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- 3431: David Livingstone
- ... against the slave trade and writing another book, The Zambezi and Its Tributaries. While home, his mother died. Another tragedy in his lifeLivingstone's son Robert, who at this time was fighting in the American Civil War to free the slaves, was killed and buried at Gettysburg. Now the third phase of his explorations began to shape up. The Royal Geographical Society planned and spon-sored his last expedition, which was from ...
- 3432: British Colonialism
- ... get bigger and wealthier. That's why all the great European countries were fighting each other for the control of the colonies. One of the most well known wars for a colony is the Boer war. According to Walter L. Arnstein the Boer War had been too bloody, too costly, and too cruel; 6000 British troops had died in battle, 16000 more of disease, and 23000 had been wounded. (Arnstein 159) Nowadays there are very few colonies all over the world. After the World War II the Europeans abandoned most of the colonies. One of the last colonies was the English Hong Kong. Unfortunately most of the colonies managed to liberate themselves after a long fight with their oppressors ...
- 3433: Health Care Reform
- ... failure to reform Health Care that makes a more centralized social policy unlikely in the near future. There has been a necessity in the twentieth century (due in part to the Great Depression and World War II) for big government. The legislation behind Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal called for the involvement of the federal government to create a highly bureaucratic social policy. The combination of Roosevelt’s political assertiveness and ... of social reform: “The Great Society”. In contrast to the severe economic circumstances of the thirties, the sixties were consumed with social unrest. The predominantly white bourgeoisie saw such reforms as a financial threat. The civil rights act of 1964 was a distant promise to the underprivileged for a better way of living. The American people were not willing to give up some of their money so that the more unfortunate ...
- 3434: Louis Leakey
- ... s find because the age of the skeleton could not be proven. Further, Reck could not return to the site because, as he was German and Britain had won that region of Africa in World War I, he was not able to go there. Leakey was fascinated with the site and told Reck that they would one day go back. For the time being, this had to be put on hold ... family. Ostracized by the scientific community, he became a civilian intellience officer for the Kenyan government in 1939, and by the end of the year was drafted into the African Intelligence Department when Britain declared war on Germany, and was running guns to Ethiopia. During the remainder of World War II, Leakey became somewhat of a spy, collecting information for the government. However, in his free time he, along with his wife Mary, kept themselves busy archaeologically with many sites, including the Olduvai site. ...
- 3435: The Good Death -
- ... part in campaigns, would maintain a supply of cash (Bowman, Stephen, pg. 11). If we stop their flow of cash then we can stop their operation. State sponsored international terrorists usually fight for a religious war. Modern advances of mass communication, international travel, and the development of weapons of mass destruction have helped terrorists move their causes from a local status to a global one (Bowman, Stephen, pg. 1). Now these terrorists have broadened their boundaries on their religious war. These terrorists have become so important to their government that they are physically protected by them (Bowman, Stephen, pg.11-12). This makes it a lot harder to counter-attack terrorism. If we have to ... pg. 13). In order to ensure shoppers safety, security measures need to be increased. There is no practical way of preventing a determined terrorist attack against a large store without persuading shoppers to accept permanent war-like security screening at entrances and exits (Connor, Michael, pg. 56). But what shoppers and employees can do is just keep an eye out for anything that looks out of the ordinary. Perhaps the ...
- 3436: Ulysses S. Grant’s Leadership and Simplicity
- ... incredible battlefield commander. He produced the foundation of the modern American army. Grant emphasized a strategy of maximum firepower with maximum mobility (Perret, 28). Simplicity was the basis of Grant’s nature. He saw the war in its simplest form, which meant that he saw it as a whole. He did not see the difficulties in winning until they surfaced. His strategy was simple, he was going to hold Lee in Virginia and move Sherman through Georgia to attack him in rear. “His theory of war was simplicity itself; he says: ‘The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike at him as hard as you can and as often as you can, and keep moving ...
- 3437: Eleanor Roosevelt
- ... While the President struggled to regain the use of his legs, Eleanor Roosevelt and Louis Howe joined forces to keep his political and business contacts alive. She became a powerful voice for youth employment and civil rights for blacks and women. No first lady has been more visible and outspoken than Eleanor Roosevelt. Perseverance was another great quality of Eleanor Roosevelt. From the time she was a little girl she had ... did not surrender any of her other activities. She earned her own income and gave most of her money to various charities. She traveled throughout the country, visiting coalmines and impoverished Appalachian farms. During World War II she continued to do inspections for her husband and made goodwill tours to England, the South Pacific and the Caribbean. She also visited American troops abroad to boost their morale. She also visited military ...
- 3438: Society 2
- ... the way down to the lowest (Opposition). A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur s Court offered Clemens one of the best opportunities to attack the repressive and antidemocratic forces which he saw in the post Civil War in America as well as in sixth century England (American Literature 190). Through the Yankee, Twain transmits his belief that a government is only good if the bulk of the people benefit from it (American ...
- 3439: Night
- ... devastated by this horrendous act, and there are still people today who have not overcome its effects. An example of the horrible acts of the Nazis that stands out occurs at the end of World War II, when Elie and the rest of the inmates at the Buna camp were being force to transfer to the Gleiwitz camp. The transfer was a long, tiring journey through bitter cold and heavy falling ... is one image that can describe the suffering the Jews went through during the Holocaust. Both the boy and the Jews fought for their lives but in the end the result was death. When the war was over and the camps were freed Elie looked in the mirror and saw a "corpses". Elie felt he had no soul left. He felt that he was just a body and the Nazis had ... ripped his soul out of him. People all over the world felt like Elie felt. People that were not directly involved with the Holocaust were emotionally drained by the event. By the end of the war Elie had no faith left in God or his people.
- 3440: Ukraine: Facts
- ... when name differs from oblast' name Independence: 1 December 1991 (from Soviet Union) National holiday: Independence Day, 24 August (1991) Constitution: using 1978 pre-independence constitution; new constitution currently being drafted Legal system: based on civil law system; no judicial review of legislative acts Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal Executive branch: chief of state: President Leonid D. KUCHMA (since 19 July 1994); election last held 26 June and 10 July ... of vote by party NA; seats - (450 total) Communists 91, Rukh 22, Agrarians 18, Socialists 15, Republicans 11, Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists 5, Labor 5, Party of Democratic Revival 4, Democrats 2, Social Democrats 2, Civil Congress 2, Conservative Republicans 1, Party of Economic Revival of Crimea 1, Christian Democrats 1, independents 225; note - 405 deputies have been elected; run-off elections for the remaining 45 seats to be held by ... Republican Party, Mykhaylo HORYN', chairman; Ukrainian National Conservative Party, Viktor RADIONOV, chairman; Ukrainian People's Movement for Restructuring (Rukh), Vyacheslav CHORNOVIL, chairman; Ukrainian Communist Party, Petr SYMONENKO; Agrarian Party; Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists, S. STESTKO; Civil Congress, O. BAZYLUK; Party of Economic Revival of Crimea; Democratic Party Of Ukraine, Serhiy DOVMAN', chairman Other political or pressure groups: New Ukraine (Nova Ukrayina); Congress of National Democratic Forces Member of: BSEC, CCC, ...
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