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This paper explains that country western historically has been primarily a male-dominated industry but there are women that have been responsible for the major changes in this industry. The paper discuses some of the women that are responsible for these changes: Louise Massey, Rose Maddox, Dolly and Mille Good, Patsy Montana, Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton, Shania Twain and The Dixie Chicks. The paper relates that Louise Massey, who formed a band in 1918 with her father, husband and two brothers, are called the 'original rhinestone cowboys' because of the flashy clothing they introduced into the country music society. Blazing the hillbilly and rockabilly trails and still thriving in 1995, at the age of 70, when she received the Grammy nomination in the Bluegrass Category, Rose Maddox had a major influence on Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, and Janis Joplin.

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""Come on Over" came out two and half years after her last release of "The Woman in Me". "The Woman in Me" is a nine time platinum album and spent over 140 weeks on the Billboard Country Albums chart. Shania was born in Timmons, Ontario and her name was Eileen. She started singing at a young age, being pulled out of bed to sing at midnight at a local bar. At 21, Shania lost her parents in a car accident and took on the responsibility of raising her three younger siblings. During this time she performed at Ontario's Deerhurst Resort, learning the ins and outs of theatrical performances."

Tags:parton, cline, awards, trendsetters, chicks

Abstract
An examination of two main strategies for dealing with drugs. The first is an all out prohibition targeting every one from major drug traffickers all the way down to the users, with harsh penalties - which is the approach used in the U.S. in its "war on drugs". The second approach is one that sees drug abuse more as social welfare problem rather than a criminal justice problem, where treatment rather than harsh penalties are emphasized. This is the stance that most of the countries of Western Europe have adopted. This paper compares these two differing attitudes and examines which is more effective for which situation and whether the different regions can learn from each other.

From the Paper
"Before the nineteen sixties the perception around the world and particularly in Europe was that there was little or no social problems with drug use or trafficking. "Before 1960 no member State of the Council of Europe had any serious problem of a widespread kind and the few drug abusers identified in the various countries caused no particular anxiety or concern from a legal or public health point of view."(Strasbourg 1974 pg.10) As the sixties progressed drug use escalated in Europe and in the United States, which raised concerns among public officials and law enforcement agencies. "Certain phenomenon were observed in the 1960s in most European countries which alerted the competent authorities to the dangers involved in drug abuse and helped to make "chemical pollution of mankind" one of the more recognizable preoccupations of society." (Strasbourg 1974 pg.10) Once drug use came to be seen as a problem, states began to take measures to curb the use of illegal drugs."

Tags:cocaine, decriminalization, drug, herion, legalize, marijuana, policy, war

Abstract
A literary analysis of "All Quiet on the Western Front". The author discusses the writer's examination of the horrors of World War I through the eyes of the soldiers involved in the war, as well as the effects of war on society at large.

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"All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque, is a book that explores the true horrors of World War I through the eyes of a German solider. The author uses the character of Paul to tell a realistic story of what the average WWI solider had to endure. This book raises the issue of how destructive war can be not only to a country, but also to a generation of a nation. One of the major themes in the story is that of the lost generation. An entire generation of men fighting for their country was lost in World War I."

Tags:all, analysis, english, erich, front, literary, maria, novel, quiet, remarque, western

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The paper discusses the primary arguments of Samuel Huntington and Benjamin Barber and how they provide a variety of opinions about the hybrid cultures of the west and the seemingly different hermetically sealed cultures of the Arab world. The paper discusses how although countries like Afghanistan refused to interact with the United States at the global level, they were not behaving isolationist on cultural merits, but as a refusal to become yet another market for western capitalism.

Tags:country, culture, divide

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The paper discusses the western movie era that had officially started in the early twentieth century and lasted well until the last decades of the century. The paper outlines Sam Peckinpah's "Ride the High Country", Robert Altman's "McCabe and Mrs. Miller" as well as the novels, "Blood Meridian" and "Riders of the Purple Sage". The paper discusses how western movies have provided an insight of what life in the wild can be and posits that the western genre will be remembered through history as being one of the most successful genres to exist.

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"McCabe and Mrs. Miller came as a response from Robert Altman to those that thought that the era of the western movies had finished. Even though the movie is considered to be on of the best westerns ever produced, its director, along with several other critics, has claimed that the movie is, in fact, an "anti-western". The reason why the movie is not considered by some to be a western is because it has little in common with a typical western. Basically, the only thing that the movie takes from the western genre is the fact that the action is set somewhere in the west."

Tags:wild, west, shooting, violence, Indians, Whites

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This article looks at several aspects of the migration to the Western Frontier. An insight to the type of people who became settlers in the Western Frontier is shown. The writer discusses the significance involved in this transition and the qualities and development of the frontier regions. The writer discusses how the frontier experience of Americans in the late 19th century played an essential part in the making of the country's national character and development of democracy. The writer studies the views of three authors,Turner, Billington and Wister, who provide an understanding into how Americans observed the West and the unique men and women who made it their home.

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"For the settlers coming to the Americas in the 1600s and 1700s, this new country was wide open and offered the opportunity to seek a life free from the constraints of the Old World. However, once the East began to be populated by the refinery of the Europeans, it was no longer that rough and wild world where anything or everything was accepted. Thus, in the 1800s, it was time for the adventurous to move again--this time to the Western plains and deserts--to seek their fate. Historians and authors such as Frederick Jackson Turner, Ray Allen Billington and Owen Wister developed theories and wrote about the impact of this land on the new Americans."

Tags:migration, development, settlers, democracy

Abstract
This paper reviews "All Quiet on the Western Front", a 1979 film about the life of soldiers during World War I, directed by Delbert Mann. The author summarizes the film which follows the journey of the main character, Paul Baumer, from a young student who believes the lies told to him by his country that war is glorious, to a hardened soldier who believes that the cause he is fighting for is meaningless. The paper discusses the symbolism of Paul's drawing of a bird before he is shot and killed and also examines the themes of the film; humanity and the horrors of war.

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"The film underlines the fact that only the governments and leaders of governments who are not risking their lives desire war. The film ends with Paul drawing a bird in the trenches, for one representative image of peace and nature in no man's land, when he is shot and killed. The bird symbolizes Paul's desire to fly free of where he is, and also his old, schoolboy interests and talents, which he abandoned to go to war. Throughout the film he tries to hold onto his drawing ability, to provide himself with some sense of identity outside of the military, although he has fewer and fewer positive images to sketch as the war wears on."

Tags:wars, world war I

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This paper analyzes the Western Pacific Rim. Comprising developed and developing nations like Australia, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam, the Western Pacific Rim is a significant area in terms of its powerful growing economy, and its rich, evolving geology. Situated at volcanic and tectonic zones, its countries are either developed or developing depending upon their history and extent of utilization of resources.

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This paper describes the meaning of the term 'Western' as it applies to music. The word 'Western' has meaning only in terms of the West (European and American countries, for instance). The word 'Western' in terms of cowboys does not apply to Western classical music, which regardless of its performers now, has originated in Europe.

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The paper addresses the decline of Islam and how it is directly related to its diametrically opposed enemies that seek to secularize the world, and reduce the religious radicalism of Muslim countries. The paper examines the factors that reduce social and political involvement of communities in Western countries, and more so, reduce international relations between Islamic countries and those in the West.

Tags:muslim, radical, extremist