From what I learned from visiting the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, early modernism included many different sublets of artistic form. ... Location of work San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Name of Artist William De Kooning Date of Artists Life 1904 - 1948 Title of Work Tracking Down Guiltless Doves Medium Oil on Composition Board This artwork was quite intriguing. ... Location of work San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Name of Artist Richard Diebenken Date of Artists Life 1922 - 1993 Title of Work #7, 1948 Medium Oil on Canvas Once again I had trouble realizing what the pain...

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We took a vote and it ended up we were going to San Fransisco the first day, with an tour of Alcatraz which was awesome, Great America the second day, and Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk the last day of our stay. To say the least we had a blast on our senior trip even though WE ONLY WENT TO SAN FRANSISCO. ... Our first day in San Francisco was great we arrived in san Francisco and all went our separate ways to explore the city. ...

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In America today media is everywhere and the stereotypes of genders are portrayed constantly; anti-stereotypes are becoming more common in today's society too, especially in places like San Francisco, where it has become normal to come across people who are non-conformist to stereotypical gender roles. ...

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ver my sixteen years of living I have had to deal with many different challenges. However, one sticks out in my mind has the greatest one. About five years ago my father got remarried to a Bosnian lady. It was hard for me to deal with having another mother and having to share my dad. My step mot...

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Early 1854, 150 Chinese established a fishing colony near the mouth of Mission Creek in San Francisco. ... "In 1880's Chinese shrimp camps near San Francisco and in Louisiana were supplying not only the local markets, but also shipping a million pounds of dried shrimp to Asia." ... Some of Chinese Bachelors made ""The Golden Hill's News" in 1854, San Francisco's Golden Hill's News became the first Chinese language newspaper published in America." ...

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For San-Francisco year was in the same time great and very bad. ... When San-Francisco Giants went to the baseball playoffs and advanced to the World Series city earned a lot of money on people who came into our city to watch the games. ... On the other side San-Francisco lost a lot of thousands dollars when the protests against the war took place. ... Largest number of arrested people was in San-Francisco. ...

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The publics response to this display was over two thousand visitors per day, and because of its success it was took down and brought to Paris and San Francisco (both, extremely different cultures in themselves alone). ...

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The Modern Woman A Historical Perspective Women in the 21st century have expanded their roles and positions in society, especially those that were formerly dominated by men. These areas include careers, independence, decision-making, and military combat, to name just a few. Women are still try...

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The introduction of the steel guitar to America occurred at the 1912 Broadway show Birds of Paradise and the Panama Pacific Exhibition in San Francisco in 1915. ... Sol moved in the early 1920's from San Francisco to Los Angeles were he met with success after joining a trio. ...

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Porter formed the Hong Wah Kues basketball team who consisted of six Chinese American players from Chinatown in San Francisco, California. ... This is because these men from San Francisco were able to leave and travel America and Canada, which was impossible for any person of color during that era and they were able to provide hope for Chinese Americans....

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Coming to America My family and I came to America in search of a better life. The journey was a long and dangerous task. But in the end, it was worth the risk. At the time, the country had begun to recover from the war. But life was harsh. Living conditions were bad, food and water was scarce, ...

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For example there are lots of international fast food companies such as McDonald's, KFC and Pizza Hut and we did not have to go America any longer to buy a Big Mac or when you go to the United States, you can visit China Town in San Francisco and buy traditional gifts for your friends from there. ...

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In the book The Business of Crime the author, Humbert Nelli, explains the impact Italian immigrants had on the entire country proving the fact that Chicago was not the only city in American were Italian Crime syndicates had great influence on American culture. Italian immigration and urban crime syn...

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Now I have been working in a computer company as a computer engineer for a couple of years. Before, I was just a low - pay office clerk. The turning point of my career was the study of the certification called MCSE. This certificate changed me from an office clerk to a computer engineer of Silico...

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It was a documentary produced by right-wing filmmakers with the assistance of the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) and the FBI in order to show how a handful of disciplined communists had supposedly "duped" thousands of innocent students into protesting the San Francisco HUAC hearings and had then deliberately incited them to riot. ...

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The Locavore movement began in San Francisco when four women decided to promote a theory in which eating foods that were only grown or produced within a 100 mile radius would create a sustainable food system within the city. ...

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Long before marijuana was even known to most of the American Society, hostility towards it became evident within the next two decades because of reports that offensive minorities were using the drug; Mexicans in the Southwest, Hindus in San Francisco, Syrians in New York, urban blacks, and jazz musicians (Berendt 21). ...

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No one believed it, but that quickly changed on May 12, 1848 when Sam Brannan brought proof to San Francisco. ... While Sutter didn't want the news of the gold get out, Brannan planned on making a profit off of the eager miners coming to search for gold, so he made sure that everyone in San Francisco knew about it. ... Before the gold rush, San Francisco had a mere eight hundred residents, but within three years it carried a huge population of about thirty thousand. ...

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Unless we act to change our country's immigration policies, U.S. population will double this century - practically within the lifetimes of children born today.5 By the year 2020, if current population trends continue, the U.S. will add enough population to create another New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Baltimore, San Francisco, Indianapolis, San Jose, Memphis, Washington D.C., Jacksonville, Milwaukee, Boston, Columbus, New O...

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Graham Boyd, an attorney representing a group of plaintiffs including eleven prominent cancer and AIDS physicians in San Francisco presented to a federal judge on Friday, April 11, 1997 the following statement: "The federal government has issued broad threats against physicians who might recommend marijuana to some of their seriously ill patients. ...

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Water is the most important component for the survival of human beings; at the same time; our water consumption habits illustrate American's values. The average consumption of water of an individual per day varies from one country to another, but in the United States, it is estimated that the averag...

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In that same year, labor politicians in San Francisco began to organize "Anti-Coolie Clubs"; five years later there was one in every ward of the city. ... In July of 1870, a number of anti-Chinese demonstrations and mass meetings had been held in San Francisco with marchers carrying signs and slogans. ... The man who actually shot Thompson escaped punishment, and only a few of the guilty members were imprisoned at San Quentin for a short period"(Smith 14). ...

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This paper outlines the differences in the cultures of the United States versus Asian Indian and Vietnamese cultures. I will look at these countries and make not only a comparison based on cultures, but also comparisons from a business perspective. Although there are many differences in general societies, some issues such as women in the workplace, and images in the media, stand across many borders. Using the United States as my comparison culture I will first discuss the customs, beliefs, and values of Americans as a society. Americans value making something of their lives in terms ...

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America will never be the same? The sun rose Wednesday morning over the absence of a national landmark, a smoldering ruins within lower Manhattan where the World Trade Center towers had stood for over thirty years. Two transcontinental jets were hijacked while in flight to Los Angeles, Californi...

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Gun control has been a major controversy in the United States for many years now. More and more gun control laws and restrictions have been passed. Many American's are in favor of these yet many remain opposed. The gun control laws that have already been passed have made large difference in the f...

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