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    Goodnight and Good Luck The movie Goodnight and Good Luck, released October 9th, 2005, Edward Murrow and his news team at CBS deal with exposing Joseph McCarthy, a Wisconsin senator who was going after possible communists. The movie starts out with members at CBS signing documents to confirm they are not communist, because everyone must pick a side. Ed then talks about the military because they were actively trying and convicting people without any evidence or proof that they are even members of

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    founder, the oldest member or representative of a group, a venerable old man, a man who is head of a patriarchy, any of the bishops of the ancient or Eastern Orthodox sees of Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem or the ancient and Western see of Rome with authority over other bishops, the head of any of various Eastern churches, a Roman Catholic bishop next in rank to the pope with purely titular or with metropolitan jurisdiction and a Mormon of the Melchizedek priesthood empowered to perform

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    C. The Holy See recognizes the responsibility placed on governments to protect their citizens and provide for the general welfare. However, the Holy See also recognizes that governments have been known to abuse this power in the past. To help curb this issue, the Holy See recommends that a council be formed for the sole purpose of hearing eminent domain abuse questions and working with governments

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    the Curia and the development of the ‘mission role’ of the Papacy. It will explore how the papacy changed from being an organisation that had the influence to appoint kings and arrange state borders to one with a billion followers. These followers see the papacy as being responsible for the administration, pastoral and spiritual care of their membership. The development of the papacy as a temporal ruler. The temporal power is the dealings of the popes of the Roman Catholic Church in government

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    Murk Evaluating Sources

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    Part One: Evaluation of Sources This investigation is based on a combination of primary and secondary sources. The most valuable primary source is from “See It Now,” a series broadcasted by CBS, produced by Edward R. Murrow and Fred W. Friendly, and hosted by Murrow. The show ran from 1951-1958 and is regarded as a turning point in news broadcasting. The program had a reputation of being an honest and thoughtful presentation of current events. The episode titled “A Report on Senator Joseph R. McCarthy”

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    The book “Lisa” is a historical fiction by Carol Matas and is about a young thirteen year old girl named Lisa. Lisa is a thirteen year old girl that has auburn hair and green eyes. Lisa is living during World War II which began in 1939 and didn’t end until 1945. We are introduced to Lisa with her living with her family in the city of Copenhagen in Denmark. The story takes place while Germany was invading Denmark. Lisa, at the beginning of this story is an uninformed, childish, and anxious girl

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    Mona Lisa Analysis Essay

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    Analysis for Gender- Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa Section I: Objective Description This study serves as a gender focused analysis of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. The original piece of artwork was painted with oil on a white poplar panel in Florence, Italy around 1503 during the latter part of Leonardo da Vinci’s life. The artist was an Italian Renaissance artist who had a wide variety of interests. The woman who is believed to be depicted in the painting is Lisa Gherardini, a wife and mother of five

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    Mona Lisa and Leonardo da Vinci are most likely the two most recognizable names in the world. Maybe it is the way her hands are placed, the young woman’s glance, the missing eyebrows or perhaps it is her smile. The Mona Lisa is unquestionably the most famous piece of art in the world. The Mona Lisa was painted by a Renaissance genius, Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo da Vinci was a man of few paintings but created many drawings; he kept for himself numerous pieces of his own work. Notably, the results

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    The Art Of The Mona Lisa

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    The Mona Lisa is a painting done by Leonardo Da Vinci within the years of 1503 and 1519, done in Florence Italy. The subject in the painting was Francesco del Gioconda’s wife, and it took four years for Leonardo to paint. The Mona Lisa painting depicts a woman seated in front of a vast mountainous landscape with a mysterious smile and aura. The eyes have a luster and watery sheen, as well as the skin, has shades and tints. The nose and eyebrows are shaped with such precision that only a master painter

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    Analysis of the Mona Lisa Kim Pokladowski 2/20/11 I have always been intrigued with the Mona Lisa, I don’t know why but there is something about her smile and her eyes that captivates me. The realness of the painting and how ordinary the Mona Lisa is the reason why I can look at this painting with great joy, it doesn’t make me think too much, it doesn’t confuse me, the simplicity and the normalcy of this painting is what I enjoy so much. However, after an analysis you can see that the painting

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