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    In “the film “Dr. Strangelove”, Stanley Kubrick took a difficult issue and transformed it into a political comedy. He parodies the dangerous idea of an atomic war and the crazy people who were planning it. Moreover, he tends to the issue of stereotyping. General Jack Ripper is the main character in the film who is in the U.S. Air Force and goes completely insane, and sends bomber wings to destroy the U.S.S.R. He thinks that the communists are conspiring to pollute the "precious bodily fluids" of

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    In 1995, it all started as a peaceful Wednesday morning. People were starting work or just waking up in Oklahoma City. While all these peoples’ days were starting, a young male parked a yellow truck outside of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. That day, everyone's’ life in that building changed forever. The effects of the April 19,1995 bombing were more than just physical to the survivors of this horrific event. The incident was planned a year before the bombing, in an old trailer in Kingman

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    When it comes to Timothy McVeigh, Ted Kaczynski, and Eric Rudolph they have many similarities. First, they were all survivalist in some way. McVeigh was looking for a lifestyle that was a survivalist type. Kaczynski lived in a small cabin that had no electricity or running water. His yearly cost of survival was around $400. Rudolph using his survivalist skills stayed on the run for five years before he was caught. These three bombers also shared anti-governmental views. These three terrorists also

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    morning, it’s blast damaged over 300 buildings surrounding the vehicle and even flattened a third of the federal building. (Strom, 2015) The bomb took the lives of 168 people, including 19 children. It was found that two men, Timothy McVeigh and Terry Lynn Nichols were the ones who planted the device. Both men were found to be associated with a radical militia movement that sought revenge for a siege in Waco, Texas two years prior. The siege killed 82 Branch Davidians, of whom, multiple were related

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    Terry Fox was an athletic boy who grew up in the town Port Coquitlam in British Columbia. At a very young age, in the year 1976, Terry was diagnosed with osteogenic sarcoma. The cancer in the bone of his right leg was so severe it had to be amputated above the knee. Through many trials, he eventually made a goal and set to work raising money for cancer research. Terry died June 28, 1981 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. His life would spark hope into the lives of many and still influences

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    Terrorism in America: The Oklahoma City Bombing On April 19th 1995 the worst terrorist attack on US soil took place in the heartland of America. The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma was targeted and almost completely blown to pieces by one enormous homemade bomb. The unthinkable had happened at the beginning of an average day at the office. This day would be remembered for the rest of America's history, unlike any other day, as a blatant attack on the United States

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    Or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), Kubrick is once again directing a film that is a biting, sardonic comedy that pokes fun at the nuclear fears of the 1950s. The screenplay for the movie was written by Stanley Kubrick and Terry Southern, and was based on the novel Red Alert written by Peter George. In this film, which is classified as a black comedy/fantasy, technology runs amok and takes over society and mankind. The irony of the situation, however, became apparent when

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    In my mind one really stands out among the rest. His name is Terry Fox and he is one of the greatest athlete to run on the face of this planet. Terry discovered he had cancer and then decided to run across Canada. He was a brave man who would take what the world through at him. Running across Canada was his way to show the world that he was not going out with out a fight. Terry Fox was born in Winnipeg Manitoba on July 28 1958 Terry was raised in port Coquintlam, British Columbia. He was very athletic

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    of the leadership roles in the association. Attempting to differentiate themselves from other sects of SDS, Jacobs wrote the “Weatherman Paper” and marked it with the signatures of other members including Dohrn, Jeff Jones, Mark Rudd, Bill Ayers, Terry Robbins, Jim Mellen, and Howie Machtinger. The paper did not address issues separately; it composed all concerns into one global struggle of the oppressed versus the oppressors. After the election of the Weathermen as the leaders of SDS, the group

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    transformed the face of American Theatre with its inventive style that blends dynamic collaborative performance, authentic, acting and bold, stimulating stories to create enthralling theatre. Steppenwolf Theatre was founded in 1974 by Gray Sinise, Terry Kinney, and Jeff Perry. The theatre began in the Unitarian church on Half Day road in Deerfield, which is located in Lincoln Park on Halsted Street in

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