The biggest-budgeted movie ever produced at Germany’s UFA‚ Fritz Lang’s gargantuan Metropolis consumed resources that would have yielded upwards of 20 conventional features‚ more than half the studio’s entire annual production budget. And if it didn’t make a profit at the time -- indeed‚ it nearly bankrupted the studio -- the film added an indelible array of images and ideas to cinema‚ and has endured across the many decades since its release. Metropolis had many sources of inspiration‚ including
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Agent William Klein listened intently‚ the hairs on his arms and the back of his neck standing at attention. He knew at that instant that he discovered the Perfect Crime. Smiling‚ he nodded his head‚ and turned off the recorder. He heard enough. The Final Detail clinched it. Grabbing the phone‚ his heart palpitating in his chest‚ he took a deep breath and dialed the number to the Home Office. "This is it‚ my big break‚" he thought‚ "The boys back home have to take notice of me now. Yep‚ pretty
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|“The Provinces” | |By: A. M. Klein | |[pic] | | | | | |By: Rayne Meider-Kimery
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Maps and Charts That Will Surprise You”‚ the author‚ Ezra Klein‚ writes‚”These 22 charts and maps were‚ at least for me‚ in that category: all of them told me something I found surprising.”(Klein). Personally‚ the chart that left me flabbergasted‚ was the one about Africa being large. The map demonstrated that Africa was considerably more vast than I had foreseen. Furthermore‚ the chart entitled‚”Switzerland is the best place to be born”(Klein)‚ was a shocking revelation to me. In summary‚ the chart
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Nazi Germany took everything from Gerda; except her life. In the book All But My Life by Gerda Weissmann Klein we learn about the holocaust from a woman’s perspective. Our story begins on September 3‚1939. Gerda and the Weissmann family live in Bielitz‚ Poland. Gerda sees her neighbors rejoicing at the appearance of the Nazi’s. Gerda’s Father is ill and they mustn’t create panic. The Nazi’s start creating laws for the jews and punishing them. Gerda’s father hears about what’s happening in Bielitz
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1. The American family has changed so much over the past 40 years. Herbert S. Klein has written an essay on this matter titled “The Changing American Family”. He brings up a lot of interesting facts about changes in fertility and marriage in the population from the colonial period up to today. One major change that was discussed was birth outside of marriage. Less than 10 percent of all births were outside of marriage in the colonial period. By the end of the century more than half of all births
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Faith in Humanity Faith in Humanity By : Renee Muse Essay written in the 7th grade. Please not that my opinions on the second paragraph have changed and I probably should rewrite it. Published on www.booksie.com/Renee Muse Copyright © Renee Muse ‚ 2012 Publish your writing on Booksie.com. Faith in Humanity 1 Faith in Humanity Faith in Humanity Faith in Humanity By Renee B. I believe that having faith in humanity is trusting other people to do the right thing. Having
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In the article‚ “5 Maps and CHarts THat Will Surprise You”‚ by Ezra Klein‚ states that there are many types of maps and charts used around the world.In total there are 22 different types of maps and charts‚ some are Valeriepieris‚ The Telegraph‚ The Economist‚ Movoto‚ and lastly Max Fisher/Washington Post.Each map and chart has its own way its suppose to be used.For example the economist shows the states acutal size.The telegraph notes that‚“the earliest invation lauched from these islands was an
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The biography piece is called “All But My Life” and the author is Gerda Weissman Klein. The piece we are given is about a girl and her family when World War 2 started to happen and about how life just suddenly stopped and turned horrid with bombs‚ gunfire and explosions‚and how her father was stricken by an illness‚ while all this is happening. Her beloved town was once “gay” and “sparkling” ‚but it had turned frantic‚ her entire country was in fear and what was once beautiful was all gone‚ so
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Van Gogh painted this piece in 1889 while he was in Saint Rémy seeking treatment in a mental asylum. Interestingly enough‚ he painted this piece from his memory and it was supposed to have been based on a constellation arrangement he had seen earlier on in the night sky of Provence. Starry Night is perhaps one of his most famous and yet most elusive works. The first thing that I noticed was the overwhelming night sky‚ which takes up most of the background. Its swirling‚ flowing lines appear to
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