The National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) was the most innovative early New Deal measure. ... The most popular forms of entertainment during the 30s were radio, cinema, sports and dancing. ... The most popular film star of the 1930's was Shirley Temple. ... The most popular hostess in New York was Elsa Maxwell. ... Perhaps the most popular athlete of the 1930s was boxer Joe Louis. ...
Anime, or Japanese animation, is a style of animation most recognizable by characters with large eyes and beautifully detailed backgrounds. ... Anime is very popular in Japan; it has also gained a following in America and is beginning to hit the mainstream. ... He also directed Mononoke Hime, A "creative and technical tour-de-force" which is the most popular film In Japanese history. ... Some popular television and OVA series in Japan as well as America are Tenchi Muyo! ... "Otherwise normal people transform into robots, heroes, and strange creatures; people get you're inside jokes, ...
But the fact is that because of slave trade being very popular in America, African culture impacted the American music greatly then, and now! ... During this time a new style of singing and playing acoustic guitar become popular. ... "Pioneers such as Charley Patton, Son House, Robert Johnson, and Mississippi Fred McDowell helped to create a unique and powerful sound that is still popular today." ... Once the Blues and other influenced music became popular there became artist to write and sing of their problems and the songs would become widely known and popular to people of all ages. ... One...
Next, I will invite some Asian artists who are popular and representing misleading 'Asian music' in America now, to illustrate the point that many Americans still view Asian music through colored spectacles. Then I want to present several great but not very well-known Asian artists from different serious music genre to show that the impression of Asian American music should go beyond those popular Asian songs. ... Psy is definitely not a comprehensive representation of Asian artists in general, and the fact that he is much more popular than other great Asian musicians shows an offe...
Before such a movement happened, life for women was not at all like how most people know it today. ... The changes occurring throughout this entire time period were reflected in the popular music. ... Such events became inspiration to many artists at the time; one most notably was Bob Dylan. Dylan paved the way for popular songs to discuss political and social unrest. ... It mostly caused the influx of female rockers, still rising in numbers in popular culture. ...
In 1953, Six counties in South Carolina pass a law that "prohibits the playing of popular music in jukeboxes anytime on Sunday or anytime within hearing distance of a church" (Nuzum 214). During this decade, many lyrics of popular songs are forced to be changed. ... During the same year, an issue of the popular magazine Variety "declares that rock music should be banned for causing a staggering wave of juvenile violence and mayhem" (Nuzum 219). It's doesn"t seem too ironic that the largest and most popular rock star of these times also proves to be the most controversial. ... Lastly,...
The music/radio industry only allows people to listen to what they consider popular, hence POP music. ... Even though it's the same type of music they play, your answer will always be the same; no one wants to hear it because it isn't popular. ... Well, think about it, you have no choice in what is being played on the radio stations; they decide for you what is going to be popular. ... With this statement being said, most people can not call themselves a true individual. It is almost impossible to find a person that doesn't follow the most recent trends anymore. ...
Most of the studies done to date concluded that there is some correlation between media violence and societal violence. ... Gradually, television has developed into one of America's most popular entertainment sources. ... The media and television networks are aware that the young audience is the most vulnerable. ... As a result, the children observe these behaviors as acceptable ways to act, better yet they might be looked at as more popular, and attractive. ... As this topic has become a more popular controversy, the government has become more involved in dealing with this problem. ...
In 1953, TV dinners became very popular due to the changing lifestyles of American families. ... There were so many up and coming shows during this time era that families were glued to their TV sets during primetime most nights of the week. The idea of sitting in front of the television instead of at the table grew more and more popular. ... That is how popular TV dinners became in the everyday household. ... For the most part TV dinners have had a positive effect on the American society as far as giving a convenient option of dinners to families. ...
Responses from even the most intelligent of the group included "a man who fell in yellow paint," or "a man wearing a yellow mask." ... Marilyn Manson, a popular, yet controversial artist is attacked and or protested against at almost every venue on his tour. ... The correlation between rap and gang activity or heavy metal and suicide is a popular defense for censorship. ... (Nuzum 9) Another popular defense used by the PMRC is the "Why Risk It" philosophy. ... One can only hope that with all these purposes for freedom of expression through music, the United States never joins countries li...
This was the beginning of what would eventually be one of the most famous statues in the world. ... Bartholdi was inspired by a popular art form of his day: incredibly large public sculptings. ... Even though most people believed this was enough to complete the project, it wasn't. ... It also criticized the rich people of America for not donating, thus making it popular amongst the lower, working class of people. ... The architect named for this design was Richard Morris Hunt, who was a very popular person with the rich upperclass New York citizens. ...
Most of the textbooks used in classes are written from the perspective of white Americans. ... They have become popular throughout the year. ... This show is very popular because today people are interested in seeing how people's different cultures compare to others. ... The most drastic change has occurred with rap music. ... Over the past decade rap has evolved into one of the most popular forms of music in this country. ...
Television is the most popular type of mass communication and a vital source from which most Americans receive information, writes John Seel, a proud member of World Journalism Institute and the headmaster at The Cambridge School of Dallas (19). Religion is where billions of people invest their hopes, dreams, beliefs, and most importantly, money. ... "Television," Billy Graham writes, "is the most powerful tool of communication ever devised by man. ... One of the most successful and popular religious programs and organizations is Pat Robertson's "700 Club" which you can belong to by payin...
The origin of the word "jazz" is most often traced back to an offensive term used for sexual acts. ... The popular music of the day had simple harmonies and simple rhythms. ... Among the artist that had the most important impact on jazz were Clarance Williams, Bessie Smith and Bix Beiderbecke. ... It spilled into the late nineteen-forty's and then remained popular in recordings, film, and television music. ... Scat is most closely associated by the general public with Ella Fitzgerald and her many imitators. ...
The most distinctive feature of the new consumer-oriented economy was the emphasis on marketing. ... American farmers had expanded production to meet the demands of WWI, when they fed their own nation and most of Europe as well. ... On college campuses, football became more popular than ever the popular yearning for excitement led people to seek vicarious thrills in all kinds of ways-applauding Charles Lindbergh's solo flight across the Atlantic ocean, cheering Gertrude Ederle's swim across the English channel, and flocking to such bizarre events as 6 day bicycle races, dance ma...
Corsets were very popular among women and the public encouraged all ages of women to invest in them. ... Corset wearing, however, slowly became less popular as the century dragged on. ... The second reason that corsets became less popular was that is was closely compared to the feminist movement. ... Without the efforts of the first reform society, the outcome of the women's reform movement would most likely have been delayed. ...
Thus, the Supreme Court deemed both the Mason-Dixon Line of the Compromise of 1820 and popular sovereignty of the Kansas-Nebraska Act unconstitutional. ... Northern Democrats, as supporters of popular sovereignty, were shocked, while Southern Democrats rejoiced. ... Abraham Lincoln most profoundly contributed to the breakup of the Union in 1861. ... At Freeport, Illinois, Lincoln forced Douglas to publicly state his views on the authority of popular sovereignty over that of the Supreme Court. ...
Thus, the Supreme Court deemed both the Mason-Dixon Line of the Compromise of 1820 and popular sovereignty of the Kansas-Nebraska Act unconstitutional. ... Northern Democrats, as supporters of popular sovereignty, were shocked, while Southern Democrats rejoiced. ... Abraham Lincoln most profoundly contributed to the breakup of the Union in 1861. ... At Freeport, Illinois, Lincoln forced Douglas to publicly state his views on the authority of popular sovereignty over that of the Supreme Court. ...
Thus, the Supreme Court deemed both the Mason-Dixon Line of the Compromise of 1820 and popular sovereignty of the Kansas-Nebraska Act unconstitutional. ... Northern Democrats, as supporters of popular sovereignty, were shocked, while Southern Democrats rejoiced. ... Abraham Lincoln most profoundly contributed to the breakup of the Union in 1861. ... At Freeport, Illinois, Lincoln forced Douglas to publicly state his views on the authority of popular sovereignty over that of the Supreme Court. ...
Most gloves that were worn during the day were leather and covered the wrist. ... The most common was a strapless, tight-bodice, full bouffant, dress that came in a range of colors of blues to reds. ... The sorter look was popular but many tried the long look of Marilyn Monroe and Lana Tuner that was all the rage of the time. ... Also, the use of plastic, cardboard, and leather was getting to be popular and cheap. ... Most of the décor contained Day-Glo colors that spiraled and had many shapes. ...
Many black American activists became increasingly popular during this time period, Booker T. Washington and W.E.B DuBois were the most prominent. ... The beginning of the movement in 1848 was marked by the Seneca Falls Convention, where its most prominent leaders Elizabeth Stanton and Susan B. ... The most recognized muckrakers of the Progressive Era were Upton Sinclair and Ida Tarbell. ... Unlike most Republicans, who largely ignored economic and social inequalities, Roosevelt acknowledged them. ...
Is reality in today's world a big contest to see who is the most attractive, or who can survive on a remote island eating bugs and rats for the longest? ... Reality television has become, in the last few years, a very popular trend throughout the American public with numerous shows to choose from on any given night of the week. ... This recent trend of reality television has gotten millions of Americans watching every night of the week, most of the viewers watch multiple shows throughout the week. ... In response to the problem of making people feel insecure about themselves, there are...
Caucasian people make up the bulk of this country's population, so in perspective, we should be setting most of the trends to follow. According to DeFleur and Dennis, popular culture is described as being "aimed at large audiences of mainly middle and lower classes of varied education and income. ... The most popular musical artists are of Hip Hop music in origin. ... The two characters are portrayed in the most racist way possible. ...
The most practiced type of democracy in America's large society is the indirect, or representative democracy, where people elect representatives to make decisions for them. A representative democracy consists of three attributes or principles, which are popular sovereignty, political equality, and political liberty. ... In a popular sovereignty, there was always a majority that threatened the minority by violating the citizenship and liberties of the minority. ... In their book, Greenberg and Page state how the three principles of democracy are not attainable in perfect form, which are...
To most of us, however, pearls were a reminder of the middle class we were all running from. ... There she is again and again in a classic three-strand necklace "that most middle class of monarchs, Queen Elizabeth. ... An excerpt of "Icons of Popular Fashion,"" Icons of America. 1977. ... Dress and Popular Culture. 1991. ... Dress and Popular Culture. 1991. ...
