Anonymous Essay America may be famed for its Jazz Age and prohibition during the 1920’s‚ and for its economic strength before the Wall Street Crash‚ but a darker side existed. The KKK dominated the South and those who did not fit in found that they were facing the full force of the law. Those who supported un-American political beliefs‚ such as communism‚ were suspects for all sorts of misdemeanors. The so-called "Red Scare" refers to the fear of communism in the USA during the 1920’s. It
Premium Sacco and Vanzetti United States Webster Thayer
To: L M. Butler From: J. Paul CC: T Last Date: [ 5/30/2010 ] Re: Request for Funding I would like to request funding to participate in the upcoming class‚ Business Communications‚ held at Tulane University‚ uptown campus. As a driven-minded employee of the United States Postal Service‚ I have been working on a research paper‚ which discusses the impact of a 5-day work week from a letter carriers perspective. This research paper will provide another source of information to the United States
Premium Management Project management Cash register
ruins a reader’s expectation and that it marks a transition. On the other hand‚ he uses end-stops to leave the reader with an unambiguous idea. These techniques are seen in the poem‚ “The Black Album”‚ “Thanksgiving” and “Trouble”. Oxford English Dictionary defines enjambment as “the running on of the thought from one line‚ couplet or stanza to the next without a syntactical break”. One of the interesting functions of enjambment is that it allows an idea to flow throughout the poem. This is seen in
Premium Oxford English Dictionary Suicide Dictionary
Cited: “Fuck.” Word Origins. Web. 13 Dec. 2011 “Fuck.” Oxford English Dictionary‚ 2010. Oxford University Press. Web. 13 Dec. 2011 “Fuck.” Urban Dictionary. Web. 13 Dec. 2011
Premium Oxford English Dictionary Dictionary Fuck
motivation 3 Travel safety 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Etymology The origin of the word "travel" is most likely lost to history. The term "travel" may originate from the Old French word travail.[3] According to the Merriam Webster dictionary‚ the first known use of the word travel was in the 14th century. It also states that the word comes from Middle English travailen‚ travelen (which means to torment‚ labor‚ strive‚ journey) and earlier from Old French travailler (which means
Premium Travel Webster's Dictionary Tourism
The English language is forever changing. New words appear; old ones fall out of use or change their meanings. World Wide Words tries to record at least some part of this shifting wordscape by featuring new words‚ word histories‚ the background to words in the news‚ and the curiosities of native English speech. This site is the archive of pieces that have appeared in the free newsletter. Weekly issues include much more than appears here‚ including discussion by readers‚ serendipitous encounters
Premium English language Oxford English Dictionary Dictionary
Music Appreciation 1.) According to Merriam Webster dictionary online the definition of listening is to pay attention to someone or something in order to hear what is being said‚ sung‚ or played. The definition of hearing is very different from listening it is the process‚ function‚ or power of perceiving sound. Many times people believe these two words mean the same thing; however looking at their definitions there is a clear difference. If your teacher is speaking to you can hear the sound her
Premium Sound Jazz Music
but few can understand the complexity of this novel. Many characters though out this novel double -crossone another and many secrets are exposed. Before I get started‚ I would like to describe what a femme fatale is according to the Merriam Webster Dictionary. A femme fatale is a very attractive women who causes trouble or unhappiness for the men who become involved with her. "Carmen is a child who likes to pull wings off flies ‚" pp13. This quote gives the reader an I sightof the the type of
Premium The Big Sleep Webster's Dictionary
Stratified B-trees and Versioned Dictionaries. Andy Twigg‚ Andrew Byde‚ Grzegorz Miło´s‚ Tim Moreton‚ John Wilkesy and Tom Wilkie Acunu‚ yGoogle firstname@acunu.com Abstract External-memory versioned dictionaries are fundamental to file systems‚ databases and many other algorithms. The ubiquitous data structure is the copy-onwrite (CoW) B-tree. Unfortunately‚ it doesn’t inherit the B-tree’s optimality properties; it has poor space utilization‚ cannot offer fast updates‚ and relies
Premium File system
According to Merriam Webster ’s Dictionary of Law false pretenses are "false representations concerning past or present facts that are made with the intent to defraud another; also: the crime of obtaining title to another ’s property by false pretenses" (Webster‚ 1996). The accused must know that statements made are false‚ whereas the victim believes them to be true. A victim ’s property must be given to the accused relying on the misrepresentation and must be to the detriment of the victim and the
Premium Deception Law Lie