Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (2 May 1892 – 21 April 1918)‚ also widely known as the Red Baron‚ was a German fighter pilot with the Imperial German Army Air Service (Luftstreitkräfte) during World War I. He is considered the top ace of that war‚ being officially credited with 80 air combat victories. Richthofen was born into a Prussian aristocratic family on May 2nd 1892. He was a ‘Freiherr’‚ a title of nobility that translates as ‘Free Lord’ but is usually translated as ‘Baron’ – hence
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During the decade of the 1920s‚ both men and women’s fashions changed drastically. For women‚ Flappers became popular and they often set the trends for that decade. Women’s fashion was influenced by other cultures’ clothing and accessories such as Egypt‚ Japan‚ and India. The end of WWI ended the rationing of supplies including fabric. The hemline of dresses and skirts for women were getting higher and higher until the average hemline was at about the knee. Some fabric patterns commonly used
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The 1920s was a decade that reshaped American life. The 1920s saw the mass production and consumption of automobiles‚ household appliances‚ films‚ and radio that made a way for a new economy and a new standard for living. However‚ at the same time‚ some Americans turned their back on reform‚ stifled immigration‚ retreated toward “old time religion‚” and sparked millions of new members in the Ku Klux Klan (American Yawp). Anxiety and suspicions of immigrants and Catholics contributed to a few organizations
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On the other hand‚ critics of the era often argued that the flapper’s influence had a negative impact on shifting social norms of the 1920s because she exhibited reckless and illegal behavior during a time of rising economic inequality and debauchery. They criticized flappers for essentially “eroding the moral fabric of society” (DiPaolo). Victorian Americans believed the rebellious women misused their new sense of social freedom by mimicking the most disgraceful habits of men: including smoking
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Women The end of World War 1 showed a new age for Australia. During the 1920s the women of Australia changed before they were quiet‚ polite and modest. Primary sources indicated that Australian women of the 1920s had a cultural‚ political and social change. They worked in factories‚ smoke cigarettes in public‚ wore short skirts‚ started swearing‚ wore make-up‚ had short hairstyles and went dancing in the evenings. Unfortunately‚ women still remained largely excluded from most areas of public life
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Bachelor Thesis 2012 Bachelor in Language and Business Communication Author: Degree in Marketing and Management Communication Julius Areska Supervisor: Simon Lind Fischer The Impact of Sport Sponsorship on Brand Equity The Analysis of Red Bull GmbH Department of Language and Business Communication Aarhus School of Business and Social Sciences Aarhus University May 2012 Julius Areska 287754 BAMMC‚ Bachelor Thesis 2012 Abstract Recently‚ traditional marketing communication
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in the 1920’s Jazz Poetry can be defined as poetry that demonstrates jazz-like rhythm or the feeling of improvisation. During the 1920’s many poets began to experiment with the conventional forms of writing with rhythm which led to the invention of Jazz Poetry. Poetry and Jazz seemed to both evolve into each other which led to the merge that became known as "Jazz Poetry". Jazz poetry has been an unorthodox style of writing since it was invented in the 1920’s. The reason
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named Zelda Sayre and she agreed to marry Fitzgerald but she postponed their wedding until he proved that he could make money. He was able to convince Zelda in marrying him after earning some fame and money from his novel “This Slide of Paradise” in 1920. When his most famous novel‚ “The Great Gatsby” was published in 1925 he portrayed Jay Gatsby as himself‚ where Gatsby is a young man who enjoys wealth and luxury and falls in love with a woman when he was stationed at a military camp from the south
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The Red Pony by author John Steinbeck is a very notable book for young adults. The central and recurring theme of the four stories told within this short novel is life and death. The stories also deal with conflict between old and new. Unlike most novels for young adults this book is different because John Steinbeck does not try to soften or hide old age and death‚ but instead presents these themes as they are in reality. The stories tell how the main character‚ Jody Tiflin‚ becomes more responsible
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The 1920s was the beginning of modern America; many aspects that we value in America were beginning to change and form. One of these substantial changes was our views of women. While they had many protestors towards their movement‚ they began to develop and change the idea of femininity and their role in society. Women had been considered the caretakers and homemakers of the past‚ and many believed in the new prospect of feminism. Feminism of the 1920s is the belief that women should have all of
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