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    Although controversial in its inception‚ Maya Lin ’s Vietnam War Memorial adequately fulfills the vision of Jan Scruggs‚ who returned home wounded from the conflict in Southeast Asia at the age of 19‚ for a monument to his fallen comrades in arms that would "provide a symbol of acknowledgement of the courage‚ sacrifice‚ and devotion to duty of those who were among the nation ’s finest youth."1 Lin ’s work‚ unlike most previous military monuments‚ rejects the emphasis on heroics in favor of a poignant

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    Communication thru Art Although it does not look like there was not too much thought into the design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial‚ there was actually an extreme amount of thought put into it. One end of the memorial points to Washington Monument that represents the first president of the US. The other end of the Memorial points to the Lincoln Memorial which not only represent another president but where other historical events took place. Its shape can be left up to your interpretation;

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    A McDonald’s is quite different from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Both places have different purposes. For example‚ A McDonald’s purpose is to serve fast food while the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool serves as an outlook from the Lincoln Memorial. However‚ they do have a similarity: the intended audience of both is anyone around the D.C area. But‚ the reactions that each place cause are very much different. The dirtiness and fast movements causes people at McDonalds restaurants to act

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    to Do in Birmingham Memorial Day Weekend Birmingham‚ Alabama is a fantastic place to visit for the residents of the region and other citizens in the USA during the Memorial Day Weekend. The place is peaceful‚ and the locals are welcoming. The Memorial Day is a holiday celebrated by the Americans every year during the last Monday of May. During this period‚ they honor the soldiers who have died serving the United States of America under the celebrated armed forces. The Memorial Day’s great history

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    want to know. Huge number of people may be found at the variety of social networking sites that they may log into. The researcher with a course of information technology with interactive multimedia‚ creating an interactive website for Martinez Memorial Colleges is suggested because most of the people are engaged in dealing with computers‚ internet‚ and social networking sites that we have nowadays. Review of Related Literature Interactive multimedia “allows two-way interaction with

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    Brianna Velasquez U.S. History ll Since 1876 Peter Hacker 4/14/2014 Freedmen’s Cemetery Memorial One thing I have to say about this particular memorial is that it’s far more emotionally involving. The Freedman’s Memorial is architecturally classic and emotionally wrenching. It does what a true memorial is supposed to do: it makes you feel the pain and sacrifice of the people it memorializes. The Freedman’s Memorial is a mixture of park and sculpture garden. A wrought-iron fence surrounds most of the

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    In the Canterbury Tales‚ by Geoffrey Chaucer‚ there are many characters involved. All of these characters played roles during the time of Chaucer’s life(1350 to 1400). Each is briefly described in the General Prologue. In the description‚ the class of the character is identified‚ as well as physical appearance and attitude of the character. All of these characters are on a pilgrimage to a martyr in Canterbury. When they meet up‚ the Host of the story offers them a proposal. He tells the people that

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    Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales centers itself around an eclectic selection of pilgrims who swap stories with one another on their collective journey to visit the relics of Saint Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral. The Wife of Bath is one such storyteller. An older‚ experienced‚ well-traveled woman‚ she begins her story with a prologue stuffed with sexually explicit personal anecdotes before starting her tale about a knight of King Author’s court raping a young maiden. Some scholars make

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    Case Synopsis In mid-April 2000‚ Pate Memorial Hospital (PMH) uncovered a concerning piece of news. This news was discovered by Sherri Worth‚ assistant administrator at Pate Memorial Hospital in charge of the hospital’s Pate Health Clinic (PHC). Worth discovered that a firm had been conducting a study to determine whether there was sufficient demand to establish a clinic five blocks north of the Pate Health Clinic‚ the opening date for this potential clinic was May 2001. Worth believed that the

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    In Chaucers section of the Canterbury Tales‚ The Pardoners Tale various literary elements occur. He displays personification‚ and makes death a character‚ giving him life. He includes a moral to his tale which is greed is the root of all evil(Bible) and gives the story meaning. Chaucers plot is another key part to the story‚ because it proved greed can bring evil. Chaucer wrote the Pardoners Tale with the theme greed is the root of all evil he was able to show this by using various literary elementsThe

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