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    darker the color‚ the heavier the tone‚ the smoother the texture. In the poem Old Men Playing Basketball‚ B. H. Fairchild suggests that there is an eventual downfall to all lives; they try to reclaim their competence but doing so only evokes the nostalgia for the lost youth. Through the scene of old men basketball‚ Fairchild captures the details of the old men’s unfitness and laments on the speed that life decays at and the inabilities that comes with aging as memories of their younger self are still

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    my childhood although I only had a chance to view it in the early nineties. I wasn’t even aware that the show had been renewed for a new season until this game popped up on my radar but the second I heard that iconic theme song I was drowning in nostalgia. Judging by the success of the kickstarter project to bring this game to PC with full English localization I would say that I’m not the only one eager to relive those childhood memories. The game gives you direct control over Estaban‚ Zia and Tao

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    Imperialism Debate Essay

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    trade and businesses. At this point‚ it allowed imperial powers to the influence the selected civilization. While the imperials ruled‚ they usually ‘robbed’ the land of its resources with little payback. These schemes obviously allowed for the imperial powers to gain a large profit and gain dominance. Imperialism was an effective and successful way for civilized countries to gain control over an indigenous countries. So‚ America should not become an imperial power. Core Democratic Value: Liberty

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    iQuestion 1: Werther’s Original Werther’s Original is a brand of smooth and creamy toffee sweets and is owned by the German company August Storck KG. The company is based in Berlin and was founded in 1903. The company is a top-ranked global confectionary player‚ Storck ranks 13th in sale in the USA candy marketplace. Brands in the US portfolio currently include Werther’s Original‚ RIESEN‚ Mamba‚ Merci‚ and Toffifay. The candy brand Werther’s Original will be the focus in this assigement. Werther’s

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    Fashion Photography has been seen as lightweight end of photography due to it`s close relationship to the fashion industry‚ which is dependent on fast turnover; transitory‚ commercial Fashion advertisement in particular is seen as denying the purity of the image → shows the typical‚ stylised instead of the unique moment/event; has nothing artistic (stylised fashion shoot‚ controlled‚ created‚ unnatural‚ uniform and monotone‚ all are essentially the same in their aim to sell clothes) captured

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    William Eggleston: Anointing the Overlooked 1970s-2000s | Orientation to Art‚ Dr. Aguirre | Sarah MW 12:40pm | The topic of the exhibit is finding a new use for color photography using iconic images from the 1970s and “his images are psychologically complex‚ yet structurally quotidian‚ drawing attention to the power and beauty of the overlooked.” The exhibition‚ originated by the Frist Center for the Visual Arts‚ includes 50 photographs by the Memphis‚ Tennessee resident who is one of the

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    need replenishing” (Lahiri229). But the Indian food does not induce emotions in them for their native land. By giving preference to ethnic rituals and cuisine‚ first generation immigrant want to recreate fragmented past in the present along with nostalgia. So‚ ethnic cuisine hardly arouses his senses. “….Food is one of the chief planes upon which the young Gogol and his sister Sonia work to define themselves against their Bengali heritage. They insist on pizza and Coke. Dining rituals often provide

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    EALC10111 Introduction to Japanese History and Culture How did the imperial clan (particularly Emperor Tmmu and his successors) go about the task of strengthening imperial rule duing 7th and 8th centuries? 9174026 Strengthening the power of the imperial family is the most essential element to show authority to other countries. However‚ a country must have a well-organized system‚ a strong defensive ability‚ and a cleaver ruler as the most important features

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    Eveline Essay Example

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    Eveline begins to recollect memories of her father that made him an important figure in her life. For example‚ on page 6‚ Joyce says‚"She remembered her father putting on her mother’s bonnet to make the children laugh." Joyce’s purpose in Eveline’s nostalgia is to show how her father is not just this evil‚ sinister man that she needs to escape from‚ but he is her father. Yes‚ she is binded by her mother’s promise‚ but she also has a committment to be her father’s daughter. Eveline

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    Heaven and in the poem “Thanatopsis”‚ there are two different views of heaven but a similar idea that all people will be there. In The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom and “Thanatopsis” by William Cullen Bryant there is the required nostalgia for the past and use of imagination to comprehend the idea of oversoul ‚but each story provides two distinct

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