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    A Decade in Movies

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    THEATER‚ FILM‚ & TELEVISION In 1981‚ VCR sales rose 72% in 12 months. By 1989‚ 60 percent of American households with televisions received cable service.  Huge or memorable movies of the decade included On Golden Pond‚ Tootsie‚ Arthur‚  Stephen Spielberg Movies  like E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial‚ The Big Chill‚  Flashdance‚ Beverly Hills Cop‚ Out of Africa‚ Back to the Future‚ Cocoon‚ The Breakfast Club‚Platoon‚Star Trek‚ Good Morning Vietnam‚ Fatal Attraction‚ Rain Man‚ and Driving Miss Daisy

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    Why We Work

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    minds active. For many people‚ the biggest benefit of working lies in a priceless lesson of responsibility. Through working‚ people learn how to be responsible‚ first to themselves‚ then to their families and the society. If working is all about money‚ why even kids from well-off families‚ Bill Gate’s for example‚ bother going to work even though they are guaranteed a wealthy future life whatsoever? It is because they want to be responsible for their own lives‚ to live on their labor‚ not on their parents’

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    In “My Creature From the Black Lagoon”‚ Stephen King compares and contrasts how children and adults handle fear‚ specifically in movies. His main argument is that the fear experienced by both adults and children is the result of a focus on the movie in which all emotions are fixated on the movies‚ and there is no logical thinking of the unrealism. In other words‚ their fixation allows for their imagination to dominate. However‚ the detachment varies from among children and adults. Children are easily

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    Why We Eat

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    children is in perfect focus. What I like mostly about the picture is the moment the photographer captured‚ I love that the kids were able to connect their excitement to the fire hydrant water splashing on them on a sunny day that explains the reason why the children were happy. If I were to improve or change anything‚ I would had a little more contrast on the floor and the outfits the children were wearing because it seems a little bright with the water on the ground and the splash on the air. If it

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    [Type the company name] | Platoon vs. Three Kings | Depicting the War in Hollywood Eyes | | Office | [Pick the date] | [Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document. Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document.] | Table of Contents Introduction 2 The Vietnam as a landmark 3 The war in Iraq; is there is a difference? 4 Depiction of war

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    Modern Movies

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    disadvantages of modern movies that made huge effects on people. In general‚ we watch movies for relaxation from stress‚ entertainment‚ and learning or reinforcing one’s linguistic skills in relative languages. There are many advantages by watching a movie compared to disadvantages‚ in my opinion disadvantages depend upon a person’s perception. There are many types of movies. Some examples are horror‚ comedy‚ mystery‚ drama‚ action‚ science-fiction‚ and romance. Some movies are good in changing people

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    Why do we celebrate Martin Luther King JR day? by:Alicicamarie Arevalo Why do we celebrate Martin Luther King JR day? Was it because his speech or his death? He showed that all colors are equal. Women and men should be treated as one. Martin Luther King JR is an interesting man‚ he stopped segregation‚ judgement and seperation. Why do we celebrate Martin Luther King JR we ask. Martin Luther King JR said what he thinks‚ meaning

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    One of the main themes of the novel The Shining‚ by Stephen King‚ is expressed through the character of Jack Torrence‚ who unwittingly loses his temper on occasion and forfeits his common sense to commit borderline monstrous acts. Him‚ being a normally happy family man with a wife and son‚ can express the theme that “anyone is capable of going insane if pushed in the right direction”. One example of this occurring when Jack tells a doctor of the night he came home to find his son‚ Danny‚ has destroyed

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    We Are All Biased: Why We Stereotype We are hard-wired to be biased... According to psychologists that is. As per them‚ even those of us who think that we do not stereotype‚ do so automatically: based on race‚ nationality‚ profession‚ sex‚ etc. But before you protest‚ there’s an instinctive reason for this. Our survival made it important that we became social and so humans have for centuries needed to know who to trust. And since it is impossible to categorize every single person we interact with

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    Paradox Of Horror

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    KATERINA BANTINAKI The Paradox of Horror: Fear as a Positive Emotion With its roots in the English gothic novel of the eighteenth century and a body of work that spreads across different media‚ the horror genre has persisted in art for more than a century‚ gaining gradual popularity among audiences. Its success has been particularly pronounced in cinema‚ where horror films like The Exorcist‚ Jaws‚ Alien‚ Silence of the Lambs‚ and numerous others rank among the major box office hits in cinematic

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