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    The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as simply the Civil War as well as other sectional names, was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. Among the 34 states in January 1861, seven Southern slave states individually declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America. The Confederacy, often simply called the South, grew to include eleven states, and although they

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    Grade Details - All Questions Page:   1  2  3  4  Question 1. Question : Which of the following musicals were based on classic plays and literature?   Student Answer:  Showboat, South Pacific and The King and I    South Pacific, The Sound of Music, and Pal Joey    Candide, Carousel, and Porgy and Bess    Candide, My Fair Lady, and West Side Story   Points Received: 0 of 3   Comments: Question 2. Question : These small instrumental ensembles were used as military bands in the Revolutionary

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    Right Rev. W. Darin Moore introduced Rev. Julian C. Pridgen, pastor of St. Augustus AME Zion Church, and described him as a non-fanfare preacher. Standing tall like wheat in a full field, Rev. Pridgen based his sermon, “Lazarus Ain’t the Only One,” on John 12:9-10. In his lyrical, smooth, southern drawl voice, he described what happened to Lazarus in the chosen periscope. He poignantly and instructively helped the congregation have a deeper and reflective understanding of the text and its context. In

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    The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as simply the Civil War as well as other sectional names, was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. Among the 34 states in January 1861, seven Southern slave states individually declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America. The Confederacy, often simply called the South, grew to include eleven states, and although they

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    Film Score Music

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    the screen wile the musician played something comical or something that belonged to a scene with a car chase. Sound-effects men were soon added to the sounds behind a film. This would be a man that created noises, erg. train whistles and bells, fire engine bells, gun shots, explosions, cannon fire, etc. in order to add realism to the film. This made movie-going more popular which in turn bettered the standard of movie-making. It was at this point that the musicians hired to accompany the films

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    At the time of the African-American Civil Rights movement, segregation was abundant in all aspects of life. Separation, it seemed, was the new motto for all of America. But change was coming. In order to create a nation of true equality, segregation had to be eradicated throughout all of America. Although most people tend to think that it was only well-known, and popular figureheads such as Martin Luther King Junior or Rosa Parks, who were the sole launchers of the African-American Civil Rights movement

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    The White Bollywood

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    From Raja Harishchandra (1913) to The Good Road (2013), the cinema of India, an extremely important part of our cultural identity celebrating its centenary this year. Has been working as an ambassador of India to a global audience since the day of its inception. In India, it is often seen that films made in Hindi targeted at a larger audience, commonly known as mainstream movies or Bollywood films, employ a different grammar of filmmaking than that is used in so-called sensible or parallel cinema

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    in 1998 the bankruptcy rate in Atlantic City, New Jersey per 100,000 people was 1,019 while the rate of the state of New Jersey was only 555 (gao.gov). In 2003, there was a proposal to add casinos into the mix of Kentucky’s gambling options. Dr. John Kindt, a professor of commerce at the University of Illinois said that bringing casinos to Kentucky would be “bad economics and bad social policy”. “Studies show that within the 35-mile feeder market around a casino, gamblers will spend 10 percent

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    The American Civil War, known in the United States as simply the Civil War as well as by other sectional names, was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. Of the 34 states that existed in January 1861, seven Southern slave states individually declared their secession from the United States and went on to form the Confederate States of America. The Confederacy, often simply called the South, grew to include eleven states, although

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    people--not the authority of the pope. 2. Marsiglio of Padua had claimed in 1324, in Defensor Pacis, that authority within the church should rest with a church council and not the pope and that the church was subordinate to the state. 3. John Wycliffe attacked papal authority and called for even more radical reform of the church. a. He believed

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