Jonas immersed himself in the memory. Suddenly‚ he was sitting down next to a small window. He looked out and upon seeing the clouds he realized he was flying. Below‚ he could see a long strip of tree tops‚ skyscrapers‚ bridges and tiny moving dots. He noticed that all the people around him were sitting orderly‚ in rows. There was blue carpeting on the floor and white paneling on the ceiling. He was in what seemed like a long and narrow tunnel. “I must be in a plane‚ Jonas thought.” He had never
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Spender. In his poem‚ Spender describes how the world is being changed‚ how nature and the country-side are being destroyed but he does not put it in a completely negative sense‚ in some parts of the poem he mentions that the electricity pylons and skyscrapers have a beauty of their own. Spender divides his poem in three sections‚ past (first stanza)‚ present (second and third stanzas) and future (fifth stanza)‚ the fourth stanza is a link between how the world has already been changed and how more changes
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O’Keeffe Most high art seems to be about death or sex. Throughout her struggle to elevate herself in a man’s world‚ painter Georgia O’Keeffe struggled a lifetime with these charges attached to her works. O’Keeffe is most known for her enlarged flower paintings and desert scenes rooted in public ideology of the female sexual organs‚ and bones as death. However‚ the true intent behind her works is nothing more than to present her world in a beautiful way. Georgia O’Keeffe is a female great American
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"Peak" is categorized as a realistic fiction book. it’s about a boy named Peak Marcello who has a deep passion for climbing. He shows this passion through scaling skyscrapers in the big apple. One night whereas he’s making an attempt to scale the Woolworth building‚ he’s caught by the S.W.A.T team and brought to court. He’s saved by his long lost father‚ Joshua Wood‚ the renowned adventurer‚ volunteered to acquire custody of Peak for a 18 months‚ which would be his jail sentence anyway. Peak would
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the life out of its sardine-caged occupants‚ I was morbidly frightened and tentatively excited. It was a huge‚ colorful‚ noisy and not just your average carnival Ferris wheel. It was the kind that was about 20 stories high just like a New York skyscraper. Well that’s what it looked like. Ever since that initial impression became fossilized in my imagination many years ago‚ these rides have reminded me of great big mythical beasts‚ much like dinosaurs carrying off their screaming passengers like
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Syracuse houses one of the great examples of Art Deco in architectural design. Art Deco was a stray away from the natural organic forms of the Art Nouveau movement‚ heading towards a more geometric‚ modern‚ and linear style. The Niagara Mohawk building exemplifies Art Deco like no other building in the city. Syracuse‚ an industrial city in the early to mid-1900s‚ required a lot of electricity. Many other cites used industrialization as an opportunity to build Art Deco buildings as well‚ due to their
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horizon. I watch as it fades from a dark purple to a dull red and I realize that soon it will be blazing yellow. It alone will be my guide as I venture solemnly into the woods. The forest is bustling with life as I walk through the labyrinth of trees skyscraper high. I walk across the dense
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TV show: American Idol Number of ads from 9-10: 52 Since primetime television is statistically the time when the most people are watching television‚ this is when the most ads are shown. Many TV shows in prime time have what feels like more ads than actual show time. Over the course of on hour from 9-10 when American Idol was on Fox network played 52 ads. These ads covered a wide range of products‚ services and entertainment. Some of the products include hygiene products like tag body
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But it was much less an influence through American artists as through a perceived "American" way of life that seemed exceedingly modern to Weimar’s artists and thinkers. The assembly line technique (developed in the American auto industry)‚ the skyscraper‚ and styles of American mass consumption and advertisement seemed the epitome of modernity to Weimar artists. They adapted some American forms but often used them critically and creatively. In addition to the importance of American patterns‚ one
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1. What is Andy Wilson’s primary motivation? As with most entrepreneurs‚ there is seemingly a variety of motivators‚ which primary can be debated. As a starter‚ note some that seem to exist: a. Wilson seemed to desire entrepreneurial independence and the greater freedom contrasted with prior employment. He was “no longer motivated by the suit-and-tie atmosphere of corporate America.” This dislike of a bureaucratic setting coupled with his own highly innovative exploits suggests such a motivation
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