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    she prefers female nurses and speaks very unfavorably of the male nurses and the male patients in the home. She spent most of her life working in retail‚ but she did mention owning a wedding boutique in downtown kingman for years and worked as a seamstress. This was a positive situational experience for her in the financial aspect specifically. Due to a very bad divorce and new obligations‚ she was unable to keep the boutique open. In order to make ends meet‚ she acquired jobs here and there to keep

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    Who Is Coco Chanel A Hero

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    No less than an icon in women’s fashion‚ Coco Chanel has become one of the most widely recognized and copied designer in the business. Her clothing‚ made to be comfortable‚ elegant‚ and practical‚ stood out out among the popular and frivolous trends in the 1920’s and 1950’s. Chanel created beloved fashion line while she was alive and went down as a legend after her death. Because of the mastery of her craft she has‚ “become a symbol of grace‚ dignity‚ and femininity‚” (Ruffat 2007). Through her turbulent

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    to Senior Editor for Vogue. In 1987‚ she began working for Ralph Lauren‚ dealing primarily with accessories. In 1987‚ out of frustration with the lack of options to suit her sophisticated taste‚ she designed her own wedding gown‚ commissioning a seamstress to assemble it. This inspired her to launch Vera Wang Bridal House Ltd.‚ in the Carlisle Hotel on Madison Avenue‚ New York City. Her primary target was upper class clientel‚ initially offering bridal gowns by designers such as Guy Laroche‚ Arnold

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    Society generally is ruled by many sets of cultural‚ religious‚ and philosophical concepts and beliefs by which human actions are determined whether if they are right or wrong. The system of principles and judgements is called morality. It’s often generalized by a culture or group‚ and so it serves to regulate the behavior of its members. The word conformity means to act in a behavior in accordance with socially accepted conventions or standards. Conformity to such “codification” is needed because

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    Taylor 1 Rough Draft Thesis: Martin Luther King was a leader that was born in a segregated world but was determine to change it so everyone live in a equal nation. And he did this by his words and action that don’t need any bloodshed. He used brain over bronze to accomplish what he set out to do. Martin Luther King jr. was as born as a middle child in Atlanta Georgia in January 15th 1929 into a family which was actively involved in the civil right movement. Martin father and grandfather was

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    perceptions of the rape. Likewise‚ domestic violence against women increased in the homes‚ especially in the tenement dwellings of urban New Yorkers. Cases of severe beatings and murder were often‚ usually caused by drunkenness on behalf of either the man or the woman. The majority of the experiences of the lower-class female work force was bleak‚ but there were a few‚ and very minor‚ exceptions. One such exception can be found within the youthful work force of the Eastern side of New York‚ on

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    SLAVERY & RACISM IN AMERICA THROUGH TIME Slavery & Racism In America Through Time AMENDMENT I – to the Bill of Rights‚ the right to be able to make your own choices about your life… In so many words that is true. The first amendment speaks of freedom of speech‚ freedom of religion and freedom of petition‚ but who did this pertain to? Not everyone was privileged to these rights‚ which is sad when in today’s society; we have so much to be thankful for. Our rights are being guarded‚ fought for by

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    Gender Roles

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    having expanded their roles in society‚ with women entering formerly male dominions and men finding new ways to relate to and function in the family unit. When I was growing up a woman was never heard of having a job other than a school teacher or seamstress. Our(women’s)job was to take care of the house. We had a big garden out back from which we got most of our vegetables…A garden is a lot of work you know…We also had to make clothes when there were none to be had(hand-me- downs) Gender can be

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    Fashion in the 1950s

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    B-FH103 Cultural and Contextual Studies‚ Fashion 2. Social changes had great influences in Fashion in the 1950s. Analyse two aspects of such social changes as discussed in the lectures‚ which is reflected in Fashion Design. Cite no more than two designers as case studies. Tan Xue Hui Amanda Name FMI-1B/ 14161 Class /ID No. Lucinda Law Lecturer 2012 LASALLE College of the Arts Faculty of Design Singapore Accepted by the Faculty of

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    The Nature of Confession

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    Knox Engler AM Lit 10-1-13 The Nature of Confession The Scarlet Letter is a complex novel that addresses issues of love‚ revenge‚ Puritanical hierarchy‚ adultery and several others. It would appear that the book could have been written merely for the purpose of ethical discussion. The most prominent matter that is addressed among all of them however‚ is confession. There are countless passages that directly allude to characters in the novel struggling with the secrets they have chosen

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