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    the radar‚ by doing that he is saving the little reputation he has and more importantly keeping him the job in which he acquires all of his money. Thomas Putnam had a bigger motive for starting these witch trials. Thomas Putnam helped spread the witch trials because he was bitter towards the Nurses and he wanted more land for himself. The Putnams had a bitter attitude towards the Nurses for a few reasons. One of the reasons being Francis Nurse prevented Thomas Putnam’s brother-in-law from becoming

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    wielding a gun) Following the massacre of Columbine High School‚ Colorado‚ controversial filmmaker Michael Moore‚ ventured into creating the societal criticism documentary that explored gun violence throughout the United States. The documentary Bowling for Columbine (2002)‚ directed‚ produced‚ and written by Moore‚ deconstructs the events of this massacre‚ other school shooting‚ American gun culture‚ media coverage of such events‚ paranoia‚ racism‚ and poverty and several other subjects through

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    Bowling A Popular American Sport By: Christine McGowan What is bowling? Bowling is a sport in which players attempt to score points by rolling a bowling ball along a flat surface in order to knock down objects called pins. History Bowling is said to have started around 3200 B.C. by the Egyptians‚ but that is not for certain. What is certain is that there are many different forms of the game played around the world. The first permanent location was in

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    many criteria which includes: major choice‚ closeness to home‚ closeness to other buildings‚ and other important factors. Bowling Green State University and Ohio Northern University are two of the best options for my selected career choice; however‚ Bowling Green seems like the better option because the cost of tuition and I have technically already been accepted. Bowling Green State University is home to the Falcons! The Falcon territory would be an awesome college to attend. First off it’s close

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    cricket‚ bowling is the action of propelling the ball towards the batsman. A player skilled at bowling is called a bowler. The act of bowling the ball towards the batsman is called a ball or a delivery. In the sport of cricket there are laws that govern how a ball can be bowled. If a ball is bowled illegally‚ an umpire will call it a ‘no ball’. If a ball is bowled too wide or high for the batsman to be able to hit it‚ an umpire will rule it a ‘wide’. There are other types of illegal bowling such as

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    BOWLING HISTORY An early form of bowling may be over 7‚000 years old. Contents of an ancient Egyptian grave have provided archeologists with evidence of implements used for playing a game similar to bowling. Polynesians participated in an ancient game of bowling using elliptical balls and round‚ flat stone disks. The game was called Ula Maika. Bowling at pins started as a religious ceremony and developed into a sport. Characteristics of bowling may be found in an Italian game called "boccie" and

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    International College‚ which is a core course for the social science division. This course learns about the major paradigms in social sciences during the twentieth century. In the past few months‚ a lecturer‚ Eugene Jones‚ opened a documentary film named Bowling for Columbine. In this film‚ a filmmaker‚ Michael Moore‚ try to find the reason of butchery in the United States. After I watched this film‚ I had learned that there are numerous reasons why Americans are so violent. The first reason that is mentioned

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    BOWLING FOR COLOMBINE MICHEAL MOORE DOCUMANTARY There are many techniques that you can use to show in a documentary‚ facts about people‚ places and events and “Bowling for Columbine” is a documentary that shows all of those plus more. Michael Moore has got a unique way of using all the techniques that you would see in a documentary to get his story and opinion across to the viewers. Usually in documentaries the producers are behind the camera and in the editing room but what makes

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    Comparison of Bowling for Columbine and Let’s Talk About Sex We all know the infamous author Michael Moore for his dark sense of humor that has shed its light on America in different ways. He is great at the craft of documentaries‚ and in my opinion it is one of the best that I have ever seen. “Bowling for Columbine‚” won the Academy Award for Best Documentary. In many ways this film had me uneasy‚ yet I feel it is one of the most compelling documentaries that I have seen. Throughout this documentary

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    Bowling for Columbine: Oral Commentary Bowling for Columbine is a film by Michael Moore about the shooting at Columbine High School. Moore‚ using his average American persona‚ explores controversial issues such as gun control in American and the role of media in contributing to the culture of fear. He conveys his viewpoints as well as cultural perspectives through a range of different film techniques. Three of these techniques includeinterviews‚ archival footage and intertextuality. Interviews

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