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. ... I would like to have told them that the sooner I was rid of that hate-beleaguered atmosphere the better, that I was fed up of America's insults and moral pomposity. 5 Move To Europe and Production of A King in New York All of these events would set the stage for Chaplin, now residing permanently in Europe, producing his first film. Having gotten settled in, he began to develop A King In New York in 1954. ... He seeks asylum in New York City, almost...

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According to his birth certificate, he was born in Forest City, Pennsylvania on September 28, 1930 (Warhol claims this birth certificate is a forgery). ... He graduated from Carnegie Tech with a degree in design in 1949 and shortly thereafter he moved to New York City to try his hand at commercial illustration (Ratcliff 11). Commissions came fairly readily, and within a few years he became a commercial success, one of the leading fashion illustrators in New York and winner of a number of design industry awards. ...

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New York citizens, according to Dr. ... Back in 1995 when Timothy McVeigh bombed the Murrah building in Oklahoma City people did not refer it as terrorist but rather a "revolt." ... To bring it all the thoughts to a point, there has been terrorism for many years, and many years before 9-11, the Oklahoma City Bombing and even Desert Storm's terroristic view, but why has the media brought it to the average Americans" view so abruptly? ...

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The Rosenberg Trial America had developed the ultimate doomsday weapon in the history of warfare, a weapon that was so powerful that it could destroy life as we know it on this planet. This was a power that America held in check and deployed only when faced with no other alternatives. The defe...

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As in, with some cities, it is typical to be known more for the people that travel to visit for vacation, rather than their own inhabitants. ... The "people of Maine" are more easily characterized by the cities' own year-round inhabitants rather than its visitors. ... Once the people of the coast are given description, the author goes on to supply the attractions of the coast such as York Beach, Ogunquit's Summer Playhouse and Portsmouth. ... Although the author accounts these growing dangers in the natural beauty of the Maine countryside and coastline, he points out that ...

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Nation Anderson in his book, "Imagined communities," goes on to try to define the impossible by describing nation as an "imagined political community - and imagined as both inherently limited and sovereign (Anderson 1991: 6)." The relationship between state and nation is important, a state is...

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Alcoa Inc. (from Aluminum Company of America) is the world's third largest producer of aluminum, behind Rio Tinto Alcan and Russia's Rusal, with corporate headquarters in New York City. Alcoa is a classic example of how monopoly was created and maintained for 50 years. Alcoa was successfu...

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"Koreatowns" have developed in places such as Los Angeles, as well as other large cities. ... The states of New York, Illinois, New Jersey, Texas, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington also have significant Korean communities creating the ever growing trait of diversity in America....

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It would be illogical for an official in Moscow to order a strike on New York City or Washington DC knowing that Moscow or Leningrad would be annihilated in just a matter of minutes. ... The 400,000 mile network connected a total of 237 cities with a population above 50,000 and principally served the country's most prominent industrial and defense areas. ...

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Known as the "Roaring Twenties", the 1920s in America was overall a decade of great prosperity and optimism following the First World War. It was a phrase used to describe the period of sustained economic, cultural, and social success that existed in 1920s United States. The decade brought new forms...

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On October 5, 1919, a Navy station in New York City inaugurated a nightly broadcast of "various items of interest to the amateur", in order to "maintain the interest of radio amateurs and to train them in receiving code", as reported in Navy to Broadcast News for Benefit of Amateurs, from the December, 1919 Popular Science Monthly. ...

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The bombing's ringleader, Ramzi Yousef, was admitted into New York carrying an Iraqi passport, investigators conclude that it was created by Iraqi agents who were operating in Kuwait during 1990-1991 (Kristol 24). ... An Iraqi defector told the New York Times that "We were training these people to attack installations important to the United States."" ...

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Though The Hall of People in Berlin, the construction and expansion of roads and thoroughfares, and the implementation of state measures to control hygiene and traffic, militaristic planning of cities are evident of attempts for Haussmanesque transformations and plans of war, the Fascists in Germany, Italy, and Russia were unable to fully execute a complete concrete embodiment of their political system largely due to interruptions in construction during the Second World War. In Washington D.C the construction of neoclassical buildings such as the White House and the Supreme Court building we...

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Who Were the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II The Tuskegee Airmen were dedicated, determined young men who volunteered to become America's first black military airmen. They came from every section of America, with large numbers coming from New York City, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Chicago, a...

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However, it was not long before New York became the residence for millions of Italians. ... With regards to states, it is of the essence to note that close to 90% of the Italians settled in specific cities, especially Louisiana, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, ...

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The US Supreme Court: Sexually Motivated? Following the defeat of Germany and Japan during World War II the United States almost immediately became burdened with another challenge, that of, containing their former ally, the Soviet Union. Known as the Cold War, this conflict inspired tremendou...

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"The fact is that the automobile has become hypnotic...the opium of the American people." - Fortune Magazine Table of Contents Introduction The Rise of the Automobile The Styling Redesign The Role of Attainable Pricing for the Masses The Emerging American Obsession The Impact on the Nuclear Family Redefining the American Teenager The Rise of the Hot Rod Culture The Rise of the Excess Culture Baby Boomers and Redesign Converting from Chrome to Muscle The Automobile as Identity Downfall and Decline Conclusion Bibliography Introduction With the end of World War II, the United State...

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