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- 12801: Ernesto Guevara De Serna
- ... later he got a reputation for cold-blooded cruelty in the mass execution of recalcitrant supporters of the defeated president Batista. At the triumph of the Revolution, Guevara became second to Fidel Castro in the new government of Cuba, and the man was chiefly responsible for pushing Castro towards communism. It was a communism that was independent of the orthodox, Moscow-style communism of some of their colleagues. In 1959, he ... merely discontented youth of the later 1960s and early 70's. He was a focus for the kind of desperate revolutionary action which seemed, to millions of young people, the only hope of destroying the world of middle class industrial capitalism and communism.
- 12802: The Social Status of the London Surgeon, 1350-1450
- The Social Status of the London Surgeon, 1350-1450 Many critics' familiarity with the medieval medical community comes from Chaucer's characterization of the Doctor of Physic: "In al this world ne was there noon hym lik, / To speke of phisik and of surgerye."1 But what few critics fail to realize is that there is an important difference between the Doctor's ability to speak ... workers, the surgeons of the second campaign were free to perform their medical duties. While doctors normally attended military excursion to treat the King, the Battle of Agincourt demonstrates a growing need for surgeons. This new alliance between surgeons and the crown helped surgeons institutionalize their profession. For example, Morstede's service at Agincourt led him to the job of supervisor of surgery for the City of London in 1423.16 ...
- 12803: Eliot Ness
- ... Ness made special arrangements to ensure Capone was lead to his last train ride by The Untouchables. That was the last Ness saw of Capone who was infected with syphilis and died in prison, the world s greatest crime boss died a near vegetable. In July 1934 Ness was promoted and continued his war on bootleggers, in less than a year he and his team made it too expensive to bootleg ... few days later but Ness was able to take him to court, destroying his pension. This reinforced Ness idea of getting rid of the bad apples in the force and inspired him to make a new group of Untouchables. These six were never unmasked and were charged with policing the police. Another similar incident dealt with a club called McGinty s. Although this club was not owned by a police chief ...
- 12804: Is Monogamy the Best Form of Marriage?
- ... to more than one person. They feel that one person is not enough to keep them satisfied emotionally, spiritually, and also physically. People believe that not being monogamous will open your heart and soul to new and adventurous experiences. I believe monogamy is the best form of marriage. When two people get married they make a life-long decision to stay together as the wedding vow says, "until death do us part." Marriage is a big commitment that not everyone is willing to take. I think if you have an intimate relationship (and I do not only mean physically) with one person who means the world to you and who makes you feel happy to be alive, how can you possibly share that kind of love with anybody else. Considering, marriage is all about devoting one's self to that special ...
- 12805: The Problems of Affirmative Action
- ... This creates a hostile environment where the employer is not satisfied with his choice, and where the peers of the employee look down upon him. All of these affect the moral of the workers and new employee, sewing new seeds of racism, when racism is what Affirmative Action was designed to extinguish. On the other hand, what if the new employee is everything that the employer could want and he just happens to be in a minority group. The other employees do not know this and the cycle repeats itself. Are three decades of ...
- 12806: Essay On The Life Of Frederick Douglass
- ... next and to whom they would do it. When Douglass was about seven or eight years old, he left Captain Lloyd s plantation to live in Baltimore with the Auld family. Upon arriving to his new home, Frederick thought that he was going to like it much better than his previous home, however that changed gradually after some time. A short time after he moved to Baltimore, Mr. Douglass began to ... a nigger an inch, he will take an ell. A nigger should know nothing but to obey his master to do as he is told to do. Learning would spoil the best nigger in the world. With these words, the objective of the slaveholders in regards to their slaves mental capacity was to keep in as much darkness as possible. This was one of the most awful things that slaveholders did ...
- 12807: Edward Vii
- ... the throne to his son, King George V ( www.spartcus.com). The very first decade of the 20th century is the decade in which Edward VII reigned. This era is known as the Edwardian Era (World Book Encyclopedia, 59). It is King Edward's era, being named after him. " The Edwardian Era was the beginning of the 20th century, and led to all sorts of predictions by all sorts of people about how that century would signal the start of a truly golden age," said Richard Washington. This era is known as the sanest era in the history of our world (www.geocites.com). Edward VII along with other Edwardians helped to make it that way. Saki is a novelist and short story writer born in Akyab, Mynamar on December 18,1870 ( www.spartcus.com). Munro ... com). In June of 1916, Saki goes back to London to spend time with his sister and brother. Three months later, he becomes a lance - sergeant ( langguth, 22). November of the same year, Saki enters World War I. Hector Hugh Munro, Saki, is killed by a sniper in the early hours of a winter day, on November 13, 1916 ( Langguth, 98). Saki is remembered for his fiction pieces distinguishing by ...
- 12808: Why Kids Join Neo-Nazi Gangs
- ... middle class neighborhoods is usually the promise of power over family problems, protection from other gang and problems with a boyfriend or power over insecurities. HOW HATE GROWS When a nazi member wants to recruit new teen age en-Nazis they would stand near a school yard. with their shaved scab and bomber jacket evoking images of a powerful and forbidden gang, this would quickly draw a crowd. Following a carefully ... kill at least 47 more . The leader and his comrades would tell them things the can do when they are in the gang. When they hear these things they would be eager to join. The new recruits might be invited to go hunting which is something a 14 year old enjoyed. They would also promise candidates to go to a gun club. Those chosen for the violent route would be taken ... only are the foreigners are frightened but all the people who live in the area. UNEMPLOYMENT FACTOR The Priuatization of the owned heary industries in eastern Germany has resulted in thousands of lost jobs as new owners pare down payrolls bloated by communism's guarantee of lifetime employment for all. Unemployment in eastern Germany rose to 1,827,712 people in guly or 146% of the work force. In western ...
- 12809: Violence in Schools
- ... said that most violent conflicts among school-age children can be traced back to long-simmering disputes (Apfel 21). Carrying guns and other weapons around schools is becoming more and more popular all around the world. People think that carrying guns around schools with them will make them cool or fit in with other People like themselves. They're wrong. More and more people who are carrying guns around schools today ... obtain a gun. A survey of Baltimore public-schools students showed that the four most prevalent places to get guns are street corners, friends, drug dealers, and thieves (Gordon 29). And kids all over the world are getting guns from all these places but nobody is doing anything about it. It is very easy for someone to Obtain a handgun. All they have to do is go to one of these ... easily. Works Cited Glazer, Sarah. "Violence In Schools." CQ Researcher(Sept. 11,1992): 787- 818. Ed. Elanor Goldstein. Vol. 14. Boca Raton: Sirs,1992. Art. 78. Witkin, Gordon. "Kids Who Kill." U.S. News and World Report(April 8,1991): 26-35. Ed. Elanor Goldstein. Vol. 4. Boca Raton: Sirs, 1991. Art. 5. Apfel, Ira. "Teen Violence: Real or Imagined?" American Demographics (June, 1995). 22-23.
- 12810: Impact of Television on Society
- ... upward social mobility. It illustrates three major scenarios in social advancement' (a) There is always room at the top of society for more people analysis of the content of most television dramas reveals that TV world is dominated by more middle - upper class people than in real life. Also the occupations in television characters lean towards the professions.There are many dramas revolving around Lawyers, Doctors , Vetenarians etc... (b)Anyone can ... reporters from others. What appears on television news programs is in the end , the outcome of processes of negotiation between reporters and their sources . Satellite communication now enables live coverage of events from around the world. These include major sporting events and particularly crises and upheavals as they unfold . One of the significant outcomes of the Gulf War in 1991 was the emergence of CNN as a worldwide provided of television ... classic case here is the series of crises in Bosnia and Yugoslavia. Before this , many people would not have known where Albania was situated let alone know that it's capital was Tirana. The third world is consistently ignored by the media unless there is some super power conflict (Russia and Afghanistan) a threat to core interests, ( the threat to oil supplys by Iraq's invasion Kuwait) , sensational dramas (Hurricane ...
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