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- 1561: 1968
- ... 1960. Nixon became the thirty-seventh president in 1968. President Richard Nixon was the only president who realized that the United States did not and does not have the funds to win a war as big as the Vietnam War. To disengage from the Vietnam War, President Nixon came up with a five part strategy. A military campaign increased emphasis on pacification of South Vietnam, withdrawal of United States Combat Forces ... Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination, the Robert Kennedy assassination, the TET Offensive, American Riots, the My Lai Massacre, the Democratic convention, the height of the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War was also a big upset in the history of "OUR" country. A few points that prove this statement false is the Civil War in 1861 untill 1865, the Cold War which followed immediately after World War II through the ...
- 1562: Richard Warren Sears and Sears, Roebuck, & Company
- ... name of Alvah Curtis Roebuck from Hammond, Indiana. Richard Sears became even more successful by opening up the huge rural market. His advertising was aimed at the farmer, who was independent and stayed away from big companies. He portrayed himself to them as a fellow independent businessman, and was able to prove it by his low prices and his willingness to send watches on approval for just the payment of a ... of chairman of the board, but resigned that position too soon afterwards. Richard Warren Sears died on September 28, 1914, in Waukesha, Wisconsin, at the age of 50. During his life, Sears succeeded in a big way, having built a company which has become an American institution.
- 1563: The Art of Rock and Roll by Charles Brown
- ... as stride, dixieland, and the boogie-woogie which was the first obvious influence for rock and roll. In the 1930's blues took on a different character because of changes in society, black musicians developed big bands and blues singers continued to have great importance which eventually fostered rhythm and blues. Rock and roll started to develop in the last part of the 1930's mainly because of the start of ... the band background, was a predominant style of early rock and the foundation for the careers of famous rock musicians. Ballad singing is also an important part of early rock and roll, it is a big band tune from rhythm and blues tradition. Then there was novelties , which were a third kind of rock song. It was a song with some gimmick that makes it catchy. During the 1950's most ...
- 1564: Whitewater Vs. Watergate.
- ... Nixon and Clinton administrations. "When you give, you want something for your money - and you get it," he said. In Clinton's case, the question for the FBI is what policy favors were granted to big-buck donors linked to China. National-security issues also were a concern during Watergate, according to Nixon biographer Morris. National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger believed former Defense Department employee Daniel Ellsberg, the leaker of the ... a third-rate burglary gone wrong - the break-in and wiretapping of Democratic National Committee headquarters authorized by Nixon insiders at the highest level, if not by the president himself. That in itself is a big deal. But the "third-rate burglary" tag was created to divert attention from top officials involved. The break-in was just one of abuses of presidential power fittingly called the "White House horrors" by John ...
- 1565: BECOA Report on Investing Currencies in the Far East
- ... gains to be made by pursuing any countries within. As is evident from classroom work in this course, the Far East has the greatest potential of any area in the world to be the next big area, in terms of economic expansion. With the many countries available to select for currency trade, it is very difficult for a student with limitedresources to accurately and to the best of his or her ... If we refer to (Fig.1, pg: 7), it is quite obvious that Singapore has experienced some major and substantial economic expansion in the past five years. The rate of increase is one of the big attractions to investors who feel Singapore can provide some major returns through their currency. The Singapore dollar is a currency that is very prone to following the way of the Japanese Yen. This means that ...
- 1566: Gannett Company History
- ... and expandable circulation’s. His newspapers were usually the only ones published in the city, that made it affordable and profitable to run(Encyclopidia Britinica). In 1912 Gannett purchased the Ithaca Journal, this was a big foot in the door for Gannett he was now in the division of upper New York. This was also the first paper that Gannett worked for. In 1918 the now well developing company moved to ... performance by catering to both ends of the media spectrum. Newharth over saw the company move to Rochester New York to Arlington Virginia, that is were USA today offices are located. Newharth was however a big spender, he liked to give money away to different companies and programs. When the company moved he spent $15 million dollars on decorating the new head quarter in Virginia. Since he was spending show much ...
- 1567: Perosnal Writing: My Experience In The Navy
- ... to the United States. I was 13 years old at that time. I remembered correctly it was my first day at school, I was very excited to go to school in America, it was a big day for me since I came from a very poor country. I learned English from the beginning, the rest of the kids were all spoke English really well. They wanted to be my friends but ... days and 3 nights to have all of us separated into different divisions, each divisions had about 70 to 80 men, and we all have to work as a team. We all lived in a big berthing which filled with 80 beds, 10 showers, 10 sinks and 10 toilet seats. Each division has a trainer who was called “Division Commander”. He assigned every one of us a different job. My job ...
- 1568: Orson Welles
- ... and self destructive drive. During the course of his life, he was involved in the production of more than 46 movies. Many of his movies dealt with the theme of the "little guy against the big guy". Sometimes, the little guy won, but most of the time, the big guy was the victor. However, the storyline conveyed empathy for both victim and victor. The hero in Welles’ movies spent most of his time trying to overcome his situation and deal with circumstances that were ...
- 1569: The Jewel Of Titletown
- ... it always does. Rush hour in Titletown is modest, to say the least. Green Bay is small by metropolitan standards, but the locals prefer to think of their community as quaint, cozy, and comfortable. A big city feel without many of the big city hassles. Near the central part of town, along the banks of the Fox River, sits a Green Bay landmark: Lambeau Field. The home of the 3-time Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers is ...
- 1570: Ernest Hemingway
- ... everyone from the village in it and sowed how the were raised, born, educated, and bore children. This story could have been well over a thousand pages if the above were included (Plimpton 125). The big question that I ask is though, if all the above were included in the novel, how different do you think that the interpretation would be? I feel that the interpretations would be so very different ... Pride for the story The Old Man and the Sea Hemingway states," I knew two or three things about the situation, but I didn't know the story" " I didn't even know if that big fish was going to bite for the old man when it started smelling around the bait. I had to write on inventing out of knowledge. You reject everything that is not or can't be ...
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