The others who stayed true to their homeland faced a war of life that shattered many dreams and put fear into the hearts of the Irish people. ... Nature cast a dark spell over Ireland, causing the number one food staple to rot, but even this did not stop the determined, strong-willed Irish. ...
They have distinct visual qualities; usually set in large, crowded cities in the secret world of the criminal: dark nightclubs, bootleg liquor factories, bars in back streets lit by lurid neon signs, and flashy, expensive clothes and cars. ...
Slave culture had at its heart a set of cultural themes, forms of artistic expression, a religion, a family pattern, and a community structure which set blacks apart from whites and enabled them to form and control a world of their own values and definitions . ... He stated: It was a new and special revelation, explaining dark and mysterious things, with which my youthful understanding had struggled, but struggled in vain. ...
