Blurred Lines: the most controversial song of the decade Another student union has banned Robin Thicke’s party track. How did it become such a lightning rod for moral outrage and censorship? This week‚ University College London student union (UCLU) took the unusual step of banning a single song‚ Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines. It joins around 20 other UK student unions to do so. This is the latest development in the story of how the biggest song of the year became the most controversial of the decade:
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over the South American country‚ which forced many citizens to become Chilean refugees. Many Chileans sought asylum in countries such as Britain and Sweden. It was Canada‚ however‚ that received a significant portion of these refugees. Here are 10 facts about Chilean Refugees: 1. Repression forced Chileans to flee. Pinochet replaced the liberal government with a right-wing dictatorship. His vicious regime kidnapped‚ tortured and killed nearly 13‚000 citizens‚ which forced many Chileans to flee. 2.
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10 Things I Hate About You 1. Some elements of the stills that tell us that ’10 Things I Hate About You’ is a teen movie are: Kat and Pat staring at each other angry confrontations between two (moody) teens Ms Perky - disapproving or disappointed adults‚ most likely teachers and parents Cameron and Bianca together young love’ Teenagers are predominant in all stills Grungy rock bands and emphasis on music rebellion and hobbies The prom stereotypical of films involving
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protection and safety‚ accepting exile as payment for hope” (“the Wife’s Lament” 8-10). The narrator is a woman who is exiled‚ most likely because she is a traded item in peacemaking. Her new love’s family‚ though‚ has different plans for her. “But the man’s family was weaving plans in the dark‚ intending to drive us apart” (“The Wife’s Lament” 11-12). The poem doesn’t go into detail about how the family went about driving the two lovers apart‚ but it ended with the narrator being sent to live in
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Loathing Across Party Lines: New Evidence on Group Polarization Shanto Iyengar and Sean J. Westwood Stanford University Draft: April 5‚ 2013 Abstract When defined in terms of social identity and affect toward in- and out-groups‚ the polarization of the American electorate has clearly increased. We document the scope and consequences of affective polarization using implicit‚ explicit‚ and behavioral indicators. Our evidence demonstrates not only that hostile feelings for the out-party are ingrained
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comedic piece. In 1967 Franco Zeffirelli transformed The Taming of the Shrew into a movie. Maintaining the original story line and setting‚ Zeffirelli worked the relationship of actors Richard Burton‚ Petruchio‚ and Elizabeth Taylor‚ Katherina into the comedic movie. In 1999 the Shakespearean play was transformed again and directed by Gil Junger. Junger’s movie‚ 10 Things I Hate About You‚ is a modernized take on the original play. Changing Katherina to Kat‚ and Petruchio to Patrick‚ Junger immersed the
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Paragraph Structure Introduction (one sentence – either a question‚ quotation‚ or statistic): We often see pictures of floods on the television news. Topic Sentence (one sentence – Topic + Controlling Idea): The floods can be very damaging. Points of Development: 1. Financially 2. Physically 3. Emotionally BP1: Topic Sentence (POD#1): First‚ the floods can cause a heavy financial loss to the victim. Explanation One(one sentence): The victim has to pay for property and possessions
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IN THE LINE OF FIRE 1. Name. In the Line of Fire 2. Author. Pervez Musharraf 3. Chapters 22 4. Pages 237 5. Price. Not Known 6. Year of Pub 2006 Introduction 7. With the publication of his memoir‚ In the Line of Fire‚ Pervez Musharraf has virtually launched his campaign for the next presidential election due towards the end of 2007. Through the medium of this book he intends to convey to the people of Pakistan what he has accomplished for his country
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the composer’s different perspective. 2. “remnants of language/ I inherited unknowingly” the enjambment makes emphasis fall heavily on the word “ unknowingly” highlight the contrast between Feliks firm sense of identity and Peter’s anxiety about his identity. Place: Feliks has a strong connection to place through his garden‚ he “love his gardens like an only child” the simile has been used to show Feliks has a sense of secure is his garden. Feliks walking his garden “ten times around
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Descriptive Paragraph One of the things that I treasure in summertime is my weekends. I start my day early‚ getting ready to ride in my boyfriend’s car‚ to pick up the boat from a friend. The boat is a camouflaged‚ flat bottom‚ twelve feet long; spray painted on one side is the name for the boat “Esox Lucius”. We get to the creek and Jake dismounts the boat‚ I help by bringing the fishing poles‚ tackle boxes and my bag down to the bank. The familiar creek where we go is not too wide‚ covered on
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