August 21, 1858 at Ottawa, which started an important part of the history of the United States of America, the Lincoln-Douglas debates. The Ottawa debate set the format for the remaining six debates. Lincoln and Douglas agreed that the first speaker would speak for ...

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Metallica

... this music, Lars Ulrich wanted to start a heavy metal band... a band that he could play his favorite songs with. On the other side of the globe, James Hetfield, ’s current rhythm guitarist and lead singer, was looking to start a band of his own. His current roommate had taught him how to play guitar and James was very motivated to get something started. In effect, James had put a listing in a worldwide music magazine, The Recycler under “H” for “Heavy Metal”. James and Lars, were the only ones listed, so it was obvious that the tw ...

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Alexis De Tocqueville (1805-18

... He feared the "tyranny of the majority," which he felt would destroy the freedoms of the people. His work, Democracy in America was not to measure the mastery of United States but to look how France could learn from the emerging democracy that was sweeping the west. It is my goal to learn more about this man and even read this book, Democracy in America. Works Cited "Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859)." DISCovering Biography. 1999. Galenet. 4 May 1999. . Kraynak, Robert P. "Tocqueville's Constitutionalism." The American Political Scie ...

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Ben Franklins Autobiography

... sense) but also other-serving. Indeed Franklin has eliminated self-denial from the picture, but has he eliminated self-sacrifice? When the interests of self and society seem to conflict, we discover a Franklin who from almost the beginning tries to find a way to be a good citizen as well as a good man, a friend both to himself and to others. What shall we make of the motives the author gives for writing the Autobiography itself? Franklin explicitly lists eight reasons (Lemay 1307-8): (1) his son (though anyone may become Franklin's mora ...

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Betsy Ross

... shop together for three years. In 1775 John joined the militia. While serving the Militia he was killed when a store filled with gunpowder blew up. John was very badly burned. Betsy treated him the best way she knew how, but despite her efforts he died in the middle of January. Against her parents will, Betsy continued to run the upholstery shop. Six months later, in June of 1776, with her husbands death behind her she was approached by George Washington, Robert Morris, and her uncle George Ross. They wanted to discuss the possibility of ...

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Declaration Of Independence 2

... introduction says that the declaration will declare the causes that have made it required for the American colonies to leave the British Empire. Independence is unavoidable and necessary. The preamble explains principles that are described to be "self-evident" by most people in the 18th- century. This document was a move for independence of the 13 colonies to secede from the British. There were a couple stages in the Declaration of Independence. The document was originally drafted by Thomas Jefferson in June of 1776. The Declaration of In ...

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The Tragedy At Columbine

... in different areas of the community. The only thing the people of Littleton can do is accept these "sores" and go on with their lives. One "sore" that they need to accept is the fact that the only ones to blame for the massacre are the two dead killers. They were the ones who pulled the triggers and they were the only ones with all the answers. Gun makers, school officials, and the police should not be the scapegoats. They are simply pawns of society who are paid to do their specific jobs, not raise children. Another "sore" afflicting the com ...

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Underground Railroad

... war, and it was being one of our nation's first major anti-slavery movements. The history of the railroad is quite varied according to whom you are talking. Slavery in America thrived and continued to grow because there was a scarcity of labor. Cultivation of crops on plantations could be supervised while slaves used simple routines to harvest them, the low price at which slaves could be bought, and earning profits as a bonus for not having to pay hired work. Slaves turned to freedom for more than one reason. Some were obsess ...

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The Indians Of New France

... and who had items which were valuable to them. Various Indian personalities were also observed and admired by Europeans particularly the Jesuits. The Native Indians were among the first people to enter North America. They entered America through the passage of the Bering Strait, a location which is the midpoint of Alaska and Siberia. As time passed, they settled on various pieces of land and hunted, fished and grew crops. Alfred Bailey mentions that, "It had been suggested that Siouans, the Iroquoians and Algonquians were among ...

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The Battle Of Saratoga

... and ordered Col. Daniel Morgan’s riflemen of Virginia to track the British march. At about 12:30 p.m., some of Morgan’s men came in contact with the advance guard of Burgoyne’s center column in a farm area about a mile north of the American camp. The battle went back and forth over the farm area for more than three hours. Then, additional German troops arrived from the river road. Burgoyne steadied the timid British line and gradually forced the Americans to withdraw. Shaken by this American victory, the British commander ordered ...

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