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- 1931: The Life Of Mahatma Ghandi
- ... with him not to seek redress of a personal wrong in a court of law. Resistance and results. Gandhi was not the man to nurse a grudge. On the outbreak of the South African (Boer) War in 1899, he argued that the Indians, who claimed the full rights of citizenship in the British crown colony of Natal, were in duty bound to defend it. He raised an ambulance corps of 1 ... force was dull and depressed, and damnation was heartily invoked on everything. But Gandhi was stoical in his bearing, cheerful and confident in his conversation and had a kindly eye. The British victory in the war brought little relief to the Indians in South Africa. The new regime in South Africa was to blossom into a partnership, but only between Boers and Britons. Gandhi saw that, with the exception of a ... their defiance. Thus was born satyagraha ("devotion to truth"), a new technique for redressing wrongs through inviting, rather than inflicting, suffering, for resisting the adversary without rancour and fighting him without violence. (see also Index: civil disobedience) The struggle in South Africa lasted for more than seven years. It had its ups and downs, but under Gandhi's leadership, the small Indian minority kept up its resistance against heavy odds. ...
- 1932: Romeo And Juliet - Fate
- "Two households, both alike in dignity, / In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, / From ancient grudge brakes to new mutiny, / Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. / From forth the fatal lions of these foes / A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life; / Whose misadventured piteous overthrows / Doth with their death bury their parents strife. / The fearful passage ... that we have a curse in having her Out on her, hilding! (III, vi, lines 162-169) Little does he know, that he is totally wrong. God ( representing fate), send Juliet to stop the ageless war. It is not "a curse in having her", but rather a blessing, which shall prove to be a tragic one indeed. The most fate driven event in the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, must ...
- 1933: Lebanon
- ... s coastline. Today, much of Beirut lies in ruins. It has been a battlefield on which the contending forces of have warred to see who could cause the greatest destruction. But before 1975, when the civil war erupted, Beirut was the nation's cultural and commercial heart and on of the most beautiful and prosperous cities in the Middle East. Lebanon's second largest city, Tripoli, is also on the c oast ... Christians have lived in harmony for long period s of time, but they have frequently engaged in bitter warfare, much as we are seeing today. For nearly a decade this hapless nation has suffered continuous civil war among its various religious and ethnic groups. It has been invaded twice by Israel, which now controls all of southern Lebanon, and it has been occupied by Syria, which controls most of eastern ...
- 1934: The Good Friday Agreement
- ... other perspectives. Source 6 is a map of plantations and farmland. This is only to inform. Source 10 is Ireland being partitioned. I believe that this was issued by Westminster as a solution to the Civil War which was breaking out in light of the General Election of 1918. The present problems in Northern Ireland are all caused by what happened in the past. I believe that Great Britains paranoia of attack ... out with new political and armies being set up: the SDLP, the UDA and the UDF. With these new political parties and armies along with the problems at the time northern Ireland was close to civil war. Britain decided that an unbiased party needed to control the state as Stormont Parliament was mostly Protestant and so from 1972 they decided to close the Stormont Parliament and start ruling directly from ...
- 1935: The Fall Of The Roman Empire
- ... great leaders of Rome from 119 to 78 BC, can be attributed part of the blame for the breakdown of the republic. Their constant quarreling led to factional fighting amongst the people and eventually to civil war. Marius came into power before Sulla and, like the Gracchi, showed a tendency towards disturbing the status quo and antagonized the nobility. Marius' reforms centered on military change, the most controversial of which was the ... property. Legions of Roman soldiers, who had effectualy turned into private armies, carried out these executions. This practice of obtaining soldiers for personal means led eventually to the widespread use of violence and eventually to civil war. Close to the end of the republic, a triumvirate arose, combining the three most powerful men in Rome-Pompey, Caesar and Crassus. Caesar engineered the union, using the military and political skill of ...
- 1936: Underground Railroad
- ... That man was Tice Davids, a Kentucky slave who decided to live in freedom in 1831. The primary importance of the Underground Railroad was the on going fight to abolish slavery, the start of the civil war, and it was being one of our nation's first major anti-slavery movements. The history of the railroad is quite varied according to whom you are talking. Slavery in America thrived and continued to ... live their lives free. Some of the escaped fugitives met up with previously escaped friends and family and formed communities. Others found a haven in the Native Americans with whom they intermarried and reproduced. The civil war began and others found shelter with the Union Army. The slaves soon found out that freedom did not mean freedom from work, but they were happier because they now made their own decisions. ...
- 1937: Geroffrey Chaucer
- Known as the Father of the English Language, Geoffrey Chaucer, after six centuries, has retained his status as one of the three or four greatest English poets. Throughout his assiduous life as a courtier and civil servant under the royalty of Edward III and Richard II, Chaucer has written many famous pieces that are still admired and praise today. His life serving royalty in which he undertook multiply positions that allowed ... of a suit of clothes for Geoffrey Chaucer, including a pair of red and black hose and a pair of shoes. 1 This being his first connection with royalty, he was trained to be a civil servant and a diplomat; at the same time he leant the ways of the court and the use of arms.2 Those days must have been lively days for the young page, for old records ... her household were constantly on the move from one palace or great mansion to another. 1 Two years later Chaucer was with a European army that Edward III led into France during the Hundred Years' War. He was taken prisoner by the French but was soon ransomed by the king for a sum equivalent to about U.S. $2,400 in 1360. 3 Of his next seven years, nothing definite ...
- 1938: The Executive Branches of Governments
- ... today are quite large. Now modern governments have taken on many more responsibilities than they once had. When the executive branch of the United States government was organized in 1789, there were only three departments: War, State, and Treasury. As of 1989 there were 14 departments: Agriculture, Commerce, Defense (replacing the old War Department), Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Justice, Labor, State, Transportation, Treasury, and Veterans Affairs. Most departments are presided over by an official called a secretary, for example the secretary of state. Within the executive branch there are distinctions among the agencies. Some are managerial and administrative: they attend to the needs of management that exist throughout the executive branch. The Civil Service Commission deals with recruitment and classification of government employees. The General Services Administration is in charge of building construction, procurement of office space, office supplies, and disposition of records. At one time the ...
- 1939: Henry James And William Dean H
- Post-Civil War American Literature saw a transition from the prominence of romance to the development of realism. In the late 1800's, the United States was experiencing swift growth and change as a result of a changing ... parents. While his birth in 1843 was in New York City, his parents were purposly rootless, and by the age of eighteen he had already crossed the Atlantic six times. He avoided participation in the Civil War because of a poor back and began a role which he would maintain throughout his life and writings, one of a detached observer rather than participant in the American social scene. (Matthiessen 14) ...
- 1940: History Of Islam
- ... in exerting control over the Moslems due to primarily their resentment towards him as a leader.Not only did Ali failed to bring the Moslems into unity, he diversified them even further by inciting a Civil War between himself and Muawiya. In 656, Muawiya (Governor of Syria) diverted his soldiers away from the front with the Byzantines and marched towards Medina. This thus resulted in Ali leading his troops out of Medina causing Medina to lose it place of being the capital of Islam to Kufa which is a more central position than Medina. This civil war also marked the first open case of warfare by Moslem on Moslem. Muawiya was not the only enemies of Ali, Aisha and two other rebels were too against Ali's rule. Muawiya opposed ...
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