...a Force of Unparalleled Power!!!

Thu Mar 1, 2007 7:19 PM EST

The greatest innovation in the 20Th century is announced in the November 25, 1944 edition of The New Yorker. It will revolutionize American homes and the world "stands on the threshold of an astonishing age". It is the new, hottest item any family needs.

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Starting Places

Sat Feb 10, 2007 8:39 PM EST

In this section I choose television programs to anylize. More specifiically, cartoons directed at older audiences. It seems to be that in the last ten years there has be an increase in cartoons which have been deliberatly made for adult viewing.

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Evolution Painting

Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:57 PM EST

I found this picture intriguing because of the cynical commentary on the evolution of mankind. It not only shows our progression, as a species, from ape to human, but it also shows the evolution of man with the tools he has used to evolve through the years.

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This is what you get.

Sat Feb 3, 2007 5:34 PM EST

Karma Police is my favorite Radiohead song of all time. It describes the duality of life. More importantly it is a song about classic rebellion and essentially giving the finger to the man. The video specifically outlines this. At first we see an empty backseat.

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There's an Ice Age Coming!!

Sat Feb 3, 2007 4:44 PM EST

In Radiohead's song Idioteque, you first hear a very rhythmic, pulsating dance beat. Followed by some very eerie and foreboding lyrics. Who's in a bunker? Who's in a bunker? Women and children first and the children first and the children

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Mexico: Globally Speaking

Fri Feb 2, 2007 6:55 PM EST

The United States and Mexico share more than just a common geographical border. In the Southwestern states, the cultural line is nearly all but invisible. Border towns in Texas, California, Arizona, and New Mexico reflect the lives of many traditional Mexican families.

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The Devil's Dictionary

Sat Jan 27, 2007 9:37 PM EST

This was an interesting piece of literature. It seems somewhat cynical, but has an overall tone of harsh criticism. One particularly obvious definition with searing criticism was accordion, listed directly after accord.

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Iterate Writing: Mexican Globalization

Wed Jan 24, 2007 8:08 PM EST

Abstract I intend to conduct my globalization research on immigration, the effects of low wages, and poor working conditions in Mexico, on the immigration of the Mexican people to the United States.

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Using the LexisNexis Database

Sat Jan 20, 2007 6:11 PM EST

At first, it took some perusing and experimenting to find what I was looking for. After endlessly searching for just my birth date in the quicksearch catalog, I turned to the Guided News Search button on the page.

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BBC Photos of the year: Zinedine Zidane and A Convertable in The Rough

Sat Jan 20, 2007 5:23 PM EST

The BBC's 2006 photos of the year which intrigued my interest most were both widely talked about topics in the news in 2006 and each contain compelling images which tell the reader an almost instantaneous story.

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