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    especially when the files have been ordered to be destroyed. However‚ some of these files always manage to survive‚ often “sent to the wrong place.” Files such as those from the highly confidential Project MKUltra as well as its offshoot‚ Operation Midnight Climax. As hotly contested experiments conducted during the height of the Cold War‚ they were designed to attempt to control the minds of test subjects at first‚ with the hopes of controlling Soviet spies. I will examine the experiments themselves

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    Antonio Webb Professor Debra Germany English 2336 14 November 2012 Barn Burning In “Barn Burning”‚ a short story by William Faulkner‚ a boy finds that he can no longer be governed by his father’s ideas and tries to prevent his father from doing further harm‚ and leaves his family in the process. Sarty Snopes desire is to break away from the moral deficiency of his family life and live life with some resemblance

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    Notes from the Midnight Driver Summer Reading Assignment In my opinion the book was likable because of the realistic characters and the exciting events throughout the story line. It also caught my eye because of the differential characters in the book; there was an old and wise character otherwise known as Sol and a young and naïve character known as Alex. The sequences of events were very entertaining‚ and in the end both of the main characters learned something from each other. This was made

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    “How like a mirror‚ too‚ her face. Impossible; for how many people did you know who refracted your own light to you?”(11). She was different‚ and difference was a hard thing to come by. In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451‚ Montag lives in a world where everyone is just as lonely and brainwashed as he is‚ until he met her. Through the character of Clarisse‚ Montag finds true love and curiosity. He questions conformity and seeks freedom. Her character gives him the bravery to fight ignorance and find

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    Topic: Midnights summer nights dream A mid-summer nights dream takes places in Athens‚ Greece. Theseus the duke of Athens is planning his marriage with hipolita‚ and as result he is planning a large festival. Egeus enters‚ followed by his daughter Hermia‚ her beloved Lysander and Demetrius. Egeus tells Theseus that Hermia must marry Demetrius not Lysander (as she wants). He asks Theseus to punish Hermia with death is she refuse to obey. Theseus agrees that Hermia duty is to obey her father

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    "The Burning Bed" A turning point in battle against domestic violence Research Paper Department of Criminal Justice Fall 2013 Introduction Beaten‚ bruised‚ broken bones and black eyes. Humiliated‚ discouraged and emotionally damaged. These are just a few of the things that Francine Hughes went through for over 12 years receiving abuse from her husband‚ James “Mickey” Hughes. Every nine seconds in the U.S. a women is assaulted or beaten (Schneider‚ 2000)

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    MUSC 1113 11:45 Reflection in Sound The movie Midnight Cowboy‚ which was released in 1969‚ fully embodies the themes and the issues that were coming to the forefront of society and films during the new Hollywood era of the 1960s and 1970s. John Schlesinger’s film follows the story of a young man who leaves his home in Texas to become a male prostitute in New York City‚ and the trials and tribulations he encounters along the way. The soundtrack accompanying the film does not entirely consist of

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    Mississippi Burning directed by Alan Parker is a film set in the mid 1960’s. It was set in the time of the Civil Rights Movement and throughout the film it is shown how badly coloured people were discriminated against during those times. The major theme in the film is racism and segregation between the white and the coloured people in Jessup County. The director has developed this theme by using different techniques such as having characters with different personalities and authority‚ by using various

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    commissioned articles‚ sponsor well-known Nazi figures to speak at public gatherings‚ and negotiate for radio broadcast time. On the 8th of April‚ the Student Union also drafted the Twelve Theses which deliberately evoked Martin Luther and the historic burning of "Un-German" books at the Wartburg festival on the 300th anniversary of the posting of Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses. The theses called for a "pure" national language and culture. Placards publicized the theses‚ which attacked "Jewish intellectualism"

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    Midnight in Paris Analysis The Oscar-winning film‚ Midnight in Paris‚ written and directed by Woody Allen uses cinematic techniques to create a world of fantasy and reality. Throughout the film‚ reality and fantasy are constantly paralleled. This film succeeds because of the elements Woody Allen uses to juxtapose the main character‚ Gil Pender‚ sense of reality and fantasy. Elements such as mise en scene‚ costume design‚ the auteur theory‚ and the screenplay writing all work in conjunction to

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