English "Orphan Trains"� The "Orphan Trains"� was a charitable organization to provide homes and a better way of life‚ for orphans and neglected children on the streets of New York. Charles Loring Brace‚ who was a young minister in New York‚ founded the Orphan Trains (1855-1929). The children were taken off the streets of New York (many whom had no homes)‚ and brought to the Midwest to be adopted. The children were prepared for adoption the closer they came to their destinations. They were made
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Espinoza September 21‚ 2010 ARTS 1301 Essay #1 “The Tube Train‚” by Cyril E. Power is a color linocut painting in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. As the title suggest it’s a painting of the inside of a train filled with elegant people from the early 1900’s. The first thing that caught my eye when looking at this painting was the vantage point in the front of the train‚ which the artist used to illustrate the view of the train as if you are sitting in the back looking forward. The feeling
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While comparing the film’s Strangers on a Train‚ directed by Alfred Hitchcock and The Spanish Prisoner directed by David Mamet‚ two suspenseful mysteries unfold. In this essay I will compare both directors use of themes‚ tones‚ and camera effects to convey the thrilling story of a confused and tortured protagonist. While they are different plotlines‚ both stories overlap in many ways. Perhaps Mamet may have even made an homage to Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train by mirroring various scenes and themes
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MAGLEV TRAINS TRAINS THAT FLY ON AIR 5/16/2011 IEC-CET UTTAM JALAN SEMINAR REPORT on “MAGLEV TRAINS:TRAINS THAT FLY ON AIR ” Submitted for partial fulfillment of award of the degree of Bachelor of Technology In Electrical Engineering Submitted By UTTAM JALAN
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half-orphaned‚ others abandoned- but all in need of families- traveled west by rail as part of a “placing out” program started by Charles‚ called the Children’s Aid Society.(Warren‚ 4) This dream exploded around the U.S into what is now known as The Orphan Train Movement; a movement that sparked opportunity and new life for underprivileged children. Early on in American History‚ children who were left by their families were usually left to be cared for by their relatives or neighbors. There were very few
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VIOLENCE THAT PRECEDED THE BIRTH OF INDIA ANDPAKISTAN AS THE BRITISH HURRIEDLY HANDED OVER POWER IN 1947‚ IS BECOMING A FADING WORDIN THE HISTORY BOOKS. FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS WILL SOON VANISH. KHUSHWANT SINGH‚ WHO WASOVER THIRTY AT THE TIME‚ LATER WROTE TRAIN TO PAKISTAN AND GOT IT PUBLISHED IN 1956.REPRINTED SINCE THEN‚ REISSUED IN HARDCOVER‚ AND TRANSLATED INTO MANY LANGUAGES‚ THE NOVEL IS NOW KNOWN AS A CLASSIC‚ ONE OF THE FINEST AND BEST-KNOWN TREATMENTS OF THE SUBJECT. About the author Khushwant
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Fenech Honors India February 15‚ 2013 Book Review: Train to Pakistan Khushwant Singh opens his novel Train to Pakistan in a seemingly peaceful village on the countryside of Punjabi. Although the small village is fictional‚ it is important to note the historical significance this village‚ its people‚ and the time period represent in the novel. Revered as a one of the finest and best-known renditions of the Indian tragedy of partition‚ Train to Pakistan embodies more than a fictitious community
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When traveling over land there are three main ways of doing so‚ a flight‚ a train ride‚ or driving yourself. I guess you could walk or run but‚ I’m talking about cross country travel. There are expensive and inexpensive ways of travel‚ some fast‚ some slow‚ most fun‚ others boring. Out of these three ways you must decide how you want to go baste on your budget‚ time‚ and the quality of travel you prefer. The fastest way of travel would be by plane. If time is a major issue‚ a flight would be the
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Heidi Crist and Destiny Gonzales 1302 Dillard 7-7-13 In the novella Train Dreams‚ the characters struggle with the influenza pandemic. The infection of influenza spreads throughout America and devastates all in its path. Robert Grainer‚ a character in Train Dreams‚ explains how this disease has affected his life and how serious this pandemic was in 1918. Grainer is an average man who as a child is sent to Idaho to live with his father’s mother and her husband and children. His three cousins
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