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- 1081: Nikita Sergeyevich
- ... Curtain remained in place. In relations with the West, Khrushchev's tenure was marked by a series of high-stakes crises: the U-2 affair, the building of the Berlin Wall, and the Cuban Missile crisis. At the same time, he was the first Soviet leader to advocate "peaceful coexistence" with the West, and to negotiate with the United States on reducing Cold War tensions. By 1964, his reforms had alienated ...
- 1082: Nikita Khrushchevs Rise To Power
- ... two years short of its completion. By 1964 Khrushchev s prestige had been injured in a number of areas. Industrial growth slowed, while agriculture showed no new progress. Abroad, the split with China, the Berlin crisis, and the Cuban fiasco hurt the Soviet Union s international stature, and Khrushchev s efforts to improve relations with the West antagonized many in the military. Finally, the 1962 party reorganization caused turmoil throughout the ...
- 1083: Nelson Mandela - Long Walk To Freedom
- ... oil and limited the power of foreign influence in Mexico. Now, Mexican oil was controlled by PEMEX, which is controlled only by Mexico. Mexico become a large influence in the oil market during the oil crisis, but also went though hyperinflation and eventually needed some foreign help. But, the Mexicans would not allow foreign influences to dominate the Mexican state as foreigners have affected South Africa. Now I will examine another ...
- 1084: Napoleon
- ... the National Bank of France. This improved France s ability to finance wars without the worry of inflation, which had been a problem for most French governments after 1789. Nevertheless, there was still a financial crisis in 1810. Military spending accounted for around forty to sixty percent of national expenditure, leading to an increase in taxation A further achievement by Napoleon was his reforming of the administrative system in France. The ...
- 1085: Martin Luther King Jr. 9
- ... of many public facilities in Birmingham, Ala. In a moving appeal, known as the "Letter from Birmingham Jail," he replied to severaI white clergymen who felt that his efforts were ill timed. King argued that Asian and African nations were fast achieving political independence while "we still creep at a horse-and-buggy pace toward gaining a cup of coffee at a lunch counter." In 1964 King became the youngest recipient ...
- 1086: Martin Luther King Jr. 4
- ... non-violent protest. He believed that violence only intensifies evil, (Ansbro, 231) instead of promoting love and violence among all races. King s purpose in promoting nonviolence direct action was to create a situation so crisis packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiations. He felt that practicing nonviolence would portray his followers as moral beings while making apparent the brutality of the segregationists. King s preaching of nonviolence ...
- 1087: Martin Luther King - I Have A Dream Speech
- ... his civil rights workers would lead to violent counterattacks from segregationists. He knew this would only lead his followers to injury and death. "The purpose of our direct action is to create a situation so crisis-packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation" (156). Nonviolence put his followers on the moral high ground and made the brutality of racists very apparent. In this way, King won many allies ...
- 1088: Lincoln - The Truth
- ... and were wrong to do. However, had he sat by passively and let the Southern states secede, or had he done everything 'by the book', there would not be a Constitution to uphold. Such a crisis in events like this one had to be met by rising above constitutional restraints. The country as a whole and a union was at stake. Drastic measures and unconventional methods were needed to pull through ...
- 1089: Led Zeppelin
- ... mystery cut both ways. What press reports did reach the papers usually centered on a) riots over concert tickets, or b) motorcycles-in-the-hallway-type road behavior. Peter Grant found himself involved in constant crisis management. (Once introducing himself to Bob Dylan at an L.A. party, Grant offered a warm handshake. "I'm Peter Grant, manager of Led Zeppelin," he said. Dylan replied, "I don't come to you ...
- 1090: Karl Marx 3
- ... his life, after his death his works grew with the strength of the working class. His ideas and theories became known as Marxism, and has been used to shape the ideas of most European and Asian countries. The strength of the Proletariat has been due to the work of Marx. His ideals formed a government known as communism. Although he was never a rich man, his knowledge has been rich in ...
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