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    not simply a matter of giving up one’s life or something equal to it for someone else; oftentimes, psychological motivations behind sacrifice are very complex. However, in works such as The Kite Runner, The Color Purple, Cyrano de Bergerac, Saving Private Ryan, “The Nightingale and the Rose”, and “I’d Give Up My Life For You”, the motivations behind

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    Market Concentration Ratio

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    Market Concentration Ratio January December 2000 CR Studios Total Revenue Market Share (Market share)^2 CR4 Buena Vista $1,175,600,000 15.5% 0.024025 Universal $1,069,100,000 14.1% 0.019881 Warner Bros. $905,300,000 11.9% 0.014161 Paramount $791,100,000 10.4% 0.010816 Total $3,941,100,000 CR6 Buena Vista $1,175,600,000 15.5% 0.024025 Universal $1,069,100,000 14.1% 0.019881 Warner Bros. $905,300,000 11.9% 0.014161 Paramount $791,100,000

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    The war film is a classic genre. Today, one has a wide variety of war films from which to choose. But after watching most of them one will find that they are all quite similar. The one thing that all these films have in common, even more so than the rather similar characters, is the way the camera is used to portray life in war and on the front line. This appears to be the most traditional and theatrical approach to portraying this subject, giving the audience what we think they want. Viewers ultimately

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    Coming Home War

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    The Wars No One Will Ever Forget The most important part of movies is the entertainment aspect, because at the end of the day the movie industry is a business. So when it comes to movies about war and history, not many people want to see the horrific events being displayed on the news or read about them from an old text book. Simply because we are in a post- literate era and the news isn’t about getting the information to the people anymore, politics have taken over. We are in a time where most

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    An Examination of War Through Nature Films such as, The English Patient, Saving Private Ryan, Schindler’s List, Gettysburg and Stalingrad, prove that the nineteen nineties were a boom time for American war movies. Terrence Mallick’s The Thin Red Line is different from these films because of its focus on nature. All of Mallick’s films concentrate on the link between nature and origin, Mallick explores this relationship by having his characters audibly ask questions of origin such as “Where did we

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    The purpose of this paper is to exemplify the healthcare crisis of African Americans within the broader context of American healthcare reform. In order for one to appreciate the depth of necessity for healthcare reform in the African American community, he or she must have a general understanding of the history of healthcare for African Americans. As stated by the institute of medicine in a study assessing the health and mental health disparities of African Americans, “The sources of these disparities

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    They can enroll in a private health plan with a Managed Care Organization (MCO) and benefit from Medicare-covered Part A and Part B. Premiums for Medicare Advantage are already added to that of Part B coverage and out-of-pocket cost is cheap. Hence, it is a cost-effective option

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    Spartacus Film Analysis

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    Spartacus, 1960, is a film directed by Stanley Kubrick based on the Novel Spartacus by Howard Fast. The film follows the life of a slave named Spartacus who fought for his own freedom which led to the Third Servile War. The Third Servile War, also named the War of Spartacus, was slave insurrections against the Roman Republic. Although Spartacus’s main enemy is all of Rome and its culture, like most heroes portrayed in film, Spartacus’s main antagonist is a Roman senator Marcus Licinius Crassus, whose

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    A rhetorical analysis of Bill Clinton’s Nomination Speech In a world of politics, many politicians are involved in negative campaigns and as a result healthy conversation among politicians often lead to a disaster. With the endless political news cycles, rhetoric is essential for politicians to deliver their speeches. Therefore, in this essay, the style and delivery of Bill Clinton’s speech at the Democratic National Convention will be examined. It will be using the three main appeals of Aristotle’s

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    The 2007 film Atonement was based on Ian McEwan’s original novel which he published in 2001 with the same title. The film was directed by British director Joe Wright and stars actor/ actresses James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, and Saoirse Ronan in this romantic war drama. Filming was done in locations throughout Great Britain, which is where most of the films setup takes place. The film was was nominated for seven Academy Awards and walked away with Best Original Score. Atonement begins in the Tallis

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