promptly passed the USA PATRIOT ACT Providing so as to unite and Strengthening America Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism. On October 26‚ President George W. Support denoted the Patriot Act into law. He praised the new gadgets to fight the present danger a danger like no other our Nation has ever stood up to. He moreover pronounced that the Patriot Act keeps up and respects the regular opportunities guaranteed by our Constitution. The Patriot Act characterizes residential
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Brief Plot Summary: Benjamin Martin‚ who was a French and Indian war hero‚ is a patriot who does not want to fight in the war against Britain. He has seven children and is raising them alone because his wife died. The family lives in South Carolina and owns working slaves. Two of his sons‚ Gabriel and Thomas‚ are nothing like their father. They are eager to fight battles as soon as possible. Gabriel enlists in the army and‚ when South Carolina goes to war with Britain‚ he is involved. Colonel Tavington
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1) What image shows the patriots point of view? Why‚ how can you tell? I think image B. The patriots came from England hoping that they could make up their own government and then the loyalists come along. The patriots would probably despise that they came to the colonies. So‚ the patriot’s kind of called them names and things like that. Things really happened when the patriots started throwing rocks and ice at the loyalist windows but then again‚ they were only doing it because they were mad that
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anyone in Hollywood with even the remotest link to communism was abandoned or disowned. the Hollywood Ten was a group felt the HUAC had no right to ask questions or to force people to rat out others. When called to testify‚ the Hollywood Ten refused to answer questions For refusing to testify in front of congress. A grand jury indicted them‚ and the Hollywood Ten served served 6-12 months in prison. Fearing the movie industry would be no more‚ the executives got rid of the Hollywood Ten‚ and
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influential means of communication and a powerful medium of propaganda. Race and representation is central to the study of the black film actor‚ since the major studios reflected and reinforced the racism of their times. The depiction of blacks in Hollywood movies reinforced many of the prejudices of the white majority rather than objective reality‚ limiting black actors to stereotypical roles" (1). Hattie McDaniels‚ a trailblazer amongst African-American film‚ acquired many firsts for African-American
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The film “Citizen Kane”‚ challenged the traditional narrative and technical elements of classic Hollywood cinema. At the time his film was released‚ May 1st‚ 1941‚ films generally followed a certain style and were somewhat predictable. However‚ “Citizen Kane” broke this pattern and took viewers by surprise. Prior to the release of “Citizen Kane” in 1941‚ films traditionally moved forward in time following a chronological sequence. However‚ this film was the first to start at the end and then go back
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Sequels‚ reboots‚ and remakes are slowly ruining Hollywood. The increased flow of such films is caused by high overall monetary earnings‚ success in foreign countries‚ and a lack of new and creative ideas. The fact that sometimes remakes are successful is clearly shown with the remake of the Karate Kid in 2010. According to MTV News‚ during Karate Kid´s opening weekend‚ ¨(the movie) kicked its way to a first-place trophy worth $56 million‚ surpassing the movie’s production budget by more than $15
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Telephone Advantages of communicating By telephone: •often easier to reach someone by phone than by trying to arrange to see them in person; more convenient for patients. •more likely to succeed in contacting someone – especially if a time / date has been agreed (few people are able to ignore the telephone and leave it ringing) •telephone conversations are‚ on average‚ shorter than face-to-face conversations as it’s easier to control the conversation and take the initiative. Disadvantages
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The Hollywood Blacklist came into being in 1947 when the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) began to summon certain Hollywood entertainment professionals on the suspicion that their work was communist-inspired. As the media began extensive coverage of the proceedings‚ some writers‚ producers‚ and directors became known as the "Hollywood Ten." They included; Alvah Bessie‚ Herbert Biberman‚ Lester Cole‚ Edward Dmytryk‚ Ring Lardner Jr‚ John Howard Lawson‚ Albert Maltz‚ Samuel Ornitz‚
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Code‚ was a self-imposed system of regulation that explicitly and implicitly affected the themes‚ story lines‚ and tone of Hollywood films produced between 1930 and the 1960s‚ particularly with regard to the treatment of sexuality. In the years leading up to the popularization of sound cinema in about 1930‚ certain segments of the American public had come to believe that Hollywood films exemplified the decline of American moral values. In 1915 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment did
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