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    Culture Surrounding the Golden Gate Bridge in the Bay Area The Bay Area has many significant buildings‚ structures‚ and monuments which make the city what it is today but none can compare to the Golden Gate Bridge. The Golden Gate Bridge was opened May 27‚ 1937 which marked its start as becoming one of the most internationally recognized symbols in San Francisco and the United States as a whole. The American Society of Civil engineering acknowledged the Golden Gate Bridge as one of the Wonders

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    By 1932‚ The Great Depression took over most of America. Countless Americans were out of work and had nothing to eat as a result of the “spend 3‚ make 3” mentality of the depression. Many of the citizens‚ expecting help from President Herbert Hoover received nothing‚ resulting in the public’s critical view of him. America needed their government to expand and help them get out of the depression. Consequently‚ the country was ready for a new perspective and leadership to try and usher them out of

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    Cultural Industry

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    difficult high arts. Culture industries may cultivate false needs; that is‚ needs created and satisfied by capitalism. True needs‚ in contrast‚ are freedom‚ creativity‚ or genuine happiness. This was reference to an earlier demarcation in needs by Herbert Marcuse (see Eros and Civilization (1955)). The Frankfurt School Adorno and Horkheimer were key members of the Frankfurt School. They were much influenced by the dialectical materialism and historical materialism of Karl Marx‚ as well the revisitation

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    The Great Depression The Great Depression (1929-39) was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world. In the United States‚ the Great Depression began soon after the stock market crash of October 1929‚ which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. Over the next several years‚ consumer spending and investment dropped‚ causing steep declines in industrial output and rising levels of unemployment as failing companies

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    influential presidents between the years 1877-1953 were Theodore Roosevelt‚ Franklin Roosevelt‚ and Harry Truman. By contrast I will compare them to the three presidents during this time who I believe were on the other end of the spectrum who are‚ Herbert Hoover‚ Warren G. Harding‚ and William McKinley. Upon victory of the Presidential race of 1904 Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed “ I am no longer a political accident” (Theodore Roosevelt National Park Summary). Roosevelt became president after the

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    One of the main aspects of science fiction that sets it apart of almost all other genres is its ability to influence the direction of humankind. By stimulating a reader’s thoughts of the possibility of different futures‚ not only does science fiction serve as a popular source of entertainment‚ but it also encourages one to analyze the possible prospective effects of the generation’s powerholders’ and their decisions. As a science fiction writer himself‚ Isaac Asimov once said‚ “Intelligent science

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    When 10-year-old Amelia Mary Earhart saw her first plane at a state fair‚ she was not impressed. "It was a thing of rusty wire and wood and looked not at all interesting‚" she said. It wasn’t until Earhart attended a stunt-flying exhibition‚ almost a decade later‚ that she became seriously interested in aviation. A pilot spotted Earhart and her friend‚ who were watching from an isolated clearing‚ and dove at them. "I am sure he said to himself‚ ’Watch me make them scamper‚’" she said. Earhart‚ who

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    stock market crash of 1929 was not single handedly responsible for the Great Depression. Although it did in fact play a large role‚ there were many underlying causes that factored into what became The Great Depression. At the time President Herbert Hoover was sworn into office‚ the United States economy was unknowingly on the precipice of an economic downturn. And in less than seven months‚ the U.S had descended into its longest‚ deepest economic crisis of its history. With their president unable

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    In George Herbert ’s poem "The Collar‚" published in The Temple (1633)‚ the author/persona rebels against the casuistry that the Christian life imposes‚ only to be brought back finally into childlike submission when he hears (or thinks he hears) the "Lord ’s" gentle rebuke. My argument is that‚ astoundingly‚ the poem ’s elaborate‚ random-seeming rhyme scheme--itself "collar-like" because it edges the poem--encodes witty messages that force us to rethink the poem ’s meaning‚ especially its serious

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    ultimate assessment of his presidency is still divided between those who approve of his reduction of the size of government programs and those who believe the federal government should be more involved in regulating and controlling the economy. Herbert Hoover promoted partnerships between government and business under the rubric "economic modernization". Hoover deeply believed in the Efficiency Movement‚ which

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