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    Salt of the Earth: Communist Subversion or Political Activism? Salt of the Earth was released in 1954‚ during the anticommunist McCarthy era by a collection of blacklisted individuals‚ including screenwriter Michael Wilson‚ producer Paul Jarrico‚ and Hollywood 10 director Herbert J. Biberman. Salt is based on the Empire Zinc strike of Local 890 in Bayard County‚ New Mexico that took place from 1950-1952. In many ways‚ Salt of the Earth resembles the archetypal American dream by presenting the

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    English 102 Dr. Alexander October 14‚ 2010 Fiction Analysis The two short stories‚ “The Yellow Wallpaper” and “Story of an Hour”‚ are two very similar stories. They share similarities of feminism‚ freedom‚ and marriage. The short story‚ “The Yellow Wallpaper”‚ written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman‚ is a story about the struggle of a woman to gain her freedom and to get her own life apart from her controlling husband. The physician‚ who also happens to be the woman’s husband‚ keeps her in a

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    I want to know if the “Broken Windows” theory as well as community policing works as it has been tested. This theory struck an interest to me since my father lives in Newark‚ NJ where this study was so popular at. I wanted to research this theory and get a nice understanding of it so that while in Newark I can recognize the style of policing in progress. If it does work than I would like to know why it works or which aspects work better than others. The same as the opposition‚ if it is not effective

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    Two characters in The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Love is blindness. Therefore‚ no matter how smart‚ intelligent a woman is‚ she will lose her obvious judgment to a man she has a crush on. There is no exception to Mma Ramotswe‚ the main character in the No.1 Ladies Detective Agency. She is in the relationship with two men who are totally opposite in physical appearance‚ characteristics‚ attitude toward woman. We are going to analyze the differences between Note Mokoti and J.L.B Matekoni.

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    How does the first series of HBO’s True Detective represent: Religion‚ Philosophy and Social Groups? “You got to get together and tell yourself stories that violate every law of the universe just to get through the goddamn day?What’s that say about your reality?” True Detective (Fukunaga‚ 2014) True Detective‚ HBO’s award winning and intricate masterpiece‚ deals with a lot of symbology‚ quite boldly‚ from the out-set (Romano‚ A.‚ 2014). Religious iconography is often the focal point within the

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    The Open Window

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    The Open Window Framton Nuttel enters the house of Mrs Sappleton. He is a young man from London suffering from nervous exhaustion‚ and he goes to the country side for some prescribed rest. He decideds to call upon Mrs Sappleton‚ an acquaintance of his sister’s. He is shown to the parlour by Mrs Sappleton’s niece‚ Vera‚ who entertains the man while he awaits the appearance of his host. Vera tells a story‚ the terrible tragedy of Mr Sappleton and his sons. He is told how they went out hunting

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    Silas Ferrao Dr. Hurd AP Biology 08/26/2013 “Windows On Research”: The Effects of Enzyme Complex On Performance‚ Intestinal Health‚ and Nutrient Digestibility of Weaned Pigs” The research completed (August 2013)‚ evaluates the effects of inserting an enzyme complex (amylase‚ protease‚ xylanase) on the performance‚ intestinal‚ and nutrient digestion of weaned pigs. Experiment one had 108 piglets (28 days weaning) feeding on 0‚ 100‚ or 150 ppm enzyme complex. 6 pigs‚ at the end‚ from control

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    Crime Fiction Essay

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    the values and the social context in which it was composed. In doing so‚ crime fiction texts do not just tell a crime story; they make insightful social comments to inform responders. This is evident in P.D. James’ “The Skull Beneath The Skin” (Skull) which not only follows an investigation but also comments on the justice and the emerging role of women in 1980’s Britain while Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 film “Rear Window” (RW) is a hybrid of the crime and romance genres‚ exploring not only American

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    Non-fiction is one of the two main divisions in writing‚ the other form being fiction. Non-fiction is a story based on real facts and information . Non-fiction is a narrative‚ account‚ or other communicative work whose assertions and descriptions are believed by the author to be factual. These assertions and descriptions may or may not be accurate‚ and can give either a true or a false account of the subject in question‚ however‚ it is generally assumed that authors of such accounts believe them

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    Boy at the Window

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    It is interesting when we are young and what are our thoughts. We see things differently when we are young. We can get away with being naïve to the world. Reading “Boy at the Window” there is a sense of being young and not knowing about the world. It is difficult to understand how people think if you do not know about their lifestyle. This story explains how someone feels about another person. Reading poetry is something to truly experience. Authors write poems with strong feelings. “Saying that

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