Partita, played by Lois Smith, is extremely happy to see her brother, but informs him that their father has suffered a couple of strokes and that Bobby should come visit him at the family's home on "the island". ... When Bobby arrives he finds that his sister and one of his brothers are staying at the house with his father. ... Bobby finds that his father is in much worse condition than he thought. His father stares blankly ahead, as a catatonic vegetable, unable to acknowledge anyone or anything. In the presence of his family, Bobby reverts back to the role of the prodigal son. ...

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Thurgood's father William Canfield Marshall was the first black person to serve on Baltimore's grand jury in the 20th century. ... Thurgood and Cecilia had two sons: Thomas Jr. and John. ... Thurgood was the second son of William Canfield Marshall, and Norman Arica Marshall. ... Thurgood ran home and told his father what he had heard. ... Thurgood remembers the days his mother and father would talk to him about how Afro Americans must stay united and stamp out segregation in any way possible. ...

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An extended family includes the core group of males, which are a grandfather, adult sons and sons" sons, their wives, and their unmarried daughters. ... The head of the family was mostly the father. ... After a boy reached the age of eight or nine, he would begin to help out with the father's job, which was farming, and a dress would not suit the job very well. ... For example, while boys were off with their fathers, girls would stay home with their mothers, mostly helping out with the cooking, sewing and laundering. ...

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On the other hand a pluralist would suggest that the boy could have his father intervene, telling the boys not too tease his son, and all would be well the next day at school. Hopefully not from experience, all should realize that the boy would only be tormented further for his father's intervention and nothing would be accomplished. The role of the father is similar to the roles played by Hans Blix and Dr. ...

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It wasn't until Hawkins son made his voyage to Africa in 1562 after the British government gathered wind of their European neighbours generated wealth that they began to involve themselves in slavery. ...

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Yoruba People An Overview: History, Geography, Ecology, Subsistence, Technology The Yoruba People, of whom there are more than twenty-five million, occupy the southwestern corner of Nigeria along the border with Benin Republic and extends into Benin Republic itself. To the east and north the Yoruba culture reaches its approximate limits in the region of the Niger River. However ancestral cultures directly related to the Yoruba once flourished well north of the Niger. Portuguese explorers "discovered" (for the Europeans) the Yoruba cities and kingdoms in the fifteenth century, but citie...

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Barack Obama was born to a white American mother, Ann Dunham, and a black Kenyan father. ... Steven's father Paul encouraged him to experiment with electronics in their garage. ... The son of a white American mother and a black Kenyan father, Obama grew up in Hawaii. ...

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Many people consider Appalachia as a mysterious region. Defining the Appalachian region has continued to stump modern scholars year after year. Today, there are still questions to what areas Appalachia actually lies in. North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia, We...

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Martinez, who had always helped her sons with homework in their former bi-lingual school, displayed great concern that "`their grades will fall, because I"m no longer going to be able to help them as much [due to the language barrier]."" ... Martinez was unable to read the words in the textbooks and in their homework, and thus could not oversee her sons" work. ...

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Romanticism, is a movement in the literature of virtually every country of Europe, United States and Latin America . It lasted from about 1750 to 1870. This epoch is characterized by the reliance on the imagination and subjectivity of approach, freedom of thought and expression and idealization of ...

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The dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was "a terrible thing, but it had to be done" (Holmes 2). Why did it have to be done? What could possibly make killing 200,000 Japanese citizens alright? It seems like a terrible thing, but it was necessary in order to bring back peace to th...

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When he returned to Portugal as King John in 1822 his son Pedro was proclaimed emperor of Brazil. ... The average Brazilian has a interesting family tree for example there may include a Portuguese great-grandfather, a native Indian grandmother, a slave grandfather, a German father, and so on. ...

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Is War Necessary? There are many reasons why a country or several countries could go to war. Some of these reasons are just, however many of them are not. There are many movies made illustrating many different aspects of American wars, good and bad. The American Revolution was mainly a politica...

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Abortion is the ending of pregnancy by the removal or forcing out from the womb of a fetus or embryo before it is able to survive on its own. surgical methods appear to have a lower risk of side effects. Abortion in the developed world has a long history of being among the safest procedures in medicine when allowed by local law. Uncomplicated abortions do not cause either long term mental health or physical problems. Unsafe abortions, however, result in approximately 47,000 maternal deaths and 5 million hospital admissions per year globally. An estimated 44 million abortions are performed glob...

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Abstract Beliefs in conspiracy theories are widespread throughout the world, in every culture and community. They range from a world take over by secret societies to rigged Olympic games. Many are short lived, however, others seem to become self-perpetuating animals preying particularly on th...

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Throughout the course of human history, there have always been the oppressed, deprived, and subjugated minorities that suffer under the constraints of the majority. The ideologies based upon the Eurocentric and Protestant groups proceed to be key figures of oppression and racism. The mannerisms in which minorities are dealt with and looked upon show the true forms of intention and persecution these groups feel because they do not and can not assimilate to the majority party. It is a keepsake that revolves upon the premise and ideas that the majority will always be in power and that it is a...

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The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as simply the Civil War as well as other names, was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. Among the 34 states in January 1861, seven Southern slave states individually...

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The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as simply the Civil War as well as other names, was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. Among the 34 states in January 1861, seven Southern slave states individually...

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