Jordan campaigned for the Texas House of Representatives in 1962 and 1964.[1] Her persistence won her a seat in the Texas Senate in 1966‚ becoming the first African American state senator since 1883 and the first black woman to serve in that body.[1] Re-elected to a full term in the Texas Senate in 1968‚ she served until 1972. She was the first African-American female to serve as president pro tem. of the state senate and served one day‚ June 10‚ 1972‚ as acting governor of Texas. In 1972‚ she was
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‘Justice is under threat in the risk society’‚ is Barbara Hudson right to argue this? In the UK the state advised what it expects of us and in response to this gives us laws that we are not legitimate to disobey. We currently live in a de facto and de jure state where no one else can take part in violence apart from the state when needed‚ and the laws are seen as just. From the seventeenth century to the late twentieth century there has been a change in society creating a modernist era which saw
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The bubonic plague was one of the most deadly catastrophes of the Middle Ages. It is well chronicled by many historians‚ although not many accounts are able to capture the reader’s attention so well as that of Barbara Tuchman. Historian Barbara Tuchman’s integration of animated writing and careful research serves to create a palatable and pleasing‚ although quite repulsive‚ essay. In her essay‚ "’This is the End of the World’ The Black Death‚" Tuchman writes about the bubonic plague. Her essay includes
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people’s lives‚ examples of this are shown in "Paper" by Catherine Lim; which tells the story of Tay Soon and his wife‚ and their general obsession with owning their own dream house. Another story that helps to prove this point is "The Winner" by Barbara Kimenye which center’s itself around an elderly gentleman named Pius who is forced to deal with the acquisition of a large sum of money. While the two stories contain characters‚ which hold different values they both hold a similar ironic ending‚
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Pilar Vizzo 11/01/2012 According to Barbara Holland‚ in the conclusion of her book They Went Whistling: Women Wayfarers‚ Warriors‚ Runaways‚ and Renegades (2001)‚ women have been allowed to have careers as a way to keep them busy so that they are not voicing their opinions on critical issues that exist or may arise. Instead of using their energies to participate in politics or law passing‚ they are occupied with keeping the “establishment” safe since keeping their jobs or careers has been imposed
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Essay on; *From Outside in – Barbara Mellix *Communication in a Global Village – Dean Barnlund *Hunger as Ideology – Susan Bordo Dean Barnlund expresses his views on the keys to survival in today’s world psychologically. His work “Communication in a Global Village”‚ discusses the interactions between people who come from dissimilar backgrounds and who have come to accept different norms of how simple acts in one culture posses a different meaning in another. He also discusses a person’s
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Barbara Kimenye’s "The Winner‚" is an excellent example of a short story that does not necessarily use all five of the literary elements to their fullest potential‚ but still creates a sense of organic unity. In this analysis‚ the elements are organized in the order of theme‚ plot‚ characterization‚ setting‚ and then structure. Each element will be described and then "The Winner" and the events in it will be related to the elements. The purpose of the theme of a story is to provide insight to the
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Munro’s narrative "Oranges and Apples" is based on the two main characters Victor Sawicky‚ the golden palomino and Barbara Zeigler‚ the looker. Barbara is a married woman who is having an affair with the best friend of her husband named Victor Sawicky. She is married to Murray Zeigler‚ the crown prince of Walley‚ who is also another main character in our story. However Victor refuses Barbara afterwards because she was his kind and he feels guilty for having such a relationship with her and he can not
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ASC Clubhouse: A Path to Success Modeled after “Santa Barbara County: Lone Ranger of the Islands” by Charles Hillinger George Mooradian is one of the 302 members part of the renowned ASC Clubhouse. He shares this honor with other prominent cinematographers who are all masters in the field of filmmaking. It was his dream to get in and the ASC Executive Board gladly granted it. The ASC Clubhouse is one of the oldest buildings in Hollywood. Since the ASC took possession of it in 1936 from silent-film
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Barbara F McManus (1999) outlines Aristotle’s view from ‘The Poetics’‚ stating that a tragic hero will “mistakenly bring on his own downfall”. How do Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus and Shakespeare’s Hamlet characters relate to this? I personally believe that this statement is true‚ as all tragic heroes present to the audience a flaw that they have‚ that will later bring on their downfall. Doctor Faustus and Hamlet are both examples of this. Doctor Faustus is a play by Christopher Marlowe
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