One of the luxuries is Victory Gin. ... Another luxury is Victory Cigarette. ... Ironically though, when he has the chance to drink it shortly before his arrest, he is not able to taste it because his sense of taste had been damaged by drinking Victory Gin (178). ... And sickly enough, he labels it as "a world of victory after victory, triumph after triumph" (281). ... If this is achieved, then we win real victory of our own....

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With Eli Whitney's  invention of the cotton gin in 1793, cotton became very profitable. ... In the beginning of the Civil War, the Confederacy won many decisive victories.   ... Stuart been at Gettysburg, the South might have had a decisive northern victory and won the War. ... The capture of Forts  Henry  and  Donelson, and the Confederate surrender at the latter, were the first significant Union victories and the start of a mostly successful campaign in the western theater. ... An other turning point was Union capture of Vicksburg and victory in Battle of Gettysburg. ...

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At home he ended the day by drinking his gin. ... After work instead of going home he went to the Chestnut to drink his gin and play chess. At the café his cup of gin was constantly being refilled. ... He had a nostalgic vision of his corner table, with the newspaper and the chessboard and the ever flowing gin." ... "He had won the victory over himself. ...

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The north favored the huge profits brought by the factories, and the south became the Cotton Kingdom under the invention of cotton gin. ... Furthermore, Abraham Lincoln's victory in the election of 1860 unquestionably served as the last straw for the outbreak of these struggles. ... For the abolitionists, the victory of Lincoln served as the best opportunity to eliminate the slavery servitude in the south. ...

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For example, the government named everything "Victory," including Victory Gin, Victory Coffee, and Victory Cigarettes. The items, however, were anything but a victory. Winston explained that, "The Victory Gin tastes like nitric acid and after swallowing, one had the sensation of being hit on the back of the head with a rubber club" The Victory Cigarettes had very little tobacco, and, if held upright, the tobacco would simply fall to the floor (8). The Victory Coffee was served in old, oily, dirty, handleless mugs. ... The "Victory Mansion", in which Winston lived, likewise was not what on...

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After Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, more slaves were needed to keep up with the increased cotton production. ... The northern political party, Republicans, became the dominant political party because of the Union army victory. With the North's victory, their thoughts and ideas took over all throughout the nation. ...

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The main character, Winston, lives in an apartment building called Victory Mansions, within walking distance from his work in a towering pyramid-shaped building called the Ministry of Truth. ... Victory Gin is the only alcohol served at the bar (pg 44). ... The Café reeks of gin, coffee, stew and dirty clothes (pg 52). Stew and gin are served out of old, white, handleless mugs (pg 44,52), served on "greasy metal trays- (pg 44). ...

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A Contrast Between Canadian Government and The Oceanian Government For my English mock formal commentary I would like to demonstrate the contrast between two governments. One being the Canadian government and the other being the Oceanian Government from the novel 1984 by George Orwell. I'd like ...

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Prohibition and its Moral and Ethnic effects on Rural and Urban America Was Rural America successful in imposing its codes of morality and ethics on Urban America during Prohibition? During the early 1900's America was in the grip of a strict set of morals and values that dated back to Q...

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After the Cotton Gin was invented, southerners felt the need for more slaves to keep the "money-maker" of the south alive. ... May 31, the Battle of Seven Pines takes place and the Union almost pulls off the victory. ... The Battle of Chancellorsville in early May of 1863 was another Confederate victory. ... The Vicksburg Campaign begins with several victories for the Union in and around Vicksburg. ... This was a great victory fo...

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Don Quixote TIME: In the spring of 1580 in Spain. However bookkeeping was a complicated and arduous procedure and Don Miguel Cervantes was twice imprisoned for owing money to the treasury from a shortage in his accounts. Cervantes disagrees whether or not the Seville prison was the proper place...

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The invention of the Cotton Gin, by Eli Whitney in the late 1790s, made slavery very affordable. Before the cotton gin, slaves had to take out the tiny cotton seeds out from the cotton balls. ... However, after the invention of the cotton gin, which took the seeds out of the cotton, you only needed a few slaves to pick hundreds of pounds of cotton weekly. ...

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Winston Smith, the protagonist of the classic, 1984, is an exclusive individual with various traits and tendencies. Similar to the plot of the book, his mental presence and emotions have been constantly juggled, creating a character whose true identity is yet to be discovered. Winston's profound and...

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In Northern vessels his products are carried to market, his cotton is ginned with Northern gins, his sugar is crushed and preserved by Northern machinery; his rivers are navigated by Northern steamboats . . . ... The election of Buchanan was seen as a Southern victory; however, incidents during his presidency would only strengthen the cause against slavery. ...

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However, the South continued the use of slavery even with the many advances in agricultural equipment, such as plows and the cotton gin, which many felt would end slavery. ... Even though the cotton gin had been around since before the century, it's use seemed to still be restricted. The South trying to keep up with the North had to introduce the cotton gin into every day use. ... The slave population and cotton production, thanks to the cotton gin, escalated. ...

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This campaign was so effective that a resounding defeat (the repression of the Tet offensive) was portrayed as a major victory in the US press for the NVA where even Walter Cronkite said the Vietnam War was unwinable. ... A more detailed discussion of theoretical background can be found in Giner-Sorolla and Chaiken (1994). ...

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The most impressive monument for African victims of WW1 was in France at the battle of Delville, the South African infantry brigade sustained heavy casualties and resulted in British victory (www.washingtonpost.com). ... After the Temne war, slave labor was not a crucial element of the Northern European but was highly popular among southern states from the invention of the cotton gin. ...

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The American generals clearly were the reason for the American victory. General George Washington was responsible for the first American victory at the Battle of Trenton, which was a huge win for the Americans" because of their low morale. ...

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Throughout the history of the United States there has been many different types of political conflict in the United States. There are different time periods that each contained political controversy. Each of these periods has a name for their distinct culture, geography and politics. These period...

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Life to him is just one damned orgy after another, with hate, hurt, gin and sadism". [4] The Harlem Renaissance, in terms of the economic and literary environment, exceedingly depended on white audiences, white magazines and white money. ... Besides, the Great War was considered to be the white man's war, illustrated by the fact that the government of America would not let black combatants join in the victory parade in France.[6] As in literature, black activities in the theater scene reflected a desire to display African-American culture distinctiveness to the public. ...

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