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- 531: World War I
- ... to Serbia, knowing himself that it was impossible for them to accept fully. When the Serbs produced a less-than-satisfactory answer, Austria-Hungary declared war. Soon after, Russia, who was considered to be the “big brother” of Serbia and the Slavs, mobilized its army. Several more declarations and mobilizations later, War had begun. It is easy to look over a brief description of WWI like the one above and not ... up its Navy on the same day that it signed for peace. The Versailles Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles included 32 nations and 3/4 of the world’s population. Led by the Big Four (the Prime Ministers of England, France, and Italy, and President Wilson of the U.S.), the Conference and Treaty was based on Wilson’s original Fourteen Points. Some of the points were partially accepted ... about the Treaty. Was the “Guilt Clause” a mutual agreement of all countries involved or a mission of France and Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau? Had they used Clemenceau’s high status as part of the Big Four to push for such harsh punishments on Germany? It is hard to tell if the French used the Treaty as a means for revenge, or if other nations proposed the forcing of blame. ...
- 532: Babylonia A Great Civilization
- ... in a sense?! This shows that the Babylonian civilization had an effective way of life. That is why it required little change within a period of about 1200 years-the Code of Hammurabi played a big part of it. Babylonian art was very beautiful and it portrays how they felt and lived in the Babylonian civilization. Babylonian art and architecture continues to amaze contemporary historians. One example, a wonder of the ... sources, which shows how stable the civilization was. In the Babylonian civilization, the political structure was strong, and the laws were very strict. This kept the people in line. The Hammurabi's Code had a big and positive influence on Babylonia. Their art and architecture showed how they were civilized, respected nature, and their strong militaristic skills. Their religious beliefs also play a big part in why the civilization was so great. The beliefs were very "human" and just. Thus, I have proven that the Babylonian civilization was great, basically because of how "modern" it was compared to ...
- 533: The Cuban Missile Crisis
- ... of Pigs) on the coast of Cuba. Castro's army quickly stopped the exiles that hoped to find local support. Ninety of the invader's were killed and twelve hundred captured. This failure was a big embarrassment to the Kennedy administration. As of 1962 the Soviet Union was loosing a desperate arms race, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev conceived an idea of placing intermediate-range cruise missiles in Cuba. This deployment would ... These could reach anywhere in the continental United States except for the Pacific Northwest. At this point the Soviets did not yet know that the United States had knowledge of the missiles in Cuba. The big concern was that if the Soviets found out that America knew about the missiles, they might hide them or even launch them immediately. So the issue was to keep things quiet, so as not to ... gave the Soviets a way out. He also instructed his speechwriters to prepare two speeches to address the nation with, one announcing a blockade and the other announcing an air strike. The President had a big decision to make. On the 20th, EX-COMM forced John F. Kennedy to make one of two choices: a surgical air strike or quarantine. Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric was quoted saying "Essentially, ...
- 534: History Of Jazz And Classical Music
- ... Armstrong and Sidney Bechet. After World War I, Jazz music had evolved and was aided by the development of the recording industry. The small dance band ensemble grew into the larger orchestra known as the "Big Band". The music of the Big Bands became known as "Swing." Two of the more famous Swing band leaders were Tommy Dorsey and Harry James. In the late 40s and through the 50s, a different kind of Jazz became popular. This ... ensembles making use of clarinet, tuba, cornet, baritone, drums, and piano. Dixieland groups of New Orleans had similar instrumentation. During the Swing era, larger groups were employed to achieve more of an orchestral sound. The Big Bands of the this era were predominantly wind orchestras containing alto and tenor sax sections, trumpet and trombone sections, along with piano and drums. When Bop music arrived, the alto saxophone and trumpet were ...
- 535: Dreams
- ... dreams. As well, many feel dreams are better left uninterprated. Many have wondered whether or not one should interpret dreams. There are six main types of dreams, instinctive, digestive, integrative, creative, true-dreaming, and lastly “big” dreams (Wilde 14). An instinctive dream is usually associated with primary life functions, digestive dreams related to remembering the previous days. In some dreams one learns how to cope with conflict, dreams such as these are called integrative dreams. In such dreams one may struggle with a decision, in the dream however, it is the conflict that would have been greatly dramatized. Creative, true, and big dreams are easily explained, there is not much more to them than what their name implies. There are two ways to interpret dreams, literally and symbolically. Taking a dream for what it is, waking up ... their dream (Faraday 139). Psychologists, though they feel children and adults dream for the same reason, as previously stated, believe that children’s dreams are more significant. Children are just “’small people living in a big world’ Van de Castle stated” there fore causing children to vent their anger, fear, or resentment in dreams better, because they feel powerless (Short 30). Many feel that dreams should be analyzed. “Like an ...
- 536: Im The King Of The Castle
- ... Hooper. The story starts with the death of edmund's grandfather, they visit him and later het dies. Mr. Hooper and Edmund went to live in the house of Edmund's grandfather, it was a big ugly house made of dark, red brick, it was called Warings , there were no other houses near it. one night Edmund got out of bed. He walked across the hall and he took a key from the desk. This was the key to the Red Room, he walked to a very big door and he unlocked it. The room was like a museum, Edmund's father had been a great collector of moths and butterflies. Edmund looked in a glass case and he touched a large black ... Charles has been at Warings now for over a week, he wanted to go away from there so he decided to go to Hang wood for a walk. During the walk he saw a very big crow, the crow flew right over his head and he ran into the corn field. The crow flew up and dived again but this time it did not land, it was a very large ...
- 537: Hermes Carrying The Infant Dionysos
- ... the sculpture is remarkably decent-looking, considering it’s age. Hermes is missing pieces of his body, such as his right arm after his bicep, the left index finger and thumb, and his penis. Hermes’ big toe is chipped, and there are chips and scratches sporadically throughout his body that have been painted over. His left arm and hand seem to have been detached and reattached again as well. As for ... is sticking out is also a very effective technique for movement for the viewer’s eye. During the time that this sculpture was created, a lot had been going on in Greece. There was a big fear of tyranny, and the statues being created were simply claims of superiority and high status. The people became worried about how these powerful individuals would relate with society. Several Persian defeats had just occurred ... much different. Art was now more intimate and personal due to many people wanting to improve their homes and create shrines for gods. This new art had a lot of emotion. Classical sculpture was a big change because figures seemed to move more naturally. There was a newfound realization that one part of the human body couldn’t move without affecting other parts of the body. The growth of philosophy ...
- 538: Creative Story: Neolithic Park
- ... with all the tough classes I'm taking this year. Speaking of Cabela's; according to that sign, we just entered Cabela's land." "Cabela's land?" asked Brian, "This place really must be as big as I hear. I can just barely see the parking lot from here." "Why do you think they would put the largest hunting and fishing goods store in the world in Sidney, Nebraska, of all ... already settled herself in a large, six-man tent. As Chris stepped in, he darted his eyes from side to side, examining the every aspect of the tent. "Whew . . . this must be three times as big as my dad's tent." "Probably because this is a six-man tent, and his is a two-man," added Brian. "Good point. Hey, somebody shut the door." As the rest of the foursome talked ... surprise, no alarm sounded. He then reached in through the broken glass and picked up two weapons. "I'll go look for some ammunition," said Chris. "Yeah, good idea. I'll get one of those big knives from the other end of the counter." After getting two boxes of ammo for the two guns, Chris walked to where Brian stood, near the large, locked metal box that held all of ...
- 539: The Power Of One By Ernest Hem
- ... of his culture that is present in the book The Power Of One is that of sports. There all sports all over this book and in his writings. In the African culture sports are very big. The sports which are the biggest in Africa are rugby and boxing. Both rugby and boxing are key parts of the African culture in the book. Boxing is the central focus of this book as ... Brennan the former champ said at the end of the story, "It's funny how fast you can think when it means that much money."7 As in the South African culture boxing was very big in the United States, and it is still big today. That story reflected the American culture that was brought up Hemingway. The factor of the American culture that affected his writing is the idea of doing everything you can for a buck, no ...
- 540: The Design Of A Website
- ... many as possible at once, good design is pulled together by one or two fonts. The best combination is one light and one bold. (This seems to work with colours too). 9. Make everything as BIG as possible Type looks good in big point sizes, a bad picture always looks better bigger. 10. Get lumpy ! The trouble with most web design is that it holds no great surprise. 95% of web pages have beautiful graphic homepages, followed by ... Browsers will never scroll, they are more likely to press a button and keep going. Shorter pages break up content to bite size pieces this is more appealing to the viewer. 5. Don t use big, slow graphics. No one wants to wait a minute for art or seven minutes for a video; the only acceptable delay when it comes to the web is no delay. 6. Go monochromatic. Monochromatic ...
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