Subway and The Tube Train George Tooker‚ an American artist painted “Subway” in 1950. Cyril E. Power‚ a British artist‚ created “The Tube Train” in 1934. With a quick glimpse of the eye‚ one may think these two pieces of artwork are similar. After all‚ a subway and a tube train are basically the same thing. To a trained eye‚ one can see the many differences in the two pieces. Tooker was associated with the Magic Realism movements‚ and is best known for his depictions of alienation in modern
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Amtrak: Long Distance Trains: FY 2008 Long-Distance Train Facts • A long-distance train typically consists of sleepers‚ coaches‚ a diner and/or a lounge car. • Long-distance trains travel as far as 2‚800 miles and pass through as many as 12 states. • Amtrak operates 15 long-distance trains over 18‚500 route miles serving 39 states and the District of Columbia. These trains provide the only rail passenger service to 23 states. • In FY 2008 these trains carried 4.2 million passengers accounting
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Train To Pakistan is written by Khushwant Singh and is India’s best known writer and columnist . He has been founder-editor of Yojana and editor of the Illustrated Weekly of India ‚ and National Herald and the Hindustan Times. He was a member of parliament from 1980 to 1986. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1974 but returned the decoration in 1984 in protest against the storming of the Golden Temple in Amritsar by the Indian Army. In 2007 ‚ he was awarded the Padma Bhushan . Among the other awards
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Train to Pakistan‚ originally published in 1956‚ is not a very good book‚ but quite enjoyable much of the time. Khushwant Singh‚ less than ten years after Partition‚ in 1947‚ wrote a novel of less than 200 pages and still managed to create what’s probably best described as an uneven mess. Ideas‚ allusions‚ characters and bits and pieces of story float all over the book. There’s no denying that Singh‚ who has since become a famous public figure and intellectual in India‚ prefers to lecture rather
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Benjamin Franklin was an intelligent and creative inventor. He is famous for his inventions and genius‚ but was also highly respected in his own day by the most distinguished people of the time. Franklin’s ideas spanned from the arts to science to economics to politics. The question is which of his inventions is most important. Seymour Stanton Block divulges his answer to this question in “Benjamin Franklin America’s Inventor.” Franklin’s reputation sparked from his work with lightening
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Hate Crimes Religious & Racial Hate Crimes Introduction: Through history you hear of major crimes committed out of the hate for a certain culture or race or maybe even sexual orientation. These crimes are now considered a “Hate Crime” since 1968 after the murder of Matthew Shepard‚ a gay college kid murdered in Wyoming (Abrams‚ 2009). A Hate crime is “a crime criminal offense committed against a person‚ proper tot society that is motivated‚ in a whole or in
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What is hate and extremism exactly? There are many types of hate crimes and extremism. Hate groups are an organized group or movement that advocates and practices hatred‚ hostility‚ or violence towards members of a group that represents a race‚ ethnicity‚ religion‚ gender or sexual orientation. Extremism is the holding of extreme political or religious views. What is a hate crime or group? What is extremism? What do they both have to do with each other? What do they have in common? Hate crimes happen
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Hate Vs Fear: “Fearing the unknown” Have you ever heard someone say “I hate this” or “I hate that”? Do you think they really hate that object‚ person or idea? Are they confusing hatred with fear? What exactly is fear? Fear is a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger‚ evil or pain‚ Whether or not the threat is real or imagined. What exactly is hate? Hate is to dislike intensely or passionately; feeling extreme aversion or extreme hostility toward; detest. Why is hate accepted in today’s
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‘Flame- Tree in a Quarry’ (henceforth ‘Flame-Tree’) and ‘Train Journey’ are just two of Wright’s many poems that she has written that include these qualities. In these poems‚ Wright expresses her passion for the country she loves so much and her frustration and sympathy for her country as it is constantly being destroyed. ‘Flame-Tree’ and ‘Train Journey’ share many similar techniques. “From the broken bone of the hill”‚ this opening line from ‘Flame-Tree’ is a great example of the way Wright exposes
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travelling helps to get new unforgettable impressions. When you have holidays you can travel by car‚ by train‚ by plane and by sea. Of course‚ travelling by air is the fastest and the most convenient way‚ but it is the most expensive too. Travelling by train is slower than by plain‚ but it has its advantages. You can see much more interesting places of the country you are travelling through. Modern trains are very comfortable. Some people prefer to travel by ship when possible. A sea voyage is very enjoyable
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