Mostly, though, rock music represented a merger between white country and black blues. ... Country music was music that entire communities listened to, linking each member to the group. Marcus writes: The songs of country music, and most deeply, its even, narrow sound, had to subject the children to the heartbreak of their parents: the father who couldn't feed his family, the wife who lost her husband to a honky-tonk angel or a bottle, the family that lost everything to a suicide or a farm spinning off into one more bad year. ... (Marcus, 21) Like country, blues never found ...

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I will look at these countries and make not only a comparison based on cultures, but also comparisons from a business perspective. ... Under one roof it is not uncommon for a husband, wife and also the mother and father of the husband or wife to all be living together. ... Polygamy was legal in Vietnam until 1959; at that point only the first wife a man took was then considered his wife, all others were dissolved. ... Unlike the research I found from other countries there is no emphasis on eco- friendly or environmental practices. ... I could not find any diversity statements withi...

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Developing countries are working to create their own national poverty eradication strategies based on local needs and priorities. ... Their monopolization by any country, nation or group of persons would be unjust. ... I could not steal into my wife's heart until I decided to treat her differently than I used to do, and so I restored to her all her rights by dispossessing myself of all my so-called rights as her husband." ... We have female CEO's, senators, business owners, you name it, however, in many foreign countries this is not the case. There are still countries where woman ca...

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Auld's wife did not know how to mistreat a slave, so instead of beating him, she secretly taught him how to read and write, but was caught soon by her husband who eventually made her stop. ... He came back to France, and while he was there, his home was burnt down and his wife became a fugitive in the American War of Independence. ...

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His wife's relatives are equally hostile to his background, and in despair he becomes increasingly reliant on alcohol, seeking solace in the stupor it provides. ... Malachy takes it straight down to the bar and blows the lot, leaving his wife and children at home with no food, no coal in the fire, no clothes and no milk for the new baby. ...

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William Thompson] stated that he would never give his pregnant wife a flu shot because of its high concentration of mercury. ... This leaves our country with less and less people who have lived to see the diseases that were a serious problem in America's past. ...

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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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Three-hundred and ninety six years later and here we stand as a country plagued by the same sickness of disease and hatred for someone because of their apparent differences. ... With the racial divide in our country widening in loom of current events between what seems to be a matter of blacks against whites, it leaves me asking myself if we are all human, what is it that makes us see each other as different, or unequal? ... That tendency, along with the nature of news and media, which determines much of how people view situations, keeps racism a prevailing factor in our Country. ... (freedom...

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He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands. ...

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"People in countries worldwide perceive government corruption as a widespread problem. This includes countries with a free press -- an indicator of good governance and development -- and those where media freedom is limited " (Sonnenschein 2013.) ... "For seven months, Clinton has let stand his denials of any sexual liaisons with Lewinsky and allowed aides and even his wife go on television to repeat them." ... I know that my public comments and my silence about this matter gave a false impression, I misled people, including even my wife. ...

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You"ll also come across a very interesting interview that taught me a lot about the culture in America as compared to that of another country. ... When he talks about the agricultural segment of his Country, I realize that growing your own food does not only save you money, but also allows you to eat healthy and get the full nutrients of the product. ...

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The famine lasted from 1846 to 1850 and forced many Irish to leave flee their country. ... These letters were publicized and read at social events reassuring the young to accompany them in this glorious new country. ... The country was growing and it needed men to do the heavy work of building bridges, canals, and railroads. ... His Dan rose from immigrant to saloonkeeper to a man of Madison Avenue, thanks in no small part to his wife Cordelia. ...

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Equality was an important issue in many countries, especially Britain and America between the 1850's to 1950's and feminism and race equality major issues campaigned for. ... Liberalism was a political idea adopted by many countries during the 19th and 20th century and has been the source of many economic and social policies. ... This was easy for the American governments to adopt because unlike other countries, it did not have to contend with aristocratic traditions and institutions. ... This was because many other countries did not participate in the movement for equality until ...

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For many years now, pondering minds have questioned the thought of having marijuana, or cannabis sativa, listed as another medicinal drug. Some say that marijuana can not be used as a medicine and that there is no evidence of its medicinal purpose; But on the other hand, there are those who think di...

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A Research of the Media Coverage of the War on Drugs: Marijuana: The Facts and the Media Coverage The "war on drugs" was announced by President Nixon in 1971. The media has been there since the very beginning: covering this so called war with every means at their disposal. Some feel tha...

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What is a man, is he a male that goes into the service to protect his family and country, that is muscle bound. ... It was in the 1920s that, for the first time, a majority of American families consisted of a breadwinner-husband, a homemaker wife, and children attending school. ... Among the most potent myths that diffuse contemporary society are that divorce, domestic violence, and single parenthood are recent phenomena; that throughout American history, most families consisted of a wage earner-husband and a homemaker-wife and that in the past strong, stable families ...

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But it is necessary for there to be certain limits on the way that firearms are handled in this country because of the homicide rate involving guns and because of the violence created by criminals using guns. ... The experience of these countries shows that widespread gun possession is compatible with low crime rates. ...

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This is just a small example of the doubt and hatred that was bestowed on the African American soldiers. However, during the war, they proved themselves to be brave and courageous men on and off the battlefield on many occasions. Despite deep prejudices and harsh criticisms from the white society, these men were true champions of patriotism. The cause of the Civil War was tension between the North and the South. The sectional division between the areas began in colonial times, largely resulting from geographical differences. ...

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Many of the workers were immigrants ignorant of the language and ways of their new country were the most vulnerable members of this class.immigrants.gates of the packing houses were There has been a representative of several nationalities in this class First were the Germans, next the Irish, then the Poles. ...

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In a country less than 13 percent blacks, one half of the prison population is African American. ... Douglass claim sounds like a case about a year ago in which a white Boston man claimed a black man had killed his wife and children. ...

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