Louis Armstrong at Berlin 1965 Shteinberg Andrei MUS A124 12/03/2015 Louis Armstrong’s legendary concert in Berlin. Armstrong’s career was in full bloom and from 1955 on‚ Armstrong traveled the world‚ performing with his All Stars in support of U.S. interests abroad. He did not comment on the political situation‚ saying that he is interested in his audience and not in the Wall. Armstrong and his All Stars began their first tours to Eastern Europe behind the ’’Iron Curtain‚’’ where
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Louis Riel is arguably Canada’s most ambiguous hero. Riel was the representative leader of the Francophone martyr to English imperialism. The controversy between whether or not Louis Riel was a traitor or saviour was escalated on November 16th 1885 when Riel was hung. This controversy has lasted for over 125 years and brought about much debate as to how Louis Riel should be exalted. Through radical political efforts and motivation to fight for the people of the North West‚ Louis Riel represents a
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October 2011 Louis XIV and Absolutism Over the past hundreds of years‚ many monarchs have used absolutism to rule over their nations. Louis XIV used absolutism to keep his subjects loyal to him. There were many different aspects in Louis’s absolutism including fear and power. Louis created different materialistic objects and created jobs and laws to keep many of his subjects loyal. He also had many different characteristics that would make different types of people loyal to him. Louis could make his
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“One King‚ One Law‚ One Faith” King Louis XIV began his reign of France the day after Cardinal Mazarin’s death and expressed his determination to be a real king and the sole ruler of France. He reigned in France from 1643 to 1715 and held the desire to enhance the glory of his dynasty. Louis XIV consciously fostered the myth of himself as the Sun King‚ the source of light for all of his people. He was a staunch believer in the theory of divine-right monarchy‚ which was a based on the belief
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Louis Vuitton’s History and Growth: a) The Designer Louis Vuitton’s History: The designer Louis Vuitton was born with the name Louis Vuitton Malletier‚ and he was born in France in a country called Jura in 1821. He started working in France as a young adult‚ and he became a fashion designer by accident. He was from a working class family‚ as his father Xavier Vuitton was a farmer‚ and his mother was a milliner. Louis Vuitton used to walk 250 miles from his hometown to Paris‚ as he carried different
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Louis Sachar‚ an American writer‚ once wrote‚ “A lot of people don’t believe in curses. A lot of people don’t believe in yellow-spotted lizards either‚ but if one bites you it doesn’t make a difference whether you believe or not” (Sachar 41). The book I read was Holes by Louis Sachar. This book is about a boy‚ named Stanley Yelnats‚ who is ‘cursed’ with bad luck. The ‘curse’ started with Stanley’s no-good pig stealing great great grandfather. During the early parts of the story‚ Stanley is arrested
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Joe Louis "The Brown Bomber" Joe Louis was born and raised in Detroit Michigan. Although throughout his life he lived in many places including Las Vegas and Chicago‚ he still always considered Detroit home. Officially Joe Louis Barrow‚ Joe was born in the foothills of Alabama to his mother Lillie and father Muroe Barrow on May 13‚ 1914. Munroe was a sharecropper‚ but was committed to an asylum when Joe was only two‚ and died when he was four. Following this his mother got a job doing washing to
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The novel holes by Louis Sachar showcases many major teen issues‚ in particular crime‚ affecting today’s youth. Teen crime is when an individual under the age of the majority acts against the law. Teen crime features very clearly in the novel and Sachar displays the consequences‚ effects and examples of the issue throughout the novel. This issue will be explored through an analysis of the setting‚ plot and characters in the text‚ holes. My first support to this claim will be setting. Sachar has
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Louis Riel: Historical Hero Louis Riel is a well-known figure in Canadian history. Through his acts as a leader‚ despite his political mistakes‚ I believe he should be remembered as a Canadian hero. Riel‚ being well-educated and bilingual‚ would eventually emerge as a strong advocate for Metis rights in Red River. Riel practiced as a lawyer in Montreal‚ but returned to his home of Red River in the face of Rupert’s Land being purchased by Canada from the Hudson’s Bay Company (Histori). His home
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Book Review – Holes by Louis Sachar Stanley Yelnats is sent to Camp Green Lake because of a crime he actually did not commit. At the camp‚ bad boys are forced to dig a big hole every day to build character. Stanley makes friends with a quiet guy and together they disclose the secret of Camp Green Lake. But this is not the only story oft he book‚ you also learn about the history of Green Lake. Camp Green Lake is a dry flat wasteland in Texas‚ there are not many trees or stones and most of
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