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    and break-in itself which led to widespread corruption in the government. Some of those involved in these events were James McCord, a former CIA agent; Richard Nixon, the president; Sam Ervin, the man who first began to investigate the crimes; John Dean; John Ehrlichman and Gordon Liddy. Many events led up to the Watergate scandal, but it left a major mark on American history and holds a crucial significance to the

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    The Watergate Scandal Sex, drugs, money, power, you name it and there is a scandal for it, but look back and you will see that from all the scandals there have been, Watergate was among the worst. The Watergate scandal had everything. From Nixon disgracing the presidency by lying to the country and abusing his power, to his committees being involved in illegal acts and a big cover up. All

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    Dayton and Shoto (2006) present a case study regarding an educational leadership department at a major research university, faculty members have become disgruntled as a result of a declining organizational culture fueled by a lack of leadership from an insecure departmental chairman. The department itself had experienced a long standing positive history within the university, and was a “cash cow” due to the number of credit hours, tuition funding per faculty, and local and state service projects

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    okay but covers up our true feelings. There was only one person I knew I could talk to about these feelings. I went to the Dean of Students office to confide in a man named Steve Bennett. I will never forget our conversation that day, it was the first day that I felt like my feelings were validated. That was also the day where I began my journey to serenity. Steve is a Dean at Gustavus and he had been working with me on and off during my three years there, but especially in the past year. The past

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    DEAN SMITH Dean Edwards Smith (born on February 28, 1931) is a retired American head coach of men's college basketball. He is originally from Emporia, Kansas, Smith as been called a "coaching legend" by the Basketball Hall of Fame. Smith is best known for his successful 36-year coaching career at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Smith coached from 1961 to 1997 and retired as the NCAA Division I men's basketball record-holderfor victories (879), a record which was surpassed by Bobby

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    The Emergence of Surf Music Many different music styles emerged during the early 1960's. One of these music styles that was perhaps the most prominent music style to ever come out of Southern California was Surf Music. Surf music was a short-lived phenomenon that occurred from 1961 to 1965 (Nostalgia, 2002). Along with the surf music craze, Hollywood also started producing numerous movies about surfing, including Gidget, and Endless Summer (St. James Encyclopedia, 2003

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    Padilla Ms. DeBella English III Period 1 13 January, 2017 James Dean: The Man That Lives On   James Dean once said, “If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, I mean, if he can live on after he 's died, then maybe he was a great man.” James Dean probably did not know he would be a man that would qualify for this statement at the time it was said, but there is no doubt that he lived to achieve it (Howlett 1). James Dean is an important American figure because he represented a powerful

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    created a new symbol of flaming American youth, the American hero of the Beat Generation” (33). This same “flaming hero” was found in other facets of American culture, more specifically in American cinema, with the likes of Marlon Brando and James Dean. However, even Moriarty’s flame would flicker at the conclusion of the novel where he is depicted as a gaunt figure in “a motheaten overcoat” (306) without a car, walking alone in the frigid New York night. The next subject is the west, the American

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    The novel, East of Eden, features Biblical overtones from the stories of Genesis. The novel was written by John Steinbeck and turned into a film by Elia Kazan in 1955. Kazan’s purpose was to show how the Bible could influence media and culture. The film was released on April 10th, 1955 and featured James Dean as Cal, Richard Davalos as Aron, Julie Harris as Abra, Raymond Massey as Adam, and Jo Van Fleet as Kate. East of Eden is set in the time before and after America joined World War I. The Trask

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    Frank Sinatra Howard Cosell, a legendary commentator, spoke words about this legendary man that more or less sums up his legendary career. He said "Frank Sinatra, who has the phrasing, who has the control, who understands the composers, who knows what losing means as so many have, who made the great comeback, who stands still, enduringly, on top of the entertainment world. Ladies and gentlemen, from here on in it's Frank Sinatra!" Frank Sinatra, the only singer in history to have hit records

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