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Collective Bargaining Labor Unions
752 wordsA labor union is as defined in the dictionary, an organization of wage earners formed for the purpose of serving the members' interests with respect to wages and working conditions. Today there are about 16 million workers in the U. S. that belong to a labor union. The pressure upon the employers to raise wages and improve working conditions in a major goal of the labor unions. Labor unions have been around for a long time. The earlier unions were called craft unions, consisting of only a couple...
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War Against Japan Yalta Conference
1,454 wordsThe Yalta Conference was one of the most important events in history, let alone, this century. It took place from February 4 to February 11, 1945, at Yalta, Crimea, a port / resort . The three main individuals at this meeting were Churchill of Great Britain, Roosevelt of the United States and Stalin of the U. S. S. R, known back then, and now known as Russia. Roosevelt had two primary goals at Yalta, and he secured them both, during the negotiations. One these key objectives was to involve Stali...
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World War Ii France And England
1,282 wordsIn every nation of the world, an event takes place that could change the course of history in that country. This event could change the history for better or for worse. For the United States, D-Day is one such transpiration. After this one specific invasion on June 6, 1944, everyone involved knew that it would change the course of history for the United States and the rest of the world. The invasion, known also by the code name Operation Overlord, did not, however, only consist of one day's even...
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Byzantine Empire Second Crusade
944 wordsAfter the death of Charlemagne, king of the Franks, in 814 and the following collapse of his empire, Christian Europe was under attack and on the defensive. The Magyars, nomadic people from Asia, ravaged eastern and central Europe until the 10 th century. Around 800, several centuries of Viking raids disrupted life in northern Europe and even threatened Mediterranean cities. Nevertheless, the greatest threat came from the forces of Islam, very militant and victorious in the centuries following t...
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Open Door Policy Won The Election
1,254 words... of foreign policy was as dynamic and considerably more far-reaching in import. Believing that there could be no retreat from the power position which the Spanish-American War had dramatized but which the United States industrialism had forged, he stamped his imprint upon American policy with unusual force. He established a moderately enlightened government in the Philippines, while persuading Congress to grant tariff concessions to Cuba. He settled an old Alaskan boundary dispute with Canada...
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Allowed To Vote Sojourner Truth
1,180 words... partitioned for in this document is the equal treatment of men and women, and further on that notion is the equal opportunity for women to be allowed to vote. Stanton Adds that it is the duty of all women to speak out against any deprivation of their natural rights, on account of the oppression bestowed upon them by their male counterparts. Syntax: On page 84 Stanton uses one sentence paragraphs for the next 15 paragraph. She does this with the intention of punctuating the evidence she gives...
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Microsoft Anti Trust Case
800 wordsIn 1890, Congress passed the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. Since then there has been very few companies that have violated this act. In 1911 it was used it to break J. D. Rockefellers Standard Oil trust in to 30 different competing companies. Then in 1982 AT&Ts monopoly was broken up in what has been called the biggest anti-trust case to date. Now Microsoft has been charged and found guilty. (America's History Of Lack of trust in Microsoft started in 1991 when the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) began ...
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Soviet Union Nuclear War
329 wordsSince the second World War, the thought of nuclear war has been lurking in the heads of government officials. Several steps have been taken to prevent this horrific situation. The debate on nuclear weapons has moved towards strategies of limited nuclear encounters, defense systems, and plans for human survival after a nuclear war. Several negotiations, such as SALT I and SALT II, produced treaties and limited the production of US and USSR missile launchers. After a year of negotiation, Mikhail G...
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York Random House Drug Trafficking
1,823 wordsManuel Noriega (1934 -? ), former dictator of Panama, found guilty of drug trafficking, racketeering, and money laundering by the United States Jury. He was born in Panama City. After on a scholarship at the Chorrillos Military Academy in Lima, Peru, Noriega returned to Panama and was commissioned a sub-lieutenant in the National Guard. Close to the military strong man Omar Torrijos, Noriega advanced quickly and was appointed chief military intelligence when Torrijos seized power in 1969. In tha...
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Copyright Infringement Music Lovers
579 wordsNapster. com is a music search engine founded by Shawn Fanning about a year ago. It is a software program that allows individuals to search for their favorite music selection by connecting to millions of other users around the world. Napster is basically the simplest way to find MP 3 s that you want anytime and the same time be able to share the selections with the worlds largest community of music lovers. MP 3 is an audio format that allows users to compress and send music files easily over the...
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Dien Bien Phu Ho Chi Minh
1,312 wordsAs the founder of the Indo-Chinese Communist party in 1930 and president of North Vietnam from 1945 to 1969, Ho Chi Minh led the longest and most costly 20 th-century war against colonialism. His whole adult life was devoted to ending French and later, American domination of Vietnam. His goals were achieved in 1975, six years after his death, when the last Americans left South Vietnam. The Vietnamese communist has always claimed that Ho Chi Minh was the hero who gained independence for Vietnam f...
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Nuclear Nonproliferation And China
909 wordsThis paper will examine Nuclear Nonproliferation and China. I will also discuss the land, climate, and history of China. At 3, 705, 751 square miles, China is just larger than the United States. Because mountains or desert covers much of China, the majority of people live in the east, where rivers and plains allow for productive agriculture. While summers are warmer and winters are colder, China's climate is much like the United States. Monsoons cause frequent summer floods. China's geographic f...
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Electric Guitar Sound Card
362 wordsThe Dasein Guitar Tuner is an innovative Windows program designed By using a microphone or directly connecting an electric guitar to the PC's sound card, the program will "hear" a musical note. The program will then show the note and its deviation from standard tuning by using a needle gauge. A string is in tune when the needle is centered and the correct note is displayed under the gauge. The tuner also offers reference tones using various methods of sound production. You can hear recorded guit...
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Fact Pattern Case Fact Pattern Embryos
484 wordsLaws are designed to protect all citizens, even though they are not clear when it comes to deciding on what happens to couples' embryos. The judge, in the fact pattern case, is torn because the parents want different decisions. He also has to remember that he will be setting a legal precedent for which other cases will be based on. The decision will be ridiculed no matter the outcome. The embryos should not be destroyed because every living thing has the right to life, there are numerous loving ...
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King Charles Vii Joan Of Arc
1,047 wordsJoan of Arc is a French National Heroine who became a Saint of the Roman Catholic Church because of her great achievements. Joan was a simple peasant girl who rescued France from defeat in one of the darkest periods of the "Hundred years' war" with England. She led the French army to victory against the English and paved the way for the coronation of King Charles VII. Joan has become one of the most admired characters in European history. As France was struggling during the Hundred years' war, a...
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Social And Economic Socio Economic
1,370 wordsThe most prevalent sentiment of the times is summed up in one word and that is 'equality'. At every level and on all fronts including political, social and economic, the egalitarian gospel has been asserted as the way the light the truth. The rights of the child are considered equal to those of the parent, the pupil's to that of the teacher, Jack is as good as his master, a professor of economics' political assessment judgement is neither superior nor inferior to that of an illiterate road labou...
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The Importance Of Interdependence And International Cooperation
1,627 wordsWe are not a nation alone in the world. We do not make up the beliefs, developmental status, and environment of the entire globe. To act as if there is no interdependence within states is not only ridiculous, but also dangerous. Professor Squibwells draws attention to this issue, and while his views may be a little extreme in the statement that the world functions as a single integrated unit, he is accurate in suggesting that we collaborate with other states, strengthen international organizatio...
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Effects Of Acid Rain Sulfur Dioxide
1,028 words"Acid Rain, " or more precisely acidic precipitation, is the term used to describe rainfall that has a pH level of less than 5. 6 -- a pH of 7 being neutral. This form of air pollution is currently a subject of great controversy because of the damage it does tot he environment and property worldwide. For the last ten years, this occurrence has brought destruction to thousands of lakes and streams in the United States, Canada, and parts of Europe. It also leads to the deterioration of buildings a...
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Second World War Global Village
1,350 wordsGlobalisation is a term, which has invoked extensive academic debate over its impact and credibility, giving rise to a number of perspectives harboured by their respective scholars. Resulting from this division is a lack of universal acceptance towards a single definition beyond broad descriptions such as increased global interconnectedness. Hence in order to gain an understanding of the phenomena it is necessary to distinguish between its two major forms, and the various agents involved. Nation...
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Germany And Austria Britain And France
812 wordsIn 1871 two new major states of Europe had been formed the German Empire and the kingdom of Italy. The new German Empire, under the hand of Otto von Bismarck, was steered carefully, always with an eye upon France, for the Franco-Prussian War (187071) had left France thirsting for revenge and for recovery of the lost provinces of Alsace and Lorraine. 2 Germany had allied itself with Russia and Austria-Hungary in the Three Emperors League, but Austria-Hungary and Russia were not the best of friend...
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