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Robert Altman (film director)

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'''Robert Altman''' (1925 - 2006) was an American [[film]] director, producer and screenwriter known for his iconoclastic style, as well as his naturalistic perspective. In 2006, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognized his body of work with an [[Academy Award| Academy Honorary Award]].

After struggling in television for many years, he finally was offered the script for ''M*A*S*H*'', which would change his luck forever. Altman directed the film, and it was a huge success, both with critics and at the box office. It was Altman's highest grossing film.

He followed it with other critical breakthroughs such as ''McCabe & Mrs. Miller'' (1971), ''The Long Goodbye'' (1974), and ''Nashville'' (1975), which made the distinctive, experimental "Altman style" well known for using overlapping dialogue.

As a director, Altman favored stories showing the interrelationships between several characters; he stated that he was more interested in character motivation than in intricate plots. As such, he tended to sketch out only a basic plot for the film, referring to the screenplay as a "blueprint" for action, and allowed his actors to improvise dialogue. This is one of the reasons Altman was known as an "actor's director," a reputation that helped him work with large casts of well-known actors, as seen in films like ''The Player'' (1992), ''Short Cuts'' (1993) and ''Gosford Park'' (2001).

== See ==
[http://www.robertaltman.com Official Site]

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Bible Homework One

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Sedition Act of 1918

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The '''Sedition Act''' of 1918 was an amendment to the [[Espionage Act]] of 1917 passed by Congress at the urging of President [[Woodrow Wilson]], who was concerned that any antiwar speech and organizing to oppose the draft and the war effort constituted a real threat to an American victory.

The Sedition Act forbade Americans to use "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language" about the United States government, flag, or armed forces during war. The act also allowed the [[Postmaster General]] to deny mail delivery to dissenters of government policy during wartime.

The Espionage Act made it a crime to help wartime enemies of the United States, but the Sedition Act made it a crime to utter, print, write or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the United States' form of government.
==Prosecutions==
Socialist [[Eugene V. Debs]] was sentenced to 10 years in prison under this law for trying to impede the draft. Disloyal activists including members of the [[Industrial Workers of the World]] union were also imprisoned during World War I for their anti-war dissent under the provisions of the Sedition Act. Anti-war protesters were arrested by the hundreds as speaking out against the draft and the war was illegal under this law.

The Sedition Act was upheld as Constitutional by the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] in ''[[Schenck v. United States]]''.

The Sedition Act was repealed in 1920 when the war was over.
==Upheld by Supreme Court==
The Supreme Court unanimously held the law did not violate the First Amendment. It held that words which ordinarily would be within the freedom of speech protected by the First Amendment may become subject to prohibition when of such a nature and used in such circumstances a to create '''a clear and present danger''' that they will bring about the substantive evils which Congress has a right to prevent.<ref>Schenck v. United States (1919) 249 U.S. 47;[http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0249_0047_ZS.html online text]</ref>

==Key provisions==
:''Whoever, when the United States is at war, shall willfully make or convey false reports or false statements with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the military or naval forces of the United States, or to promote the success of its enemies, or shall willfully make or convey false reports or false statements, or say or do anything except by way of bona fide and not disloyal advice to an investor or investors, with intent to obstruct the sale by the United States of bonds or other securities of the United States or the making of loans by or to the United States, and whoever when the United States is at war, shall willfully cause or attempt to cause, or incite or attempt to incite, insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of duty, in the military or naval forces of the United States, or shall willfully obstruct or attempt to obstruct the recruiting or enlistment services of the United States, and whoever, when the United States is at war, shall willfully utter, print, write or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of government of the United States or the Constitution of the United States, or the military or naval forces of the United States, or the flag of the United States, or the uniform of the Army or Navy of the United States into contempt, scorn, contumely, or disrepute, or shall willfully utter, print, write, or publish any language intended to incite, provoke, or encourage resistance to the United States, or to promote the cause of its enemies, or shall willfully display the flag of any foreign enemy, or shall willfully by utterance, writing, printing, publication, or language spoken, urge, incite, or advocate any curtailment of production in this country of any thing or things, product or products, necessary or essential to the prosecution of the war in which the United States may be engaged, with intent by such curtailment to cripple or hinder the United States in the prosecution of war, and whoever shall willfully advocate, teach, defend, or suggest the doing of any of the acts or things in this section enumerated, and whoever shall by word or act support or favor the cause of any country with which the United States is at war or by word or act oppose the cause of the United States therein, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or the imprisonment for not more than twenty years, or both...."
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*[[Sedition Act]]
*[[Sedition Act of 1798]]
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Rolling bench

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The '''rolling bench''' was an instrument of [[torture]] used primarily by the [[Spanish Inquisition]]. It consisted of a large table, depressed several inches in the middle, with metal knobs set in it. A large roller with metal knobs on it was on one end. Victims would be stripped and placed on the table, and the heavy metal roller rolled on top of them, grinding the flesh.

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French and Indian Wars

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The '''French and Indian Wars''' refer to a series of four wars fought between [[Britain]] and [[France]] between 1689–1763 over the [[North America]]n colonies. The French were few in number so they formed alliances with Indian tribes, and led raids to burn American villages, kill the men, and kidnap the women and children.

These wars were [[King William's War]], [[Queen Anne's War]], [[King George's War]] (part of the [[War of Austrian Succession]]), and the [[French and Indian War]] (part of the [[Seven Years' War]]).

==References==
http://www.bartleby.com/65/fr/FrenchNI.html

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Buffalo Bills

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The '''Buffalo Bills''' are a [[National Football League]] [[franchise]] playing in [[Buffalo, New York]]. They are part of the [[American Football Conference]] and play in the East division. The team is named for [[William Frederick Cody]], more famously known as [[Buffalo Bill]]. The Bills play at Ralph Wilson Stadium.

==Team==
{{:Buffalo Bills/Roster}}

==Super Bowl History==
The Bills most recent string of success occurred from 1991-1994 when they reached the [[Super Bowl]] for four straight years, only to lose each time. The team came closest to winning the 1991 Super Bowl, in which the team trailed the [[New York Giants]] by one point with seconds remaining in the Super Bowl, when Scott Norwood missed a 47-yard field goal.

==See also==
*[[Miami Dolphins]]
*[[New England Patriots]]
*[[New York Jets]]
*[[American Football Conference]]
== Exterior Links ==

*[http://www.buffalobills.com/ Official Team Website]

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Arab

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In modern [[term]]s, an '''Arab''' is anyone who (1) is of ethnic Arab descent and (2) has facility in the [[Arabic language]]. Historically, the term was narrower, referring to only those from [[Arabia]]. Westerners tend to regard all Arabs as [[Muslims]], but this is incorrect, as some Arabs are [[Christian]] or of other faiths: actor [[Danny Thomas]] was a Christian Arab. Virtually all of the Jewish Arabs were expelled from the various Arab countries in 1948 despite having lived there since the time of King Solomon.

The Modern [[Arabic language]] is a member of the Arabian Semitic stock (which includes Hebrew) of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages, and with the Berberic languages, display remarkable structural similarities.

==Arab American==

Arab-Americans are Americans of Arab ancestry. Over 4 million Americans trace their ancestry to Arab countries, and the vast majority are citizens of the United States. Over 75% are Christians, many having escaped religious persecution in their homelands. Today, one-third of Arab-Americans live in California, New York, or Michigan. They are better-educated than the average American. The average Arab-American entrepreneur may have a higher personal and household income than a non-Arab-American counterpart in most regions of the United States. The overall U.S. population grew by 13% in the 1990s, while the Arab-American increased by 38%. A majority of Arab-Americans, around 62%, originate from Lebanon, Syria, Palestine and Jordan.

== See also ==

*[[people]]
*[[Islam]]
*[[Arab American]]
*[[Ramadan]]
*[[Qur'an]]
*[[encyclopedia dramatica]]

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[[Category:Middle East]]