Essays Tagged: "Graham"

"Police Brutality in the United States." Lots of details, deals primarily with New York City and the Abner Louima case and racial motivation

was deemed a form of police brutality (Thomas). In 1989, the Supreme Court determined following the Graham v. Connor case that police use of excessive force in an arrest is an unreasonable seizure of ... o this case occurred on the night of November 12, 1984 in Charlotte, North Carolina, after Dethorne Graham, who was a diabetic, asked his friend William Berry, to drive him to a convenience store to p ...

(10 pages) 516 2 4.4 Apr/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

The Movie "Signs" (the history of the film, actors, and backroung info)

ENGLISH VERSIONThe title of the movie is. The main characters are Mel Gibson as Graham Hess (father and a priest), Joaquin Pheonix as Merrill Hess (brother of Graham), Rory Culkin ... a priest), Joaquin Pheonix as Merrill Hess (brother of Graham), Rory Culkin as Morgan Hess (son of Graham) and Abigail Breslin as Bo Hess (daughter of Graham). The setting takes place on a sweet home ... e setting takes place on a sweet home and its corn field in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The wife of Graham and the mother of Morgan and Bo had passed away in a car crash, and for some strange reason, ...

(3 pages) 30 0 1.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Critizing the islamic faith.

across the east for its breaking news and ethical articles. The visual in this article is Franklin Graham holding his arm up, to me he looks like he's saying "see its written proof that Islam's are a ... whole Harley Davidson concept is "this is American as it can get." This article deals with Franklin Graham, Billy Grahams son who is a world renowned Christian, and the most predominant faith in Ameri ...

(5 pages) 46 0 3.5 Feb/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Pioneers of Dance: Martha Graham "Movement Never Lies"

From her start in Three Gnossiennes, to her last dance, Maple leaf Rag, Martha Graham's technique was present throughout. Although she had to stop because of health relate issues, ... tions to unleash to emotion inside but to create her own persona in this vast world of dance.Martha Graham was born in 1894 in a small city outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She was born to a physi ... tion of Xochilt. Then, abruptly, she left Denishawn to dance solo at The Greenwich Follies.In 1925, Graham became the dance instructor at the Eastman School of Music and Theater in Rochester, N.Y. "I ...

(3 pages) 72 0 3.6 Mar/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Performing Arts

"Martha Graham"

Martha Graham, a name widely known among fellow dance connoisseurs, has been compared to some of the most t ... ome a part of the common vocabulary of dancers everywhere, I agree with the others in naming Martha Graham: The Twentieth Century's Most Important Dancer, the Mother of Modern Dance.Graham is not cred ... of sixteen, she would had never found her calling in the field of dance. In 1911, at age seventeen, Graham witnessed a life-changing performance at the Mason House Opera in Los Angles by ballet dancer ...

(7 pages) 115 0 5.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Performing Arts

Martha Graham

Martha Graham: A Dancer's Lifeby Russell FreedmanMartha Graham(1894-1991) was a dancer, choreographer, and ... and during that time she changed the landscape of dance forever. In 1998 TIME Magazine named Martha Graham as the Dancer of the Century, and People Magazine named her among the female "Icons" of the C ... its scope and magnitude. Many of the great modern and ballet choreographers have studied the Martha Graham Technique or have been members of her company.We can say that Martha Graham is The Twentieth ...

(4 pages) 66 0 5.0 May/2005

Subjects: Art Essays

Each tale gives us privileged access to the innermost thoughts of an individual, who, although we only hear his/her side of the story, frequently reveals more about him/herself than intended.

r the Settee". The first monologue that will be discussed is "A Chip in the Sugar". The narrator is Graham Whittaker who is a middle aged man. He is from Northern Britain and still lives at home with ... iddle aged man. He is from Northern Britain and still lives at home with his mother, Mrs Whittaker. Graham tells the story through reported conversations. The use of pronouns demonstrates that reporte ...

(8 pages) 12 0 3.0 Jan/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Communication in Health Care

nt because you are more likely to be percieved as attentitive and sympathatic.One particular client Graham has a routine for every aspect of his life from getting up to going to bed, from the informat ... ect of his life from getting up to going to bed, from the information in his care plan I found that Graham needs routine to participate with his daily activities of living as specified in the Roper, L ...

(7 pages) 262 0 0.0 Oct/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Sex, Lies and Videotape (Steven Soderbergh, 1989)

d to John, a lawyer who cheats on her. His mistress is no other than Cynthia's sister Ann. Finally, Graham is an old friend of John’s, who comes to spend a few days at the couple’s house. An ... exaggerated by both; in order not to be the most different from one another;- John is unfaithful;- Graham is impotent.Thus the director places the characters in parallel, facing each other; and the p ...

(5 pages) 11 0 4.3 Dec/2007

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

The Effects of Bullying

hown that some of these shootings have been linked to people with a history of peer abuse (Juvonen, Graham, 2001). Bullying falls into the category of peer abuse. Bullying has effects on the psycholog ... usually suffer from depression, and the bully-victim can display the worst of both worlds (Juvonen, Graham, Schuster, 2003). With these facts at hand, I will not discuss the psychological effects on t ...

(5 pages) 106 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology