Fashion and the Pressure to Conform The following is a selection from the play Fashion, or Life in New York (1845) by Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt. ... I flatter myself that I was the first to introduce it amongst the New York ee-light. ... The cosmopolitan air that had been the chief characteristic of the city before, was returning, and with the return of its cosmopolitan attitude came the arrival of foreign visitors. ... The French made everyone feel comfortable and Americans wanted to adapt to these customs and these fashions especially in New York. New York, in the 1800's was a large...

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Celebrating the Resurrection of the god Attis a vegetation god that was driven mad by the derange love of his mother had for him and went under a pine tree and cut his penis off, this day is referred to as "Roman laughing Day- There have been some great pranks Documented with notorious fame through time such as, In 1835 the New York Sun Proclaimed that British astronomer Sir John Herschel had by means of a new telescope of vast dimensions and had made outlandish discoveries through his observations of the ...

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" Paris was established over 2000 years ago and is therefore a very rich city in terms of history and culture. ... Also known as the City of Art, Paris is home to hundreds of museums, big or small, there is something for everyone. ... Victor, a city guide and a student in Paris, says "the cheapest way to discover art in Paris is through its streets.... The city is considered a global fashion capital, alongside London, Milan and New York City. http://www.languagemonitor.com/'s=fashion+capital. ...

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Which in turn created more beer. 6000 BCE (Mesopotamia)- Many perishable items could not be stored for a long amount of time without pottery which was not emerged until 6000 BCE 4000 BCE (Mesopotamia)-Beer was widespread in the Near East by 4,000 B.C.E. it appears in a pictogram from Mesopotamia, which is known as modern day Iraq. 3400 BCE (Mesopotamia)-The first examples of writing date around this time, this was known as cuneiform. 2350 BCE (Egypt)- Documents from the reign of Sargon, one of a series of kings from the region of Akkad who united and ruled Sumer's rival city-states ...

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On September 29 and 30, 1941 there was a mass killing at Babi Yar, a Russian city near Kiev. ... Steven Wise, the head rabbi of New York in this time period, received the minutes of the Wannsee Conference. ... On September 29 and 30, 1941 there was a mass killing at Babi Yar, a Russian city near Kiev. ... Steven Wise, the head rabbi of New York in this time period, received the minutes of the Wannsee Conference. ...

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Most of Europe lies in latitudes more northerly than New York, due to which it has warm, Atlantic currents with moderate temperature. ... Before leaving Indianapolis, we did some research on the recent history and climate of each city that were going to visit. ...

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On September 29 and 30, 1941 there was a mass killing at Babi Yar, a Russian city near Kiev. ... Steven Wise, the head rabbi of New York in this time period, received the minutes of the Wannsee Conference. ...

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On September 29 and 30, 1941 there was a mass killing at Babi Yar, a Russian city near Kiev. ... Steven Wise, the head rabbi of New York in this time period, received the minutes of the Wannsee Conference. ...

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As it was discussed in class that even today, we are affected one way or the other by the tragedies that took place on September 11, 2001 in New York City, and Washington D.C. ... Two years before the birth of Katherine O'Flaherty (Kate Chopin), in 1848, there was a Women's Rights Convention held in Seneca Falls, New York with the intention to create better lives for women. ...

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