Without the shot, it would be very difficult to place the drama, as the roads and scenery around them: industrial areas, highway toll points, the usual roadway scene, symbolising ordinary life, look much like any other part of America. ... The effect of these things is that a strong impression is given of New York as a fast moving place, where, however, ordinary people lead their ordinary lives. ... The fact that he may work as a gangster, or in some shady business, is somewhat irrelevant; he's still doing the ordinary thing of driving home from work, stopping as everyone else does to pay...

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It was in the context of these events – and the Cold War – that the film A King in New York was produced in London in 1956. ... Background House Un-American Activities Committee The House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) was established in 1938 and focused its efforts on investigating alleged disloyalty perpetrated by ordinary people, public employees and any organization suspected of having links to groups that advocated on behalf of communism and facism.1 The HUAC's attention quickly turned to the arts and the potential it had to effect ordinary citizens' beli...

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He tries to define or perhaps realign the contexts in which these ideas are used by analyzing the relationship between arts and crafts through the evolution or perhaps devolution of craft to art and vice-versa; relying particularly on the example of ceramics in the 1960's and 70's. ... He writes that there is no clear and decisive interpretation of definition between arts and crafts and that depending on the contexts it is put into there can be a certain amount of transgression between the two worlds. ... He goes on to outline the tangible aspects of usefulness, depending upon the...

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Edward Bullough says that psychical distance is created when art causes us to disengage from our ordinary emotions towards a thing or event and when it proceeds to remove the ordinary sense or uses of an object and an aesthetic is created. ... Consequently they are pushed back into their ordinary emotions, losing the psychical distance and disinterest and thereby losing the possibility of an aesthetic experience. ... He sets out four basic characteristics based on his studies of people involved with the art world. 1) perceptual experience comprises both the sensual presence of the piece as wel...

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The similar and different perceptions of the same values in the two texts provide the audience a greater understanding and insight of the values, even though their context may vary vastly. ... Both texts incorporate similar values (that are made different by their context) and the same basic plot, i.e. the heroine is transformed from an ignorant, spoilt brat to a rational, perceptive character through her own downfall. ... During the opening scene, Cher comments that she has an "ordinary" life for a teenager whilst picking her clothes for school using a computer. ... The change in context has ...

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This paper will discuss Bush's first inaugural address given in January, 2001, and will focus on the context in which it was delivered, namely that the president needed to unify the nation and promote his leadership because of the damaging way that the 2000 election was decided. ... This appears to be a reminder of the context in which the speech was being given, i.e., he was assuming the office of the presidency following a contentious and bitter election dispute. ...

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In the context of World War 2, Jewish refugees were fleeing from Europe to Canada in order to find peace and security, but instead of aiding the Jews, the Canadian people greeted them with an anti – Semitic attitude. ... During World War Two, Jewish refugees were being treated harshly and unfairly in Canada in the context of the Holocaust, seeing that they were refused entry into Canada, they were sent to internment camps, and were labelled as "enemy aliens.... Subsequently, refugees were required to follow all the regulations that were implemented on ordinary immigrants, which was ...

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Through a combination of events, in particular the loss of his father at the height of a still unsatisfactorily resolved oedipus complex, anxiety became overwhelming. A regression took place, predominantly to an earlier, anal level of the organization of drives and drive-monitoring forces and struct...

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Their access to property and monetary rewards are definitely unequal to an ordinary factory worker since these people are the sources of capital in any form of industry. ... They socialize and mingle with celebrities and political figures giving them better weight on the judgment of politicos even though they are not different to an ordinary voter. ... The difficulty of economic progress, especially in the context of a third world country, is one of the reasons why most lower-middle class people migrate to foreign lands where job market is wider and the compensation is more lavish. ... However...

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Gossiping, teasing, humor, communication, sharing experiences, exchanging information, interaction with each other's and even motivation in activity based engagement at school for the peer influences .The adolescent behavior is being affected significantly by Peergroups, which are considered the most influential social forces for bringing changes in the behavior from ordinary decisions regarding clothing, hairstyle, music, and entertainment, to more significant decisions relating to short and long-term education plans. ... Some of the studies found no significant peers' effects, wh...

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He continues that nations exist not as functions of a particular kind of territorial state or the aspiration to establish one-broadly speaking the citizen state of the French revolution but also in the context of a particular stage of technological and economic development. ... A certain view taken from Hobsbawms book is that the nation is not seen by governments and the spokesmen and activists of nationalist movements, but by the ordinary persons who are the objects of their action and propaganda. ... This would seem to agree with the argument that nation can be defined, but in different ...

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As Fred Botting suggests: "It is the monster, not his creator, with whom 20th century and 21st century subjects align themselvesin a world in which science and technology seem increasingly opaque to ordinary individuals, Frankenstein provides a convenient metaphor for articulating a relationship with science as it appropriates the secrets of life in the mastery of nature. ... In the context of the Gothic, we are, "not just repetitions of previous forms, but reinventions," (Spooner, 2006), Geek Love follows also a quite Frankensteinian theme. ... A direct connection can be made ...

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The storytelling is very straightforward, single-layered and fast-paced with its complete focus on describing another victorious journey of the great Perseus rather than guiding the viewers to a story of how a demi god, who wants to be an ordinary fisherman, tries to conquer the most terrified monster that even gods fear to save the humanity. ... The definition of power varies in different context. ... Even with Perseus' villagers, before the invasion of the fire-belching monster, everyone seems to live an ordinary happy life by themselves. ...

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The economic, as well as many others, context of northern landscapes is suitable for creating what Higson refers to as Moral realism. "This we can name as moral realism, in that it involves a moral commitment to a set of particular set of social problems and solutions inevitably, the claim for moral realism is in part bound up with the claim for surface realism- there is a moral thrust to iconographic commitment to the representation of "ordinary people"" (Higson, 1996, Pg136). The North is as I have mentioned before the established center of the "ordinary man" in Britain and as such this i...

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The concept of populism refers to the political activities or political ideas that are based on the interests and opinions of ordinary people. ... If we take this definition at face value we can easily maintain that whenever a political leader steps up to make his/her appeal to the people, to which there is an overwhelming agreement from the people with regards to the context of that appeal, then the politician in question can be seen as a populist. This is regardless of the context of the appeal or the political background and organisation structure of the person appealing. ...

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Subliminal messages, mentioned by Pratkins and Greenwald, can be used by the media by embedding figures that are hidden in their context. ... In addition, when Jim was watching the previews, he did not notice anything out of the ordinary. ... The main context of the preview and the distorted nature of the subliminal message distracted Jim from realizing that he was being subliminally persuaded. ... Johnson states, even though the advertisers" practice may be used to subtly manipulate the audience into believing that their product seems greater then what it really is, it does not involve hid...

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The term could further underscore a crucial theme of the poem, as fire, in the context of love, is generally associated with passion. ... In the context of love, the author could possibly assert that love is more authentic and more surreal when experienced first-hand, and poetry based on love can be somewhat limiting. ... Perhaps the structure and diction of the poem, which Duffy retains incredibly succinct, can be equated to represent the unusual mechanism of time in a dream, and how it seems to lose its normal gist of fluidity in the context of a dream. ...

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"The classroom setting represents not only an educational arena but a powerful social context in which the psychological adjustment of children and adolescents can be affected."... "Under ordinary circumstances, parents and children rarely do things together, except at meal times. ...

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When placing the code in the context of business and the business environment, it is clear the Art of War serves a versatile and timeless role. ... The rule that most clearly represents the sentiment of the novel is "Thus, what enables the wise sovereign and the good general to strike and conquer, and achieve things beyond the reach of ordinary men, is foreknowledge." ...

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This is an informative paper discussing the language and poetic form of the text, the author's background, and the social/historical context of the work. ... Her recollections detail her spiritual journey through a life that was anything but ordinary, fraught with business failures, the difficult pregnancy and birth of her first child, bearing thirteen subsequent children while desiring chaste living; enduring temptation, struggling with lustful urges, and a difficult marriage to a demanding husband. ...

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Celia and Rosalind, for instance, are extremely close friends, almost sisters, and the profound intimacy of their relationship seems at times more intense than that of ordinary friends. ... In the context of the play, her choice of an alter ego contributes to a continuum of sexual possibilities. ...

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Educators recognize the need to think clearly about what they are doing in the large context of pupils and the society. ... Akinpelu (2005) asserts that pragmatism is a movement that represents the interest of ordinary people in their role. ...

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For example, these people may appear emotionally unstable, or their emotions may not seem appropriate to the context of the situation. They may fail to show ordinary emotional responses in situations that bring out such responses in healthy people. ...

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Fascists looked to turn the ordinary man into the "new man," who would be physically strong and morally "hard." ... This is an example of fascists" opportunism, which makes the tracking of official party positions very inconsistent if the entire context is not fully understood. ...

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Thoughts and ideas taken out of context would lead to attempted interpretation and misunderstanding, leaving the team vulnerable to frustration and dissention among members. ... One of the most pertinent aphorisms on time usage was by Arthur Schopenhauer, who said "Ordinary people think merely how they will spend their time; [a person] of intellect tries to use it" (McGee-Cooper & Trammell, 1993, p.8). ...

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