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Five Thousand Men Enemy
783 wordsThe soldiers of my army were pounding at the walls of the enemy base, ramming into the thick stone and metal with tanks and bulldozers. There was little left on the interior of those walls, having been blown away by mortar shells or destroyed by howitzer fire. The few buildings that retained anything more than a foundation were scarred black and had walls that had fallen in. The base was completely lost, or so I thought. I was in command of the regiment that destroyed the base. I thought myself ...
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Russian Revolution Of 1917
1,136 wordsPicture living in 12 below zero temperatures without food and heat. These were the conditions for the Russian citizens during 1916 and 1917. People were starving without any food or heat and their children were off fighting in a war with over 1, 700, 000 dying men. What were all of them fighting for? The country? Why would a fellow human being want to risk his life for the country when the country cannot even provide its citizens with enough food and heat. The need for basic necessities such as ...
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United States Government Death Penalty
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Closer To God Louise Erdrich
1,582 wordsIn the book Tracks, written by Louise Erdrich we meet various characters, including Pauline. As we hear stories about her life and circumstances that she encountered and overcame, we gain insight into the life of a woman who fought to gain acceptance in a world where no one would accept her. As Erdrich wrote the book she based the life of Pauline on a Native American historical figure, Tekawitha Kate. When looking at the lives of these two women we can see the many similarities in their lives, b...
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Women And Children Warsaw Ghetto
1,311 wordsMany people from different countries where held as prisoners in concentration and death camps. The main victims of these camps were the Jews. They were discriminated because of their religion and there way of life. The number one reason why concentration and death camps ever existed was because of hate. The three main obstacles the Jews had to face in the holocaust were starvation, famine, and torture. The word holocaust meant an offering to God that was entirely consumed by fire. (Rogasky 6) On...
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Missiles In Cuba Bases In Cuba
1,173 words... ct on November 30, 1961. A panel including Attorney General Robert Kennedy and Maxwell Taylor, discussed the liquidation of certain Cuban leaders. On January 30 1962 Kennedy met with the Russian President Khrushchev's son-in-law to remind the Russians the US was friendly and had not interfered with Hungary in 1956, this was an attempt to side with Russia. A few weeks before the missile crisis, Robert Kennedy told the panel his brother was concerned about progress on the MONGOOSE program, and...
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Vasco Da Gama Marco Polo Spices
571 wordsThe Search for Spices Merchants who sold spices kept in secret where they were buying spices and the routes to places rich in spice plants. They invented many legends and made a mystery of spice origin. Some of them told that cinnamon is brought from snaky valleys, and cassia is brought from the banks of shallow lakes and rivers where huge and furious birds built their nests at high limestone cliffs. Merchants said that they were lucky to gather spices when these nests were falling down from cli...
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Millions Of Dollars Board Of Education
935 wordsEisenhower In 1952, General Dwight D. Eisenhower became president of the United States of America. With Richard Nixon as his Vice President, Eisenhower had won 57 percent of the popular vote and 442 to 89 of the electoral vote. Moderation of Eisenhower's policies and the influence of Democratic supporters led Eisenhower to coin, "Modern Republicanism" as his maxim for the day. Being conservative with money and liberal with people was a policy meant to sway as many supporters from both wings or s...
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Orwell George Orwell
1,308 wordsGeorge Orwell? s 1984 George Orwell's novel 1984 is a frightening example of a totalitarian government. This government of unchallenged power controls not only the present and future of its people, but also the past. Many times the Party, the name of the government, alters the past to suit its needs. Orwell's vision is frightening because of the total lack of freedom given to the people by the government. In many ways George Orwell's vision of the future has come true, and the similarities betwe...
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Reservation To Reservation Steal And Flee Geronimo
1,048 wordsGo Kill Yeh, One Who Yawns, named Geronimo by the Mexican Army, was a dedicated Apache warrior. When one speaks of Indian war heroes, Geronimo is many times the first name uttered, especially when it comes down to pride, integrity, and the will for justice. He was born in No-doyen Canyon, Arizona, in the year of 1829, as the grandson of an Nedni Apache chief. This Position was forfeited as his father married out of the tribe. As a young teen, his father passed away, thus the young Geronimo took ...
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30 P M Cemetery Ridge
1,396 wordsThis most famous and most important Civil War Battle occurred over three hot summer days, July 1 to July 3, 1863, around the small market town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It began as a skirmish but by the time it ended, it involved 160, 00 Americans. Before the battle, major cities in the North such as Philadelphia, Baltimore and even Washington itself, were under threat of attack from General Robert E. Lee s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia which had crossed the Potomac River and marched ...
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Good Citizen Good Man
563 wordsThe good man and the good citizen are not one and the same. What can be said about one cannot be necessarily said about the other. It is essential for the good man to be a good citizen. It is not, though, vital for the good citizen to be a good man. This distinction is important to make, because it helps one understand that the qualities a good man possesses far supersede those of a good citizen. A good citizen does what is best for the community, his city. As long as he is no harm to his surrou...
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Type Of Government Tsar Nicholas
1,053 wordsRussian Revolution of 1917 Picture living in 12 below zero temperatures without food and heat. These were the conditions for the Russian citizens during 1916 and 1917. People were starving without any food or heat and their children were off fighting in a war with over 1, 700, 000 dying men. What were all of them fighting for? The country? Why would a fellow human being want to risk his life for the country when the country cannot even provide it s citizens with enough food and heat. The need fo...
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Bill Also Authorizes Five Years Juvenile
405 wordsBills Waiting to be Passed Bill summaries and statuses in congress. Some are still floating around in congress waiting to get passed. One bill is the Juvenile Crime Control Act of 1997. This bill states that if a juvenile is alleged of committing an offense to the United States Juvenile Delinquency Act be surrendered to the state authority and be tried as an adult. This bill also authorizes a juvenile to be proceeded against as a juvenile in Federal court if the alleged offense or act is committ...
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World War Ii 38 Th Parallel
972 wordsThe Korean War took place between the years of 1950 and 1953. The cause of the war was that Korea was under Japanese rule ever since the end of the Chinese-Japanese war in 1895. After World War II, in 1945, Korea was freed from Japan. The United States troops occupied the southern part of the country and Russian forces took the north. The very first and main reason we entered the war in Korea was because John Foster Dulles, the future Secretary of State under Dwight Eisenhower, said that it woul...
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Pope Julius Ii Sistine Chapel
519 wordsPOPE JULIUS II Pope Julius II was a powerful ruler and also the greatest art patron among the popes. His reign is considered one of the most brilliant in the Renaissance period. He was born Giuliano della River, in Albisola, Italy in 1443. He became a Franciscan priest in 1468. After his uncle became Pope Alexander VI in 1492, he fled to France, where he stayed until Alexander died. He was elected Pope Julius II in 1503. Even though bribery was a large part of his own election, the new pope quic...
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Roman Catholic Church Spanish Fleet
662 wordsOn May 30, 1588, they left the Port of Lisbon confident and assured of victory. If they would succeed in victory and conquer the enemy, then they would be the sole world power. If they win they will be victors of the biggest battle the world has ever seen. The Spanish Armada, the biggest invading fleet Spain had ever launched, left Lisbon toward England and headed for the unknown. During the 16 th century Spain and England were colonizing the world and gaining power. In the 1560 s England was je...
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U S Troops Soviet Union
1,263 wordsKennedy, John Fitzgerald (1917 - 63), 35 th president of the United States (1961 - 63). Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on May 29, 1917, the second son of financier Joseph P. Kennedy, who served as ambassador to Great Britain during the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He graduated from Harvard University in 1940, winning note with the publication of Why England Slept, an expansion of his senior thesis on Britains lack of preparedness for World War II. His own part in the w...
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Attack On Pearl Harbor Bombing Of Pearl Harbor
1,481 wordsIn Perl Harbor In 1941, one of the largest American military defeats occurred. An entire naval fleet was destroyed, hundreds were killed, all before 09. 00 on a Sunday. The US did not have any knowledge of this attack, partially because of ignorance, partially because of the military strategies of their Japanese opponents. The Japanese attack on the US naval base of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, was a classic case of It will not happen to me! Although the US suspected Japanese actions, they ...
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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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