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    Women in Movies Since the 1940’s, movies have predominately portrayed women as sex symbols. Beginning in the 1940’s and continuing though the 1980’s, women did not have major roles in movies. When they did have a leading role the women was either pretreated as unintelligent and beautiful, or as conniving and beautiful: But she was always beautiful. Before the 1990’s, men alone, wrote and directed all the movies, and the movies were written for men. In comparison, movies of the 90’s are

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    heart disease, stroke, or someday step off the curb in front of a city bus.” That each day is a new day, and you don’t know the outcome. With everyone trying to “order” the perfect life, it just seems inevitable for that to happen. In the words of Gilda Radner, “It’s always something.” In my experience, my best friend lost her mother about 2 years ago. That was a very tragic for her, with the fact that her twin babies were just one year old and were starting to bond with their grandmother.

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    the differences between temperature changes due to the different seasons. • The students will be able to explain how the weather and seasonal changes affect plants, animals, and humans. Identify Materials Needed: • The book Autumn by Melvin and Gilda Berger • Dry Erase Board • Dry Erase Marker • Pencils • Writing Paper Vocabulary: • Autumn • Cocoons • Hibernate • Migrate • Seasons Identify Instructional Procedures: • Initiation 1. Have students sit on the rug. 2. Tell the students that today

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    For years, historians and scholars have been questioning the truth behind the great King known as King Arthur. His power and legend have influenced many modern aspects as well as having a direct effect on various components of British history. Yet, there is not definitive proof as to whether or not this man was real. King Arthur's story has been told for years upon years and is considered to be on the of the most heroic legends of all time, but the question still remains: Is King Arthur real? King

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    each year but the numbers are gradually declining. In a study done by 5 scientists you see the numbers in Canada for measures of legal abortions between 1996 and 2003. In 1996 there were 111,800 abortions in one year and in 2003 there were 104,200. (Gilda Sedgh, Stanley K. Henshaw, Susheela Singh, Akinrinola Bankole and Joanna Drescher). The numbers are declining by a -0.3%

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    the tales of his courage and loyalty, his knights and the search for the Holy Grail. But, the big question is, was King Arthur a real person? In 540 CE, Gildas, a Welsh Historian, reported that near the turn of the century there was a great warrior named Ambrosius who stopped the Anglo-Saxons from taking over the western part of Britain. Gildas never directly said he was a commander of the army but did imply he was responsible for the victory at the Battle of Badon. He also never mentions if Ambrosius

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    In both The Expulsion from Spain, Alaric's Sack of Rome, and Concerning the Ruin of Britain, we presented with historical examples of people being displaced by from their land. The Celts in Britain, the Jews in Spain, and the Romans in Rome all faced opposition from an enemy (The Anglo-Saxons, the Spanish Monarchy, and the Visigoths, respectively). But what differentiates the three circumstances from each other, besides timeline, is the circumstance and ultimate resolution. The same time as Columbus

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    Tyler Katz Professor Fasano First Year Writing 22 November, 2014 A Voice in Music: The Messages in Music of the Classic and Romantic Eras Many aspects of the way people lived have changed between the times of the Romantic era and the Classic era. Music and the Enlightenment were very big helps to this major change between eras and in the way the world worked and how society functioned. The Enlightenment and the curiosity of man was the cause of the exploration and discovery of new

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    Film Noir Research Paper

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    This essay aims to discuss the origins and traits of film-noir. The characteristics of film noir will be developed through methods of questioning, debating and arguing, in order to gain an understanding and knowledge of the characteristics of film noir. “We could make the case, as many critics have done, that film noir is, in fact, not a genre at all but merely a particular stylistic inflection of a crime drama.” (Nelmes, 2012.194) Film noir is not easily defined. However, the actual words came about

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    Picasso Change Essay

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    As Picasso spreads a variety of colors and a ginormous selection of techniques over his canvas, the changes in his techniques and hues reflect the moving stirring agitations of the day. His emotions may change to become more piercing or charming depending on the circumstances in his life at the moment. Change as defined by One Look Dictionary is literally in the verb tense, to become different or to make someone or something different. When used in its noun form, change can be the money someone

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