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The Assassination Of John F Kennedy
... that there was a cover up, is to firstly prove that Lee Harvey Oswald is not the killer.
The Warren Commission consisting of "various outstanding citizens" was created to "ascertain, evaluate and report upon the facts relating to the assassination ... and the subsequent violent death of the man charged with the assassination Lee Harvey Oswald. The purpose of the Commission was to examine the evidence developed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and any additional evidence that may hereafter come to light ... to make such further investigation, as the Commission finds desirable. In less than one week they found ...
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The Great Passion Play
... they are conspiring against Jesus.
The overall structure of the play has several story lines. From Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem, his illegal arrest and trials, his death on the cross, and his resurrection and ascension into heaven.
The climax of the play occurs after Judas betrays Jesus. The soldiers and an angry group of people go to Jesus in the garden. They tell Jesus that they are looking for the man who claims to be the Son of God, the Messiah. At this point Jesus steps toward them and says, "I am he". The guards arrested Jesus and took him before the Sanhedrin Counsel.
The crisis of the play is w ...
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Painting Nude Figure By Pabblo Picasso
... by now. However, the works of such artists as Toulouse-Lautrec, Degas, Vuillard, which can be noticed affected him, in his works at the time. "Longchamp" and "The Blue Room" are good examples of this change in Picasso's style. Soon after this, Picasso began to develop his own methods. Illness struck Picasso in 1898 and he temporarily retired from the city and rested in the country.
Upon his return, Picasso was distressed with modern art and proceeded to use mother's maiden name. Picasso underwent a distressing part of his life for the next 4 years (1901-1904) and demonstrated the life of the poor. The next two yea ...
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Nixon's Program Of Detente Was The Reason For The Decline Of World Conflict In The 1970's
... a.With improved relations, attack on Vietnam did not spark
Russian
attack
II&1/2. Transition
III. Reasons opposing
1.Nixon's attempt at detente added to the communist threat
a. Lost North Vietnam to communism
b. by establishing trade he improved Russiachina economy
2.It was later administrations that fully ended the Chinese/Russian
threat
a.Ford & later administrations fulfilled detente
b.Reagan's cooperation with Gorbechev ended cold war
c.Glastnost/Parestroika tore communism to pieces, ending Soviet
threat
3.There was no real threat of a ...
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The Power Of Speech & The Persuasion Of Writing
... King's Birmingham letter is written under more reasonable terms. Instead of coming right out and accusing the Clergymen, King uses a softer approach.
By reading both the Dream speech and the Birmingham letter it is obvious that they were not attended for the same audience. King's Dream speech was spoken in front of millions of people and was correctly addressed. King starts out by speaking with a lot of emotion, and repetition. King says in the Dream speech, "One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred yea ...
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The 1920s: An Era Of Transition And Tension
... Klux Klan and even challenges of moral and ethical teachings. The 1920's were both liberating and reactionary. The economic, political and social transitions seemed to be opening up new opportunities, while the tension inherent in such changing times brought out the worst in many people and many people who cherished the old America feared for the worst. During the period from 1921 to 1929 the economy was characterized by industrial growth and increased productivity. The "Welfare Capitalism", was initiated by corporate managers to improve the work environment. Therefore workers became even more productive, and new in ...
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The John Scopes Trial
... in all history,” (Smout 45), as well as a “threat to civilization itself,” is the “trial of the century.”
New ideas frequently require considerable time to gain public approval, especially when religion is involved. Galileo’s heliocentric theory of the sun revolving around the earth directly contrasted Ptolemy’s 600-year-old precedent of geocentricism. This was looked upon as an act of heresy, and Galileo was nearly burned at the stake. Thus, when a schoolteacher in the south decided to stray from the norm by teaching a new and controversial theory of evolution, it was no surprise that there ...
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Rain Of Auvers (Art Analysis)
... These colours create a sense of harmony on the painting as each colour moulds into the scenario thus heightening the expressive qualities of the artwork.
The colour used is important to the artwork because together they create a place of tranquillity meeting on coming havoc.
The lines that are used do not outline individual objects in the painting but define the shapes of each. They show the direction that the artist took when painting this particular art piece. They are delicate and sensitive lines in the sense that they are not always visible but they still define the object.
The painting has bee ...
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Johann Sebastian Bach
... basic skills for
string playing; another relation, the organist at Eisenach's
most important church, instructed the young boy on the
organ. In 1695 his parents died and he was only 10 years
old. He went to go stay with his older brother, Johann
Christoph, who was a professional organist at Ohrdruf.
Johann Christoph was a professional organist, and continued
his younger brother's education on that instrument, as well
as on the harpsichord. After several years in this
arrangement, Johann Sebastian won a scholarship to study in
Luneberg, Northern Germany, and so left his brother's
tut ...
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British Rule Of The American Colonies
... all the economic activities within it’s borders(Blum 31). England was not attempting to make any changes that would help the colonists. They limited the colonies commerce to internal trade only(Miller 9). The English were exploiting the colonies by demanding that the colonies import more from England then they exported to the colonies. They were importing raw materials from the colonies and making them into exportable goods in England. They would then ship these goods to foreign markets all around the world including the colonies(America Online ). Throughout the seventeenth century the English saw America as ...
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