was founded by Thomas Cook‚ a cabinet-maker‚ in 1841 to carry temperance supporters by railway between the cities of Leicester‚ Nottingham‚ Derby and Birmingham.[6] In 1851‚ the founder arranged transport to the Great Exhibition of 1851.[6] He organised his first tours to Europe in 1855 and to the United States in 1865.[6] In 1865‚ the founder’s son John Mason Cook began working for the company full time. In 1871‚ he became a partner‚ and the name of the company was changed to Thomas Cook and Son
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was something that America had never seen before. The United States became the richest and most developed nation in the world during this time period. Americans were mass producing things‚ had high wages‚ new goods for consumers‚ and many forms of entertainment. Some of the major changes that came with the roaring twenties were consumerism‚ the harlem renaissance‚ changing the role of women in the society‚ literature‚ sports‚ movies and radio‚ and transportations. Also‚ America was pro business‚ republican
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Dream Theater: An Analysis The Valdosta State Fine Arts department is holding an exhibit of the works of Maggie Taylor and Jerry Uelsmann‚ and their preferred method of expression involves a camera‚ a scanner‚ and Photoshop—not that it’s a bad thing. Uelsmann’s works feature dark‚ emotive‚ photography blended together that seems to tell a story within itself; in complete contrast to Taylor’s‚ who brings her work together with a combination of bright‚ vibrant colors and ‘vintage’-era photography
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Jack Shipway ENG4U Foster 2-10-12 Naivety vs. Cynicism Cynicism‚ along with naivety‚ is one of the most prevalent human characteristics‚ as shown in Guy de Maupassant’s Was It a Dream? which questions the goodness of deceased loved ones by revealing their sin and deceptiveness through a contrast of the two themes.. The narrator‚ the protagonist of the story‚ is naïve as he sees his lover as perfect. He stares at a mirror in which his “perfect” lover so often saw herself in‚ yet did not see
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his bed and thought about his latest dream. Last night‚ Leo had a dream about him being on a tour in his favorite country. Leo has always had the idea of him visiting his favorite country‚ Cuba‚ since he was a little boy. Looking back on his dream‚ Leo remembered some of the most interesting aspects of Cuba. In his dream‚ he learned about the country and toured around to different cities. Leo loved Cuba because of the many things that make it exciting like it`s culture‚ sports‚ and education. The
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“American Dream” can be best described as happiness and living in the lap of luxury‚ but the “American Dream” is fictitious. Winter Dreams and The Swimmer both have characters‚ who try to achieve their own perception of the American Dream‚ but in the end‚ fail. The “American Dream” comes with a great cost. F. Scott Fitzgerald depicts that in his short story Winter Dreams. The Swimmer by John Cheever depicts the “American Dream” as something already achieve but then‚ it is lost. The “American Dream” is
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1920s‚ America was at its peak of prosperity and economy growth. This time period was labeled the “New Era” and “Roaring Twenties” because of the decade’s high-spirited energy and cultural changes. American men and women had this idea that business and its wonderful products were what made America great and they would indulge in spending in new consumer items American factories send forth. Mass production of goods fueled corporate profits and national economic prosperity. Though the America had become
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· What does the American Dream look like in the 1950s? Was it attainable then? Is it attainable now? (slight refernce to: What societal dysfunctions impede the American Dream?) I don’t really know what the American Dream looked like back in the 1950s‚ as I am not a history buff. But who’s to say the American Dream is attainable if there isn’t a concret definition of what the American Dream is; and I’m not refering to the Webster’s definition of the American Dream. What I mean by definiton is what
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lived during a period of Spain where innovations in the fields of art and literature flourished — el Siglo de Oro — ushering in new ideas and thought processes that coincided with much of Western Europe in the 14th-17th centuries. His play Life is a Dream involves many complex themes (some of which were considered revolutionary at the time)‚ but its most prominent one is the play’s function as an allegory to the concept of free will and predestination. Clarin’s final dialogue after his sudden death
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Around the year of 1920s‚ there were two types of schools in Americas education system. Generally‚ it consists of Public Schools and Private Schools. The Oregon School System does play a crucial role in their countrys education system‚ started from the year of 1922. A group of people which is also known as Ku Klux Klan and the Scottish Rite Masons had also involved in the formulation of educational system for the sake of the society in that time. They set the requirements of education for their young
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