USA TODAY Written byClaudia Puig December 20‚ 2002 Year of the woman in film Pg. 1E Nicole Kidman was convinced she wasn’t right for the part of Virginia Woolf in the film adaptation of the Pulitzer-Prize wining novel‚ The Hours. "I almost talked myself out of it‚" she says. Until she learned Meryl Streep and Julianne Moore would be her co-stars. "From the moment they said these are the other women‚ I didn’t even think twice‚" says Kidman. "This opportunity rarely comes along. It’s unheard of
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the weight of a throw of the dice and all men are born free‚ when understanding breeds love and brotherhood.” Josephine Baker‚ what an incredible woman. When thinking of Josephine‚ the first image that would pop up for most would be of her dancing to jazz in a banana skirt. A performance that gained her a lot of fame‚ but in truth she is so much more than that. Were talking about a woman who even though born into poverty and prejudice manage to live an amazingly extensive life‚ she was a dancer‚
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One of the bravest African American woman a person knows is Josephine Baker. Josephine Baker was born on June 3rd‚ 1906 in St. Louis‚ Missouri. Josephine struggles during her childhood to support her family by working many jobs. Josephine was not just glamorous‚ talented‚ and cool; she was important in the society. She is an African American singer‚ dancer‚ and actress who rose to fame in France where she named herself "Black Pearl" or "Black Venus". Josephine accomplishments was to influence her
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The AK-47 The AK-47 is not just simply another gun‚ it is much‚ much more. It is an ongoing legacy of one mans innovation to the small arms market and a national symbol. In a time of changing warfare‚ a weapon was needed to work efficiently at and within a range of 300 meters. This weapon needed the accuracy and control of the longer barreled rifles but also the power and automatic fire of a sub machine gun. This lead to a hybrid being created‚ in the form of the assault rifle (Poyer‚ Joe 2004)
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Personal Statement I perceive myself to be a person with numerous interests and range of skills which could have sent me in any number of career directions. Yet‚ through my experience over the past years‚ I have realized that I want to become a Registered Nurse. Growing up with a lot of nurses in the family inspired me that I wanted to be a nurse. Nursing is a very challenging and demanding career‚ however I feel the rewards would be great and I am ready to embark on this career. I am eager to
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teenage years and isn’t fully mature until age 25. One 16-year-old’s brain might be more developed than another 18-year-old’s‚ just as a younger teen might be taller than an older one. But evidence is mounting that a 16-year-old’s brain is generally far less developed than those of teens just a little older. The research seems to help explain why 16-year-old drivers crash at far higher rates than older teens. The studies have convinced a growing number of safety experts that 16-year-olds are too
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experience. At every tourist place you will meet a self-appointed tourist guide like the old woman in the poem. They need money and will pester you. They even promise to give you some service in lieu of the money you give them. Generally tourists give them something to get rid of them. SUMMARY The poem begins with a commonplace experience‚ but ends in a revelation. The old woman is not an ordinary woman. She is the representative of the degradation of humanity. She has bullet holes for her eyes
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Remember and Crabbit old woman both portray a sense of persuasion to the reader as they both try and give out a clear and insisting message. They are both written in a first person perspectives which clears boundaries to make the poem more personal and affectionate. Remember is about a person who is dying and is pleading for remembrance. Crabbit old woman is about an old woman who is pleading for a fair judgment of who she really is and that she is not just an old woman but some one with a heart
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pokes him hard in the eye. She always seems to be vicous and performs unfair tasks such as stealing Dylan’s chocolate and ‘thumping him in the kidney’. Terrible Evans is on a trip to see the paintings with the school when she first sees ‘A Grotesque Old Woman’ by Quentin Massys she is on a trip to the quarry to see the painting with Lester and her class at school. Just before they arrived Terrible Evans was following Dylan and trying to steal his chocolate. Once they have been led down to the chamber
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an Old Woman caught my attention instantly. This Roman copy of a Greek work depicted an elder woman that is less popular to be portrayed compared to depictions of youths. This is most likely because artists wanted to capture an eternal youthfulness of portraits. According to the description tag‚ the sculpture was actually a Roman (14-68 AD) copy of a Greek sculpture‚ dated to around the second century BCE. Marble Statue of an Old Woman‚ was a pentelic marble sculpture. Marble Statue of an Old Woman
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