As the 1950's began, Westerns introduced new techniques of filmmaking both on location and in the editing room. ... (Pg. 407) " A Star is Born (1954) took the genre even further with an inner battle between two main characters. ... With also having a director who did not have experience in film musical, much of the final print had to be completely in the production and editing room. ... As a visual artist himself, this heavily influenced Hitchcock to use conventional symbols and colors. ... Red may evoke a positive symbol involving passion, love, and sex, while the negative reaction could...

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In a third-floor room at the Walsh Hall dormitory on the Boston College campus, two of my roommates scuffle over the right to wear an a American Flag. ... The manhunt confined my roommates and I to our third floor dorm room, glued to a television tuned to Fox News, awaiting the imminent capture of Dzhokhar. ... According to Jason Ingram, in his book Hegemony and Globalism, dominant ideologies establish "blinders" that make us view certain behaviors as acceptable and others as incompatible with who we are. In Ingram's view, in order to "navigate cultural differences" we...

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Sanderson fell in love with the simplicity of the landscape and decided he wanted others to "fall in love with New York's original landscape (Eric Sanderson, National Geographic 2009).... (Peter Miller)" The results echo Mushabac and Wigan's historical view that I presented on the previous page. ... Public drinking water pumps were erected and carts with barrels filled with the sparkling water traveled the dirt and cobbled streets to homes and taverns alike. ... "Disgusted, local authorities initiated a project to fill the sewer with earth from an adjacent hill. ... Th...

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Their efforts in helping to forge and create the nation were badgered and bombarded with onslaughts of bigotry and senseless violence. ... The political deception and allowance of bigot laws kept the Asian people oppressed and gave no room for further social advancement. ... The Chinese with their yellow skin, almond shaped eyes, and dark hair would target them for racial segregation and prejudice from white dominance. ... Competition for labor with white workers would eventually lead up to the 1871 Chinese Massacre. ... From the first moment Asian immigrants stepped onto the land they we...

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