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    Pablo Picasso known as one the most influential artist of the 20th century. Picasso began life as a prodigy to his father who was an art teacher and painter himself taught him to draw. It is said that by the time Picasso surpassed his own father’s skill by the time he was age 13. Picasso attended many different art institutions in Spain and France but he didn’t stay long nor did he graduate‚ due to him feeling as though school teachings didn’t fully allow him to be an artist so he would skip and

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    The Iconic Dresses and Women’s Fashions of the Twentieth Century Abstract This paper describes some of the most popular women’s fashions of the Twentieth Century‚ from 1900 through 1999. Starting with the 1900-1910’s this paper goes decade by decade‚ exploring the details of the most iconic fashions‚ from the Gibson Girl to the designer fashions of the Nineties. Throughout the paper there will be comparisons of the different decades and their popular styles‚ as fashion

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    THE 20th CENTURY   In the early 20th century Hendon and Finchley became built up. Growth also spread to Harrow and Wealdstone‚ Twickenham‚ Teddington and Kingston Upon Thames. Wimbledon and Surbiton also became suburbs of London. Furthermore in the early 20th century London County Council began to build estates of council houses on the edge of the city. In 1903 the first ones were built at Tooting. Later estates were built at Norbury‚ Tottenham‚ Roehampton‚ at Downham near Catford and at Becontree

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    Cara Capozucca Core 191: Global History since 1914 Mrs. Sandra Kase November 15‚ 2012 Women in the Twentieth Century ​It started on May 2‚ 1914 according to Jessica Jenkins: “women‚ men‚ and children across the United States celebrated ‘National Suffrage Day.’ Parades‚ speeches‚ and demonstrations in support of the proposed women suffrage amendment to the United States Constitution took place in every state and territory in the country” (131). It started in Connecticut‚ where more than 531

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    To improve power‚ influence and living standards. You need: technological advances and the degree of its commitment to modernisation * A major catalyst for challenge and change to the old political‚ social‚ economic and cultural order of the 20th century. Because: encouraged urbanisation- the move from country to town * Urbanisation * Spread of disease became a major problem * Where your house was located reflected social classes * Social change * Change in women’s traditional

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    Literature of 20th century

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    20th Century and beyond- Döring ‚ 1. Sitzung am 08.04.14 Siehe Handout Texts chosen by chance‚ subjection Erich Auerbach- Mimesis Monarchical categories: literature under monarch e.g. 1830-1901 “The Victorian Age” Julian Barnes: A History of the World in 10 ½ chapters‚ 1989 No solution Article: World´s last WW1 veteran dies Difference: talking about event in past (represented through documents  impersonal) Talking about personal experience represented through

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    At least three reasons for the rise of conservatism in the last part of the 20th century. In the 20th century some factor-increased conservatism‚ one of them was the Vietnam War. The war was costly‚ and it proved a difficult one for the Americans to handle. Moreover‚ the war drained the Americans and caused a huge deficit in the economy especially to the federal debt in the 1970s (Barnes & Bowles‚ 2014). During that period‚ many people questioned the involvement of the US in that war and possibility

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    Art of the 20th century (by: Chiara Leano BFA-ADV1) -known as modern art -expressionism dominated this century Expressionism -from its root word “express”‚ it’s intention is to express the inner state ( feelings) of the artist 20th century art movements Fauvism (France) (painting by Henri Matisse) -earned their name ("les fauves"-wild beasts) by shocking exhibit visitors on their first public appearance‚ in 1905. -full of violent color and bold distortions. Die Brucke (Germany)

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    The most dramatic developments in the Criminal Justice system during the late 20th Century were the revolution of the sentencing system. Prior to the sentencing reforms of 1984‚ most of the 20th century federal sentencing was largely based on rehabilitative model where sentencing was indeterminate. By the 1970s‚ the traditional sentencing system came under increasing attack as public interest in the criminal justice system prompted “crime research boom time” (Nagel‚ 1990; Wilkins‚ 1987). The concerns

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    The 20th century was a time of rapid development and innovation all around the world‚ but this competition soon morphed into a form of imperial nationalism in the United States‚ for a country comprised of so much diversity this can quickly became unhealthy as citizens begin determining what is “un-American”. Plays like‚ The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller can offer a new perspective of the damages caused by our people to our people as a result of paranoia. Blaming individuals‚ foreign ideas‚ or other

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