were shunned‚ denied medical care‚ beaten‚ arrested‚ and some were even killed for peacefully protesting. This was the Anti-war Movement‚ a time when America went against the judgement of its people‚ and punished them for having freedom of speech. In 1970‚ four Kent State University students were killed for peacefully
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I chose to do my Concert Critique on a local classic rock band‚ VIVA. The live concert took place on Friday‚ June 24‚ 2005 at 8:30 p.m. at Bayside Market Place. The concert was held outdoors on a stage overlooking the water. The audience was seated on concrete benches facing the stage and there were some patrons who were seated on plastic chairs that they had pulled away from the nearby bar. The lighting was not very extravagant‚ not many bells and whistles‚ just enough lighting
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The people that I interviewed were my grandparents. Both of whom where born and lived in China during the 1950-1970 time period. In China school life was very easy and relaxed compared to America. My grandmother‚ Jin Xia Pan‚ was born on November of 1940 to two loving parents. She claims that she was one of the smartest kids in her city. She would do very well in school and would compete in many different academic competitions. In the interview‚ she stated that school was always easy for her and
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Preface This report holds some basic information on the given topic ‘Natural Disaster’. I had to go through some books and surf through the internet to get this project done and going through these stuffs was really interesting and informative. I have tried to include much information about the topic. This report consists of an introduction to natural disasters‚ their causes and some measures to prevent these calamities. I hope the contents of this report will give the readers a quick
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Violence against women (VAW) is an issue that‚ for many years‚ was widely unrecognized. However‚ the rise of the feminist movement in the 1970’s brought this issue back to the forefront of public policy. While the first wave of feminism focused on topics such as women’s suffrage and the right to vote‚ this second wave expanded to topics concerning sexuality‚ legal inequalities‚ and reproductive rights. Women were openly discussing their life experiences and bringing attention to these barriers (Mallicoat
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Introduction: A Qualitative Analysis of Running In the 1970’s‚ thousands of people took to the road with a new trend of exercise----running. It was fairly easy; just put one foot in front of the other as fast as you can and go as far as you can. Feel the burn in your chest? The sweat trickling down your face? The throb in your knees as your foot pounds into the ground with every step? Well then‚ you’re exercising! You’re running! Since then‚ running has become a dominant factor in sports
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Movement in the 1960s was caused by the demand for women’s rights. When the ERA was passed by the Senate in the 22nd of March‚ 1972‚ women pushed on to convince states to ratify the amendment and accept equal rights. According to Linda Napikoski’s “1970s Feminism Timeline”‚ feminists pushed through acknowledging many ideas in the government‚ including legalizing abortion in New York in November of 1792‚ then on more parts of the U.S. on 1793. The next year‚ The Fair Housing Act of 1968 was adapted
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Era : Early 1970s Trend : Ethnic clothes Impact on fashion trend or history: There was no acute impact or revolution in fashion trends‚ as result the popular trends in late 1960s continued into 1970s. Much of hippie style had been integrated into mainstream American society by the early 1970s. The Mexican peasant blouses‚ tunic and Indian fabrics were still popular. The Also‚ the seventieth was a individualism decade. Everyone could wear anything anywhere so that the first phase of early
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Lucy Jordan is set in my opinion in the 1960’s‚ where women were house wives and did nothing else but "clean the house for hours or rearrange the flowers". This already is not typical of women today. Women today have jobs and are independent. Women in those days were portrayed as staying at home and being a homemaker. They cleaned the house‚ washed the clothes and dishes‚ did the cooking‚ and took care of the kids when they got home from school or when they stayed home from school for being sick
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In 1970 the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) was put into place by the Congress of the United States Government. This Act‚ Title II of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act‚ is the federal U.S. drug policy which regulates the possession‚ use‚ manufacturing and importation of certain controlled substances. The substances controlled under this act fall under various classifications. These classifications are known as schedules. The legislation created 5 schedules with different
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