(Iriye, 7) Throughout the years; internationally, views of what makes a world power. ... As was Culture the theme for the 1920's and 1930's, and Economics was the theme for the post 1945 years. ... After securing military superiority over China, Japan was able to get back the theme of the current period; which was the power theme. ... It was during this time that both countries viewed the other as interesting and decided that they should both send students to the other country, so they may learn of China or Japan with first hand experience. ... After the Japanese defeat their ...

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Questions for discussion with student athletes: (If you are using the video, ask these questions after viewing. ... - for locker room morale? ... How do we want the community to view us as a team? ... There are four themes associated with Citizenship go to the following link and read about the 5 themes for citizenship and the take the quiz. Honesty is the basic theme of good citizenship. ...

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Destructive power is one of the main themes in F. ... While Gatsby is the obvious embodiment of this theme, it is also illustrated through the author's other characters, namely Myrtle, George, Tom and Daisy. ... It becomes easily entangled with the idea of hope and success and replaces their positions in the American Dream with materialism. ... This is because he held an unrealistic view of life and strongly believed that he could recreate the past, as he says: "Can't repeat the past? ... It was only in the hotel room after seeing Daisy's child and hearing her say that she lov...

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Destructive power is one of the main themes in F. ... While Gatsby is the obvious embodiment of this theme, it is also illustrated through the author's other characters, namely Myrtle, George, Tom and Daisy. ... It becomes easily entangled with the idea of hope and success and replaces their positions in the American Dream with materialism. ... This is because he held an unrealistic view of life and strongly believed that he could recreate the past, as he says: "Can't repeat the past? ... It was only in the hotel room after seeing Daisy's child and hearing her say that she lov...

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Destructive power is one of the main themes in F. ... While Gatsby is the obvious embodiment of this theme, it is also illustrated through the author's other characters, namely Myrtle, George, Tom and Daisy. ... It becomes easily entangled with the idea of hope and success and replaces their positions in the American Dream with materialism. ... This is because he held an unrealistic view of life and strongly believed that he could recreate the past, as he says: "Can't repeat the past? ... It was only in the hotel room after seeing Daisy's child and hearing her say that she lov...

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Eva was able to gather large crowds of workers and families with a lot of enthusiasm to Perón in order to display his common views and give support to the people. ... Perón won with 54 % of the votes. ... There was no room or tolerance for others states to participate or even rebel against the disposition since it was all backed by the support of the armed forces. ... Vargas's leftist views brought him down in 1945, which then brought his efforts to rebuild Brazil to a halt. ... Unfortunately this is a common theme in Latin America for which the government takes advantage of its hard...

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The nineteenth century in the US had an unmistakable theme: immigration. ... This is the scene described at a Ludlow Street Sweater's Shop in 1890, "Men and women bending over their machines, or ironing clothes at the window, half-naked The Road is like a big gangway through an endless work-room where vast multitudes are forever laboring. ... Concerning the trade regulations, they must be regarded as an element to be reckoned with. ... An important part of the Jewish culture that stayed with them as immigrants was religion. ... The Italian language press in New York served the immigra...

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Digital Trash-reading Imagine your daughter in a dark, tight-spaced, labyrinth, so narrow that there is barely enough room to strafe left or right by one foot; with her broken radio in one hand and her assault rifle in the other. ... A few built-in games came with it, and the graphics were as simple as white blocks over a black background. ... However, the turning point in gaming came with the release of the 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System (Adorably called NES), in fall 1985. ... Television, movies, and books are more widespread, less expensive; and less censored than videogames yet still...

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In Animal Dreams the theme of the individual versus the community is reflected in the isolation of both Codi and Doc Homer from their community, which is seen through the women, especially Doña Althea. ... "We were a bad family I became a man with no history" (p 287). ... It is through Codi's love interest, Loyd, we see the importance of the Native American point of view in Animal Dreams. ... Betonie changes the ceremonies to make them work to deal with the changing world. ... Tayo takes center stage in the kiva (the traditional ceremonial room) and tells his story of his...

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He was a man, who in his poetry, expressed independence, interdependence with other living things, and the struggles that are dealt with by him and others in order to gain that independence. ... Compare this with a more rhymed and classical sounding piece by Whitman's contemporary, Edgar Allan Poe, entitled "Hymn to Aristogeiton and Harmodious": "Ye deliverers of Athens from shame! ... The poem practically screams the theme of independence and interdependence: everything in the world is related to everything, yet they all live exclusively of one another. ... Whitman was very outspoken in ...

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