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    The classic rock format evolved from AOR radio stations that were attempting to appeal to an older audience by including familiar songs of the past with current hits. In 1980‚ AOR radio station M105 in Cleveland‚ Ohio began billing itself as "Cleveland’s Classic Rock"‚ playing a mix of rock music from the mid-1960s to the present. Similarly‚ WMET called itself "Chicago’s Classic Rock" in 1981. In 1982‚ radio consultant Lee Abrams developed the "Timeless Rock" format which combined contemporary AOR

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    Podcast Script The 1960s was the beginning of a cultural revolution in America. The counter-culture of the 1960s was viewed by some as “mankind’s best‚ maybe only‚ hope; others saw it as a portent of civilization’s imminent ruin.”1 The nation’s youth began to find their voice and were slowly shaping the nation’s ideals. Music became “a medium of propaganda‚ identifying the young as a distinct force in society with unique values and aspirations.”2 The counter-cultural movement began in reaction

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    "The Motorcycle Diaries" After reading this book‚ I learned a lot about who Che Guevara was that I never knew about him before. More than just two men traveling South America‚ their trip inspired Guevara to become a man he didn’t expect to be. No dry history lesson or travelogue‚ this biography is supported with the humor of Guevara’s diaries‚ as the 23-year-old Ernesto - a frail asthmatic who had not yet taken the nickname Che - and the slightly older Alberto set off from Buenos Aires on a beat-up

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    Josie Thomas Mr. Wilcox American History 27 March 2011 Vietnam War Research Paper Why is the Vietnam War so significant in American history? How did it really affect America? The Vietnam War was the prolonged struggle between nationalist forces trying to unify Vietnam under a communist government‚ and the United States attempting to prevent the spread of communism. There are many lessons learned throughout this war that America‚ hopefully‚ will never undergo again. There are a series of

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    West Coast of the United States to the rest of the country‚ and eventually‚ to Europe (O’Brien n.p.). In relation to the rampant use of LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide) was the rise of the “hippie movement”. This movement was a kind of counterculture at that time which celebrated the ideals of peace and spiritual happiness through irenic gatherings (Scaruffi n.p.). The “hippies” were rebels against America’s increased involvement in the Vietnam War and they advocated for peace during the time

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    There is no single definition for organizational culture. The topic has been studied from a variety of perspectives ranging from disciplines such as anthropology and sociology‚ to the applied disciplines of organizational behaviour‚ management science‚ and organizational communication. Some of the definitions are listed below: A set of common understandings around which action is organized; finding expression in language whose nuances are peculiar to the group (Becker and Geer 1960). A set of understandings

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    result of the diverse civil rights‚ economic‚ and political issues it was faced with. At the center of this revolution was the American hippie‚ the most peculiar and highly influential figure of the time period. Hippies were vital to the American counterculture‚ fueling a movement to expand awareness and stretch accepted values. The hippies ’ solutions to the problems of institutionalized American society were to either participate in mass protests with their alternative lifestyles and radical beliefs

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    The connection between student unrest and the Vietnam War was obviously an issue that effected students in the United States and throughout the nation. Students in the United States protested the war in several ways. Students who attended Kent State University protested Richard Nixon’s decision to continue the war in Cambodia by tearing pages out of history books and burning them. The students thought that this was their voice to the world that the president was destroying the Constitution (The

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    a. Should Native Americans be able to perform their ceremonies in prison? Yes. Although physically restricted behind penal bars‚ Native Americans‚ as well as inmates of diverse devotions‚ may express their religious liberties without obstruction. I believe that all prisoners have the right to observe their traditional religious practices while incarcerated‚ including the right to perform ceremonies that are common amid unconventional ideologies‚ such as the ritual performed by Yellow Thunder. “Because

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    "When art is made new‚ we are made new with it. We have a sense of solidarity with our own time‚ and of psychic energies shared and redoubled‚ which is just about the most satisfying thing that life has to offer. “If that is possible‚” we say to ourselves‚ “then everything is possible”; a new phase in the history of human awareness has been opened‚ just as it was opened up when people first read Dante‚ or first heard Bach’s 48 preludes and fugues‚ or first learned Hamlet and King Lear." (Russell

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