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    Claire Zhou Professor Heather ESL 50 27 October 2014 Different Attitude toward Violence In “Killing Women: A Pop-Music Tradition” John Hamerlinck reveals that the seemingly harmless world of pop music has developed its own style of woman-killing songs. Violent misogyny in songs is not new. In the 1920s‚ a song called “Careless Love” sang by Lonnie Johnson‚ “in which he promises to shoot his lover numerous times and then stand over her until she is finished dying”(417). In fact‚ killing women

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    Poland is situated in the very heart of Europe. The geometrical central point of the whole continent can be found in the town of Schowola in the east of the country. Poland is 1‚042 years old. Officially founded in 966 when prince Mieszko I adopted Christianity as the official religion‚ which resulted in the new establishment of political bonds with the rest of the Europe. The population of Poland is around 38 million. The World War II toll on Poland was a staggering 6 million-including 3 million

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    their own culture‚ history‚ and language. Considering Asian Americans made up 5.6 percent of America’s population in 2010‚ Americans should know more about the diversity of Asians (331 Healey). Moreover‚ Asian Americans have brought a wealth of tradition to the United States. The different groups

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    In ’Tradition and the Individual Talent’‚ T.S. Eliot so eloquently states "Art never improves‚ but... the material of art is never quite the same" (Eliot‚ 1921‚ p. I) . In other words‚ art stays itself but not quite the self it once used to be; rather a new version is created‚ recreated and refashioned over and over again. This axiom hints to the generative nature‚ a key feature marking art. This generative nature makes it possible for art to generate (new) art: the outcome of this process is similar

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    became an independent country. At that moment‚ the great men who fought for its independence began to create the government and shape American politics. In Richard Hofstadter’s The American Political Tradition and the Men Who Made It‚ he identifies twelve of the most influential men and the political traditions they created‚ including the Founding Fathers who started it all. Additionally‚ Hofstadter informs the reader of other significant government officials including Andrew Jackson and his democracy

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    Shinto Current Issues Carrie "Shellie" Cobbs World Religious Traditions I REL 155 Robert Mossman July 26‚ 2014 Shinto Current Issues Shinto‚ translated into ‘The way of the gods’ and dates back to 660 B.C. Shinto is loosely called a religion but is seen as and practiced as embracing many practices and beliefs. Shinto has influences from Buddhism‚ Hinduism‚ and Confucianism but there is a strong history in mythology and mysticism. Women have had a long history throughout Shinto from the highest

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    To what extent have conservatives supported tradition and continuity? Traditional conservatives place an emphasis on tradition as they believe‚ according to Edmund Burke that traditional customs and practices in society is ’God given’. Burke thus believed that society should was shaped by the ’law of the Creator’‚ or what he called the ’natural law’. If human beings tamper the world they are challenging the will of God. Burke further described tradition as a partnership between ’those who are living

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    prominent during the 1960’s. His works are often set in context of colonialism in the Sudan. Throughout Salih’s short stories‚ “The Doum Tree of Wad Hamid” and “The Wedding of Zein” the importance of tradition and ceremony as aspects of culture are illuminated through the features of Islam‚ oral tradition‚ and the preservation of culture in contrast change and modernism. Salih uses language‚ narrator‚ and the creation of tension through contrast to effectively depict these cultural aspects. Religious

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    it mean to have a cultural tradition? A cultural tradition is the handing down of information‚ beliefs‚ and customs by word of mouth or by example from one generation to another without written instruction. In Kevin Kling’s "Hook‚ Line‚ and Television‚" Kling was someone who kept to the tradition that happened in the cold weather and when the lakes were safe. His tradition is to go ice fishing every year in Minnesota when they decide the ice is safe. My cultural tradition is that my family and I make

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    Tradition is the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation‚ or the fact of being passed on in this way. Many people value and like their traditions but for many others they feel (locked in a prison) by certain parts of their tradition. The traditions we receive have been handed down to us through many generations which have been influenced by our parents and their background history. This helps to control our identity and through their teaching‚ it gives us a sense of belonging

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