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Younger Brother San Diego
789 wordsLeaving to find a new home and returning to find a lost heart Bittersweet Journey Home and About the Family are two articles written by Tu-Anh Nguyen. The articles describe her trip leaving Vietnam and coming back to visit Vietnam. The article Bittersweet Journey Home is about Tu-Anh Nguyen's trip back to Vietnam with her family and the article About the Family is about her trip to the United States. After reading the article Bittersweet Journey Home, it made me realize how Tu-Anh's journey is s...
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000 Square Miles Sugar Industry
455 wordsThe United States entered the arena of capitalism as a world power after the Spanish-American War in 1898. After having routed Spain the United States secured undisputed control of the American Mediterranean -- the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Puerto Rico was annexed. A protectorate was established over Cuba. In Cuba there is invested about $ 1, 000, 000, 000 of American capital in the sugar industry alone. This is 60 percent of the total capitalization of the sugar industry. Fully 85 perce...
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Credit Card Annual Income
1,112 words... on for each additional 250, 000 credit card customers) = Joining fee and annual fee estimated from American Express Green (Exhibit 9) I believe this country has room for expansion in the credit card market. There are some negative detractors to entry. A large portion of the population is in the last three categories of earnings (82 % of the population earns less than $ 12, 500 annually). The estimated growth rate is a dismal 0. 5 % annually. In addition, it possesses the lowest political and...
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Filipino Households Filipino Food Filipinos
324 wordsI interviewed Jake who is 14 years old. Jake was born in the Philippines. He has lived in the city of San Diego for twelve years. His parents decided to come to United States for a better life for him and his future family. He traveled with his family when he came to the United States. When I asked him if he would ever return to his native country, he quickly responded no. Then he quickly explained himself; I have a better future here [in the United States]. If I went back, it would be hard for ...
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Chinese Communist Party Prime Minister
1,055 wordsLeader and leading theorist of the Chinese communist revolution, born in the village of Shaoshan, Hunan Province, China, the son of a farmer. He graduated from Changsha teachers' training college, then worked at Beijing University, where he was influenced by Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao. He took a leading part in the May Fourth Movement, becoming a Marxist and a founding member of the Chinese Communist Party (1921). During the first united front with the Guomindang (Nationalist Party), he concentrat...
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Sri Lanka Rainy Season
2,012 wordsGliricidia was first used in Mexico to provide shade for cacao plantations. It is from this use that the Aztecs labeled the tree "Madre de Cacao" (Mother of cacao). Later, in the 18 th Century, Gliricidia was brought to Sri Lanka to provide shade for coffee plantations. Today, the tree's long leafy branches are used to shade vanilla and tea crops as well. The tree is also known in Spanish as "Palo de Hierrro" (Tree of Iron) which eludes to Gliricidia's hard, heavy wood. This makes it ideal for f...
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World War Ii Environmental Impacts
1,308 wordsShould we be concerned with the extensive use of pesticides by farmers? I believe we should be aware of the consequences of pesticide use. The more we are exposed to pesticides, the greater the risk there is to the environment and our health. They are responsible for many environmental problems such as water pollution, soil degradation, and insect resistance. I will look at all the environmental impacts caused by pesticide use. But what led to the rise of the use of pesticides? Tremendous increa...
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Attack On Pearl Harbor Japanese Navy
688 wordsOn Dec 7 th, 1941 Pearl Harbor island of Oahu in Hawaii which was attacked by Japanese Navy forces at about 7: 55 am in the morning. Over 33 % of Hawaii's population was of Filipino, Native Hawaiian, Chinese, Korean, and white were killed. When the bombs fell on Pearl Harbor many land, property, boats, and other places were destroyed by anti aircraft (AA) shells or 50 calibers anti aircraft rounds that fell into the local neighborhoods surrounding Pearl Harbor. The 7 December 1941 Japanese raid ...
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U S S World Trade Center
1,976 wordsMany have compared the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 to the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. They argue that both attacks were just as astonishing, unwarranted and unpredictable. The World Trade Center buildings in New York City still lie in ruin, an icy reminder of the terrorist attack. Both the U. S. S. Arizona and the U. S. S Utah remain on the floor of Pearl Harbor, each a ghostly, decaying tomb reminding all of the thousands that gave their life...
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Spanish American War Spanish American Pacific
658 wordsThroughout most of the nineteenth century, the United States expanded its territory westward through purchase and annexation. At the end of the century, however, expansion became imperialism, as America acquired several territories overseas. This policy shift from expansionism to imperialism came about as a result of Americans experience in the Spanish American War and the Congressional debates that followed the American victory. After temporarily resolving the problems of Reconstruction and Ind...
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Economic Globalization Social Relations
1,344 wordsEconomic Globalization is something that has been with the human race ever since the world has begun. From local to global, we could attribute this to the result of human innovation and technological progress. Globalization from the word global means spreading throughout the world, in other words spreading world-wide. The aims of having a 'globalized community' is to have interdependence of the entire world and its people from each other with concern for the rest of the world at the expense of n...
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Women And Girls Find A Job
1,438 words"Trafficking is the recruitment and or the transportation of persons by others using violence or the threat of violence, abuse of authority or dominant position for the purpose of exploiting them sexually or economically for the profit or advantage of others, such as recruiters, traffickers, brothel owners and customers. " (unknown author, "What is Trafficking?" ) Trafficking in women and girls has become one of the fastest growing criminal enterprises in the world. An estimate of one to two mil...
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Late Nineteenth Century Spanish American War
833 wordsDuring the late nineteenth century America was a growing and prosperous country. The Civil War had ended and the United States was once again unified. As the United States gained more money and power, it looked to overseas trade to monopolize on their raw materials. The United States began to trade with Japan, China Latin America and other countries to acquire these distant resources. In order to protect these investments, the U. S. had place upon these foreign countries their political influenc...
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Osama Bin Laden Abdullah Ocalan
1,691 wordsHe has used Abu Muhammad (Abu Mohammed), Abu Fatima, Muhammad Ibrahim, Abu Abdallah, Abu al-Mu " iz, The Doctor, The Teacher, Nur, Usa, Abu Mohammed Nur al-Deen, Abdel May (Abdel More, Abdel Me), and other names as aliases. In 1998 he formally merged Egyptian Islamic Jihad into al-Qaeda. According to reports by a former al-Qaida member, he has worked in the al-Qaida organization since its inception and was a senior member of the group's shura council. He is often described as a 'lieutenant' to t...
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White Mans Burden Rudyard Kipling
595 wordsImperialism was inevitable with the growth of industry. In need of materials, countries would take control of other lands. Ethno-centrism became a part of the European state of mind. Europeans felt driven to impose their beliefs and ideas on the conquered territories and to exploitable them. Rudyard Kipling, who was very much against this movement, deemed this the White Mans Burden. India was very negatively affected by Great Britain. The White Mans Burden by Rudyard Kipling was published in 189...
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Republic Of China Qing Dynasty
2,505 words... to attack Zheng's forces and many of his generals had died in battle which left him and his remaining coastal resistance no option but to retreat back to the coastal province of Fujian. Prince Gui (Emperor Yongli), received from him the title of "Prince of Anping Prefecture, " and waged war against the Qing army in the coastal regions of Fujian, Guangdong and Zhejiang. Dongshan Island off the shore of the Fujian province, was one of Zheng's military bases where he trained soldiers and built ...
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Russo Japanese War Open Door Policy
1,046 wordsImperialism is the pursuit of colonial empires. Many countries took part in this, but none quite like the United States. The motivation that the United States had to get involved in such an enormous task was first shown in Samoa in 1889. After that important part of United States history, there were many more events that occurred in the eyes of United States imperialism. There were many positive aspects concerning America s intervening with other countries affairs. These proved to shape the soci...
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System Of Government Dominican Republic
800 wordsU. S. IMPERIALISM AROUND THE WORLD ESSAY Imperialism, the process of building empires by controlling the politics and the economics in other countries, was in full effect around the 19 th century. Most world powers were using the idea of imperialism; particularly the United States. The United States imperialistic ways helped it become the most powerful of world powers, although, at the expense of other countries well-being. In the case of the Philippine Islands, President Mckinley did not feel t...
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Chinese Communist Party Prime Minister
1,147 wordsSex: Important People Mao Zedong Sex: Male Pronunciation: [mow dzuhdoong] History: also spelled Mao Tse-tung Life: (1893 - 1976) Leader and leading theorist of the Chinese communist revolution, born in the village of Shaoshan, Hunan Province, China, the son of a farmer. He graduated from Changsha teachers training college, then worked at Beijing University, where he was influenced by Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao. He took a leading part in the May Fourth Movement, becoming a Marxist and a founding me...
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Tens Of Thousands Martial Law
1,025 wordsThe movement led by Cory against the dictatorial rule resulted in the People Power Revolution that overthrew the Marcos government in February 1986. Once in power, Cory ordered all political prisoners freed and built the machinery for democracy. Cory ordered the dismantling of monopolies controlled by the cronies of President Marcos. The economy showed signs of recovery but a series of political struggles and natural calamities that ensued threatened the gains made by her administration. Her pre...
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