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    spirituality and one’s personal legend‚ goal‚ spiritual awakening/journey‚ inspiration‚ motivation and sociality. Coelho in the past has lived his life as a hippy in the 1960’s and in the 70’s he was involved in the drug culture‚ soon he went on to travel to Spain and North Africa where he went on a spiritual awakening. While he lived as a hippy he began to be very spiritual as he also travelled‚ Santiago (protagonist) is a traveler while a shepherd at the same time who goes on to travel from Spain

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    to kick off the beginning of the music studio and raise money to build it. The town denied the idea of holding the music festival in the town. No matter how the young men and their lawyers spun it‚ the citizens did not want a bunch of drugged up hippies coming into their town. After much dispute‚ the town passed a law on July 2‚ 1969 that effectively banned the concert from their festival was know only a month and a half away and they didn’t have a place to hold it. The festival was eventually moved

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    Conversely‚ when speaking about left-wing extremist Americans tend to imagine the movement in the northern California area during the 1960’s‚ which the nation describe them as the Hippies and the adamant protest of the Vietnam war. However‚ left-wing extremist generally has an objective against the capitalism and imperialism ways of America‚ which are not always accommodating to a majority of American citizens (Dempsey‚ J. S.‚ Forst‚ L. S.‚ Carter‚ S. n.d.). In addition‚ left-wing along with right-wing

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    first impression by what we wear not by our personalities. They say you are what you eat but truly you are what you wear and fashion has provided us with a little something to define everyone. There are so many styles of fashion: Goth‚ Chic‚ Prep‚ Hippies etc. every style has its own description so why would we not be classified into that style and its description that fits us perfectly. What we wear can also make it easy for us to identify people and whether they are who we want to socialise with

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    Who Is Dr. Martens Punk?

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    Martens was one of youth culture innovation over the decades from 20th century and it became an iconic of major youth cultures started from the early skinhead‚ mods‚ hippies‚ punk to the British working class. If talking about Dr. Martens in 20th century‚ The first apparent images came up was all about style for Punk. Fig.2 Advertising of Dr. Martens in 1977 in the magazine https://www.pinterest.com/pin/513480794986135692/

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    men enthusiastic and involved to execute the scheme of robbing the gold from the German’s. Donald Sutherland (Oddball) - He was a Tank Commander. He wanted to keep his men out of dangerous action and alive to party instead of fight. He was a hippy type‚ somewhat of an anachronism. When he found out about the gold‚ he encouraged‚ enticed and led his troops (9-10 men) into the scheme of things‚ which they were well rewarded for their efforts. Telly Savalas (Big Joe) - He was a by-the-book

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    Women In The 1960s

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    Many of those who were a part of the Counterculture of the time were known as "Hippies"‚ a group known for their tie dyed shirts and pacifist outlook on life. The Counterculture of the time change much of America’s musical scene‚ inspiring a more folk music with anti-war undertones like the 1961 ballad "Where Have All the Flowers Gone"

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    The growth of the "counterculture" was actually sparked by the civil rights movement‚ where the "radical student activism began to spread across American campuses in the 1960’s" and developed by the Students for a Democratic Society in 1959 (Schultz 2014). By the late 1960’s the activism had turned deadly in some instances when protests became violent all in the name of social justice. Originally‚ the SDS wanted to change the older political movement going on in America‚ even the older radical views

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    The end of World War II brought thousands of young servicemen back to America to pick up their lives and start new families in new homes with new jobs. With an energy never before experienced‚ American industry expanded to meet peacetime needs. Americans began buying goods not available during the war‚ which created corporate expansion and jobs. Growth everywhere. The baby boom was underway... The purpose of this web and library guide is to help the user gain a broad understanding and appreciation

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    always envisioned myself being a part of some type of social movement. I was born in the 1960’s and there was a great amount of movement going on in the world during my early years as a child. As I got older I observed the peace and love of the “hippies” and wished that I could have been older and more involved. I believe the social movement that was going on at that time never really materialized and frankly‚ I think we still yearn for peace in the world today: at least I know I do. I believe

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