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The paper explores why the Tony Awards were named after Antoinette Perry and who exactly Antoinette Perry was. The paper discusses how these questions are often not mentioned when people talk about the Tony Awards, but there are many reasons that the Tony Awards were named after Antoinette Perry. The paper examines how the life and works of Tony Antoinette Perry affected Broadway, the lives of many GIs, actresses and actors and many others. The paper relates that the way to show the appreciation for all that Tony Antoinette had done for Broadway was to name the Tony Awards after her.

Tags:theatre, tony, awards

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This paper reviews, discusses and analyzes Tony Blair's quote in The Guardian newspaper article, "Reformers Versus Wreckers is the Battle For This Parliament". According to the paper, when Tony Blair decided, in 1997, to challenge the electoral power of four consecutive Conservative governments, he pertinently chose to call his draft for Labour's electoral platform 'New Labour, New Life for Britain'. The paper goes on to say that Blair's approach retains the fundamental values of the Labour party, while changing the means appropriate to their realization, and consists of trying to combine two apparently antithetic tenets: the liberal commitment to individual freedom in the market economy, and the social democratic commitment to social justice through the action of government.

From the Paper
"Along with this necessity to stick to a stable economy, the most strategic aim of New Labour in this text seems to lay in the reform of public services and of the Welfare State. "Quality education, healthcare, safe streets [and] mobility" (lines 10-11) are needed. This goes along with the party's ideal of social justice: "We believe in strong public services because [they are] the embodiment of social justice" (lines 10-11). This is maybe the target the text stresses the most, as well as it points out that the only way this will be achieved is through investment and reform. After fighting the 2001 election on the theme of improving public services, Blair's government continued to raise taxes in 2002 -described by opponents as "stealth taxes"- to increase spending on education and health. Blair's aim is to keep investment coming into public services and then making the reforms, in order to use the money well. High-quality public services would mean improvement of the Welfare State, which has to be refashioned, providing equal chance to benefit from the opportunities Britain has to offer. In the text, the emphasis is put on the reform of the National Health Service in particular. It has to be designed around the needs of its patients, and this is only doable through investment. However, it is not enough: power must be decentralized, waiting time must be cut, and work with the private sector is necessary to use spare capacity. The major idea concerning the renewal of public services is to re-establish the intermediate institutions between the individual and the state that the Tories either ignored or destroyed."

Tags:Third, Way, Britian, British, parliament, politics, ideology, parties, labour, social, justice, globalization

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This paper contends that Tony Blair lied to his citizens and sent Great Britain to war for personal reasons, not to better his country. It discusses how the true reason for Britain's part in the invasion of Iraq came from his personal hatred of Saddam Hussein and not from the threat of weapons of mass destruction.

From the Paper
"In 2002 Blair pre-determined that he was going to go to war in a secret meeting including his senior ministers and advisors. The meeting took place on Downing Street on July 23. This was approximately 8 months before Great Britain invaded Iraq and this was way before the public was told about the plans for invasion. To make it sound like it was actually a good idea. Blair and his cabinet came up with a plan to make the public believe that it was worth it to go to war so he would have their morale and support. "If the political context were right," said Blair, "people would support regime change." (Smith) A direct regime change was illegal, but it was a better excuse to go to war than Saddam Hussein. "

Tags:Saddam, Hussein, weapons, mass, destruction

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The assignment was to summarize an article from a journal such as ASCD's Educational Leadership. This paper examines an article by Tony Wagner that is from the latest issue of that journal. The author focuses on seven survival skills which graduates of today's high school need according to interviews with civic, university and business leaders. The paper looks at how the present curriculum focuses instead on test preparation to the detriment of students.

From the Paper
""Across the United States, I see schools that are succeeding at making adequate yearly progress but failing our students. Increasingly, there is only one curriculum: test prep" (Wagner, 2008). This is the observation of Tony Wagner, co-director of the Change Leadership Group at the Harvard Graduate School of Education writing one of a series of articles on "Expecting Excellence" the theme of the latest issue of ASCD's journal Educational Leadership. To identify what is right and wrong with today's high school curriculum Wagner interviewed business and civic leaders and observed classes "in...""

Tags:curriculum, rigor, skills

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This paper discusses a speech made in 2002 by Prime Minister Tony Blair. The paper suggests that in making this speech, Blair was setting out certain economic concepts and linking these to values held by the British public and it suggests that these values still hold true today. The paper discusses the details of Blair's suggestions and discusses how they were viewed by other members of the government.

From the Paper
" Still, the basic thrust of what Blair said in 2002 remains the focus for him and his party as they seek to avoid abandoning that segment of the populace that cannot afford healthcare even while seeking for improvements throughout the system. Similar programs show the same agenda for other social programs and concerns, always to maintain a sense of social justice for the poor and the middle class. Blair made this a commitment for his government after a long period of conservative rule, during which costs increased, some segments of the public were missed in terms of programs, and yet the people paid more for the se4rvices they did get. The conflict between the government providing services and not providing them has been playing out in the U.S. as well, and in that case the Republican majority has been seeking to curtail many such programs. The same reasons are given as well, in order to reduce costs and to improve service. The same uncertainties apply, for it is not clear at all that eliminating government involvement and shifting to a privatized system would benefit the public or the government."

Tags:parliament, objectives, NHS

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A discussion on the reasoning as to why the most pro-European Prime Minister since World War II such as Tony Blair has maintained such a close relationship with George W. Bush.

From the Paper
"Ideologies, policies, and national interests aside, it is important to examine a less political side of the relationship between Tony Blair and George W. Bush--their personal relationship. The two men are in fact very good friends. Blair was also good friend with Bush's predecessor who advised him to be Bush's "man in Europe". When Bush took office in 2000, Blair took it upon himself to give Bush advice concerning his initial meetings and dealings with various world leaders (as Blair had a three-year head-start in dealing with them himself). Blair also briefed Bush concerning the dangers of terrorism and problems in Afghanistan months before 9/11. This probably served to give Blair considerable credibility in Bush's mind following the tragedy. "

Tags:international, law, characterizations, human, rights

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This paper presents a detailed examination of the voting procedures for the Tony Awards. The writer explores the history and the current procedure and provides the winning entries from a recent award ceremony.

From the Paper
"For almost every genre in the entertainment field there is an award available. The rock industry has the MTV awards, the country field as the CMT awards, and the actors on film have their Emmy awards. The theater also has an award that its participants can be nominated for. The Tony Award is considered to be a prestigious honor for anyone involved in the world of theater. The Tony Awards are decided through a voting process that has a long history behind it."

Tags:theatre

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The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss and compare the play "Angels in America," by Tony Kushner. Specifically the paper discusses who are the angels, how do they affect the play and what do they symbolize? The different characters and their roles are detailed, as are the different events that shape their lives. The author also explores Kushner's use of magic and how it is threaded throughout the play.

From the Paper
"Later, in the second play, one of the characters equates angels to "powerful bureaucrats, they have no imagination, they can do anything but they can't invent, create, they're sort of fabulous and dull all at once" (Kushner). Thus, the angels can stand for anything and everything that is happening to America. Consistently, the characters say how hard it is to live in America. They are referring to how difficult it is to fit into society when you are different - a Mormon, gay, black, or sick. Angels in America are the ones who know how hard it is to live here, and do it day after day."

Tags:aids, hiv, human, death, angel, society, future, impressions, hope, courage, magic, moments, lesson, moral

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This paper discusses how although Tony Harrison?s poems have individual themes, relating to personal emotions and experiences, in particular to his upbringing and background, the overriding theme throughout nearly all of his poetry is conflict. It provides a brief biography of his life and a review of some of his poems such as "Lines to my Grandfathers" and "Kumquat for John Keats".

From the Paper
"This idea of conflict working in relation to unity is one which Harrison has considered carefully in many of his pieces, particularly in relation to the family in which he was brought up. Harrison is very much a contradiction to the stereotype (and indeed the reality) of his roots. He comes from Leeds and a very working class family. At a young age he won a scholarship to Leeds Grammar School where he specialised in classics, this was an entirely unprecedented event in his family. His father is quoted as saying, in the poem A Good Read, ?ah sometimes think you read too many books. ah nivver "ad much time for a good read". This is a clear contradiction between himself and his father, Harrison also sees himself as the one in the right, putting down his fathers words by starting the sentences with lower case letters."

Tags:kumquat, keats, lines, grandfather, leeds

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This paper examines how Tony Harrison extensively features his parents and their death throughout his poetry. It analyzes four of his poems: "Cremation", "Book Ends I & II", "A Good Read", and "Bringing Up". It looks at how he stems from a working class background, and though he moved up the social ladder, his parents remain of the lower class. It discusses how Harrison conveys this social gap superbly with his use of language, dialect, and anecdotal snapshots of his past. Likewise, it discusses how he shows respect for his father's legacy, despite the fact his parents were of working class status.

From the Paper
"For example, in "Cremation" he demonstrates respect for his parents in how he shows them both to be hard working. He describes his fathers, "one huge nightshift". It is almost as though in Harrison's eyes, his father worked all hours to enable them to survive. However, Harrison's presentation here can seem negative as it is almost as though his father's huge workload takes over his life and takes up the time when family bonding traditionally occurs. Similarly he also describes how his mother's hard work led to her demise, "the mangle brought it on". Using plosives, Harrison here shows the sheer physicality that his mother had to cope with."

Tags:class, education, social