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    The Cold War was one of the most crucial events in shaping Canada during the twentieth century. Lasting from the latter half of the 1940s to the 1990s, the effects of the Cold War on Canadian society and politics were far ranging and long lasting. Throughout these years, many social changes were implemented, dramatically shaping modern Canada. The most important social changes, however, took place during the 1960s. This was a decade of turbulent and significant social change. During these years,

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    In Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G, the fundamental concerto principle of contrast is expressed through his experimentation of timbre, range, and color coupled with his use of rhythm, polytonality, and orchestration. In the first movement, Allegramente, the interaction, balance, and relationship between the piano and orchestra change from section to section and also within sections to give structure for the whole work. Ravel’s orchestration, especially in the use of percussion and harp, are important

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    I. The Eiffel Tower is one of the most iconic monuments in the world. Built in 1889 this structure has amazed many people with its artistic design. This tower was not planned to be what it is today. Beginning as the opening to the celebration of the French Revolution and now a famous monument. Designer Gustave Eiffel has shown his amazing artistic ability by designing and building many different structures and monuments. His most famous being the Eiffel Tower, built in just two years and visited

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    independent living units 120 licensed nursing card beds, 30 assisted living beds and 20 studio units. The management team at GSV is very conservative, they nervous to make changes or adapt to some new ideas. Key players The key player in the case is Pat Evans, became Director of Health Services for six months at GSV, and he noticed two main issues at GSV, 1) most of the decisions for levels of care are economic driven; 2) weak correlation between each department. Therefore, he promotes his idea about integrated

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    Throughout history television has seen many changes such as improved acting, special effects, graphics, camera work, ideas, and many other changes. Cop/Investigation shows are the focus of his paper. Investigation shows in particular have become more in depth and realistic. During the 60’s television exploded. There was 245 million TV sets in American homes. At the time, that was more TV sets than people in the United States. With all the turmoil with the JFK assassination, early stages of the Vietnam

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    With the 2016 general election coming up, the citizens of Indiana will be electing their members of Congress to represent the state and its districts. The Indiana Senate race that has received a lot of attention is the race between Todd Young and Evan Bayh. An Indiana House race that has been receiving a lot of attention is the District 9 race between Shelli Yoder and Trey Hollingsworth. When analyzing these races, a wide variety of factors, such as demographics, money, and scandals should to be

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    Imagine that one day you had to leave behind everything you’ve ever know. You had to leave your family and your country because it was slowly falling apart and you had no idea if you would ever get to see it again. How would you react? In the novel “Septembers of Shiraz” this is exactly the situation Parviz Amin is dealing with. His homeland, the country of Iran has been overtaken by a group called the Revolutionary guards. This group hates anyone and everyone who supported or was related to the

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    The Greatest Emotion In the poem “somewhere i have never...”, author E. E. Cummings personifies the feeling of love and the almost mysterious and uncontrollable supremacy it seems to have over men. The poem is referring to the ability of the author’s, what seems to be, lover to affect him with “[her] most frail gesture[s] are things which me” (3). And yet, the author starts the poem by referencing his inexperience with love and almost expresses a wonder to this new experience (Cummings, 1).

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    An Evaluation of Operation Urgent Fury and How the Utilization of Intelligence Assets May Have Changed the Outcome Operation Urgent Fury was a response by the U.S. government to the socio-political situation happening at the time on the island of Grenada. Due to anti-government upheaval, a growing communist presence in the area and a significant number of Americans on the island, the Reagan administration felt the need to intervene with military force to normalize the situation. Operation Urgent

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    evident in Maeterlinck’s play Interior. Since symbolist theater is interested in the internal landscape of the subconscious, mood and atmosphere were more important than exciting reversals and climaxes The major conflict in the plot of Interior by Maurice Maeterlinck, the Old Man is working up the courage to tell the family that one of the daughters has drown. The plot of the play is fairly simple because Maeterlinck’s intention for the play was to peer into ordinary life and focus on the elements

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