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    the life and grief of the wives left behind. As the movie opens we are introduced to Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore, played by Mel Gibson, and to Mrs. Moore, played by Madeline Stowe. This is a couple who really love each other, and it is obvious how deeply connected the Lieutenant Colonel is to his many children. Through this initial introduction we are given a glimpse into Lieutenant Colonel Moore as a husband and father rather than just a soldier.

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    In the movie “We Were Soldiers” the main character Lieutenant Colonel Harold “Hal” Moore was played by Mel Gibson. The movie is based upon the best-selling book "We Were Soldiers Once ... and Young" by Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore (Ret.) and journalist Joseph L. Galloway. LTC Moore was tasked with leading and commanding the newly created air cavalry unit. Upon arrival to his new unit, he studied his new “War horse” – the Bell UH-1D “Iroquois” helicopter. He first introduced himself and his SGM to the

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    authored by Lt. General Harold G. Moore and Joseph L. Galloway. In November 1965, Lt. Colonel Harold Moore commanded the 1st Battalion, 7th cavalry at the Ia Drang Valley-one of the bloodiest battles of Vietnam. He eventually retired from the Army in 1977 after thirty-two years of service. After his military career, Lieutenant General Moore resided as executive vice president for four years at a Colorado ski resort before founding a computer software company. Harold Moore currently lives in Auburn,

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    Complacency is definitely one of the major reasons realistic training has suffered over the last few years. Multiple deployments, sometimes to the same area of operations, has fostered a laid back approach to unit’s road to war training. Even rotations to the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) incorporated similar scenarios that don’t require too much complex thinking on behalf of the unit. In the last year JRTC has started focusing more on the DATE scenario in preparation for future conflicts

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    inhabitants repeatedly described as frozen and stagnant: “Four forty-five. Office workers, waiting release as the minute hand moved slowly towards the hour, looked at the darkness beyond their windows and saw edges of frosting begin to mist the panes” (Moore 117). Despite this passage’s emphasis on stillness, however, it nevertheless features two references to time. Throughout Moore’s novel, attention is repeatedly paid to specific times or time frames, complicating the underlying image of Montreal as

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    Harold and Maude, a film released in 1971 and directed by Hal Ashby is a provocative and relevant anti-establishment film against today’s society’s traditional definition of love and marriage. The definition being that the older man and the younger woman is acceptable to us simply because a marriage is about propagating children. Through the relationship of Harold, a twenty-year old man, and Maude, an eighty-year old woman, Ashby presents us with the ultimate love story, one which is not set within

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    Don’t Fret: Technology Has Changed Our Brains Humans are creatures of habit. We wake up at specific times to go about our days and then we sit down at our dining room tables to eat at specified times throughout the day, usually habitually. But, humanity hasn’t always been this algorithmic. It wasn’t until the advent of the mechanical clock that our lives began to mold around time. We changed. I would like to assume that we became more productive because of this change. However, humanity historically

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    Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey” is largely considered to be one of the greatest and most influential films ever made, especially when it comes to the science-fiction genre. It is Kubrick’s intriguing and unique take on the human life when it comes into conflict with many things like human behavior, social orders, and technology. Even though many films revolve around the idea of humanity, Kubrick takes it to a completely other level, by exploring the outer limits in which human beings reside

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    I dragged him to the ground, not thinking about how much I will hurt him. He has caused so much pain, too much pain, to too many people. The things he has done are so inhumane, so destructive, and so dastardly. When I finally take him down, Telergy helps me tie him down so we can finally put him away, hopefully for forever. We wait for the other major superheroes to come over from all over the world to take him in. We still had not forgiven the countries government for what they had done. When they

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    Fahad Alanzai Pr. jonathon Quam Mcom 2213 April, 10, 2016 Harold and Maude To begin with, the film Harold and Maude is about two people of different age groups trying to fit in the society. The main characters, Harold and Maude, meet under different circumstances and they are determined to face life regardless of how cruel it might be. The movie discusses the issue of romance and life in general. Harold and Maude find companionship and love in each other, and although Harold is troubled and wishes

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