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    culture and traditions in Malaysia. The Siamese community that can be found in northern states of Malaysia is Kedah Kelantan‚ Terengganu and Perlis. Kedah and Kelantan is well-known with the boarder area to Thailand. The Siamese peoples are mostly Buddhist and some are Muslim. The language that they use in their daily life is mostly the same dialect with the Malays but they also do speak Thai language among their communities. Malaysia Government have gave their support to the Siamese in Malaysia

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    newer issues continue to arise as old ones are remedied‚ and Kenya must become more involved in international business in order to further develop as an individual country. According to The World Factbook Kenya was lead to independence and founded in 1963 as a republican country. After the elimination of the role of prime ministers in Kenya‚ Mwai Kibaki rose to presidency in 2010. Kenya has thus far managed to obtain a GDP of 71.4 billion dollars and a per capita GDP of 1‚746 with its agricultural based

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    novel was the third of the trilogy and it “won Oates a National Book Award at the age of thirty two” (“them” 261). Oates’s novel them is set mainly in Detroit‚ Michigan where she and her husband Raymond Smith lived during the 1960s riots (Cash). Depicting the 1960s race riots in them “Oates’s work was often criticized for its violent themes and images” (Showalter 139). Multiple readers and critics received her work as intense or brutal. Joyce Carol Oates herself thought that “some criticism is plainly

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    Andy Warhol Andy Warhol was an American Pop artist‚ from 1928-1987. A pop artist is an artist who has a style that explores the everyday imagery that is part of modern consumer culture. Using things like consumer product packaging‚ celebrities‚ comic strips‚ and advertisements. Other pop artists are Robert Rauschenberg and Roy Lichtenstein. Andy Warhol was born on August 6‚ 1928 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Warhol died in New York on February 27‚ 1987 after a gallbladder operation. Andy Warhol

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    As the fight continues‚ more events have bound the African American community together. The death of African American‚ Freddie Gray‚ while under police custody provoked the destruction of the city of Baltimore‚ in what became known as the Baltimore riots. Numerous people joined together‚ some for good‚ others not so much‚ in order to get their point of unity across. With the African American community’s set goals and ambition‚ they continue to fight for a change in society. They wish to not be viewed

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    As you know the photo is great power to influence people’s mind. Picture can change perception‚ social‚ political position and even identity. I want to talk about most popular and influential documentary photo that changed the world. It would be hard to imagine a technology that had more impact on 20th century life than photography: the automobile‚ the airplane‚ nuclear power‚ all of these were higher profile than photography‚ yet in day-to-day terms‚ photography was truly the most pervasive.

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    UNITY IN DIVERSITY India is a big country comprising many racial groups with a great number of spoken languages and dialects. There are several religions and sects. These are reflected in their customs‚ rituals‚ dresses and festivals. Indian is the cradle of many cultures. In spite of the diversities‚ the people are united. Though several foreign invaders attacked India‚ none succeeded in destroying the basic Indian culture. One the contrary‚ it absorbed the good qualities of the new cultures

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    his return‚ he was assassinated by the black Muslims group due to his change on violence. Three years after Malcom X’s death‚ on April 4‚ 1968‚ Martin Luther King‚ Jr. was also assassinated in which case‚ this erupted 125 cities to race riots. Furthermore‚ these riots were a symbol of racial

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    1930‚ in Woodmere‚ New York. He graduated in 1951 from New York State Teachers College at Albany. He joined the Navy and was honorably discharged in 1955. First he taught high school‚ and then went to work on Wall Street for Bache and Company in 1963. In the late sixties Harvey began dabbling in off-Broadway theater production‚ and moved with his lover Jack McKinley to San Francisco. Milk worked in finance until he publicly burned his BankAmericard and was fired. Harvey left Jack and went

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    An Oveview of the 1960s

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    MLK to Black Power 2. Several Cold War foreign policy crises. 3. The Assassination of JFK‚ MLK‚ Malcolm X‚ RFK 4. Vietnam Conflict‚ Civil Unrest & the Woodstock Generation There were 3 presidents in the 60s: 1. John Kennedy: 1961 - 1963 2. Lyndon Johnson: 1964 – 1968 3. Richard Nixon: 1969 – 1974 The decade that began with the election of the youngest president and the quote‚ “Ask not what your country can do for you‚ ask what you can do for your country‚ “ ended in civil

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