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    The genre of comedy is one of the most entertaining‚ and fascinating film genres. One can note the different subgenres within comedy include‚ slapstick comedy‚ parody‚ deadpan‚ and satire. Throughout the history of film cinema comedy has been at the forefront since the start with actors such as‚ Charlie Chaplin‚ Buster Keaton‚ and Harold Lloyd. Then as time progressed the Marx Brothers‚ and the Three Stooges rose to fame as group comedy acts. Mel Brooks perfected the parody genre with his films‚

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    With each sport there is a history‚ but no other sport’s history compares to that of soccer. Though the origin of the sport is mysterious‚ it has grown to be the most popular sport in the modern world. Many have tried to pin down the singular person that started soccer‚ but none have been successful. However‚ historians have been able to find the cultures that primarily played soccer‚ dating back to ancient times. From its conception‚ soccer has proven to be a complex sport that truly tests the

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    Black Boy

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    Black Boy How do our choices affect our independence? The decisions we make and our actions we take have a direct impact upon the freedom we enjoy in our lives‚ in Richard wright’s autobiographical novel‚ Black Boy‚ this is clearly evident. The author had to struggle against violence‚ racism‚ and hunger in order to ultimately gain his independence. These obstacles were present throughout the author’s life and influenced his writing. Early in his life he suffered different forms of abuse. Richard

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    History Of Softball Essay

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    The History of Softball By: Nicki Myers The history of softball all starts in Chicago on Thanksgiving Day 1887. A group of about twenty guys gathered in a gymnasium to hear the score of the Harvard vs. Yale football game. After the guys heard that Yale had won the game one of them picked up an old boxing glove and threw it at someone who hit it with a pole. One of the guys in the room was George Hancock‚ (later to be known as the

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    Walmart History Essay

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    Argument of Wal-Mart Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc. is an international discount department store chain operating in many towns and cities in multiple countries. Wal-Mart’s founder‚ Samuel Walton‚ “decided that small-town populations would welcome‚ and make profitable‚ large discount shopping stores” (Healy 493).Therefore‚ he started to build the largest discount department stores and opened the first Wal-Mart discount store in Rogers‚ Arkansas in 1962 (Healy 493). Wal-Mart sells many different kinds of

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    Soldier Boy is a fabulous novel as it tells the readers the life Jim Martin had before‚ during and after the war. This is Jim’s strange story of how an inexperienced and excited school boy became Australia’s youngest Anzac. The main theme of Soldier Boy is about the life of war. The story starts with the death of Jim aboard a hospital ship. It explains how he dies and the way the family were notified by the nurse sending a letter to them. Then his story starts from the beginning reflecting

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    Opinion Essay Options Karisa Horsch Professor R. Sorrell HIST 136; Opinion 2‚ 3‚ 6 March 7th 2013 Industrialists Vs. Workers Opinion Option #2 Today‚ the United States is known for being a big‚ beautiful powerhouse of complex industrial systems and with these industrial systems‚ bridges have been built‚ factories have been produced‚ inventions and workers have been put to work and thus‚ a new age industry arise. It’s hard to exactly pin-point exactly who to

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    will be the means to turn around his government‚ his country‚ and life for his family. But Jamal is about to embark upon an adventure more ‘bold‚ wild‚ dangerous and crazy’ than he could ever imagine. In reality‚ it is far from an ‘adventure’. A young boy facing the unknown and dealing with incredible adversity does give the story an edge of excitement and suspense as a true adventure would. But for Jamal and his family who are thrust into a terrible situation‚ there is no such thing as real choice.

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    History of Welding William Barker Timeline Welding is a method of repairing or creating metal structures by joining the pieces of metals or plastic through various fusion processes. Generally‚ heat is used to weld the materials. The Welding process can utilize open flames‚ electric arc or laser light. Middle Ages The earliest evidence of welding can be traced back to the Bronze Age. The earliest examples of welding are gold

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    In the short story “funny boy” Adrian and ___ are discriminated against for different reasons in their culture. Adrian‚ while being homosexual‚ and ___ for being black and taking care of Adrian. In this time period‚ it was still universially accepted and common for people to be against gays and blacks. In many instances‚ they are both discriminated against. In Adrian’s case‚ he was discriminated against for being gay and having AIDS‚which was generally associated with homosexuals. He lived in

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