The Jackson Five was signed on to Motown Record at the end of 1968. ... Stockpiling on a number of unissued tracks, an album was released in the 1980's off of the success of his Epic recordings. ... Sales began to decline in the mid-70's. ... As a result of Michael's refusal to go on public interviews, the media began to portray him as a "figure trapped in eternal childhood". ... Toward the end of 1991 "Dangerous" hit stores. ...

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The characteristics of bipolar disorder are significant shifts in mood that go from Manic episodes to deep depressive episodes in an up and down trip that seemingly never ends (Greer, Depression Source Book 139). ... (Haas, Beyond the Blues 39). ... (O"Connor 39) The patient is dejected and sad, and beats himself down with self- degrading talk. ... (Greer 39) In most cases, rapid cycling tends to increase in frequency as time passes and can reach Bell 4 severe states in which there may be no break between manic and depressive stated at all... Over the years many diff...

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These stories have been selected due to the fact that they give a representative overlook on different chapters of life of the protagonist, which are childhood, adolescence and maturity. ... They should, however, be kept in mind as they are important constituents of Hemingway′s work. 2. ... There are some attempts to build a concise theory, though, on which the following chapter will focus. 2.1 Origins of the term Initiation as an anthropologic term means "the passage from childhood or adolescence to maturity and full membership in adult society" (Marcus, 189), which usually invo...

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Holden sees phoniness in the family as he does in society and he flees back toward the innocence of childhood rather than face this reality. ... s room as his mom walks in to tuck in Phoebe: "Hello!" ... s career choice as a screenplay writer. ... That's isn't too far from this crumby place, and he comes over and visits me practically every week end He's got a lot of dough, now. ... Holden's thoughts of Allie are shown with the fact that Holden wrote Stradlater's composition on "Old Allie's baseball mitt" (Salinger 38-39). ...

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Fear was also a big part of his childhood, which later was evident in many of his movies. ... "...fear you see is an emotion that people like to feel when they know they are safe." (39). ... He also really enjoyed Edgar Allan Poe, stating that "Very likely it's because I was so taken by the Poe stories that I later made suspense films." (39). ... Throughout the 1940's his reputation continued to flounder with the hit movies Spellbound (1944 [in which artist Salvador Dali painted some scenery]), and Notorious (1946). The 1950's was the beginning of Hitchcock'...

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Many children were robbed of a "normal" childhood, instead they experienced strict routines and the horror of war as all youth were forced to join the Hitler Youth. ... But this self-confidence has to be instilled into the young fellow-citizen from childhood on. ... By the end of 1933 however, the only legal option for young adults wishing to join any youth group was the Hitler Youth as all other groups had been banned from existence - with the exception of Catholic youth groups who were temporarily protected by a concordat signed by Hitler and the Pope. ... The Government Years (1933-19...

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Imagine living in a town of thirteen thousand people and being a part of an event so historic and so dangerous from the 1980's that is still being felt until today, that displaced more than one hundred and fifteen thousand people were displaced from their homes and never allowed back to the places that they've could have lived in for multiple generations. ... A government commission has been set up" (Greenwald 39). ... According to the UNSCEAR also known as United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiations in a June 2000 study they concluded that: "Apart fr...

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Coming only 21 years after the war to end all wars, World War II plunged the United States into yet another worldwide conflict. ... Until the 1940's, women usually got married at a young age. ... During the Depression years of the 1930's, many changes took place. ...

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Many children were robbed of a "normal" childhood, instead they experienced strict routines and the horror of war as all youth were forced to join the Hitler Youth. ... Hitler stated in Mein Kampf: " It is precisely our German people, that today broken down, lies defenseless against the kicks of the rest of the world who need that suggestive force that lies in self-confidence.But this self-confidence has to be instilled into the young fellow-citizen from childhood on. ... By the end of 1933 however, the only legal option for young adults wishing to join any youth group was the Hitler Youth ...

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In Edmund Morris's Pulitzer Prize winning biography, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Roosevelt's childhood and early life experiences have a profound effect on the man who later becomes President. Morris shows us the kind of childhood it takes to nurture a sickly child into a larger than life figure. ... s return lifted Teddy spirits, that Teddy gave his father cause to discipline him. ... Teddy's summer did not end on an encouraging note though. ...

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Even though there were harsh moments in my childhood I was happy to live in Mexico. ... Racism (Schaefer, 2012, p 10) was still a huge issue back in the late 80's. ... Yes, this process was very hard and frustrating, it took months of studding and sleepless nights, and in the end it was all worth it. ... To conclude a sad story, in the end happiness came to be. ... Most people believe that all of the illegal immigrants are a problem for the United States, but in some cases these illegal immigrants are able to surpass the basic stereotypes (Schaefer, 2012, p. 39) and demonstrate tha...

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Since the end of the nineteenth century, Western society has replaced these practices with strict diets, exercise programmes and perhaps even more remarkably, cosmetic plastic surgery. ... In many of Orlan's works from the 1980 s, she utilises trousseau sheets, which were traditionally a collection of brides clothing to commence the woman's married life with. ... Orlan has revealed that from childhood and adolescence, she seemed to have a profound experience of alienation from her external appearance as she did not recognise herself by her image in the mirror. ... Orlan has given her...

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For the next two years, until the war ended, he and his mother lived with his father's parents in Clearwater, in a house that was a safe, warm growing-up environment. When Jim's father, Admiral George S. Morrison, returned following the end of the war, he and his family began a typical military lifestyle (Hopkins, p.33). ... While on stage, during a song called "The End" Jim whispered, "Father, I want to kill you," then looked directly at his mother and screamed, "Mother I want to fuck you". ...

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Children who are abuse victims are much more likely to abuse others than their non-abused peers. 11 Some of the most violent and more aggressive crimes are committed by 12-to 13-year old children.12 Most of them have experienced some form of abuse early in their childhood. ...

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(If I was a women, I would not marry Jerry Lee Lewis for his money, because I wouldn't want to end up dead) In 1984, Jerry Lee married his sixth wife, Kerrie Mann, who later gave birth to a son, Jerry Lee Lewis III. ... Discology Sun issues 1956-1963 CRAZY ARMS/END OF THE ROAD WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN/IT'LL BE ME GREAT BALLS OF FIRE/YOU WIN AGAIN BREATHLESS/DOWN THE LINE HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL/FOOLS LIKE ME THE RETURN OF JERRY LEE/LEWIS BOOGIE BREAK UP/I'LL MAKE IT ALL UP TO YOU I`LL SAIL MY SHIP/IT HURT ME SO LOVIN UP A STORM/BIG BLONDE BABY LET`S TALK ABOUT US/BA...

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"2 Whether the American family resembles other families in the wide world or not is a matter of the American‟s concept of the family. ... Capitalism‟s ideology implores parents to raise children who are "winners". the separation and recreation over direct family perpetuation provides the instructions for such a "winning‟ model.... "10 The American dramatist‟s concept of family is centered on his dream of the ideal family and his desire to make peace with it rather than understand it. ... To briefly consider O'Neill‟s concept towards paternal relationships, ...

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(Freud, pp. 88-93) Throughout time, while many dream theories have surfaced, Freud"s theory definitely stands out the most. ... They may even portray wishes that have been inside us since early childhood. In fact, he believed, every dream is partially motivated by a childhood wish. ... "Nightmares" are defined as anxiety-arousing dreams that generally occur near the end of the sleep cycle, during REM sleep. They occur more often in childhood and seem to decrease with age. ...

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It is also not caused by childhood trauma, bad parenting, or poverty, the result of any action or personal failure by the individual. ... Postpartum blues is a self-limited syndrome of mood lability, euphoria, tearfulness, confusion and insomnia that is experienced 39% to 85% of new mothers. ...

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"What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from." T.S. Eliot Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965), was an early twentieth century poet, dramatist, publisher, playwright and literary and social critic", one of the twentieth century...

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Even more to the point the U S Chamber of Commerce says, "We must understand that in the 21st century the race for human talent will define the global winners and losers more than any other factor, America's first priority must be to high-quality talent. ...

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He was still a child when he was pharaoh and thus King Tut still carried out normal childhood events while he was pharaoh. ... His rule began when he was approximately nine years old and ended when he had an unexpected death at the age of eighteen 27. ... Although, a modern autopsy was performed in the 1920's when king Tut's mummy was found. ...

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Colin's childhood has been entirely bedridden, and his servants have been commanded to obey his every whim. ... By novel's end, however, he too will have won his father's love. ... At novel's end, he undergoes a change of heart after his wife comes to him in a dream. ...

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Introduction Joseph Stalin was born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili in the village of Gori, in the Russian province of Georgia, on Dec. 21, 1879. His father was a shoemaker with a penchant for drunkenness, who left Gori when Stalin was young to seek employment in the city of Tiflis. Thus Joseph's...

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The book of Malachi "and the Old Testament itself "ends like this: Lo, I will send you the prophet Elijah before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes. ... The world of The Road is described as "[b]arren, silent, godless " (McCarthy 4) and the man recognizes that "[s]ome part of him always wished it to be over " (154). ...

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We must demand organic, and we must do it now " (Rodale 39). ... At the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, the pesticide DDT was used from the 1950's until 1972, being a major factor in the rise of breast cancer in women. ... Pesticides cause damage to the brain and lungs, birth defects, sterility, cancer, and is also linked to childhood behavioral and development problems. ...

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