I have always enjoyed the history of New York City; in particular that history which surrounds the Five Points in lower Manhattan. ... Not surprisingly, it was a Native American tribe called 'Lenapes ("the people")'4 who began settling New York City in the middle of the 14th century. ... New Amsterdam, the original Dutch name before the English captured and renamed it New York in 1664, was the center trading post between the colonies of America and Europe. The British remained in control of New York for approximately two hundred years until they were forced out by the Amer...

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The Worcester diner, as seen in figure 2, first look of a new style came with their roofline approach. ... This became a trademark Brill dinner touch and began using marketing techniques to tease customers to buying more food while they sat there and starred at their delicious treats. ... Covered in neon, the windmill sat above the retail bakery of the diner and attracted viewers from miles away. ... Unlike before the war, diners were now faced with a new challenge. ... This new change in society led to several key architectural developments in the upcoming years. ...

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I sat in my living room the other day and was able to watch our military strategically bomb Baghdad Live. ... This new era of communication and war will demand a new era of security, a more censored lifestyle. ... A new defense system took immediate priority; this project would not be simple. ... Not only do they have to watch the food patterns here in America, they also have put new inspection rules on international food distribution. ... New facial scanning technology combined with the internet combines to create a web where the point is to have ears around every corner. ...

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Introduction When I first sat down and researched into American exceptionalism I discovered an idea that was complex in not just its definition but also its understanding. ... When developing my research I came across this cartoon from the New York Times in 1949.8 The message is clearly that coming from an American point of view it has to hold up the world through a globalisation of its ideas and way of life, in order to keep the world out of the hands of the USSR and Stalin. ... Heralding John Winthrop's famous metaphor as the new state being a "City upon a hill"9 the puritan ...

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I was working in the auto sales industry for a time and I watched as many young couples and families sat in the finance manager's office and actually reworked their home/family budget just to get a nicer sound system in a car that was already costing them twenty percent or more of the monthly income for payments. ... Cars got bigger and faster, houses got bigger and newer, TV took over radio as a more gratifying entertainment method. ...

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On December 8, Americans anxiously sat around their radios, ready to hear President Roosevelt address the nation. ... He was raised in Springwood, New York, where his family had an estate in the Hudson River Valley.... Soon after he decided to study law at Columbia University, although he did not graduate with a degree, he was fortunately able to pass the law bar exam in 1907 (Schuster 112).He remained in New York practicing law for the following three years. ... Two of the planes were crashed into the World Trade towers in New York, while a third destroyed a portion of the Pentagon outside W...

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Battle at Mystic When the Pilgrims arrived in 1620, they originally met a group of natives who helped them adjust to the new land, and despite the kindness of the natives, the English still considered them savages. ... Gold Rush John Augustus Sutter moved around quite a bit until he finally found his permanent home in what he called New Helvetia. ... In 1847, Sutter decided it was time to expand New Helvetia and he sent out Marshall to find a spot appropriate for a sawmill by the American River. ...

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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. "A", a sophomore at BC, had the idea to wear the flag as a cape. Upon seeing "A" draped in the flag, fellow sophomore "N" demands that "A" return his flag so that he can wear it. "Of course I want to wear my flag; we got him!" yells "N". ...

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