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- 4601: Propaganda In Elections
- ... Glittering Generality is in short Name Calling in reverse, while the Name Calling device ties a person to a negative idea, the Glittering Generality technique makes us approve and except something without careful examination. Since war is especially distasteful, the military is of course full of euphemisms. In the 1940's the US changed the name of the War Department to the Department of Defense. During the Reagon Administration, the MX-Missile, a nuclear weapon, was re-named "The Peacekeeper". In conclusion, as Alfred Lee once said, " Propaganda is opinion expressed for the purpose ...
- 4602: Evaluation Of The Agricultural
- ... was changing very quickly due to the Government problems, the Tsar was an absolute ruler. Others wanted to share the power. Russian industry was undergoing great changes. An industrial revolution was happening. After the disaster war with Japan there was a navy plan which would have made Russia the third world greatest naval power in the world by 1931. All of this led to certain changes in the regime that was ... workers. The people were working for long hours in dirty and dangerous factories they wanted change. Military development in Russia during the years 1906-1913 was needed. After the naval disaster in 1905 in the war with Japan of the three squadrons which made up the Russian navy, two had been completely destroyed and the other had mutinied. Weak leadership was blamed. Far more power was given to the naval minister ...
- 4603: Theory Of Knowledge 2
- ... Reality is often a word that we regularly settle on in connection with History. It is our first thought; it is all the events in the past. For example we know that the Second World War ended in 1945 as in the same way we know that there were British colonies in Asia and Africa. We accept it as a fact but at the same time do we accept it at ... it is a firm belief of many people that History is there to teach us not to repeat the past. A class example is the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the Americans in World War 2. Is this a lesson that bad guys never win or that the atomic bomb should not have been used? Even now, with the lingering legacy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, there still is a controversy ...
- 4604: European Crusades
- ... tradition of the pilgrimage to the Holy Land, which was often imposed as a penance . Now, however, they assumed a two roles as pilgrims and warriors. Such an armed pilgrimage was regarded as a justifiable war, because it was fought to recapture the places sacred to that of the Christians . Jerusalem had been under Muslim rule since the 7th century, but pilgrimages were not cut off until the 11th century, when ... made his appeal. He thought that western Christendom should march to the rescue of the East. Rich and poor alike should go and they should leave off slaying each other and instead fight a great war. Supposedly they thought it was God will and that God would lead them and Take care of them. During his speech Cries of "Dues le wolt! -- "God wills it!" - Interrupted his speech. Just after the ...
- 4605: Othello - The Tragic Hero
- ... of a single villain, but is rather a consequence of a wide range of feelings, judgments and misjudgments, and attempts for personal justification exhibited by the characters. Othello is first shown as a hero of war and a man of great pride and courage. As the play continues, his character begins to deteriorate and become less noble. Chronologically through the play, Othellos character changes from a flawless military leader, to ... been involved in, this man is still naive of the corruptness of other individuals. Othello has a trusting nature in which he gives it all. He put all his trust in Iago during times of war and during Othello's marriage to Desdemona. Everyone considered Iago as honest, and it would be out of character for Othello to believe any different. For example, Othello had told Duke: "So please your grace ...
- 4606: The Prime Minister of Great Britain
- ... controls the agenda which the office prepares for Cabinet meetings. There is a smaller Prime Minister's Private Office which consists of a principal private secretary and a half a dozen other staff drawn from civil service. Perhaps owing to American influence the two offices are becoming increasingly popular and there are signs that the Prime Minister is no longer content to be aided by nonpolitical civil servants. There is little doubt that if he chooses the PM can be in complete command of his Cabinet. The PM must also give leadership in the House of Commons, though he usually appoints a ...
- 4607: Freedom Through The Press
- Freedom Through The Press Tears streamed down a broken face That stared to the ground where his father lay At lexington was he dying this day For a battle lost, and a war begun. In a young boys hand, A father lifted his head To look at a son, so confused and afraid Who understood not, for what his father bled Why he would fight, What reason for ... burns like fire, beats like a drum As with his last breath he whispers FREEDOM! 56 men signed a Declaration of Independence, risking their lives. 1000's of men and boys died in the Revolutionary war, And 100's of 1000's more fought and died in wars to come. 56 men created and signed a document of government so perfect it has endured the test of time for over 200 ...
- 4608: Personal Freedom In the United States of America
- ... was the strongest objection to the ratification of the Constitution. Less than a decade after the Bill of Rights had been adopted it met its first serious challenge. In 1798, there was a threat of war with France and thousands of French refugees were living in the United States. Many radicals supported the French cause and were considered "incompatible with social order." This hysteria led Congress to enact several alien and ... 16, 1965, thirteen year old Mary Beth Tinker went to school in Des Moines, Iowa. She and her fifteen year old brother, John, had decided to wear black armbands as a protest to the Vietnam War. In advance to their arrival, the principal had decided that any student wearing an arm- band would be told to remove it, stating that, "The schools are no place for demonstrations." If the student refused ...
- 4609: Democratic World Government - An Outline Structure
- ... Reducing militarisation Could the existence of the world government do anything to reduce conventional military tensions in the world? Well, there seems no reason why the world government should not take the view that unsanctioned war between countries should be totally illegal, and pass a law to such an effect. Then if war did break out between any two countries, the standard procedure of global-sampling referenda could be invoked to enforce devastating economic sanctions against both of the warring nations, or to raise a collaborative army with ...
- 4610: Ecuador and Democracy
- ... for Francisco Pizarro, who himself remained further north. Pizarro was not to arrive as conqueror for several years. Meanwhile, the rivalry of Huayna Capac's two sons grew. The Inca of Cuzco, Huascar, went to war against the Ecuadorian Inca, Atahualpa. After several years of fighting, Atahualpa defeated Huascar near Ambato in central Ecuador and was thus the ruler of the weakened and still divided Inca Empire when Pizarro arrived in ... in 1830. In the same year a treaty was signed with Peru, drawing up a boundary between the two nations. This is the boundary that is marked on all Ecuadorian maps. In 1942, after a war between the two countries, the border was redrawn in Rio de Janeiro and it is this border that is found on non-Ecuadorian maps. However, it is not officially acknowledged by Ecuadorian authorities. Independent Ecuador ...
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