What Did Dinosaurs Really Look Like? In a luminous top-floor workshop closed to the public at the American Museum of Natural History in New York‚ artists work with scientists to re-create scenes from lost or vanishing worlds. This is the birthing room for the museum’s elaborate dioramas‚ such as the brace of Northwest Indians who air-paddle their canoe through a fluorescent entrance hallway‚ or the 94-foot blue whale that swoops down from the duplex ceiling of the Ocean Life Hall‚ or the herd
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be very interesting to know how the future will look like but at the same time I’m afraid of it. Will there be some things that would change my life forever? Do we still live on planet earth? Or on another planet? So many questions which answers I can only guess. The majority of people on Earth is living in cities and towns nowadays so it’s not wrong to think about future development of cities. In future the population will grow and big cities like New York City‚ Los Angeles or Miami will have
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What Does Character Look Like? Should pretty or ugly decide good or bad? Unfortunately‚ more times than not‚ one’s judgment on the appearance of others can greatly influence or even completely determine his initial treatment of the individual. Recent studies have proved “that physically attractive individuals are thought to possess more sociably desirable personalities and higher moral standards than those who are physically unattractive” (Kong‚ Yan‚ Hong). This very common phenomenon would not
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I have been amazed at the number of people who have actually sat across from me and said‚ “What? Me? I don’t have an addiction.” While many perceive addiction as the obvious; drugs‚ alcohol‚ excessive behavior‚ etc.‚ many are not ready to admit that they belong in this category‚ even though all the writing is on the walls. When society looks at an ‘addict’‚ or what they assume that an addict looks like‚ some of the first definitions might come from the opinion that someone drinks too much or
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What did Communist philosophy look like in the 1930’s in the United States (US)? Communism was looked down upon by Americans. In Hollywood‚ a group of “Anti-Communists” created an association against the philosophy called the House of Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). The committee was designed to investigate those who were believed to be communists‚ normally film stars‚ according to their unfaithfulness towards answering certain questions during an inspection. Who was in charge of the
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The Flappers Women during the Victorian age were considered as incompetent (pretty much like children)‚ were supposed to submit to men‚ be morally perfect and were socially controlled by many cultural rules. But the Roaring Twenties would see a new type of woman called "the flapper" which would change many things to women ’s condition. What was socially acceptable and the attitudes of women changed radically due to the flappers and their influence can still be felt nowadays. From the end of World
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but that will be covered in a different topic. On another note‚ what did Ebenezer Scrooge look like? Ebenezer Scrooge had white sideburns and sometimes wore glasses. At some point‚ you probably heard him yell “Bah Humbug!”. He also has short white hair and never really smiled. Mr. Scrooge had a pointy nose and most times wore a top hat. Last‚ but not least‚ Ebenezer Scrooge is was an old man who soon died in 1843. Scrooge Did not like other
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The Flapper Throughout history there has always been rebels of society‚ flappers were the rebels of society in the twenties. Fashion at this time was a good indicator of the change the country was undergoing. Women in this time period disregarded traditional conduct and dress; they wore smaller‚ more revealing pieces of clothing. Flappers were a huge influence in the 1920’s by helping the American woman open up and become more independent and by demanding the same equality as men. Flappers influenced
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Flappers are the so-called new style of Western woman‚ and the term “flapper” was invented to describe this so-called new breed. Initiated earlier this year‚ the term “flapper” described women who flamboyantly flouted their contempt for what was deemed as societal behavior that was conventional. Flappers are women who were characterized by their choice of bobbed hair‚ short skirts‚ and their enjoyment of jazz music. They are formerly branded as brash for their enjoyment of casual sex‚ drinking‚ immoderate
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Modern Footsteps What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day‚ by Pearl Cleage‚ is a novel about Ava Johnson’s personal battles dealing with what life has dealt her; being a successful black woman‚ with HIV. Ava’s life is transformed when she discovers that her glitzy Atlanta lifestyle can no longer continue. She is forces to close her hair salon because of the fear of the public towards her. Her plan was vague‚ to stop for the summer at her sister’s‚ and then find a new life in California. Deciding
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