Matthew Stubblefield Ms. Powell English 3 —Period 5 20 May 2014 Stephen Sondheim and American Music Since its early roots in vaudeville‚ Broadway music has infused popular culture. Composers like Cole Porter and Irving Berlin not only scored the music of hit shows of the early part of the decade‚ but also provided the soundtrack for American life. As the face of American music changed from jazz to hip hop‚ Broadway’s role in popular culture began to shift. One composer‚ however‚ has continued
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Abortion" gives a very clear and persuasive argument as to why the conservative or homicide argument is fundamentally flawed. Sumner points out that if this extreme view was taken literally then for the conclusion that the deliberate killing of any human under any circumstances must also be reassessed. State killings‚ warfare‚ political killings and criminal killings should all be treated in the same manner as abortions and considered murder‚ why should the fetus be considered any different? An important
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importantly the Roman Empire. Why do they fall‚ and how did they collapse? An empire can collapse in various of ways. For example‚ poor militaries‚ politics‚ a weak economy‚ or even because of the religion. For instance‚ militaries can cause a huge roll in why a union is dying. They can be inexperienced‚ or simply they do not have the loyalty to the empire they are fighting for. They can get sick from illnesses‚ like the plague. The emperors can also play a big role in why an empire is receding.They
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Expository Essay Author Joanne Lipman in the article‚ “Why Tough Teachers Get Good Results”‚ proves that teachers that are tough on their students‚ are doing an amazing job in the teaching field. In a situation involving a strict teacher‚ a teacher in New Jersey used harsh words among his students and poked at them whenever they were incorrect to improve the way they used their instruments. In the long run‚ many of his students became highly successful. This goes to show that even aggressive and
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The events leading up to April of 1917 left the United States no choice but to enter the war against Germany. The United States had every intention to maintain its neutrality throughout the European conflict but Germany’s actions pulled them into fighting. Germany’s submarine warfare‚ threats to democracy‚ and contacts with Mexico threatened the security and honor of the United States and could not be tolerated. The creation and deployment that Germany made of the submarines caused great havoc in
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(Textbook‚ 482). Many found themselves out of work and struggling to survive in a very racist time. As the influx of African-Americans came to California‚ migration to the state did not allow them to grow or even prosper just because of their race. As African-American experienced hostility as they migrated to California‚ so did many
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What gets rewarded gets done A Psychological and behavioral explanation The nature of human behavior is‚ humans do things to satisfy their unmet needs in some way or the other. These needs may vary from the very basic such as hunger to reach the greater heights of life. Whatever it may be‚ when he realizes that some actions he takes lead to satisfy his needs‚ he tends to do them in a superior way‚ expecting the satisfaction of his needs in a greater manner. On the other hand‚ if a person perceives
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Why did henry break with Rome? In this essay‚ I’m going to explain why henry broke with Rome. This means that Henry made himself head of England. In the first few years‚ Henry didn’t mind the pope being the head of the church and Henry was even praised by the Pope for defending him from the criticism given to him by a protestant called Martin Luther. But this all changed when him and the pope had a fight about the divorce over Henry VIII and Catherine Of Aragon who failed to give him the son
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money than the “railroad barons” could afford to spend. To encourage railroad construction‚ the government gave land grants to railroad companies. These companies would then “sell the land to settlers and other businesses” (Ch 3 Sec 2) in order to get the money that they needed to continue construction. With vast amounts of land ready to settle nearby the railroads‚ a scramble began to inhabit the frontier. Merchants searched for and purchased the most beneficial market locations while consumers
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I believe that America lost the Vietnam War because they were unprepared. America did not need to get involved in the conflict‚ and it would’ve been possible to avoid most of the apparent consequences America endured. Preparation alongside careful consideration would have benefitted America in deciding if they were required to utilize measures that were proven to be irrationally harsh. Evaluation of the Vietcong’s knowledge of effective warfare would have been impactful in aiding American and Southern
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