The Transcontinental Railroad
Before the mid-1800s, traveling from the East to the West coast was rough, dangerous, and long. The only transportation was with horses and coaches. At that time, it was the beginning of the attraction for the West coast, the promised land, with gold and a lot of free lands. Little by little, people started having ideas about building faster, safer, and more comfortable transportation. The first serious proposal to build a transcontinental railroad was made in 1845, by Asa Whitney.…...
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All about Singapore
Abstract 1. Introduction Singapore is a small city-state located in South East Asia (Figure XX). The country name “Singapore” was combined by two Malay words “Singa” (lion) and “Pura” (city) which means “Lion City” even though studies have shown that lions have never inhabited Singapore (Hawksford, 2019). Thanks to its strategic location at the southern tip of the Malay peninsula, Singapore became a British trading post along the spice route by Lieutenant General Sir Stamford Raffles in 1819. Subsequently, Singapore…...
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Discovering Ourselves: the Experience of a Tourist
Tourism is currently one of the most important economic and cultural activities that a country or a region can count on. It can present many variants since there are different types of tourism: cultural, adventure, entertainment, and wellness tourism. I believe visiting new places could change our way of seeing things and make us appreciate differences. There is no better way to know the richness of a place and learn from it than to experience it through the experiences of…...
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The 1974 Neo-Noir Classic Chinatown
Maybe you can’t separate the art from the artist. But don’t throw the art away. By Morey Ronan This semester, my scriptwriting class watched the 1974 neo-noir classic “Chinatown.” I was mesmerized by Jack Nicholson’s powerful performance as the vulnerable, sharp-witted Detective Gittes, the vast and sunny plain of Los Angeles, and the dramatic tale of California’s water wars. But behind the screen lingered a dark truth: the film’s director, Roman Polanski, was convicted of raping a 13-year-old girl in…...
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Chinatown in Los Angeles
1. A) Canada, known for its sense of community and peacefulness, holds more daggers than it may seem. For years, there has been an ongoing conflict between French and English Canadians. This tension is especially prevalent in Quebec, the capital providence. As time went by, English Canadians became the increasing majority ever since Britain conquered it from France in 1760. Instead of slowly disappearing and melding in with the English, French Canadians remained headstrong with no attempts to assimilate. While…...
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Trying To Find Chinatown Essay
It is Chinese New Year. The hustle and bustle of trade, the haggling of prices fills the air as people jostle through the crowd to buy that kilogram of barbecued pork, or that bunch of golden rat-shaped decorations to welcome the year of the Rat. However, many people simply run through the epicentre of joyful noise and energy that can only be Chinatown without stopping to wonder at the past it possesses and the reason for its existence in a…...
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