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Fully Automatic David Koresh
1,189 wordsIt started out easy enough. Over a hundred agents from the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms would pack themselves shoulder-to-shoulder inside cattle trailers, and pull up to the front of the building in broad daylight. At the cry of "ShowTime!" The agents would pour out, divide into four columns, and storm the building. Some would surround the building, others would take ladders to the right side, go into the second floor with flash-bang grenades, and still others would storm the front doo...
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Chief Executive Officer Earnings Per Share
2,393 wordsTwo of the world's most profitable car companies - having a strong presence in Europe, North America and Asia, with the enormous potential for even more growth around the globe - together will now rank third in the world in revenues and fifth in vehicle unit sales. Assets being blended include time-honored brands and speed to market, high-technology advances and product innovations in both the North American and European markets. Together, they form a global powerhouse. One of the chairmen for t...
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Tear Gas Prentice Hall
1,871 wordsOn April 30 th, President Nixon announced on national television that a massive American-South Vietnamese troop offensive into Cambodia was in progress. "We take these actions, " Nixon said, "not for the purpose of expanding the war into Cambodia, but for the purpose of ending the war in Vietnam, and winning the just peace we all desire. " These were familiar words to a war-weary public. Some felt that this decision was essential for attaining a "just peace" and sustaining America's credibility ...
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Establishing Shot Five Minutes
1,203 wordsThe purpose of the initial scene, while the credits are still rolling, is to introduce us to the abundance of characters, situations and interpersonal relations that take place in an urban setting and to see life beyond the control that its characters have upon it. It observes the inevitable and unpredictable changes in relationships, their evolution and the interactions between the different couples that sometimes enrich but mostly threaten their fragile stability. Altman's camera can be percei...
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World War Ii Viet Minh
1,680 wordsThe Vietnam conflict began in the late 19 th Century. France forcefully took ownership of the islands and made the Vietnamese islands a protectorate of France. The Viet Minh, or the League Of Independence was formed sometime around 1940. They were a group of people seeking independence from France. The French Government opposed this action and decided to try and stop the Viet Minh from advancing their political ideals into the rest of Vietnam. In the city of Dien Bien Phu, the Viet Minh surround...
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Analysis Of The Artillery Used In Vietnam War
424 wordsThe Vietnam War was a war for independence in Vietnam, the north lead by Ho Chi Minh, the south led by Ngo Dinh Diem. In 1954 an international conference decided that Vietnam must be divided into two north and south. At the beginning America was not involved in the war between north and south Vietnam, it wasnt until 1961 when a U. S. boat was attacked in the gulf of Tonkin. The President ordered the military to attack back to prevent further aggression. History: Artillery is a term used to descr...
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Viet Cong Vietnamese Government
746 wordsIn the early times of the Vietnam War there were two main sides, the Viet Cong who were rebels and opposed the South Vietnamese government, and the ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) which was on the side of the South Vietnamese government. This was one the very first times these two opposing forces had met in battle. On January 2, 1963 the battle of Ap Bac proved to be much more than a normal battle. Many things happened there that were unclear and not resolved. There were many different st...
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Ho Chi Minh Tet Offensive
1,273 wordsFrance occupied all of Vietnam by 1884. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when communist forces under Ho Chi Minh, who took control over the north, defeated them. Eisenhower's advisers believed that Ho Chi Minh's powerful communist-nationalist appeal might set off a geographical chain reaction. As Ho Chi Minh's government established itself in North Vietnam, Eisenhower supported a noncommunist government in South Vietnam and ordered covert ...
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Wanted To Go Home Chain Of Command
942 wordsCatch- 22 and A Few Good Men Catch- 22 is a novel about the Second World War. It is set on the island of Piano, which is off the coast of Italy. It is set in the end of the war while the Germans are on the run and being pushed out of Italy. The book focuses on a bomb group, more specifically a squadron in which a bombardier named Yossarian is assigned to. Yossarian is very upset because all these people he doesnt even know (the Germans) are trying to kill him. The novel is very hard to understan...
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Branch Davidians David Koresh
552 wordsThe standoff between the combined forces of the FBI and ATF and David Koresh-Branch Davidians was viewed as the worse governmental operation in history. There were several reasons why Waco turned out the way it did. Koresh and 76 of his followers, including more than 20 children, died in flames because there were breakdowns in communication between FBI and the Branch Davidians as the event unfolds. First, there was a lack of competency in communication during the negotiation period between the F...
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Mercedes Benz Daimler Benz
4,799 wordsTwo of the worlds most profitable car companies having a strong presence in Europe, North America and Asia, with the enormous potential for even more growth around the globe together will now rank third in the world in revenues and fifth in vehicle unit sales. Assets being blended include time-honored brands and speed to market, high-technology advances and product innovations in both the North American and European markets. Together, they form a global powerhouse. One of the chairmen for the ne...
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War In Vietnam Viet Cong
1,441 wordsEarly in 1961 General Maxwell Taylor, who was then Military Advisor to John F. Kennedy, went out to Southeast Asia to find out just what was happening there. During his visit to Vietnam, he noticed the lack of good roads inhibited the movement of government troops in fighting the Viet Cong. His reports to the president motivated Kennedy to help the South Vietnamese in their struggle against communism. Although he quickly decided to help out, the president knew that new army techniques and weapon...
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