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The Masters Of Puppets

... of the business, Newsted is the “man” who is always live and looks for fans at all times, and Hammett is the spiritual one, while Hetfield just "hangs out" (Metallica). Ulrich stated: "I believe that music history should be explored by music lovers. And I think people are short-changing themselves if they do not take a step back to understand, or even appreciate where things came from." (Biography 1). Amid the mayhem, Metallica endured its share of hardship and tragedy (Metallica). “The road, the horrors, the deaths, the breakings of ...

Number of words: 2927 | Number of pages: 11

Vietnam War - Vietnam Soldiers - "They Carried Ghosts"

... parents at home and knew that they would not understand what he was going through. In the Documentary Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam, directed by Bill Couturie, showed these relationships change. One soldier writes to his mother and tells her that for a second, he felt as if he was on vacation because it was so beautiful in Vietnam. One had to think that this man wrote this to his mother only for her to worry less. He did not want to tell her the whole truth on what was really going on inside of him. Would anyone from the outside w ...

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Halloween: A Groundbreaking Film

... human - THAT was both refreshing and terrifying. Halloween was the film that earned Jamie Lee Curtis the infamous title of "Scream Queen." She plays Laurie Strode, the virginal protagonist. Curtis effectively conveys the feelings and aspirations of a shy, insecure teenager. It is hard to believe that Curtis would develop into a well-known actress often considered a sex symbol. An image very different from the awkward, gawky character she portrayed in Halloween. The film opens with a long, single-shot introduction that takes place on Hall ...

Number of words: 1362 | Number of pages: 5

Bauhaus

... 1919 an institution called the was formed in Weimer. Walter Gropius was appointed as the head of the school. He had three goals that he wanted his students to achieve. Artist and craftsmen were accepted into the program in an effort to get them to work collectively to combine all of their skills. Secondly, the students were to design everyday objects as works of art. This would advance modern art into the sense of functional design. The third goal was to maintain contact with the leaders of industry so the students could be their consu ...

Number of words: 917 | Number of pages: 4

Film Review Of Do The Right Thing

... have grown up on his pizza. Sal remained in the neighborhood as it became predominately black as he showed pride and a love for the neighborhood. And over the years he has built a tradition of good relationships with his black customers. The story follows Mookie, the delivery boy for the pizza parlor, as he struggles to “do the right thing” throughout the day. The events are set in motion when violence that breaks out is between two neighborhood black teens, Buggin’ Out (Giancarlo Esposito) and Radio Reheem (Bill Nunn), and Sal. The ...

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Bill Gates

... software, programming computers at age 13. In 1973, Gates entered Harvard University as a freshman, where he lived down the hall from Steve Ballmer, who is now Microsoft's president. While at Harvard, Gates developed a version of the programming language BASIC for the first microcomputer - the MITS Altair. BASIC was first developed by John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz at Dartmouth College in the mid-1960s. In his junior year, Gates dropped out of Harvard to devote his energies full-time to Microsoft, a company he had started in 1975 with his ...

Number of words: 706 | Number of pages: 3

Bacon’s Rebellion

... was accompanied by many problems, which upsetted Berkeley and made him tired of holding office. These problems were many impoverished people such as yeoman farmers, Freed indentured servants and many others who came to Virginia in hope of owning land. This hope could not have been fulfilled without violent clashes amongst themselves or with the Indians. Berkley, tired of holding office and fed up[ with the problems of Virginia’s politics states How miserable that Man is that Governs a people where six parts of seaven at least are poore En ...

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Oriental Art

... of legendary heroes. Group three and four also relate to men, while group five includes that fountainhead of moral virtue, the dragon. However the didactic value of the remaining categories is less apparent, and for this reason they occupy the lower half of the list. The category of Chinese painting called flowers and birds (hua niao) is to some extent cognate with European still-life painting in subject matter, yet spiritually the two have little or nothing in common. In China especially, this trait long outlived the primitive stage of human ...

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The Story Of Medusa Ilana Elir

... be killed instantly. Medusa was a Queen who reigned in the land around Tritons in Libya. She used to be a beautiful Maiden and Triton fell in love with her. Medusa, after her encounter with Triton, Athena, turned into an ugly woman with snakes as hair, and anyone that looked upon her would turn into stone. Medusa had this spell cast upon her by Athena because, Medusa and Poseidon where caught sleeping together in one of Athena's temples. Athena then became very angry and in her rage, turned Medusa into an ugly woman. Thus, as the story goes ...

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Immigraton Laws

... During the first period, from 1820 to 1860, most of the immigrants came from Great Britain, Ireland, and western Germany. In the second period, from 1860 to 1890, those countries continued to supply a majority of the immigrants; the Scandinavian nations provided a substantial minority. Afterwards the proportion of immigrants from northern and Western Europe declined rapidly. In the final period, from 1890 to 1910, fewer than one-third of the immigrants came from these areas. The majority of the immigrants were natives of Southern and Eastern ...

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Celtic Invasions

... and outcome of the great conflict. The Celts were a people of self-contradiction. They worshiped gods who lived in sacred groves, but their sacrificial offerings to these deities included human heads. They admired skilled craftsmanship and intellectual ability, but they were enthusiastic hunters and they fought each other at the hint of an insult. They always fought fiercely and often for the sheer joy of physical combat and competition. This extreme desire to conquer is what drove the Celts to their numerous invasions and conquests. ...

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Awakenings-awakenings Within Movie

... became a living example of the drug's effects on humans. Dr. Sayer carefully monitored Leonard's progress, and Leonard began to regress, he insisted that Dr. Sayer continue recording and observing him for scientific research. Leonard's first words were, "I'm awake." He said this with great emotion. He knew he'd been sleeping, but not for as long as it actually was. Before his total awakening, Dr. Sayer spent many hours tending to Leonard, observing that he was like a live animal, trying to escape, that couldn't break free. This showed his ...

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