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- 2131: The Sun Also Rises 5
- ... by the world around her. I tend to agree with the latter of these views, simply because of the many tragedies that befell Brett. She is a heroine who, despite being wounded by love and war, continues to pursue true love. Mimi Reisel Gladstein does make an excellent case for Brett as a modern-day Circe or bitch-goddess. Brett is a . . . drunkard, a nymphomaniac, or a Circe who turns men ... a complex woman who has endured much (55). These views are solidly-based as well. The two marriages that Brett entered into were loveless; the first with a man who died of dysentery during the war, and the second with a British Naval officer who returned from war suffering from a rather intense case of shock. Her love life is described by Theodore Bardacke as a . . . casualty of war in itself, has decayed into alcoholism and a series of causal sex relations ( ...
- 2132: Hackers: Information Warefare
- ... be a good alternative? Could you follow a few simple guidelines for the offer of virtually unlimited hacking with no worry of governmental interference? Where am I going with this? Right now we are at war. You may not realize it, but we all feel the implications of this war, because it's a war with no allies, and enormous stakes. It's a war of economics. The very countries that shake our hands over the conference tables of NATO and the United Nations are picking our pockets. Whether ...
- 2133: "Woe be to thee, O Constantinople, seated on seven hills, thou shall not continue a thousand years"
- ... and Serbs. This was accompanied by an internal weakness in the Empire due to the transformation that was taking place--the feebleness and impotence of the despotism and its replacement by oligarchic regimes an the civil wars that followed. This lessened the strength and protective power of the Empire and the period of 250 years after the the Latin conquest proved to be insufficient for it to recover. Although it had ... reason for the victory of the Ottomans in 1453 was the use of cannons or employing the gunpowder against the strength of the walls. The might of his army consisted of a large fleet of war vessels, an army of about 150 000 men, including 12 000 janissaries--soldiers taken as little children from their families (even from families of infidels) and specially trained in military skills to serve as the ... economic and political potentiality to cofront an empire which spread its territory on almost all the Balkan peninsula and Asia Minor, an empire which had the best military machine of the age, fighting the Holy War against the unbelievers. For eleven centuries it has been the center of this magnificent civilization of Bizantium which has preserved the legacy of the Ancient world and gave the world the priceless knowledge of ...
- 2134: Solo
- ... in that she refuses to understand his changing behavior. Her son, Harold Krebs, is a young man who is returning home from his tour of duty in France. The overwhelming shock of his experiences at war molds Harold into a different man. Harold wants to talk about how the war has affected him. He is unable to tell his mother the unvarnished truth about his battles because of the time period in which they live. His mother has no concept of what really happens in a war and this is evident when she says "I know the temptations you must have been exposed to. I know how weak men are. I pray for you all day long." She prays for Harold ...
- 2135: The Diary of Anne Frank
- ... adolescent girl, The Diary of a Young Girl depicts the feelings of many Jewish people whose lives were forever changed by the Nazi invasion. These tragic events took place around the 1940’s during World War II. A group, known as the Nazis, executed millions of people from different sects. Predominant among these were the Jewish people whose entire population was almost eliminated. These people were tortured, beaten, and murdered as ... Diary of a Young Girl that was written by a young teenage girl, Anne Frank, experiencing the hardships of the Nazi invasion. Coincidentally, this young adolescent’s diary explains how Jews were mistreated during the war. Many Jewish people were taken to concentration camps where they were either put to work or killed. Others, who were more fortunate, remained hidden from the Nazis with the assistance of sympathetic and courageous people ... stop it. “Most people did not oppose the new restrictions. Some were afraid of the German reaction while others didn’t think that the measures were serious enough to risk defying. Most just hoped the war would soon be over” (Verhoven 31). As a result of this fear and indifference, a shared hatred towards the Jews slowly began to develop. The Nazis started to chase the Jews out of their ...
- 2136: Is FDR to Blame for the Bombing at Pearl Harbor?
- ... prevent, or at least prepare for, the tragic occurrence at Pearl Harbor, however chose not to avoid the situation and submissively brought on the conflict. It was no secret that FDR wanted in on the war. Japan was a threat to America’s economic prosperity. If they controlled the Pacific, it would put a strain on America’s resources for copper, rubber, tin, and other valuable goods. These imports from the ... they attained a mildly threatening amount of power, however, the USA persisted.. Along with the economic threat that Japan posed to America, they were also attacking the US without there being an official declaration of war. Despite the fact that the United States was "neutral" at this point, Japan proceeded to sink the Panay in 1937. This was a violation of previous agreements, treaties, and was an intentional act of war. More evidence of FDR's desire to enter the war is present in his efforts to help China, which he was well aware was Japan’s rival at the time. While America claimed to ...
- 2137: Coming Of Age In Mississippi
- ... s "Coming of Age in Mississippi" was a good book for people who , just kidding . I found the book altogether insightful into the life of an African-American raised in the deep south during the civil rights movement . Although some parts played into the old stereotypes I heard over and over growing up , it did display a radical new breed for this period , a black , woman at that, fighting for her rights . It also gave us a look at what many sacrificied in order to acheive civil rights for all . I plan to explain the above statements more thoroughly throughout this paper . I believe this book acheived its goal of telling of one woman's struggle for her basic rights in a ... She then goes to college at Natchez college , a two year school . Throughout her college career we see Anne go through a change . She goes from being a shy , timid black girl to a determined civil rights activist . Her involvement in CORE and the NAACP help her to develope into the civil rights activist we know her as today . She began college , as I said , at Natchez college . Here at ...
- 2138: Botswana
- ... countries to being considered one of the richest non-oil producing countries. This growth happens when a majority of the continent was struggling with African socialism. Within South Africa Botswana was encircled by countries at war. During this time the Rhodesian war had entered into the boarders of Botswana. After the agreement of 1979 the civil war increased in Botswana. There were two devastating droughts during the 1970s and 1980s that caused economic hardship. Some of these losses included loss of livestock, and the demand for food aid programs in ...
- 2139: Battle Of The Bulge
- The Battle of the Bulge was an important fight because it was one that could have turned World War II around for the Germans. The Battle of the Bulge took place on December 16 1944. The Germans mobilized the last chance they had to win the war. The Germans wanted to cut the American forces in to two parts, because this way they could easily be destroyed. Hitler felt this was his last chance to win, because his forces were being pushed back and soon they would run out of the resources they would need to win the war. Hitler was mobilizing a task force of 500,000 Germans soldiers. The allies were slowly pushing through the Ardennes Forest on the German, Belgium boarder, with a force of 600,000 American solders, and ...
- 2140: Brazil 2
- ... to the power and resources that a congressional or senatorial seat brings with it. Brazilian political parties lack discipline and loyalty, and the special interest groups-whether they be bankers, rural landowners, pensioners, evangelicals, or civil servants-tend to support individual senators and congressmen rather than parties, which are weakly organized at the national level and heavily dependent on patronage at the state level. This situation is further aggravated by the ... even more complicated and more ideological, with newly independent unions, religious groups, indigenous movements, women's organizations, environmental activists, a powerful and more critical press, and a formidable movement of landless rural workers all energizing civil society and challenging the old oligarchic style of decision making and political representation. Thus, the crisis that hit at the beginning of 1999 resulted from the convergence of three developments: the burden of the state ... lobby in Congress. Thus, the power to paralyze the administration of government lies fully in the hands of those who most benefit from this situation and have the most to lose by its reform. Federal civil servants, who contribute R$3.3 billion annually, cost the system R$12.8 billion a year. The situation at the state level is little better. The states spend on average 30 percent of ...
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