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775 wordsIn the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, created by Dr. Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick, there are several similarities between sections The Dawn of Man and Discovery of the Monolith. First, both segments portray the use of tools in various forms. The transition of the bone to a space satellite and the ability to misuse tools as weapons, are similarities between The Dawn of Man and Discovery of the Monolith. Next, both eras shown in 2001: A Space Odyssey have two distinguished groups who want th...
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News World Report Korean War
1,910 wordsWar! That word is a scary word for a lot of people. Back in 1950 that word was especially scary for the people of Korea, when war broke out. This war was to last for three years. Three years of bombings, hand-to-hand combat and misery. In some cases, however, the soldiers were the safest people of all of them. Especially, if you were one of the lucky few who got to be pilots. Whether you were a pilot for Russia flying their new top-notch MIG- 15, or were flying the US, also new and top-notch, Sa...
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Roman Catholic Church John F Kennedy
1,136 wordsEurope is an ever-changing landscape of culture and society. Many major advances in technology and knowledge were introduced to this scene in the nineteen-sixties. Political transformation took place in this decade as well as social and ethnic changes. The beginning of the Space Age marked scientific enhancements just as the second Vatican Council meeting was a sign of cultural attempts to bring a group up to date with the times. The building of the Berlin Wall signaled feuding between governmen...
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Military Base Cold War
1,041 wordsAlas, Babylon, which was written by Pat Frank and published in 1959, takes place in Fort Repose, Florida. It is during the cold war with lots of tension between Russia and the United States. Randolph Rowzee Bragg, the main character lives in Fort Repose. This is where most of the story takes place. Randolph, also known as Randy, has an older brother named Mark. Mark is a high-ranking officer in Omaha where there is a giant underground military base. I believe that the U. S. has several undergrou...
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Saddam Hussein Atomic Bomb
1,603 words... ing for cover in fall out areas and under ground shelters. After the completion of the atomic bomb, the United States has been trying furiously to develop a more powerful nuclear weapon during the early 1950 's. The United States new that after the two horrific explosions in Japan, countries all over the world have been trying to develop there owns type of bomb. The U. S. also new that the Russians where competing with the U. S. over nuclear power. During the late 1950 's and early 1960 's t...
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Great Britain And France Millions Of Dollars
1,594 words... e slaughter in Hungary, but that is no reason for destroying the nucleus of international cooperation. This was the foundation of the brutal confrontation of the now infamous water polo semi-finals between the Soviets and Hungary. Hungary was leading 4 to nil with two minutes left. In a loose-ball struggle, a Russian hit a Hungarian, blood poured over the Hungarians eye. The Russians exited the pool before the match even ended. Wally Wolf, a veteran polo player from America claimed They were...
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World War Ii War With Japan
1,229 wordsThe atomic bomb is the subject of much controversy. Since its first detonation in 1945, the entire world has heard the aftershocks of that blast. Issues concerning Nuclear Weapons sparked the Cold War. We also have the atomic bomb to thank for our relative peace in this time due to the fear of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD). The effects of the atomic bomb might not have been the exact effects that the United States was looking for when they dropped Little Boy and Fat Man on Hiroshima and Nag...
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Race For The Super Bomb
523 wordsRace For The Super Bomb In 1945, America terrified the world by using the Atom Bomb in Hiroshima and later in Nagasaki. This fear of the most powerful weapon ever created started a cold war between America and Russia. These two great nations had started the race for the super bomb, which would have each country trying to out do the other for decades to come. The super bomb in which America and Russia were trying to build was in fact the Hydrogen Bomb. This bomb had an unlimited blast potential a...
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Matter Of Time Adolf Hitler
2,960 wordsLetters of Albert Teshke (fictional) Albert Teshke was born in 1910 in Berlin, Germany. He was a third child in the family of German teachers. In 1914, Alberts father Joseph volunteered to German army and in 1918, he was being killed near Ypres, during the course of British gas attack. (1). In 1929, Albert began to study philosophy at University of Berlin. In 1932, he became a member of NSDAP, because he considered this party as only the one that could prevent German Communists from inflicting t...
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Second World War Communist Manifesto
1,511 wordsMarxism and Fascism Even though that the promoters of left wing-agenda try to assure us that the rise of Marxism in 20 th century was absolutely natural, because it corresponded to people's inner drives towards equality and fairness, in this essay we will prove that the only reason why utterly degenerate social ideas became popular among great many people, is because people themselves had biologically degraded, through continuous process of racial mixing. It is only the reason why obscure politi...
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Hockey Players Feb 2006
784 wordsAssignment Q 3 There are hardly any other types of people's activity, where the importance of an effective teamwork could be more crucial than it is in the field of professional sports, namely hockey. Jack Todd's article Winning Finns Turning Hockey World on its Ear can serve as a very good illustration to this fact. In it, he tells the readers of National Post about an unexpended win by the Finnish hockey team over Russians with the score 4 - 0, during the Olympic games in Torino. It was clear ...
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Thirty Thousand Anti Semitism
1,026 wordsBabi Yar by Yevgeny Yevtushenko Yevtushenko speaks in first person throughout the poem. This creates the tone of him being in the shoes of the Jews. As he says in lines 63 - 64, No Jewish blood is mixed in mine, but let me be a Jew... He writes the poem to evoke compassion for the Jews and make others aware of their hardships and injustices. Only then can I call myself Russian. (lines 66 - 67). The poet writes of a future time when the Russian people realize that the Jews are people as well acce...
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Russo Japanese War Gatling Gun
1,242 wordsa minute to approximately three and hurt his ability to defend himself while he loaded the awkward device. The shortcomings associated with these muzzleloader's were, in a large part, responsible for the style of battlefield tactics of the day. Smokeless gunpowder was the next major advancement to affect gun development. Smokeless gunpowder led to the development of cartridge bullets. These bullets enabled the lead shot to be pre-packaged with the gunpowder and dramatically shortened the time in...
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World War Ii Northern And Southern
2,853 wordsThe historical impact of Operation Barbarosa cannot be denied. The Soviet victory over the Nazi German invaders set up the Soviets as a world superpower and set the stage for the Cold War. Had the Germans not attacked, the Russians may not have gained their dominance in Eastern Europe, and the Warsaw Pact may not have ever been. The war effort forced the Soviets to industrialize faster than ever, particularly in Siberia. Additionally, defeating the Nazis let all the countries of the world know t...
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William Jennings Bryan Spanish American War
4,335 wordsAscension To The White House As Governor of New York, Roosevelt would once again stand on his own and distance himself from the political bosses and machines that got him elected. The head of the Republican machine, Thomas Platt, had misgivings about making Roosevelt governor of New York because of Roosevelt's total independence and his reform nature. But in the gubernatorial race of 1898, with the bad press the Republican Party was receiving, there seemed to be no one else who had a chance. Roo...
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Hitler Eva Braun
2,002 wordsHitler? s Last Days By Paul BeckeHitler? s final days were filled with anger, sadness and turmoil. Hitler decided he would stay in Berlin and die in the bunker. He felt that his top Generals and aids had betrayed him to his enemies in his final days. In mid January Hitler descended into the Fuhrerbunker where he would remain until his death. Hitler had been in Berlin since January 16 after the unsuccessful battle at Ardennes. From here Hitler directed his shrinking armies into battle (Shirer 110...
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Cuban Missile Crisis J Edgar Hoover
2,463 wordsJFK: Was His Assassination Inevitable? A popular misconception is that President John F. Kennedy s assassination was an isolated event perpetrated by one man. This could not be farther from the truth. Instead, it was the result of a complex combination of domestic and foreign events. When President Kennedy was in office, he had to deal with many issues, ranging from business and finance to crime-fighting and war issues. Perhaps it is not as important to decide who it was that killed him, but why...
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End Of The War War Criminals
2,096 wordsOn the night of October 15, 1946, ten of the twelve major war criminals, condemned to death at the Nuremberg trials, were executed. Of the two who eluded the hangman, one was Reich Marshal Hermann Goring, who committed suicide by swallowing a lethal vial of cyanide two hours before his execution. The other man was Reichsleiter Martin Bormann, who had managed to gain an enormous amount of power within the Nazi Party. He was virtually unknown outside of the Party elite as he had worked in the shad...
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Commander In Chief Napoleon Bonaparte
1,912 wordsNapoleon Napolean Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte, also known as The Little Coriscan, was born on August 15, 1769 on the small island of Corsica in the northern part of the Mediterranean Sea. Young Napolean was born at a very hectic time in Coriscan s history. At that point of time Corsica was trying to gain independence through rebellion from French troops that had captured Coriscan from Genoa, an Italian state. Although the bid for independence failed, the Coriscan's would even...
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Russian Civil War Second World War
2,190 wordsOrigins of the Cold War The Cold War can be summed up as a lengthy period of high tension and rivalry between the two world dominating superpowers, the USA and USSR, although which never involved direct conflict between the forces of the two powers. Starting around 1950, the Cold War kept all mankind and society on the brink of mass destruction for the best part of half a century, ending finally in 1990 with the collapse of the USSR as an empire and global superpower. The origins of the Cold War...
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