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United States 1901 After the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers (AAISTW, or the Amalgamated Association) strike was defeated in the aftermath of the Battle of Homestead (the gun battle between members of the Amalgamat...
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The Big Money - John Dos Passos - 1936 Introduction John Dos Passos's The Big Money (1936) argues that the pursuit of the American dream ends in corruption. No matter what good intentions the characters possess, the desire for big mo...
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Well, it's about time that people started crying, "Enough!" to all those 'blah-blah-blahs' on the now-on-going war in Iraq. Indeed, these 'war talks' are ubiquitous among our society nowadays, being the hottest issue in every - po...
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ṢUḤBAH (lit., "companionship"). In mystical parlance, ṣuḥbah can refer to (1) a mystic's return from seclusion (ʿuzlah) to human society; (2) the company of the spiritual mentor, whic...
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ŚUBHᾹKARASṂHA (637–735), Indian monk and missionary, was the founder of the Zhenyan school in China. Śubhākarasṃha (Chin., Shanwuwei) arrived in the Chinese capital, Chang'an, in 716....
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[The following excerpt was first published as "Back to the Cactus" in SF Commentary, November, 1970.] I have always enjoyed Dick's work on the superficial level of entertainment and yet have been aware of dissatisfaction on deeper levels. A...
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Do walls have ears? Not right now, but it will not be long before walls not only have ears, but will also be able to see what we are doing and even tell us things that are relevant to our activities. Traditionally, when people said that wa...
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SOURCE: Fisher, Ben. “Jarry and Florian: Ubu's Debt to Harlequin.” Nottingham French Studies 27, no. 2 (November 1988): 32-9. In the following essay, Fisher explores the significance of the eighteenth-century writer, Florian, whose harl...
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Yoshiko Uchida almost single-handedly created a body of Japanese-American literature for children, where none existed before. As the first Nissei writer to devote an entire career to writing for young people about her own rich cultural her...
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UCHIMURA KANZŌ (1861–1930), Japanese essayist, scholar of the Bible, and Christian leader. Uchimura's unique place in modern Japanese thought results from his insistence on human independence before the biblical Christ...
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SOURCE: Araki, James T. “A Critical Approach to the Ugetsu monogatari.” Monumenta Nipponica 22, nos. 1-2 (1967): 49-64. In the following essay, Araki offers an overview of criticism of Akinari's tales and an analysis of the structural t...
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If a person goes outside on a clear, moonless night in the countryside, far from city lights, he or she will be treated to a breathtaking sight. Above stretches a velvet black canopy studded with thousands of pin- points of light, some brig...
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Uesugi Kenshin 上杉 謙信 ( 18 February 1530 — 19 April 1578 ) was a samurai warlord who ruled Echigo province in the Sengoku Period of Japan . Sourced Engage in combat fully determined to die and you will be alive; wish to survive in...
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The Republic of Uganda is bordered by Sudan to the north, Kenya to the east, Lake Victoria, Tanzania, and Rwanda to the south, and Congo (formerly Zaire) to the west. The name Uganda is the Swahili term for Buganda, the homeland of the na...
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SOURCE : "Ugetsu: A Meditation on Mizoguchi," in Favorite Movies: Critics' Choice, edited by Philip Nobile, Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1973, pp. 61-9. In the following essay, explains why Mizoguchi's Ugetsu is one of his favorite films...
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Uglies is the first book in The Uglies Series, written by Scott Westerfeld about a young girl named Tally Youngblood. It is set in a futuristic world where, after every children's 16th birthday, they they are turned supermodel gorgeous by a...
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Ugliness Aesthetics has often been described as the philosophical study of beauty and "ugliness." It is important at the outset to see what is involved in this familiar definition, for it embodies a view of ugliness and of it...
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After years and years of experience in foreign diplomacy one would think that the United States would try to increase awareness about foreign cultures. But instead this country remains ignorant to culture and customs; this takes its toll o...
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Ugly Betty (2006– ) is a television show based on the Colombian telenovela, Yo Soy Betty La Fea , and follows the life of Betty Suarez, a young, Latino woman who has been hired as an executive assistant at Mode fashion magazine. Contents...
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The Ugly Little Boy is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. The story first appeared in the September 1958 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction under the title Lastborn, and was reprinted under its current title in the 1959 collection ...
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SOURCE: Cunningham, Valentine. “The Weight of War.” Times Literary Supplement, no. 3810 (14 March 1975): 269. In the following excerpt, Cunningham accuses Wolff of treating the horrors of war lightly in Ugly Rumours. Ugly Rumours is les...
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The Italian playwright Ugo Betti (1892-1953) was one of the major figures of Italian theater in the 20th century. In his plays the question of guilt, justice, and redemption is of central concern. Ugo Betti was born on Feb. 4, 1892, in Cam...
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1877-1963 Italian psychiatrist and neurologist who developed the method of electroconvulsive shock (electroshock) therapy (ECT) to treat certain mental pathologies. While chair of the Department of Mental and Neurological Diseases at the U...
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The Italian author Ugo Foscolo (1778-1827) was a poet, critic, and dramatist as well as a patriot. His romantic temperament and flamboyant life characterize his role as a key transitional figure in Italian literary history. Born Niccol&ogr...
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Feast of Francis of Assisi, Friar, Deacon, Founder of the Friars Minor, 1226 Be not afraid that thou art tempted, for the more thou art assailed by temptations, the greater friend and servant of God do I hold thee, and the greater love do ...
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UHF is a 1989 film about a hapless dreamer who suddenly becomes in charge of a rinky-dink UHF television station and turns it into the most popular channel in town. Directed by Jay Levey. Written by Weird Al Yankovic and Jay Levey. Starrin...
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The mathematical research conducted by Karen Uhlenbeck (born 1942) has applications in theoretical physics and has contributed to the study of instantons. For her work in geometry and partial differential equations, she was awarded a MacAr...
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ŬISANG (625–702), also known as the National Master Taesŏng Wŏn'gyo; founder of the Hwaŏm (Chin., Huayan) school of Korean Buddhism. Ŭisang, one of the most important scholiasts of the Unifi...
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Bodo Uhse's career as a writer was marked by the rise of National Socialism in Germany; by exile in France, Spain, the United States, and Mexico; and by the division of postwar Germany into two political and cultural entities. While Uhse w...
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UKKO. Finnish incantations dating from the Middle Ages call upon Ukko, the supreme god or the god in heaven. Typical is the following such invocation: "O Ukko, god supreme, old man in heaven, god of the skies." His name, whic...
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Ukraine is officially named Ukrayina, which means "borderland." After Russia, it is the second-largest country in Europe in area. It is comparable, both in population (about 52 million) and size (233,089 square miles) to Fra...
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(2000 est. pop. 774,000). Ulaanbaatar (also Ulan Bator, Urga, Niislel Huree), situated at an altitude of 1,350 meters in central Mongolia, is the capital of the Mongolian People's Republic and is the country's largest city. ...
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