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Secretary Of State Department Of State
1,737 words
In August 1948, Whittaker Chambers, a former
Communist appearing before the House Un-American
Activities Committee (HUAC), charged that Alger
Hiss, was a Communist spy. Chambers claimed that
he and Hiss had belonged to the same espionage
group and that Hiss had given him secret State
Department documents. This group was a network of
American spies recruited by the Soviet Union to
collect useful information for Moscow. Alger Hiss
was a Harvard-educated lawyer and a distinguished
Washington figure...
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Commission On Human Rights Universal Declaration Of Human Rights
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There have been many women that have changed and
shaped the role of women today. They opened the
doors of opportunity for future women and made
many contributions to our society. Some of these
accomplishments have gone unnoticed. The reason
that I chose to discuss the influential women of
the past and present was because they are the ones
that have given me a future. The purpose of the
paper is to show the most influential women in
different professions and movements. I want to
share some of thi...
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War Against Iraq Invasion Of Kuwait
1,486 words
Aggression is the largest, if only, justification
for war, according to the just-war theory outlined
by Michael Walzer's Just and Unjust Wars. In
performing an act of aggression what Walzer
describes as the floodgates of war are opened. To
enable us to label the Gulf War as just, we must
look at both the causes of war, and, once engaged,
the conduct of the combatants involved. Although
closely linked, these two categories must be
treated as discrete considerations. A just cause
does not automati...
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Issues Surrounding Huessin And The Iraq Invasion
563 words
It is believed that Huessin hoped to gain complete
control of Kuwait and make millions of dollars
controlling the market price of oil without the
rest of the world getting involved (Desert Storm).
This invasion led to United Nations, United States
and many other countries military involvement and
ultimately sanctions that would cost Iraq billions
of dollars. Hussein's actions caused Iraq to be
put into a situation that limited their only
money-producing export, oil. Oil has been the only
profita...
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Lee Harvey Oswald Civil Rights Bill
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy has changed the lives of
many Americans and their future generations. He
fought communism, seen as an evil presence in our
wold, in the Soviet Union, Cuba and China. In
doing so, he prevented many people of the world
from being harmed. Kennedy ensured equality for
all Americans, rich or poor, black or white. He
led an advance in civil and human rights, and was
well liked by many of the American people. He is
seen as one of the most influential Presidents
ever to have been...
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South East Asia Julius And Ethel Rosenberg
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... country. Many people were sent to prisons
where they perished just because they were labeled
a communist with no evidence of guilt, except
maybe guilt by association, and sometimes even
lacking that. Two of the most controversial trials
were of Alger Hiss and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
Alger Hiss was former New Dealer that went with
President Roosevelt to Yalta during the Peace
conference. He was accused by a convicted
communist Whittaker Chambers, to be operating a
communist cell inside th...
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World Health Organization Saddam Hussein
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... l Pocks Vaccine Triggered AIDS." The article
establishes its direct correlation between the
small pocks vaccine administered by the world
health organization to an estimated 50 - 70
million people in different central African
countries and the subsequent out breaks of AIDS in
those regions. The world health organization is
the medical wing of the United Nations. The
evidence suggests that AIDS is a genetically
engineered virus spread through vaccination
programs in third world countries. Ger...
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Second World War World War Ii
1,774 words
The Cold War Introduction: Cold War was the
outcome of disagreement between the Communist
nations led by the Soviet Union and the democratic
nations led by the United States in mid 40 s. The
Cold War was fought to control intercontinental
affairs for decades. The main objective of the
Cold War was a clash of these powerful countries
in their political, ideological, military, and
economic values and ideas. Origins and development
of the cold war until the 1960: The root of cold
war was in the coe...
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Ordinary Citizens U N
2,343 words
... In its turn, this would require a certain
degree of cooperation between representatives of
these elites, simply because if world plunges into
the social chaos, triggered by demonetization of
major currencies, financial oligarchs will be
affected by it as much as ordinary citizens (this
is when they might realize that their bodies are
not bulletproof). Therefore, in it is very likely
that in the next few years, the number of
international organizations will increase
significantly. The followi...
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India Pakistan Nuclear Part 1
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India-Pakistan Nuclear Threat In May 1998, India
carried out five nuclear tests and formally
declared itself a "nuclear weapon state" (NWS).
This dramatic move stunned the world and
immediately triggered a new round of the nuclear
arms race in South Asia. India's archenemy,
Pakistan, responded by setting off six announced
nuclear tests just two weeks later. The nuclear
crisis in South Asia was intensified by the
Indian-Pakistani military conflict in Kashmir and
almost brought the two countries i...
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What Is Ethnocentrism Cultural Relativism
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What is ethnocentrism? What is cultural
relativism? The end of the "cold war" caused a
number of trial attempts to define "the new world
order ." The end of rivalry between superpowers
and increased break in riches and access to
resources between the North and the South
coincided with disturbing growth of violence,
poverty and unemployment. The world also became
the witness of one of the deepest since times of
Great depression global economic recession. At the
same time earlier isolated peoples ...
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Eleanor Roosevelt Impact On Social Welfare
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Eleanor Roosevelt: Impact on Social Welfare
Although she won much respect as the first lady,
Eleanor Roosevelt gained a lot of her
international esteem as a civil rights and social
welfare activist long before that. Eleanor's
interest in politics did not begin when her
husband began his career in politics. Once he was
named to the Democratic ticket, as Vice President
Eleanor became interested in politics. While
Franklin was becoming governor of New York she was
campaigning for him unknowing that...
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Terms And Conditions Laws And Regulations
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Online Contracts One of the great strengths of the
internet, and in particular the World Wide Web, is
the ability to make information available to large
numbers of people at low cost. Ever increasing
numbers of businesses and consumers have cheap and
easy access to the web, representing a vast
potential market which is tempting more and more
businesses into having a 'web presence'. By its
nature the internet is international, but the
majority of laws and regulations have effect and
are enforced ...
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Consumer Buying European Union
1,656 words
When a new product comes onto the market, it can
be domestic or international market, there are
soon many companies selling it. By the time the
market matures, there are usually very few
companies left. Large sales volume leads to
economies of scale which result in lower unit
costs and reduced prices, driving competitors out
of the market. This often allows the few remaining
companies to exert more control over the prices
they pay for raw materials and the prices that the
consumers pay for finis...
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Global Warming Ten Years
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The ten most important changes over the next ten
years Within Third World countries, multinationals
have direct linkages through the products they
produce, many flowing to consumers who cannot
read; through their workers who are often drawn
from urban slums or rural poverty; through the
purchase of materials, components, and services
from local suppliers. Although multinationals
contribute to the overall economic development, as
well as manifest corporate good citizenship
offering assistance to ...
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Effects Of Global Warming Greenhouse Gases
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... the Kyoto Protocol I already had some
information from my college library. But that
source provided facts and I need some more
information about that protocol. The Wikipedia is
a good source of any possible information. The one
I found about Kyoto Protocol was very useful for
me because it contains all necessary definitions
and references, which I also used. Discover the
scientific facts on global warming effects.
Retrieved May 17, 2005 from web This source of
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Arab Israeli Conflict American Foreign Policy
2,669 words
American Foreign Policy It is not a secret that
today America is the most influential country
around the globe. Americas rise to world power is
a consequence of the nations geographical
position, natural resources, dynamic energy and
successful foreign policy. (Carpenter, 74) For
relatively short period, America became so strong
that today it is a single superpower in the world.
In 1938, the United States possessed the most
productive economy in the world with one of the
largest navies. However,...
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions Global Climate Change
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Canadian Foreign Policy In order to discover what
the foreign policy of a country is we need to look
first what are the objectives of a country. Canada
plays important role in the world and is a member
of many international organizations. Canada, like
any other country has its own goals that it is
trying to pursue through the participation in
world political affairs. For many years, when
Canadians looked southward, we tended not to see
beyond the United States. Our entry into the
Organization of...
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Relief Efforts Clinton Administration
679 words
When President Bill Clinton was inaugurated in
1993, he stressed a new policy concerning a
revived United Nations and the actions that would
be taken by the United States concerning the? New
World Order, ? a term coined by his predecessor
George Bush depicting the post-Cold War
international arena. Clinton had campaigned on the
need for a multilateral organization to share
costs and share risks of any peacekeeping venture.
The Clinton Administration had made
multilateralism a campaign issue and ...
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Arab Israeli Conflict American Foreign Policy
1,877 words
Rise to Globalism: American Foreign Policy Since
1938 Rise to Globalism, by Stephen Ambrose, is an
enlightened work on the development of American
foreign policy from World War II through the
Reagan administration. It is an excellent one
volume history, basic, but full of fact, that
explains the trends in foreign policy that led
America from its isolationist attitude of the
first half of the nineteenth century to its
position of global power and imminence today. The
basic causes of the worlds ma...
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