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"Pearl Harbor": A Critique of the Historical Accuracy of this Popular Movie

would become a primary target of that vengeance. For the United States to incur a direct attack on its shores was perceived as sa...

Use of Metaphor in Popular Songs

but other support metaphors are also created that emphasis the illusionary quality of attraction that deludes the singer into thi...

Popular Editorials and the Rhetoric That Drives Them

Post highlights what is ostensibly a growing problem in the United States: the rising prevalence of childhood obesity. In the firs...

Popular Teenage Magazine

the Freebie Issue! although there are not exactly freebies, it is a drawing readers must sign up for each day. The overwhelming ...

How the Popular Game of Basketball Evolves as an International Sport

controlled, Naismith decided that teammates would move the ball by either passing it or bouncing it on the floor, but was uncertai...

The Transistor Conversation in Scholarly and Popular Media

the widespread interconnectivity in technology that has slowly developed over the first decade of the 21st century marks the begin...

Popular vs. Scholarly Resources

This essay offers a comparison between a popular article on account management versus a scholarly article on the same topic. This ...

Popular versus Electoral Votes in the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election

In five pages this paper assesses the pros and cons of each in order to determine which should prevail in the U.S. presidential el...

Muslim Culture's Gender Roles and Religion's Influence

bridges in Spain." After the fall of Rome, Spain was dominated by the Teutonic tribes, the Vandals, and the Visigoths in successi...

Electoral Process v. Popular Vote

In twelve pages this paper examines the presidential elections of 1988 and 2000 in a consideration of how popular vote contrasts w...

Popular Music and Mariah Carey's Influence

father (Dougherty 8). Carey relates that she has always loved to sing and gives a great deal of credit to her mother...

Beyond Popular Cloning Myths

(Cullis 145). That is to say that the clone is an exact duplicate -- all the way down to the unique DNA molecules -- of the plant...

Cheyenne Culture's Sacred Pipe

In five pages this paper examines the cultural significance of the return of the Sacred Pipe to the Cheyenne. Three sources are c...

Soviet Union Under Josef Stalin and Jewish Culture's Decline

the same fate as many of the Jewish leaders when he was to be executed at Stalins command many years later. II. Stalins Outward...

Why Alfred Hitchcock is Not Dead Contrary to Popular Belief

In five pages the influence of this director in terms of imitation and teasing is considered. There are five bibliographic source...

U.S. Political Culture's Development

In five pages this paper examines the growth of American political culture from British colonization until the 1787 Constitutional...

2 Different Cultures' Trickster Myths

trees trick the Trickster (Parks 132). The Trickster is a comic figure fragrant of laughter, humor, and irony. Paul Radin ...

Popular Press and 'Selling Science'

In four pages this paper discusses public relations, technology and scientific reporting, and the ethics of 'selling science.' Th...

Popular Fiction and Classical Literature

This paper analyzes what defines popular fiction and a classic literary work in an assessment of Charlotte Temple by Susanna Rosen...

Popular Recreational Activity Known as Swimming

In five pages swimming is examined in an overview of its history, techniques, and rules regarding Olympic competition. Six source...

American Popular Foods History

substances regarded as nutriments, its status as a foodstuff is somewhat ambiguous (2002). Water has actually been considered bo...

Emily Dickinson, Popular Music, and Death Fascination

17). While this image is certainly chilling, the overall tone of the poem is one of "civility," which is actually expressed in lin...

Popular Music, Gender, Sexuality, and Cultural Identity

way of using sexuality and gender in various ways. Madonna When people think of Madonna their first thought is often related t...

Global Cultures' Interconnectedness

which can be seen as signifying something - in other words, to everything which has meaning within a culture," states David Chandl...

Popular Music and the Effects of Technology

to downplay the drawbacks and imperfections of the recording medium. Naturally, this fact influenced what music was selected for r...

Interaction Between Humans and Machines in Popular Films

longer inhabitable for the decent. The psychological perspective of Blade Runner addresses virtually every fear that humanity cou...

Mesoamerica's Zapotec Culture and Persia's Sasanid Culture

In 7 pages the Mesoamerican Zapotecs are compared with the Persian Sasanids in terms of military policies, cultural and religious ...

Popular Media and Journal Articles Compared

We would therefore expect to see a basic similarity of content between the two articles, but considerable differences in the way t...

Popular News Commentary and Statistics

middle class is actually doing pretty good and that the increase in alarming statistics is due to the continuing wave of low-inco...

Simon During's The Global Popular and the Pleasures of Viewers

climactic as an invading force, but may take place in the acculturation of one culture from another. Even today many of the Wester...