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Gerry Mulligan-Chet Baker Quartet, 2002.
A discussion about the Gerry Mulligan-Chet Baker Quartet, which was one of the most influential jazz quartets of the 1950s and 1960s.
1,410 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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This paper introduces, discusses and analyzes the topic of the Gerry Mulligan-Chet Baker Quartet. Specifically, it contains an artist profile, which focuses on the artist's primary contribution to their style of expression. It shows how the Gerry Mulligan-Chet Baker Quartet added the "smooth" to West Coast jazz, and created a new form of jazz entertainment that appealed to a wider audience.
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"In fact, versatile musician Mulligan, who played baritone sax and clarinet, wrote and arranged songs, and created one of the first pianoless quartets, "would play an important role in developing cool jazz on the West Coast" (Gioia 283). In fact, Mulligan helped originate "cool jazz," along with such jazz institutions as Miles Davis. The sound originated in the east in the 1940s, and Mulligan was a driving force in the arrangements and orchestrations. Critics have called him an emotional and sensitive player who also had a great ear for arranging. "Gerry Mulligan, an artist of exquisite sensitivity, has to his credit above all the emotional impact of his solos, which are sometimes particularly successful melodically" (Hodeir 125). Mulligan took the cool jazz sound and redid it later in his career, literally bringing jazz to a much wider audience, bringing it into the realm of popular music."
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Elbridge Gerry, 2002.
A biographyof Elbridge Gerry, fifth Vice President of the U.S.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 44.95
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A depiction of the political life and times of Elbridge Gerry, the 5th vice president of the USA.
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The Baker Act, 2006.
This paper traces how the Baker Act, also known as the Florida Mental Health Act, was enacted into law in 1971.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 4 sources, $ 44.95
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The paper explains how the Baker Act was enacted into law after Maxine Baker shifted her concerns in the Florida legislature toward the mentally ill. The paper describes how Baker was aware that there were thousands of cases in Florida in which law enforcement officers came in contact with mentally ill individuals. These confrontations were often violent and resulted in the death of either officers of the patient. Baker believed that people who were repeatedly involved in situations involving law enforcement it was generally because they had not taken prescribed medications that would have prevented them from being a crisis situation to begin with. Therefore, the Baker Act was used by the Florida legal system to allow judges to order mentally ill patients into mandatory treatment programs that would require them to take their medications.
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Beethoven's String Quartet Opus 18/6.
This paper discusses the life of Ludwig Van Beethoven and describes his String Quartet Opus 18/6, published by T. Mollo et Comp in Vienna in 1801.
1,000 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper explains that Beethoven studied under Joseph Haydn, the "father of the string quartet," who inspired Beethoven's first six string quartets, including Opus 18/6, written for two violins, a viola, and a cello. The author points out that, because of his troubled personal life, his music often depicts a theme of struggle followed by triumph as is evident in Beethoven's first six string quartets, which were composed before he went deaf. The paper describes each of the four distinct movements of String Quartet Number 6, Opus 18/6: 1. Allegro con brio; 2. Adagio ma non troppo; 3. Scherzo: Allegro; and 4. La Malincona Adagio-Allegretto quasi Allegro. A listening chart for the First Movement is included.
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"Beethoven began composing string quartets in his so-called "early period," the time of his musical career in which he was exploring different styles and primarily emulating his teacher Joseph Haydn. Moreover, Beethoven's "early period" is also the time before he began to go deaf, around age 30. When Beethoven began losing his hearing, his impending deafness led the musician into deep mental depression. His social life deteriorated and he became suicidal as well. Music written during Beethoven's "middle period" is characteristically grand, expressing "heroism and struggle.""
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Eliot's "Four Quartets", 2005.
An in-depth analysis of the speech and language in T. S. Eliot's "Four Quartets".
7,300 words (approx. 29.2 pages), 34 sources, MLA, $ 161.95
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The paper examines T.S. Eliot's use of voice and speech in the "Four Quartets" in the light of both his conception of the movement of words over time and the conception of language as an index of social change offered by the Bakhtinian circle. The paper discusses the way these concepts arise in 'Burnt Norton' before moving onto slightly briefer discussions of each of the other "Four Quartets." The paper concludes that Eliot's hierarchical presentation of voices throughout the "Four Quartets" effectively illustrates the inadequacy of any attempt to understand the world in purely intellectual, political, capitalistic or religious terms alone. Rather, the "Four Quartets" show, by means of their form and content, the necessity for taking on board and assimilating each of these separate discourses into one's own interior monologue, for it is only in relation to each other that each other that each of these discourses is meaningful.
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"Eliot thus, in this single statement, emphatically declares both the importance of vocalised speech to his poetry and, perhaps more significantly, a marked disinterest in the communication of any precise meaning to his readership. Eliot, here, seems to conceive of words, the very material of his poetry, not as a connection between poet and reader or, indeed, a means of conveying thoughts from the mind of one man to the mind of another. Rather, he presents words as 'autonomous' objects which, 'might function with no clear connection' or meaning imbued by their 'human source'."
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Russell Baker's "Growing Up", 2005.
This paper relates the story of journalist Russell Baker's memoir "Growing Up".
1,420 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 0 sources, $ 47.95
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This paper explains that Russell Baker's memoir "Growing Up" begins with his mother's deteriorating health in old age and then flashes back to the times when he was growing up with a widowed, strong-willed mother and a little sister, all struggling to survive during the Great Depression. The author points out that Baker details the strong familial love he grew up with as everyone in the country scrambled to make ends meet and how his family first lived in a rural area in Virginia, then Bellville, New Jersey and later in Baltimore, Maryland. The paper reveals that not until his mother remarried was he able to return to the happiness that large rooms and green vistas seemed to grant him.
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"Luckily, Baker's uncle moved all of them out to Belleville, New Jersey, and out of the urban grit that so characterized Newark. Belleville was a town of "big grassy lawns and streets canopied with trees" (90). Here, his mother focused her considerable energies on giving her son the best education possibly, making him ahead in school and giving him straight A's. It was also here that he met a group of friends, learned roller-skating and took banjo lessons. But, sadly, his time in Belleville came to an end when his mother moved them all to Baltimore to fund his uncle's lumber company, the lumber company that quickly went out of business."
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Chet Edwards, 2006.
A discussion of the history and political career of Congressman Chet Edwards.
1,035 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 36.95
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The paper discusses Congressman Chet Edwards who has served in the House of Representatives and currently represents the 17th Congressional District in Texas. The writer examines Edwards' voting records and considers Edwards a middle-of-the-road, conservative democrat. The paper demonstrates that Edwards' voting record reflects the demographics of the region which is ethnically diverse, rooted in traditional industries like transportation and agriculture, and also boasts a substantial number of young college-age voters who tend toward liberalism. The paper concludes that Congressman Chet Edwards' narrow win in the last election, could explain his shift in recent voting behavior on liberal issues.
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"Edwards' pro-labor voting record also coincides with Democratic Party values. Congressman Edwards has slipped slightly in his accordance with the liberal values espoused by Americans for Democratic Action but generally can be considered an emblematic democrat. However, Edwards' record on environmental issues shows that he veers far from left-leaning democrats regarding the conflict between certain sectors of business (energy and construction for example) and environmental protection."
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Scowcroft v. Baker, 2006.
This paper compares the political editorials of Brent Scowcroft and James A. Baker, ex-foreign policy advisors.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 0 sources, $ 26.95
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The paper discusses Brent Scowcroft and James A. Baker, who were two of the top foreign policy advisors for the current President's father when he sat in the oval office. However, the paper discusses how these two men have strongly disagreed over the question of whether or not the United States is on the right course vis-a-vis Iraq. The paper briefly outlines the central point of disagreement between the two men, the strengths and certainly in the case of the less-convincing argument, the weaknesses of each argument put forward and notes why one of the cases is more compelling than the other. The paper concludes that Scowcroft presents a more thoughtful argument than does James A. Baker.
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James Mulligan's Catholic Education, 2002.
This paper examines Mulligan's work which focuses on the failure of Catholic education in Canada.
1,025 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 1 source, $ 39.95
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This paper examines Mulligan's work which focuses on the failure of Catholic education in Canada. He especially concentrates on Newfoundland and Quebec, where the Church was supposed to be strongest, yet faced far too many obstacles to succeed in its ideals and objectives.
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T.S. Eliot's "Four Quartets", 2002.
An examination of how T. S. Eliot's series of poems, "Four Quartets" illustrate human beings in a cosmic way.
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This paper discusses universal consciousness versus individual consciousness in T. S. Eliot's poems "Four Quartets." He quotes whole stanzas from all of these poems. He discusses the limits imposed by language of human endeavors in "The Dry Salvages" discussing how the poet's life is always a part of a larger human consciousness, vis-a-vis God and suffering.
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"If there is ambiguity to Eliot?s poetic project of attempting to encapsulate the limits of human endeavors into the limited medium of human language, this is intensified even further in ?The Dry Salvages.? The third section of the poem is paradoxically devoted to water and spiritual dryness. The river is called ?useful,? and yet also ?untrustworthy.? Water is fluid, yet reflects the relentless spiritual monotony of human life"
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"Nam" by Mark Baker, 2007.
This paper analyzes the book "Nam" by Mark Baker, about those who fought in the Vietnam War.
929 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 33.95
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The paper discusses "Nam", the story of the Vietnam war told through the eyes and words of the men and women who fought there. The paper illustrates how the war was evil and how that evil seeped into many of the men who fought there. The paper portrays how the book is disturbing, violent and intensely personal, showing how war can affect those who fight and survive for decades to come.
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"The main idea of this book indicates how war can affect those who fight and survive for decades to come. Throughout all the chapters, that theme is woven through the other ideas and themes of the book. All of the people who chose to share their memories show just how Vietnam changed them. It left them memories they could not forget, no matter how hard they tried. After reading the book, it is easy to see why their memories are still so vivid. Many of the memories are as horrible to read today as they were when they occurred, and it would be difficult for just about anyone to forget them."
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Arditti Quartet, 2002.
A review of a concert given by the Arditti Quartet.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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This is a review of the events attended by the author and his family in January, 2002, in San Francisco.
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Bakers Yeast's Fermentation Ability on Various Carbohydrates, 2000.
Paper about an experiment examining the ability of baker?s yeast to ferment a variety of naturally occurring and synthetic carbohydrates in different forms.
1,880 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 2 sources, $ 60.95
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"The substances tested in this experiment are glucose, fructose, galactose, sucrose, maltose, lactose, starch, saccharine, and aspartame. Saccharine is tested in the form of Sweet ?n? Low solution, aspartame is tested in Diet Pepsi, and a natural fruit juice and Pepsi are tested as a measure of natural sugars in common solution. The capacity of the yeast to metabolize each of the different natural or synthetic carbohydrates in this experiment is measured by the quantity of CO2 released during the reaction. It was determined by comparing CO2 production that in a controlled reaction with baker?s yeast, galactose, lactose, starch, aspartame, and saccharine all displayed no significant change in gas volume, indicating that the yeast is not able to ferment these substances and thereby create CO2. Glucose, fructose, sucrose, maltose, Pepsi, and fruit juice all produced noticeable amounts of CO2, indicating successful metabolic action by the yeast with these substances."
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Florida's Baker Act, 2003.
An overview of Florida's mental health act.
3,220 words (approx. 12.9 pages), 16 sources, APA, $ 111.95
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This paper provides an analysis of the provisions of the Florida mental health act, known as the Baker Act, that provides for involuntary examination and limited commitment of mentally disabled persons to state mental institutions as well as for judicial involvement. It looks at the background of the Baker Act and the issue of involuntary commitment.
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"This research paper summarizes the principal provisions of the Florida Mental Health Act or Baker Act FLA STAT ANN secs in so far as it deals with the involuntary commitment of mentally disabled or ill persons and analyzes its pros and ..."
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"The Four Quartets", 2002.
A look at the themes of time, history and continuity in T.S. Eliot's poetry.
1,255 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper compares and discusses the poem "The Four Quartets" by T.S. Eliot. Specifically, it looks at the questions of how time and history relate to our lives, and how Eliot deals with this theme.
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"Eliot wrote "The Four Quartets" over a period of eight years, from 1935 to 1942. This covered much of the duration of the Second World War, which figures heavily in some of the quartets. They convey a sense of time and history, because the world was at war, and time and history changed dramatically. Residents of England truly did not know how much time they had left if they lost the war, and what their history was going to be, so Eliot must have been preoccupied with these themes as he wrote his quartets."
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