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    STYLE OF MOZART Mozart exemplified the Viennese Classical styles of elegance‚ balance‚ and sophistication. Through this he exemplified and expanded all Classical styles‚ such as the sonata form and the double-exposition sonata (which gave the solo-ist new material). He was able to be counterpuntal yet homorhythmic at the same time. He frequently used symmetry in his phrasing‚ like four-measure phrases‚ for example. He composed both diatonically and chromatically. He expanded the use of wind instruments

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    The Meiji Miracle By Alexander Webb Murfee Modern World History 3HP Woodward Academy March 27‚ 2012 Throughout history‚ there have been many instances of a change in a culture because of foreign influence. Many times‚ these changes bring about positive modernization resulting from influences from a more advanced civilization. Nineteenth century Japan is a prime example of persuasion from a foreign power. After the American‚ Commodore Perry

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    He was emperor of Japan from 1867 to 1912 and during his reign Japan was transformed to a more westernized culture. This character is accurately depicted. Captain Omura the right hand man of the emperor‚ is also accurately depicted in helping the emperor make decisions and sometimes even becoming the decision maker. Harold Bolitho‚ a professor of Japanese history at Harvard University in Cambridge‚ Massachusetts‚ said "It’s a country that tries to modernize itself in a hurry‚" "It wants to get rid

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    Sycira Angel Ortiz Professor Mignerey Composition & Rhetoric 1301 2 October 2014 Ebola and Media Bias Currently‚ there is an Ebola virus outbreak that is possibly threatening society. There have been countless reports in the media covering the virus and how it may have spread over several continents. Sources have stated that the virus outbreak started in Liberia. Eric Bolling reports that Texas Health Ebola has killed 75‚000 in just one year. The Ebola virus is one that is extremely contagious

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    Business Groups and the Big Push: Meiji Japan’s Mass Privatization and Subsequent Growth Assignment: Summarize the main points. How convincing do you find the paper? This paper discusses how and by whom a so-called “Big Push” should be operated. A big push is a flood of state-controlled investment across all sectors‚ sparking off industry (micro level) and economic (macro level) growth. It argues that a state-run big push is likely to fail and instead‚ pyramidal business groups can coordinate such

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    Of the many samurai who devoted themselves to helping our country before Japan was westernized‚ there was one famous national samurai hero‚ named Sakamoto Ryoma. Most Japanese people know his name well‚ and how he made a great contribution to Japan’s rapid modernization. Sakamoto Ryoma was a low ranking samurai who played a major role in Japan’s transmutation from a feudal society into a unified state intent on modernizing itself and overtaking the West. He appeared at a critical stage in history

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    By referring to two or three of the poems you have read so far‚ explain what attitude(s) to the natural world you find in these poems and what leads you to this conclusion The poems “Wind” and “October Dawn” by Ted Hughes conveys Hughes’ attitudes towards the raw power of nature. Through these two poems he presents his belief that although humans have tamed and adapted nature to our purposes‚ it is still powerful and has the capability of destroying us‚ and therefore using violent powerful imagery

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    Wendell Fleming The Tale of Genji Paper 10/5/11 The great theme of The Tale of Genji is the success or failure to regain one’s birthright. Chapters 1-33 are a success story in which a main male hero‚ Prince Genji‚ becomes an Emperor emeritus and thus regains his birthright as the son of an Emperor. Chapters 34-41 chronicle the breakdown of the success story of the previous chapters by addressing the potentiality of failure in Prince Genji’s marriages‚ and in his relationships with his children

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    Pimiku or Himiko( 卑弥呼) in Japanese Historical references The shaman Queen Himiko is recorded in various ancient histories‚ dating back to 3rd century in China‚ 8th century in Japan‚ and 12th century in Korea. Chinese resources The country formerly had a man as a ruler‚ for some seventy or eighty years after that there were some disturbances and warfare. Thereupon the people agreed upon a woman for their ruler‚ her name was Himiko‚ She occupied herself with magic and sorcery‚ bewitching the people

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    The short story by Ailing “Sealed Off” has various levels and interpretations of the title. The first being the war background and what happened throughout the city. Shanghai grew quiet every time an air raid attack happened when the Japanese frequently bombed them during the Second Sino-Japanese War. When these air raid attacks happened the city would seal off temporarily. The tramcars would halt and seal off as well‚ and whoever was in the tramcars would be stuck inside until the raids were over

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