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    events to new elements of art. Like the visual arts‚ music is no such stranger to academics drawing weak links between historical events and new music styles. In our case‚ the origins and influences of free jazz are being called into question. While the civil rights tension during the 1950s and 1960s is often cited as the main influence of free jazz‚ in actuality‚ free jazz stems from a combination of the civil rights movement‚

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    After World War I‚ the people of America were in a shocked state of mind. There had never before been a war so destructive‚ so deadly‚ in history. New weapons and methods of war were used such as the tank‚ the submarine‚ machine guns‚ and trench warfare. All of the countries involved were hurt and the United States realized that it wanted to go back to its isolationist policies that George Washington had suggested in his farewell address. Woodrow Wilson’s idea to make a “league of nations” failed

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    Materials in Tension

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    show students how stress-strain graphs correlate to the material properties of each specimen. Students can observe the properties of failure due to tension and further understand the ASTM standards and procedures. Theoretical Background Normal Strain: Strain may be defined as a normalized measure of deformation representing the displacement between particles in a sample relative to a known reference length. As a load is applied to the sample (generally a round bar) its change in length can be

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    Although strategies for reducing intergroup tensions do exist‚ it is unlikely that misunderstandings and hostility can ever be entirely eliminated: agree or disagree. Name: Student #: Seminar Section: Professor: Class: Course Code: Due: Submitted: It is through extensive research in international relationships with the ever-present theme of insiders and outsiders that this essay has been cultivated. While strategies to reduce intergroup tensions exist; religious‚ ethnic and racial reasons

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    The 1920’s and 1980’s are similar in many ways. Their similarities are social‚ economical‚ and political. Some of the similarities between the decades are Prohibition and the War on Drugs‚ the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and 1987‚ and the influence of music on society. Prohibition was passed as the 18th amendment‚ that importing‚ exporting‚ transporting‚ and manufacturing of alcohol was to be put to an end. Prohibition did not achieve its goals. Instead‚ it added to the problems that it intended

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    Tension in Poetry John Orley Allen Tate Many poems that we ordinarily think of as good poetry -- and some‚ besides‚ that we neglect -- have certain common features that will allow us to invent‚ for their sharper apprehension‚ the name of a single quality. I shall call that quality tension. In abstract language‚ a poetic work has distinct quality as the ultimate effect of the whole‚ and that whole is the “result” of a configuration of meaning which it is the duty of the critic to examine and

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    CHAPTER A. GENERAL 1. WHO MAY SPONSOR AN AVIATION EVENT? Anyone‚ either an individual or an organization‚ who wishes to sponsor aviation events‚ may do so as long as the proper forms and supporting documentation are submitted to the Air Transportation Office (ATO) and subsequently approved. 2. SPONSORSHIP APPLICATION EXPERIENCE. Individuals or organizations sponsoring an event need to file an Application for Aviation Event AS4-001.08 and Certificate of Waiver or Authorization

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    allowed. One big thing about U.S society in the 1920s was that Christianity was the main religion and there were many things in the bible that were questionable and people didn’t agree with. Today there are many more religions and cultures accepted in the United States. Although society has improved there continues to be conflicts over laws and society that are similar to what America had to deal with in the early 1920s. Prohibition occurred in the 1920s after the 18th amendment was passed‚ which

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    started dating; therefore‚ he would tell me a lot of things that happened with their relationship. After learning about chapter 9 about dialectical tensions‚ I found that their relationship somehow went through some of them which are: integration vs. separation and revelation vs. concealment. I would say the turning point for all of those conflicting tensions was their marriage about one year ago. Talking about integration vs. separation‚ when they were dating‚ they tried

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    Between 1870-1920‚ The progressive era emerged as a way to fix many of the ills of American society that had developed during the great spurt of industrial growth in the last quarter of the 19th century. This was done through multiple reformers who spoke out on issues such as temperance‚ sex education‚ rights for workers‚ and overall activists. Two of the most prominent movements were the Women’s and African American’s movements. Though both groups may have had different means of achieving the goals

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