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    the intimate pose of the couple featured at the top‚ and the interposed war images‚ that this poster advertises a wartime love story. This poster was released in 1940‚ in the United States of America‚ advertising the very successful feature film Gone With the Wind. The movie had been released limitedly in December of 1939 and widely released in January of 1940. At this time‚ America was in the midst of the Great Depression‚ as well as caught up in the exciting‚ devastating news of the recent European

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    Results Is your character reflected in the way you dress? | Debate.org www.debate.org › Opinions › Society The way we dress does have an impact on how we are viewed and ... So you show off your personality and reveal your character to those who see you. GRE® issue essay: The way people look‚ dress‚ and act reveals ... www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic59473.html Jul 29‚ 2010 - 5 posts - ‎3 authors First and foremost‚ we must recognize the fact that the way people think‚ appear and behave‚ which

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    Censorship Gone Too Far

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    At what point has censorship gone too far? By simply allowing someone else to get censored‚ you give anyone the power to censor you or something you like. Censorship is the act of blocking “offensive” material. It is wrong due to the fact that it a prevention of creativity‚ unnecessary nuisance‚ and contradiction of rights.. Censorship in music is just not right. It goes against everything in society. Especially the 1st amendment‚ which states “Congress shall make (…) abridging the freedom of speech

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    down beside him quietly with his thick voice filled with tears. I didn’t understand what was happening‚ as I was young and all I know is that Alan is gone. that’s what Denny told me at least before he made me leave the scary room and I started thinking about what he means by “gone”? Is Alan going on a long trip or something? Or maybe he has gone to a fantasy world just like Alice in Wonderland did‚ he would always read me her

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    Movie Analysis: Gone Girl

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    The movie Gone Girl‚ can be analyzed through van Gennep’s theory‚ rite of passage. Throughout the movie‚ the experience of the main character Nick‚ has three stages which match the theory’s threefold scheme that consist of separation‚ liminality and incorporation. The first stage begins at the beginning of the movie‚ as the wife of Nick‚ Amy goes missing. Nick’s life as a husband has ended as he is separated from his wife and his marriage becomes incomplete. Nick’s situation perfectly matches what

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    The way‚ i am. it is the way. way way way. BBC News Typhoon Haiyan’s death toll rises in Philippines CBS News - ‎1 hour ago‎ Updated at 1:03 p.m. ET. TACLOBAN‚ Philippines The central Philippine city of Tacloban was in ruins Saturday‚ a day after being ravaged by one of the strongest typhoons on record‚ as horrified residents spoke of storm surges as high as trees and authorities ... Related Philippines » Red Cross Fears 1000 Deaths in Philippine TyphoonNew York Times Why is

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    Long Beach

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    There isn’t any one reason that I applied to Long Beach‚ rather several reasons that complement one another. For one‚ the campus diversity both excites and relieves me. The prospect of going to a school where I can learn about and be challenged by new and fresh groups of people is exhilarating. And perhaps even more important than that is the incredible academic opportunity that is provided at this school. The value of education is something that I have understood since a very young age. Neither

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    The World Has Gone Quiet My lungs fill with cool autumn air. Breathe in‚ breathe out. In‚ out. In‚ out. As I breathe‚ I begin to walk. My head doesn’t know what my destination is‚ but my legs carry me. Down the road‚ turn right onto Meridian Street. The only sound is the wind in the trees‚ my feet on the ground. My shoe scraping softly against the pavement. It’s quiet. Too quiet. Somewhere‚ I can hear a bird’s hushed call. It seems like that’s the only living thing out here. The town

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    In the Long Hall

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    Hibbs Composition 2 February 3‚ 2014 In the Long Hall When life throws you lemons‚ you squeeze them and make lemonade; just like in the poem “In the Long Hall”‚ when the young boy gets stuck in between the tapestry trying to move forward‚ but the tapestry continued to unravel behind him as he tried to move forward. This scenario really made it hard for the young boy to move forward with things. Sometimes in life things may get hard or difficult‚ but we have to continue to move forward and not

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    The Long Goodbye

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    Hein Aung Amy Katherine Cannon Writing 39B 17 Nov. 2014 The Long Goodbye: The Social Impacts of the Novel “The image of Los Angeles by the 1950s was‚ in contrast‚ that of the wasteland: in the cold‚ hard city one was overwhelmed by emptiness‚ desolation‚ and despair‚” as quoted in the article The Dark Side of the Dream by Tina Olsin Lent‚ overpopulation and industrialization were the major factors that led to gradual deterioration of the city of Los Angeles. Urbanization‚ invoked by the booming

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