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    and the soviets‚ was named the “Iron Curtain” made by Winston Churchill who was former wartime prime minister of Britain. This speech descended across Europe‚ separating the free west from the communist east and further divided the two groups. The Truman Doctrine of 1947 stated that the Cold

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    "Drawing Back The Curtain" by Denis Healey_ The text under the title "Drawing Back the Curtain" by Denis Healey begins with the description of Russia in the early years after the war. The author speaks about the changes in looks at the Soviet Union‚ about its generation which analyzed the nature of totalitarianism. Mr. Healey believes no power could destroy national traditions which were rooted in centuries of history. After Stalin ’s death the author says Soviet Communism carried the seeds of

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    The name of my book is Curtains by R.L. Stine. This book is about a girl named Rena. She is into plays like Broadway. So in the beginning she is in a play and does good acting in her play. In the play she acts like she has to kill her friend chip. Chip jokes with her about it and a person named Bax comes up to them. Bax is the director of the plays. Bax informs Rena that she will be taking the star role. Rena was excited

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    How did the iron curtain start? Why was it protected by the warsaw pact? Where was the iron curtain at? The term first became popular by Winston Churchill when he used it in a speech in March of 1946. This speech was also considered to be the “announcement” of the start of the Cold War(History.com). At this time the term was first used to refer to the actual metal barrier that cut the continent in two‚ but it soon became a reference to the ideological barrier also. The iron curtain is a term used

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    passage “Tortilla Sun” paragraph 46‚ Izzy has a ball that connects her with her dad. The ball indicates that it is a memory from her dad. When her mom has to leave‚ Izzy asks if she can stay. Since she doesn’t have a dad no one can watch her. Both stories have single parent homes. In the story “Confetti Girl” says in paragraph 6 that she doesn’t cook as good as her mom did. Past tense shows that moms gone. She probably misses her mom and doesn’t connect with dad. In the story “Tortilla Sun” says

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    understand their children. Maybe they can see the conflict eye to eye. In both "Confetti Girl" and "Tortilla Sun"‚ the narrators both disagree with their parents point of views‚ ultimately actuating tension in the family. But they also have some differences too. In the story "Confetti Girl"‚ by Diana Lopez‚ a daughter does not understand her dad’s conflict of books‚ which she is bored at. And in the story "Tortilla Sun"‚ by Jennifer Cervantes‚ a daughter and a mom just don’t understand each other after they

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    Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain Response and Summary Paper The sense of death crushes one’s heart‚ but what happens behind the scenes before a funeral‚ the author: Jessica Mitford was the one to bring this dark secret to light. She goes into great detail of the gruesome make over loved one’s go through. This response is a sort of recap on what she said through greater detail. Through reading this I believe some of this is simply to make money off of people deceased family members. I think this is

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    Short Essay 3 Propaganda is a useful tool for any politician or government‚ especially in unstable times such as during or after a war. Not surprisingly‚ aspects of propaganda can be found in both Churchill’s "Iron Curtain Speech" and Stalin’s "Response to Churchill". The speeches both contain elements of truth and distortions of that truth‚ and any dissection of them will reflect the author’s cultural and national background. Keeping this in mind will serve to rationalize any conclusions reached

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    26 Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain The drama begins to unfold with the arrival of the corpse at the mortuary. Alas‚ poor Yorick! How surprised he would be to see how his counterpart of today is whisked off to a funeral parlor and is in short order sprayed‚ sliced‚ pierced‚ pickled‚ trussed‚ trimmed‚ creamed‚ waxed‚ painted‚ rouged‚ and neatly dressed-transformed from a common corpse into a Beautiful Memory Picture. This process is known in the trade as embalming and restorative art‚ and is so universally

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    Explanation for the poem "Curtain" A note: I stopped teaching CBSE 5 years ago and I’m out of touch. So I haven’t really worked on the explanations and edited them. You might find some of the explanations not up to the mark especially this poem. You will surely find better explanations on the net. One such site recommended by one of the readers which is really good and tailor made for CBSE is http://englishportal12.blogspot.in/?view=mosaic  The poem deals with the theme of separation‚ especially

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