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- 771: Contain Communism
- ... create a military alliance the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and to establish an independent West Germany. The cold war widened in 1949-1950, when the Soviets exploded their first atomic bomb and the Communists in China conquered their vast homeland. The Chinese Communists signed an alliance with Stalin, but the United States refused to recognize the new regime. In Japan, then under U.S. control, economic development was accelerated to counter ...
- 772: Conflict In Vietnam
- ... at the time was a very poor area being cut off from the agricultural benefits of south Vietnam Ho Chi Minh was forced to ask for help from communist allies like the soviet union and china whom gave needed supported both before and during the war. The south lead by an anti-Communist ruler named ngo Dinh Diem was headed towards a democracy. The south being supported by the French and ...
- 773: Causes Of World War 2
- ... war, nor did it satisfy their ambitions to grow. The final country that was angry over the Versailles Treaty was Japan. They were also a victor over Germany and they wanted to gain control over China as reward for their participation in the war. This, however, did not happen and they were angry over the situation. The second cause of world war II was the failure of the many peace efforts ...
- 774: Buddihism
- ... on the person who is the agent of the action) until they reach Nirvana. The Mahayana ("Greater Vehicle") branch of schools began about the 1st century C.E.; Mahayanists are found today especially in Korea, China, Japan, and Tibet. The three most prominent schools are Pure Land, Chan or Len, and Tantra. Mahayana schools stress that lay people can also be good Buddhists. The form of the historical Buddha was, they ...
- 775: Black Death (the Plague)
- ... to 1450. Many people said it was the end of the world because of the plague s effects on the European people and Europe in general. The plague was brought to Europe by cargo from China. In this cargo there were rats that had flea s on them that carried this plague, and this little flea s caused one of the most devastating epidemics in the history of the world. The ...
- 776: Bill Gates
- ... the New York Times' bestseller list for seven weeks, and remained on the list for a total of 18 weeks. Published in more than 20 countries, the book sold more than 400,000 copies in China alone. In 1996, while strategically redeploying Microsoft to take advantage of the emerging opportunities created by the Internet, Gates thoroughly revised The Road Ahead to reflect his view that interactive networks are a major milestone ...
- 777: Barn Burning
- ... in the ninth of Evans' photographs known as "The Altar" and are described by Agee in the "Altar" section of the text: on the altar are a green glass bowl in which sits a white china swan, two small twin vases, and a fluted saucer about which the wife "cares more dearly than for anything else she possesses." This is her last effort to make the house "pretty" (Agee 163). Here ...
- 778: America The Great
- ... up to more often with republicans in office also. While Ronald Reagan was president, from 1981 to 1989, he had to deal with many terrorists. One large group was the communists in the USSR and China. Another was a group of rebels in Panama. These rebels used guerrilla warfare trying to gain control of the Panama Canal. President Reagan finally decided to attack the rebels and wiped out their group. When ...
- 779: A Report On Japanese Culture
- ... and interesting drawing style, the manga will thrive for a long time to come. An object that is used daily by millions of Japanese people worldwide is called chopsticks, also known as Hashi. Originally from china this eating device had been shortened and simplified in design. While some chopsticks may be crafted out of ivory, bone, or other materials; the modern chopsticks have been made in the better-known wooden snap ...
- 780: African Culture
- ... For example, Asian immigration to the United States came quickly in the 1970s and 1980s with refugees from the Korean War, and especially after the Vietnam War. Even the continued reign of the Communists in China stimulated the flow of immigrants to these shores. For example, in 1970 the U.S. Census counted 1,438,544 Asians, but by 1990, they had grown to five times as many, 7,273,662 ...
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