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    The Peruvian civil war 1980 to 1992 saw 69‚000 dead‚ and the PCP-SL was responsible for 54% of them. Trying to explain the rise of the PCP-SL historians have emphasized late economic crises; failed state reforms‚ and even radical Maoist leaders. However‚ much of those previous attempts have come under criticism‚ leading some to call for a move “beyond enigma” and to contextualize the PCP-SL and the civil war (Heilman‚ 1). Accordingly‚ some such as Carlos Ivan Degregori have situated the PCP-SL

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    Stephen Hawkin

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    progressively wanted to know more about space. David Shiga’s article‚“ Hawken calls for Moon and Mars colonies”‚ references Stephen Hawking‚ a theoretical physicist and his devotion to have NASA place ten times the amount of there current budget of the world’s financial resources to space. Mankind faces nuclear Armageddon and must build colonies on Mars and beyond‚ as stated by Stephen Hawking. Student Halie Westin believes that‚ “ All this Mars colonization talk is out of control. We have enough problems

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    What is particularly fascinating about Shining City is that it has a ghost‚ but unfortunately that ghost only makes an appearance right at the end‚ and the ghost is not even there for revenge‚ which is slightly disappointing. It is clear from the first page of the play that it is pretty much all chaos. While the play has a story that drags on‚ it definitely does not follow the classical structure. It leaves the reader in a state trying to decipher everything they just read‚ and it has no “regular”

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    Stephen Sondheim - Biography Stephen Sondheim was born on 22 March 1930‚ the son of a wealthy New York dress manufacturer. But‚ when his parents divorced‚ his mother moved to Bucks County‚ Pennsylvania and young Stephen found himself in the right place at the right time. A neighbour of his mother’s‚ Oscar Hammerstein II‚ was working on a new musical called Oklahoma! and it didn’t take long for the adolescent boy to realise that he‚ too‚ was intrigued by musical theatre. Although

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    Poe as a Gothic Writer

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    Early horror literature came out of a mix of the upcoming of romanticism‚ the decline of the enlightenment‚ and most of all from early gothic traditions themselves. Neo-gothic interests greatly sparked the minds of many 18th century writers‚ Edgar Allen Poe being one of them. Poe is classified as an American Horror author of the romanticism era who wrote many short stories and poems of weird‚ gloomy‚ and haunting concepts. The ideas behind many of his stories relate to the minds of many people who

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    Dudley and Stephens

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    Morality In "Queen Vs. Dudley And Stephens" 1. In the case of Queen vs. Dudley and Stephens‚ was the killing of the cabin boy‚ Richard Parker‚ morally wrong? Relate your answer to one or more of the following ethical theories: Aristotelian ethics‚ Hobbesian ethics‚ Utilitarianism‚ or Kantian ethics. Be sure to give a summary of the main points of the theory‚ as well as drawing out its implications for the case. In the case of Dudley and Stephens‚ the murder of Richard Parker cannot be justified

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    Murder‚ horror‚ gore; these are just a few of the elements that fuel the Southern Gothic genre. Flannery O’Connor‚ a prominent 20th century author and writer of thirty-two short stories‚ was a well-known proponent of Southern Gothic literature. Her short stories not only highlight the macabre‚ but instill unease within readers‚ two purposes aided by the usage of irony‚ symbolism‚ and theme. Irony constructs an atmosphere of suspense within O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” The story follows

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    Southern Gothic literature has many of the same aspects as Gothic literature; Southern Gothic literature‚ which is a sub-genre of the Gothic writing style‚ is unique to the American South. It focuses on topics such as death‚ madness‚ and the super natural as well has having many mystical‚ bizarre‚ violent‚ and grotesque aspects. Gothic literature has left a deep impression to the people. Influenced by Edgar Allan Poe and Flannery O’Connor wrote stories filled with grotesque characters‚ violence‚

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    H.P. Lovecraft Gothic fiction has never been lacking in prolificacy. From Edgar Allen Poe to Stephen King‚ this haunting literary class has yielded innumerable works of timeless creativity and imagination. Just as works from all genres exploit some emotion of the reader‚ Gothic fiction utilizes horror and shock. Many writings of the genre play on substantial‚ concrete fears‚ like murder; however‚ the works of one agent of this dark literary philosophy go beyond specific‚ rationalizable phobias.

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    conductor bowed and the concert began. Before the members of the choir began to sing the conductor set the key for the song on the piano. The first song that they sang was not listed in the program. It was more of an introductory song. Sure On This Shining Night was the next song that they sang. The conductor for this song was different then the conductor for the first song. The tempo for this song was moderato. The voices in this song were mainly baritone with spirts of soprano and alto. There were

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