William Marcy Tweed was the most corrupt "American Politician" the state of New York has ever seen. Tweed was known as "Boss Tweed" and he was the first man to be the boss of New York after the ten year struggle. ("American Heritage") The Boss was the leader of a political machine‚ which was a political organization that controlled enough votes to maintain control over the community. Political machines were able to restructure the city governments; they also resulted in poorer services‚ corruption
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The Barbarians (1987) – Dirtmaster - Twin barbarians plan to take revenge on the warlord who murdered their tribe and places them in captivity as children. The Dirtmaster‚ portrayed as Michael Berryman‚ forces the twins into slavery‚ where they train to fight as gladiators. Saturday the 14th Strikes Back (1988) – The Mummy - In this horror comedy film‚ Eddie and his family inherit a creepy‚ ramshackle house. They are unaware that the house was built over an evil passage‚ but they soon realize
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An artist’s treasure With the auction Howard Hodgkin: Portrait of the Artist‚ Sotheby’s not only unveils the private collection of the late painter and collector Howard Hodgkin‚ but it also reveals how these masterpieces influenced his creations If the past half century has seen an artist whose work embodies the sheer pleasure of being alive‚ then that artist would be the late Howard Hodgkin. Through his works‚ which were misinterpreted as abstract‚ he created a unique pictorial language for places
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Critical Movie Analysis on Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl The subject of piracy and pirates is immensely popular. Most individuals today have a general idea of what a pirate is‚ whether it is realistic or fictional. Since the 16th century‚ the image and connotation of the pirate has been widely spread through popular culture and media throughout history. Depictions of pirates were in drawn images‚ song‚ newspaper articles‚ personal accounts in diaries‚ and as technology developed
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African American literatures have faced borders and boundaries in their lives and demonstrated in their piece of writing. A border is defining as the edge or boundary of something‚ or part near it. A boundary is a line that marks the limits of an area; a dividing line. Feminism is the advocacy of women’s rights in which it oppresses of political‚ social and economic institutions. Women and men should be treated equally in every way in the society. In the book Sula by Toni Morrison‚ the play Fences
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were able to grow their crops well there. The Iroquois Confederacy consisted of 6 separate nations. For the most part‚ these six nations were the same. Although‚ there were a few minor differences. The 6 nations included the Oneida‚ Cayuga‚ Tuscarora‚Mohawk‚ Seneca‚ and Onondaga. The Confederacy acted as an arbiter for the 6 nations. It was used in times when a nation couldn’t resolve a dispute by themselves. The nations were able to aid each other in times of war‚ making them a reckoning force to be
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tea in America. The response of America was to boycott the tea. But America wouldn’t stop there‚ one of the most well known events of the revolution came out of this act. This famous event was the Boston Tea Party. A group of Americans dressed up as Mohawk Indians and boarded some British ships that were carrying tea. On these ships the dressed up Americans took the crates of tea and dumped it into the harbor. Just like the Americans response to the Tea Act‚ the British did not have a delightful response
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“Divorced from skin color‚ sound quality‚ scene or history‚ Hip-Hop (and therefore its more prolific offspring‚ rap) and punk share every important defining factor: heavy bassline‚ repetitive and melodically simple or devoid vocals focused on internal rhyme‚ minimalistic instrumental hooks‚ and lyrics about nihilism‚ social concern‚ poverty and oppression”(Ross Hsu). Hsu asserts that despite the fact that Hip-Hop and punk have different cultural and historical backgrounds‚ they are similar because
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recess and lunette. These saints appear as both standing figures and as busts in roundels‚ arranged in two registers that are separated by red lines. The upper registers allow for standing figures while the lower registers show a horizontal row of medallion portraits. All saints are identified by inscriptions beside the saint’s heads or somewhere within the roundel. In the north bay in the upper register‚ there appears three regal standing figures: Saint Irene‚ Saint Catherine and Saint Barbara (fig
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All three conduct community service initiatives. Each group has a one-time membership fee of $85-95 to join. The flashy colored cord‚ medallion‚ stole and tassel for graduation are‚ of course‚ not included with the joining
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