In order to understand this revival of the purity discourse, we need to take the specific historical situation of the post-war US into account, in particular the new plans for federal funding of research, the ne
The Fall of the Berlin Wall On November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall, which had symbolized the division between East and West Germany for nearly three decades, unexpectedly fell. The barrier that had separated families and friends was torn down by citizens on both sides. This event marked the ...
The original melody associated with the song's first stanza symbolized the miracle of the Annunciation and was deeply rooted in the style of tenth-century liturgical chants. Franz Schubert orchestrated a contemporary version of the hymn in 1825. Many people consider "Ave Maria" to be the most ...
What event symbolized for the world the fall of Soviet communism? What social changes were experienced in the 1960s during the Cold War? What were the main events of the Russian Revolution? What is the significance of U.S.'s and USSR's policies during the Korean War?...
Once upon a time, California symbolized prosperity. It was the shining city on a hill of American success—beaches, booming business, endless opportunity. Families could thrive, workers could buy homes, and the future felt limitless under the California sun. ...
up. American as Fitzgerald knew it was decaying, the American Dream was diminishing, and leaving America not as “great” as it once was. In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald the theme decay of America is symbolized best by the social classes, valley of ashes, and the green light...
produce a photocurrent. This curious observation strongly supported the quantum theory of radiation. Some German physicists theorized that a single photon (particle of light) has a quantum energyQνthat is directly proportional to the frequencyf(sometimes symbolized by the Greek letter,ν) of the ...
stars between the red, white and green stripes that indicated the Mexican flag. After the fight to secede from Mexico and becoming its own independent nation, Texas created a flag with a single star. The single star or "lone star" symbolized bravery, determination, individualism and independence...
Poor Emily Dickinson never attained her heart’s desire, as symbolized by Brazil, and I almost went the way of Emily Dickinson! On August 16th I’m leaving for a conference in Sao Paulo, where I will be a keynote speaker, but two weeks ago I learned that I will need a visa. Here’...
The Holocaust was the genocide of over two-thirds of European Jewish people during World War ll. Nazi Germany and its collaborators ruthlessly and systematically murdered over six million people between the years of 1941 and 1945. The principle concentration camps constructed to support the genocide...