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Ho Chi Minh Republic Of Vietnam
977 words
Do you know why the Viet Nam war started, or when
it really began? Well, it may surprise you to know
that the war actually began shortly after the end
of World War II. When WWII ended many countries
had taken control of smaller countries in Asia.
Vietnam was controlled by the French, but after
WWII Vietnam wanted its independence. France did
not want to give up its colonies because they
needed the extra income to help rebuild its
country after WWII. A man named Ho Chi Minh, who
declared their in...
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Labour Camps Gas Chambers
912 words
Located thirty-seven miles west of Krakow,
Auschwitz was the camp where Jewish people were
killed and worked. This camp, out of all the rest
tortured the most people. At the camp there was a
place called the "Black Wall, " this was where the
people were executed. In March of 1941, there was
another camp that started to be built. This second
camp was called Auschwitz II, or Birkinau. It was
located 1. 9 miles away from Auschwitz I. People
that were chosen to come to these camps were
expelled from...
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Front Line Black Soldiers
1,543 words
... The endless existence of front-line soldiers
in foxholes isolated them from partners and
friends. Constant exposure to weather effected the
health of these units. The inadequacies of the
Army supplied equipment and the lack of empathy on
the part of leadership only intensified these
conditions. Soldiers faced constant vigilance
having a toll on their mental states. Ambrose
quotes Grays fitting statement in the tyranny of
the present. Soldiers passed the time by creating
games or stretched si...
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Elie And His Father Concentration Camp
820 words
Qualities that are strong are useful in times of
need. Night, an autobiography by Elie Wiesel, rips
a family apart, and turns the young son against
his faith. Taking place during the Holocaust in a
Nazi concentration camp, Elie, is separated from
is mother and sisters, and witnesses many
horrifying sites that are not even dream able.
Elie's strong character traits help him survive
his traumatic boyhood. The qualities that make him
survive the concentration camp are bravery,
persistence, and trus...
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Wyatt Earp Doc Holliday
824 words
Tombstone is a movie set back in the 1800 's
whenever people were allowed to carry guns and
murders in the towns were a usual thing. This
particular movie includes several legends of the
"Old West", such as Doc Holliday, Wyatt Earp,
Texas Jack, Johnny Ringo, and several others. Doc
Holliday was the calm sarcastic type, who was
addicted to alcohol and cigarettes. Because of
Doc's addiction, he was diagnosed with
tuberculosis which often made him sick. Doc's wife
was a party-type girl, with no car...
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B And C Opposite Side
920 words
Trigonometry is based on the study of right-angled
triangles. This is a form of geometry that
developed out of the study of the stars. It is
also concerned with the relationships that exist
between the sides and angles of triangles, and
their measurement. Trigonometry comes in two
forms, spherical and plane. Spherical is the study
of curved triangles lying on the surface of a
hypothetical sphere, which is mainly used by
astronomers and navigators. Plane is the study of
more variety and is mainly...
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Untill They Built Fall Of 1877 Laura's
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Most people don't know who Laura Ingalls Wilder
is! But if you have heard of the books Little
House On the Prarie then you know exactly who I'm
talking about. Little House on the Prarie is a
series of books about Laura Ingalls Wilders life
growing up in the Big Woods. Laura grew up in a
big family but it was only her Mother, Father and
sister Mary in the family house. They lived by
some of their Family considering Laura's aunt and
use along with their children. Laura started
travel west with her...
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Gas Chambers Death Marches
1,125 words
Auschwitz was a series of 3 camps. The first camp
was known as Auschwitz 1. It was the main camp and
the first to be made in 1940. It was continuously
expanded by forced labor. It was mainly a
concentration camp. But it also had a gas chamber
and crematorium. Auschwitz 2 was known as
Biirkenau, also. Its construction started in
October 1941. It had the largest Prisoner
Population. It was divided by electrical fences
into 9 different sections. It is guarded by SS
guards and dogs. There were secti...
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Importance Of Being Earnest Lady Bracknell
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London, and a country house in Hertfordshire,
England; the 1890 s Jack Worthing, gentleman of
the Manor House; also known as "Ernest" Cecily
Cardew, Worthing's pretty young ward Algernon
Moncrieff, Worthing's friend Lady Augusta
Bracknell, Algernon's aunt Gwendolen Fairfax, Lady
Bracknell's daughter The Reverend Canon Chasuble,
Rector of Woolton While Algernon Moncrieff and his
manservant prepared for a visit from-n his aunt,
the formidable Lady Bracknell, their conversation
turned to the questi...
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Recruitment And Selection Lot Of Money
1,365 words
Selection and recruitment its very important task
of organisations, and include all the
considerations and activities involved in sequence
of attracting, selecting, starting new employees
and retaining the best. The process of selection
is perhaps the most important of activities in
managing human resources. First of all we should
give a definition of recruitment and selection
Dowling and Shuler said that recruitment is
Searching for and obtaining potential job
candidates in sufficient numbers a...
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Presidential Nomination Abraham Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809. He
was born in a log cabin near Hodgenville,
Kentucky. His parents names were Thomas Lincoln
and Nancy Hanks Lincoln. He was named after his
paternal grandfather. His father was a carpenter
and farmer. Both of Abe's parents were members of
a Baptist congregation, which had separated from
another church due to opposition to slavery. When
Abe was 7, his family moved to southern Indiana.
Abe had gone to school very little in Kentucky and
went again in ...
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Hip Hop Culture Make A Profit
1,881 words
When you hear the phrase "Hip-Hop", music,
dancing, rapping often come to mind. Well, it's
all of that and more... Hip-Hop is a culture.
According to Webster's dictionary, culture is
defined as "the concepts, habits, skills, arts,
instruments, institutions, etc. of a given people
in a given period; civilization. " One artist
defined Hip-Hop as "a set of expressions in
vocalization, instrumentation, dancing and the
visual arts. " More specifically, hip hop is a
combination of graffiti, break danc...
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Performance Enhancing Drugs Drugs In Sport
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Drugs in Sport Stuart Fox 4 T I am certainly a
great sporting enthusiast. I love nothing more
than to watch a great sporting encounter, no
matter which sport. Unfortunately, it is becoming
increasingly common for sportsmen and women to use
substances to aid their performance. That is not
to say all competitors use illegal substances,
however when competitors start to use illegal
substances, they ridicule the whole ethos of sport
and competition. I cannot see the point of people
competing when th...
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Men And Women Common Sense
1,028 words
... ake. But just think of what you would do if
you were in their position; if you had the immense
responsibilities and such things to acquire their
attention. When thinking of wars, we do not bother
to consider all the effort that goes into fighting
to defend our country and keep our freedoms. The
aspect we consider most would probably be the
front line. The work the soldiers themselves put
into the war effort. Being on the firing line,
with bullets, grenades, bombs, and the output of
almost an...
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Ethan Frome Chapter Summary
2,164 words
PROLOGUE One thing that sets Ethan Frome apart
from other novels is the way the story is told.
Edith Wharton doesn't just start at the beginning
and tell you what happens. Rather, she uses a
narrator who knows no more about Ethan Frome than
you do. The narrator, who remains nameless, is a
young engineer. He tells you how he uncovered
Ethan's story bit by bit. He recounts what people
said to him and what he observed during the months
he spent in Ethan's hometown one winter long ago.
This opening ...
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Motor Vehicles Negative Effects
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... of pneumatic tires for trucks. 23 The
automobile became a sign of status for young men
and ladies in the 1920 s. The impact of the
automobile on courtship and mating is an area that
is frequently studied. The automobile produced a
notion that men were almost expected to pick up a
girl for a dance in a motor vehicle. The
automobile was looked at a social essential for
teenagers. 24 The automobile became a necessity
for courtship in the mid 1920 s. Automobiles
helped to replace the traditional...
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Scottsboro Trials And To Kill A Mockingbird
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The Scottsboro Trial and the trial of Tom Robinson
are almost identical in the forms of bias shown
and the accusers that were persecuted. The bias is
obvious and is shown throughout both cases, which
took place in the same time period. Common
parallels are seen through the time period that
both trials have taken place in and those who were
persecuted and why they were persecuted in the
first place. The thought of "All blacks were
liars, and all blacks are wrongdoers, " was a
major part of all of...
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John Rocker Sports Illustrated
785 words
Racism and Rocker The controversy started when
John Rocker, the relief pitcher for the Atlanta
Braves baseball team, told a reporter from Sports
Illustrated magazine just how he felt about New
York Mets fans. When asked if he would ever play
for the New York Mets, Rocker told the reporter
that he would retire first. He also added, Imagine
having to take the number 7 train to the ballpark,
looking like you re riding through Beirut next to
some kid with purple hair next to some queer with
AIDS rig...
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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre Alvin Ailey American Dance Dancers
675 words
In watching a professional ballet one doesn? t
realize how much work is put into making the
production come to life. Both the dancers and the
choreographers put every ounce of energy and
emotion into telling their story. It takes years
for a ballerina to train for the labor that goes
into becoming professional, however just weeks to
learn a full-length ballet. Dancers can sometimes
be put through months of sore muscles in order to
train. Often ballet dancers are told to loose
weight in order to ...
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Physical Manifestations James Habits
760 words
An admitted? Moral Psychologist? , James? s
philosophies coincide with today? s fields of
Humanistic Psychology, Behavioral Psychology, and
Transpersonal Psychology. He, like Jung, dared to
look outside the? normal? experiences of the mind
and expand the concepts of consciousness. More
particularly, William James attempted to describe
the processes of the conscious rather than the
definition of the conscious. He was the first to
introduce our nation to psychology as a standard
educational course...
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