REVIEW Away From Her is a touching Canadian film starring Gorden Pinsent‚ Olympia Dukakis and Julie Christie about the effects of Alzheimer’s on an aging couple married for 44 years. Christie gives a powerful portrayal of a woman who slowly succumbs to the effects of this dreaded disease. Pinsent is also as effective as the helpless feeling husband who has the indistinct and difficult task of putting her into a home where he later learns that her memory is deteriorating. She begins to not recognize
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I agree to a small extent. The Opium War did affect China’s economy. From Source B‚ I can infer that the Opium Wars made China richer. The source mentioned that the export of tea from China increased 42‚000‚000kg in 1855 from only 7‚500‚000kg in 1843‚ an increase of more than 500%. This showed that the trade increased. With more trade‚ there would be more money which were gained from the trades. Furthermore‚ more trade also means more jobs for the Chinese. Therefore‚ the Chinese will be able to
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Joshua Tucker AP US History 10/4/10 DBQ: French and Indian War The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended in 1763. The name “French and Indian War‚” was one later adopted by the Americans and the British. Relations between the American and British were substantially altered politically‚ economically‚ and ideologically. The aftermath of this war was the tipping point that catapulted the Americans to revolution. From a political standpoint‚ the Americans and the British did not see eye-to-eye
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human behaviour. After and during the revolutionary war if a citizen was rich‚ white and a man he would have benefited from the revolutionary war‚ such as being able to enlist in the army willingly. However‚ if a citizen did not fall into that category they would have gained very little from the war. Contrary to G. Wood’s idea in the Radicalism of the American Revolution that patriots carried along and enforced the “Spirit of Equality” throughout the war (Document B)‚ there was no equality shown to people
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To what extent were the Romans justified in calling the Huns barbaric? The Huns were a fearsome society‚ conquering land and allying with and fighting against the Romans at separate times in their history. They were successful in defeating the Romans in numerous battles and Attila is one of the most recognisable names from history. Despite this‚ they are still considered to be a barbaric society by many in the modern era and most in the ancient era. The criteria to judge whether a society can be
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If it wasn’t for the Mexican War‚ the western land would be still be apart of Mexico. Mexico didn’t like the idea of the United States’s attempt to buy a large part of their country. There was also a border dispute between Mexico. Near the Rio Grande‚ Mexico troops had attacked the US Army. Was the Mexican War justified? The United States was justified in going to war with Mexico because of Mexico’s treatment of Slidell‚ sixteen Americans killed by them‚ and attacked the US near the Rio Grande.
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Between 1848 and 1861 there were many issues the northern and southern states of America were disagreeing on. These disagreements eventually led to the Civil War. The common myth of the Civil war is that it was a war fought over the issue of slavery. So if slavery was not the reason for the war‚ what was? The war was fought to preserve the union‚ to keep the United States as one. Understanding the reasons for the south’s secession and the war requires the examination of the opposing views of the
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States going to war with Mexico was justified or not justified? It can be a struggle to decide. Mexico won its independence from Spain in the nineteenth century. Spain controlled most of Central America. Due to the extremely low population for such territorial extension‚ Mexico relaxed its immigration policies‚ as a result‚ allowing American settlers to help populate the northern territories. Their conditions to settle were self-explanatory. Now what do think? The United States was justified in going to
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History of Great Britain from 1950-Today The first two years of the 1950’s were very eventful for Great Britain. After leading the British people through a devastating war Winston Churchill was reelected Prime Minister (he would serve for another five years) and the much loved King George VI would die in 1952. As the second son of George V‚ Prince Albert (as George VI was known then) had not expected to be King. It was his older brother Edward VIII who was in line to become the next king‚
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Following the end of World War II the previously allied nations‚ the US and the Soviet Union‚ began to allow their political and economic differences take forefront over what is now known as The Cold War. The central issue between these countries centered around the practice of communism in the Soviet Union and the United States’s desire to contain it. The tensions between these countries came into the forefront during their attempts to spread their own policies to places such as Berlin‚ Korea‚ and
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