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- 4581: Henry V
- ... they are about to watch. In Act II, the function of the Chorus is to fill in the lapse of time that has occurred since the time when Henry made the decision to go to war against France. The audience is informed that the English have been preparing to go off to battle. All the young men of England are joining King Henry's forces. The Chorus tells of these brave ... s ambassador, from France where he met with the King of France. In Act II, he was sent to France to ask the King to forfeit his crown or else the English would go to war with France. He declined, but said that he would consider a counteroffer. Act II ended there, and now the Chorus tells that the king's counteroffer was his daughter, Katherine, and her dowry. However, Henry ...
- 4582: The Role of Citizen Political Participation in Hong Kong and Singapore
- ... states. Hong Kong's history of colonial rule and the strength of the People's Action Party (PAP) in Singapore acted to keep broad citizen participation in government to a minimum. Hong Kong after World War Two remained a colony of England and it's government remained under colonial rule. Unlike in other Asian nations such as Singapore their existed no major anti-colonial movement and the Colonial government was insulated ... Foreign service officers that flocked to Hong Kong, the last vestige of English Empire. In Hong Kong it really was the English that ruled not the Chinese public. In Singapore following the end of World War Two a single political party came into power in Singapore, the People's Action Party which was a strongly anti-colonial left wing party was a made up of communists and more moderate socialists. After ...
- 4583: Horse Slaughter
- ... pregnant mares, foals, potential pets, and young but not-fast-enough racehorses. The need for explanation and reformation is at hand. Information ripped from the grasps of the unbeknownst is the best tool in this war. It is mandatory, that the atrocious violation of the animals that helped make America what it is today become know to every person. These pets have been there to help get food, carry materials, and ... to the nearest slaughterhouse. All I am asking you to do is realize the problem, consider the solutions and inform others. Horses are not live stock, they are companion animals, that have carried us into war, taken us through the spring time meadows, and been there always in our hearts and imaginations. Horses have a direct place in our pasts and hopefully our futures. Look at all the facts and think ...
- 4584: Fall Of The Roman Empire
- ... The political and military state of Rome started to decline after the death of Marcus Aurelius in A.D. 180. When he died, his spoiled son, Commodus, took over. Commodus was a poor leader causing civil wars and tribes around the Mediterranean to invade. The Roman Empire declined from “a kingdom of gold into one of iron dust.” To deal with the invasions, the size of the Roman army was increased ... for goods. Emperors tried to mint new coins out of silver and copper. The result was inflation, or a dramatic rise in prices as people failed to accept this currency at face value. With the civil wars and other tribal invasions, the people were forced to support the military. In order to raise money for the army, the government raised taxes. According to Henry Haskell, the government made people put their ...
- 4585: Imperialism: And the Way It Took Away Tranquillity
- ... beef, and Muslims were forbidden to touch pork. They were also angered that the British were trying to make them adopt Christianity. In addition all of my accusations directed toward imperialism you can add World War I. It may very well have been the predecessor to the first World War. As the industrialized countries, vied for land in Asia and Africa, many countries felt left out of the race for colonies, and this may have set fused that would inevitably change the course of history ...
- 4586: The Communications Decency Act
- ... thousands of home-pages went black as Internet citizens expressed their disapproval of the Communications Decency Act. Presently there are numerous organizations that have formed in protest of the Act. The groups include: the American Civil Liberties Union, the Voters Telecommunications Watch, the Citizens Internet Empowerment Coalition, the Center for Democracy & Technology, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, the Internet Action Group, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The ACLU is not just ... to surf around on the Net and not see a Blue Ribbon on someone's site. On the day that President Clinton signed the CDA into law, a group of nineteen organizations, from the American Civil Liberties Union to the National Writers Union, filed suit in federal court, arguing that it restricted free speech. At the forefront of the battle against the CDA is Mike Godwin. Mike Godwin is regarded as ...
- 4587: Thomas Jefferson
- ... the early 18th century, the area west of the Mississippi and the ˇ§Isle of Orleansˇ¨ was ceded to Spain by a secret treaty in the year 1762. Soon after the end of the Seven Yearsˇ¦ War, the area east of the Mississippi was lost to Great Britain. However, after the American Revolution in the year 1800, the land was returned to France through another secret treaty by Napoleon I where he ... the revolt and causing Napoleon I to reconsider his plan of making Hispaniola the keystone of his colonial empire, Louisiana soon became of diminishing importance to the French. Also, with the imminence of the renewed war with Great Britain, the financial status of France also started diminish. So, in the year 1803, Napoleon decided to offer for sale to the United States the entire Louisiana Territory. Even though the two American ...
- 4588: Einstein
- ... to leave Germany and never to return. He then emigrated to the United States to make his home at the Institute of Advanced Studies and became a U.S. citizen in 1940. Prior to World War II, Germany considered Einstein a traitor when he recommended that Europe should re-arm itself and build up its forces, as he was sure that Germany was preparing for a war. Einstein’s theories don’t reflect his simple character; however, they are difficult because they require an individual to discard patterns of thinking that are too basic. Never the less, his theories made him one ...
- 4589: The Intelligence Of Odysseus
- ... its potential. In the Odyssey, this also gained him the favor of the gods because he survived by using his mind when many mortals would have perished. Before he sailed to fight in the Trojan War, Odysseus was already a respected leader in Greece. His plans and machinations helped the Greeks triumph in the War, particularly with his brilliant strategy leveraging the Trojan Horse. Odysseus then survived the terror of Poseidon Earthshaker only to struggle for his life on the way home. Odysseus created many unique stratagems and devices to ...
- 4590: Tiger Woods
- ... the b est golfer. The only way Tiger dealt with racism was to let his clubs do all the talking for him. The book starts off with Earl Woods, Tiger's father, during the Vietnam War. A sniper almost took out Earl but his friend saved him. Later on that day, he gets in a predicament with a bamboo viper, and once again, his friend saves him. The friend's name ... was good in combat; he was a tiger in combat. Nguyen Phong had the nickname of "Tiger". Earl vowed that if he ever had an o ther son, he would call him "Tiger". After the war, back in the United States, Earl met a Thai woman named Kultida and he married her and had a son. They named the baby Eldrick, but Earl called him "Tiger". Tiger Woods took interest in ...
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