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Twentieth Century Southern Italy
728 wordsOnly thirty years after the Piedmontese army marched into Rome to unite Italy under one government, the country suddenly found itself on the brink of the twentieth century and a rapidly changing world. The twentieth century would mark the beginning of great changes throughout Europe, and Italy would not be left untouched. What set the stage for these changes, though, were the years just prior to, and directly after 1900. The decade before 1900 can be thought of in terms of its government leaders...
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Russo Japanese War Tsar Nicholas
932 wordsThe Romanov family, a great and prestigious lineage, ruled over Russia from 1613 to 1917. Although it had, in the past, overcome all types of dilemmas, the Romanov family was to fall, at last, in 1917 with the resignation of Tsar Nicholas the Second. After the Russo-Japanese war of 1905, the Russian army was severely weakened and, as a result, the Russian government was forced to endure the restraints of a cautious foreign policy. As it was necessary for the Russian army to rebuild itself before...
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Vietnam War Air Strikes
1,235 wordsMost people in our society think of the Vietnam War as a tragedy, or a negative time in our history that was later viewed as a misstep. These comments are true and most-certainly conventional. However, does the average person realize how large of an impact it had on the men who fought? When questioned on the Vietnam War, it can be rightly assumed that many Americans would know that it lasted over a decade. Maybe even a few would know that over 14, 000 U. S. troops were killed in 1968, alone, (Ap...
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Is Star Wars A Modern Day Fairytale
1,143 wordsIs Star Wars a Modern Day Fairy Tale? The Star Wars trilogy has been labeled as a groundbreaking science fiction, space opera, and swashbuckling adventure. But it is hardly ever recognized for what it truly is, a fairy tale. At first thought, it is difficult to acknowledge Star Wars as a fairy tale because of its label as a Science Fiction movie. One reason for this is the great special effects and technology that are exhibited throughout the movie, but the expanded Star Wars story seems to teac...
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Second And Third Rev Ed
1,314 words... field is square, with 90 ft (27. 4 m) on each side. The corner farthest from the outfield fence is home plate, and the other bases -- first, second, and third -- run counterclockwise. The pitcher's mound, an 18 -ft (5. 5 -m) circle inclining upward toward a small rectangular rubber slab in the center, lies inside the square 60 ft 6 in. (18 m) from home plate. The outfield ends at an outer fence, the distance of which from home plate varies with the shape of the field. It is usually about 76 ...
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Cuban Missile Crisis President John F Kennedy
1,589 wordsThe political world is much like a stew, methinks. It is a conglomeration of what has been, what is, and what is to become. Since the dawning of the atomic age with the World War II invention of atomic / nuclear war capability, however, this stew has taken on a whole new taste, a piquancy that perhaps none of us were -- or ever will be -- truly prepared for in all of its possible mishmash. No longer were the world wars to be merely strategies, complete with trenches, tanks, and troops. Since the...
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Cuban Missile Crisis U S S R
1,608 words... te goal being that of continuation as a nation and lastly a species. Tossed in with these more innate, Darwinistic survival-based national interests were the more political ones on the parts of Kennedy and his team of advisors who realized concretely the need for rational political decision making that took into account the public good and wherein a consensus of the American and European communities would agree. In this regard, Kennedy critically and carefully analyzed not just the immediate...
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Russian Revolution Society 1861 1917
1,106 wordsBetween 1861 and 1917, Russian society had undergone many changes. It is safe to say that every aspect of that society had been some how modified. These changes led up to the Bolshevik revolution in November of 1917. Given the nature of Russian society, was the Bolshevik revolution unavoidable? Among the changes Russian society had undergone, one starts off the whole chain of events. This was the emancipation of the serfs, in 1861, by Czar Alexander. The emancipation freed 44 million peasants. T...
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Gap Between Rich Rich And Poor
1,041 words... ike's. These strikers sought not to run the entrepreneur out of business, but merely to protect what they had, which was very little. Unions were firstly formed in order to reassure laborers that they would have some protection to fall back on. The unions agreed only to strike when threatened. The logic behind this was that if an entrepreneur had such disregard for his laborers, perhaps a strike would help to wake him up. The American Federation of Labor (AFL) was an impeccable example of th...
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Ford Motor Company Supply Chain
1,834 wordsJust-in-Time System Outline: 1. Abstract; 2. Just-in-Time (JIT) supply system: some historical facts. JIT enabled companies. 3. Kanban as an integral part of JIT system. 4. Toyota's initial results from using JIT 5. JIT advantages 6. JIT weak points 1. Abstract: In the modern technological market the companies become more and more competitive, mostly due to the pressure from Japan manufacturers. Therefore these companies are forced to seek for innovative ways to decrease costs and compete. Just-...
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Mock Epic Mead Hall
1,517 wordsThe Epic, Now and Then Within the scope of this research, we will elaborate on how epic has transformed over the centuries. While ancient epic literature was abundant with heroes, Gods, and monsters, contemporary epic is quite different. The most striking difference between contemporary and ancient epic is the appearance of so-called mock epic, a form of contemporary literature that has all of the elements of epic, however in reality mocks it. In this report, we will compare Beowulf, an ancient ...
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Smoking Marijuana Vietnam War
2,529 wordsMost people in our society think of the Vietnam War as a tragedy, or a negative time in our history that was later viewed as a misstep. These comments are true and most-certainly conventional. However, does the average person realize how large of an impact it had on the men who fought? When questioned on the Vietnam War, it can be rightly assumed that many Americans would know that it lasted over a decade. Maybe even a few would know that over 14, 000 U. S. troops were killed in 1968, alone, (Ap...
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Countries In Africa Haile Selassie
2,018 wordsEthiopia: A Country Study Located in northeastern Africa, in an area known as the Horn of Africa, Ethiopia is one of the largest and most populous countries in Africa. It is bordered by Djibouti and the former Ethiopian autonomous region of Eritrea on the north, Somalia on the east, Kenya on the south, and Sudan on the west. While influenced and even occasionally occupied by other nations, Ethiopia is one of the few countries in Africa or Asia never truly colonized. The Ethiopian population is v...
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War With Japan Bloody Sunday
1,793 wordsAt the beginning of the 1900 s, Russia was still being run by nobility, while the peasants made up more than half of the population. The Russian people didnt see much of the rest of the world outside of their commune way of life. They were hard workers who farmed the land while struggling against the cold and hardships of their life. Czar Alexander II hoping to bring Russia out of the dark ages signed the Emancipation Manifesto. Which freed the serfs from ownership to the nobles. The unwillingne...
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Heart Of Darkness Good And Evil
956 wordsOne of the most memorable moments for many students will occur when they see Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, the first part of a prequel trilogy to the beloved Star Wars trilogy. The original three films Star Wars: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi have embedded themselves in our current culture. The Force, composer John Williams famous soundtrack, and lines such as Luke, I am your father (which is never said in any of the movies) have become common in present day cultur...
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Social Security Act Second New Deal
1,405 wordsNew Deal is a program created by Franklin Delano Roosevelt during the Great Depression to counteract various effects of it. New Deal created many agencies and legislation to help the United States pull itself out of the Great Depression. Some of these agencies have tremendous effect even today. When Roosevelt was elected as the president, he faced many problems such as banking failure and unemployment. Almost immediately, he called on Congress and began what is known as Hundred Days Congress. Du...
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Members Of Parliament Political Reform
1,251 wordsHow far did popular unrest contribute to political reform? The pressure supplied by large numbers of people and many different lobby groups at the time of early industrialisation, did to a large extent, help forge a way for political reform, however it was not the only factor. In the metamorphosis period of industrialisation where British industry went from cottage to factory styles of production, the working classes suffered a huge fall in living and working conditions. Disease was out of contr...
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Twenty Years Ago Labor Unions
1,129 wordsWhat do you think of when you hear the phrase " labor unions? " Most people associate a negative connotation with labor unions. They think that labor unions are the only cause of strikes and work stoppages. Most think that people in unions are greedy and will do anything to get more money. Others swear by their unions, saying that their employers would take advantage of them if they didn? t organize their unions. However as we prepare to enter the new millennium, labor unions are decre...
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Three Strikes Law Criminal Justice System
875 wordsIn recent years several mandatory sentencing laws have been put into motion. The original goals of the mandatory sentencing laws were to stop repeat offenders and to exhibit a get tough attitude on crime. These laws have not been working as intended, instead mandatory sentencing has led to some unfortunate consequences. Some of these consequences are overcrowding in prisons and less prison based rehabilitation. Mandatory sentencing laws do not narrowly target major drug traffickers. Today there ...
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Margaret Thatcher Prime Minister
1,207 wordsMargaret Margaret Thatcher MARGARET THATCHER Margaret Thatcher was the Prime Minister of Great Britian. Margaret changed many policies and she also defended strongly other government policies. An example of this was when Margaret Thatcher was Secretary of state for education and science. The government had to cut school funding by $ 300 million. She didn? t want to cut anything that had to do with the students missing out of education. It was her duty to provide the best education for them. The ...
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