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    This shows the reader the opulence and glamour the Cumaea experience, demonstrating their greed and power, which the reader learns is due to both being born with some magical abilities and their use of Lilium. This is in stark contrast to the green hues that Takeda uses to create the prison scenery.

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    Interviewer Let’s talk about William Golding and his most famous book, Lord of the Flies, in which a group of British schoolboys - aged from around 6-12 - become stranded on an island, and quickly begin their descent into chaos. Today, I am joined by literarian and William Golding expert, Lara Caglar. Expert Hi, Vanessa, it’s a pleasure to be here Interviewer Together, we will be discussing the question on everyone’s minds, what happened to Golding that led him to have such an incredibly negative

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    Starting in the mid-1950s and not due to end til the fall of Saigon in 1975, the Vietnam War showcased a fundamental milestone in American mainstream media. Under the leadership of three different presidents; Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon, respectively, the United States experienced a turmoil of foreign policy changes, resultant protests, and the rise of a fourth branch of government: the media. Most historians agree that an overwhelming factor to popular opinion and the overall war effort are attributed

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    Essay on The Tet Offensive of the Vietnam War

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    The Tet Offensive      The Tet Offensive was a major assault by the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong against South Vietnam and the U.S. forces situated there. It was not only a psychological advance for the North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong, but also gave the United States a notion that the war wasn’t going to be an easy win, and the chances of winning the war were, in fact, very slim.      The war initially was an attempt to limit the spread of communism throughout Asia. Similar to

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    Essay on Vietnam

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    Saigon in 1975- war dominated Vietnam in the last century. America's involvement began when France tried to reestablish control during the French Indochina War. From the unmoral support of leaders like Nguyen Van Thieu and Ngo Dinh Diem to the My Lai Massacre and the Invasion of Cambodia, the US’s decisions were clouded with bad judgment and resulted in civil unrest and international embarrassment. The war the east refers to as the “American war” and the west as the “Vietnam war” was a cold war-era

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    the ringing vibrato of her laugh and the way a shrill, yet violent sneeze would wrack her body. Fifty years. He knows she had auburn hair and olive skin, but what color were her eyes? Gray like an oncoming tempest or a deep ochre married with lighter hues. One hundred years. His grandchildren stamp their fingerprints on the glass of the frame with her photo in it. Their mother wrenches the portrait out of their pudgy hands with a sigh, lost in the memories of twirling around on the kitchen tile to the

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    Michael Sauer 1 EGL-102 12 December 2015 Persuasive Ethical (Final) The Vietnam War: Was it Worth It? By now, most Americans should be familiar with our history with Vietnam and the war we had with them almost six decades ago. It was a dark time in U.S history, and is an event that is never seen in a good light on either side of the spectrum (which, in this case, is the United States and Vietnam). Around 48,000 American soldiers lost their lives in the war (plus countless Vietcong), and

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    and distorting them for their own twisted desires. It’s obvious he wanted her dead, even if Robin came off as an irredeemable person back in my day, she never deserved this end, no one does. This confirms my suspicions that the Yokeman Reunion Massacre was an act of revenge. I then took the pages, and shoved them into my bag, tomorrow morning first thing I’m going to pay Carl a visit and show him this, he has to get the chief to reopen the case otherwise I’m going to post an editorial, fuck my

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    To what extent have fashion/textile designers working over the last thirty years used historical sources to inform their practice? History offers invaluable inspiration for contemporary designers, helping to develop and inform ideas. Exploration of history creates a context to work within and build concepts from, helping to add value and vigour. In this essay I will explore and explain how designers have used the past to inform their work, whether an expression of political, social, or traditional

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    like syphilis or nowadays the similarly as lethal AIDS, are carried. Bruce Hale offers a description of the development of cholera in Victorian times: “thirst and dehydration; sever pain in the limbs, stomach, and abdominal muscles; a change skin hue to a

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