Now it has developed into a very mainstream popular form of music. ... This is also why malls are very popular, but that is a different topic. ... Rap has gotten so popular, that rappers aren't just rappers anymore. ... The most popular clothing lines are designed by rappers, like Sean John (P.Diddy), Roca Wear (Jay-Z), Shady Limited (Eminem), and Phat Farm (Russell Simmons). ... That is my essay, and I hope you understand why rap music is so popular. ...

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The National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) was the most innovative early New Deal measure. ... The most popular forms of entertainment during the 30s were radio, cinema, sports and dancing. ... The most popular film star of the 1930's was Shirley Temple. ... The most popular hostess in New York was Elsa Maxwell. ... Perhaps the most popular athlete of the 1930s was boxer Joe Louis. ...

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The article tells abot the most popular fad diets out there now, and pluses and set backs of each. ... A popular one today is Slim fast. One of the reasons that this is so popular is because they are so convenient for busy people. ... A popular food combining diet is " the Beverly Hills Diet" . it was unveiled in 1981. ... Women low this diet because the weight loss happens earlier than most. ...

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This division caused for a group of people who could not communicate with words, so the drums and banjo were " the most important instruments during this time." ... These songs, "took its most significant features from the calls, cries, and hollers of field slaves and from spirituals." ... The Blues was more personal than spirituals and after the Civil War it became very popular in the South. ... It was this combination of Ragtime and Blues, which caused Jazz to be extremely popular in the 1920's. ... In the 1950s there was a major shift form instrumental being the most popular music t...

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The Birth of Rock and Roll The birth of rock "n" roll speaks of racial barriers bridged through the fusion of Afro-American musical styles with white popular music in 1950s America. ... It turned popular music on its ear, and opened a door for a new sound to music. ... The most famous is Happy Days theme song, American Graffiti, and Bull Durham just to name a few. ... Richard had an infectious, hyperactive personality that was contagious and made him popular. ...

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Thought not as popular as nicotine, the joint is relative to the common cigarette in terms of one-time use. ... More popular among American citizens than both cigarettes and weed, is alcohol. ... Being the most popular "drug" among students today, the use of alcohol as a psychoactive drug will be interesting to monitor over the next quarter century. ... Touching upon the two most common psychoactive drugs in the nation at present, this essay barely scratches the surface of America's cursory "drug problem." ...

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This style of music has become more into the popular culture and entertainment, not just the performances in the hotel lobbies. ... In Japan, they would listen to the popular music that had been made in America and make their own version of the song and translate the lyrics of the songs.9 This began to be a reoccurrence with the Japanese using America for their customs. ... She only played one style of jazz known as bebop and it was not the most popular type of Jazz, but many African-American black officers were more interested in bebop than dance music. 11 This showed how much of an influence...

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Anime, or Japanese animation, is a style of animation most recognizable by characters with large eyes and beautifully detailed backgrounds. ... Anime is very popular in Japan; it has also gained a following in America and is beginning to hit the mainstream. ... He also directed Mononoke Hime, A "creative and technical tour-de-force" which is the most popular film In Japanese history. ... Some popular television and OVA series in Japan as well as America are Tenchi Muyo! ... "Otherwise normal people transform into robots, heroes, and strange creatures; people get you're inside jokes, ...

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Living conditions in Spain are very warm and most rainfall proceeds in Northern Spain. ... Spain is very popular for the instrument: the flamenco guitar & others are tambourine, and the gaita (a kind of bagpipe). Bullfighting is a very entertaining and popular sport in Spain. ...

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Although at times they waged wars that would temporarily halt the European colonization, for the most part their voice in North America was forever muzzled. ... One of the most surprising facts about hygiene in the colonial society was the lack of oral care. ... Hunting was a very popular pastime in colonial America. ... One of the most important traditions that settlers brought from their native countries was courtship and marriage. ... Most of the time, they didn't. ...

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Patriotic Themes in Country Music Country music has been popular is this country for years. ... At one point in time, country apparel was very popular. ... Many artists have written songs in the memory of that tragic day, one of the most popular being Alan Jackson's "Where Were You "(When the World Stopped Turning) (Editorial 2002. ...

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The music/radio industry only allows people to listen to what they consider popular, hence POP music. ... Even though it's the same type of music they play, your answer will always be the same; no one wants to hear it because it isn't popular. ... Well, think about it, you have no choice in what is being played on the radio stations; they decide for you what is going to be popular. ... With this statement being said, most people can not call themselves a true individual. It is almost impossible to find a person that doesn't follow the most recent trends anymore. ...

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"Most students of America's past realize that the Civil War marked a major turning point in the nation's history. ... Along with these there was the question of federal versus state, and don't forget the idea of free soil versus popular sovereignty (Alexander 246). ... They believed in the state law over the federal law, and they were believers in popular sovereignty. ...

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By 1929 most of the families had a telephone to communicate with each other. ... Organized physical activity for young woman became increasingly popular. School athletic programs were greatly expanding and became especially popular. ...

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Different eras have often been defined by the type of music that is popular at that time. Certain songs or music genres are associated with various events in history. African spirituals were carried to America among the hearts of oppressed slaves in the 1600s. They were later used to help runaway sl...

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As break dancing became popular, crews like Rock Steady became world famous. ... To Wiggles surprise, breakin' became popular again, only a few short years later. ... I can remember seeing Beat Street for the first time, and actually getting a glimpse of the some of New York's most famous B-boying crews on the big screen. ...

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In 1953, TV dinners became very popular due to the changing lifestyles of American families. ... There were so many up and coming shows during this time era that families were glued to their TV sets during primetime most nights of the week. The idea of sitting in front of the television instead of at the table grew more and more popular. ... That is how popular TV dinners became in the everyday household. ... For the most part TV dinners have had a positive effect on the American society as far as giving a convenient option of dinners to families. ...

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The most common ages of women getting married and having children was 20 to 25, but most ages saw a rise.1 The reason for such an increase in population could largely be attributed to the GI Bill, which gave allot of financial stability to veterans coming home. ... It became so popular and desired that it even made the cover of Time Magazine on July third of 19504.William Levitt, the main created gave deals to returning veterans and their families, selling the homes at a much lower cost to them. ... The suburban boom led to much more than just houses, as they became more and more popular, subu...

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Steck 11th grade 24, February 2003 The Television One of the most life changing inventions of the Twentieth century was the television. ... During the fifties most Americans had a television at their home. ... Actually during the 50s the bookshops were quite popular. ... Instead, literature brought Americans new worlds and many science fiction stories that motivated Americans to read more, and with the actual possibility of space travel science fiction became very popular Literature was able to give the public everything that television did not. ...

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This was the beginning of what would eventually be one of the most famous statues in the world. ... Bartholdi was inspired by a popular art form of his day: incredibly large public sculptings. ... Even though most people believed this was enough to complete the project, it wasn't. ... It also criticized the rich people of America for not donating, thus making it popular amongst the lower, working class of people. ... The architect named for this design was Richard Morris Hunt, who was a very popular person with the rich upperclass New York citizens. ...

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Corsets were very popular among women and the public encouraged all ages of women to invest in them. ... Corset wearing, however, slowly became less popular as the century dragged on. ... The second reason that corsets became less popular was that is was closely compared to the feminist movement. ... Without the efforts of the first reform society, the outcome of the women's reform movement would most likely have been delayed. ...

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Our democratic system is indeed uniquely American and different from most of the other world democracies. ... A plurality system means that in all elections of government, the winner will be the person who obtains the most votes, even if the person does not get a majority of all of the votes. ... Because of this function a person who gets the most popular votes in a state wins all of that stateelectoral votes. ...

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Most gloves that were worn during the day were leather and covered the wrist. ... The most common was a strapless, tight-bodice, full bouffant, dress that came in a range of colors of blues to reds. ... The sorter look was popular but many tried the long look of Marilyn Monroe and Lana Tuner that was all the rage of the time. ... Also, the use of plastic, cardboard, and leather was getting to be popular and cheap. ... Most of the décor contained Day-Glo colors that spiraled and had many shapes. ...

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More than two million Eastern European Jews settled in America from 1880 to 1925, and a key to their understanding American life was the Yiddish newspapers, the Forward being one of the most popular. ...

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They first started out with a Tribal government, then a monarchy, an aristocracy, it was ruled by Tyrants, and then finally a popular/direct democracy. ... Overall America most reflects Sparta and Athens in their governments. ...

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