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- 4691: Hiroshima
- ... into an amount of 20,000 tons of TNT. (WOW!) They dubbed it the "the largest bomb ever yet used in the history of warfare." After about a week later, the emperor announced that the war was over. I personally think that this means that there probably wont be any more attacks from anybody. (The obvious) Father Kleinsorge Father Kleinsorge thought about Father Schiffer and Father La Salle, he needed ... then later found out all her family were dead. She then later went back to Kabe, depressed. The next day, she met her younger-sister who had not been in Hiroshima, who said that the war was over. Chapter 4 Panic Grass and Feverfew Father Kleinsorge, Mrs. Nakamura, her daughter Myeko, and Mr. Tanimoto came down with a capricious disease of weariness and feverishness, later to be known as radiation sickness ...
- 4692: States More Interdependent On Each Other For Economic and Military Security
- ... there are also times when it hasnt, ie. Bosnia and Iraq. In these cases the new world system has been challenged, and for the most part it stood its ground. In the Gulf War the U.S. was able to drive Iraq out of Kuwait and the new world system passed its first major test, as Goldstein said in his book International Relations 3rd ed.. In Bosnia there ... to fight, trade should flourish under the peace that comes from the interdependence of the states. With this peace from trade, states should be more willing to assist their allies in the event of a war or other type of conflict, because it protects their economic interest to do so. States borders will begin to blur because of their interdependence on each other, and this will create more incentives to cooperate ...
- 4693: International Law
- ... by being capable of enforcement by the application of external sanctions. The International Court of Justice is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, which succeeded the Permanent Court of International Justice after World War II. Article 92 of the charter of the United Nations states: The International Court of justice shall be the principal judicial organ of the United nations. It shall function in accordance with the annexed Statute ... occurs, the members of the Council may decide politically - but are not obliged legally - to undertake collective action that will have sanctioning result. In instances of threats to or breaches of the peace short of war, they may decide politically to take anticipatory action short of force. Moreover, it is for the members of the Security Council to determine when a threat to peace, a breach of peace, or an act ...
- 4694: Humans Vs. Technology
- World War III: Humans vs. Technology The advances in technology have become ordinary circumstances in modern society. It is hard to believe that less than half a century ago, computers were born. These new toys were created ... so easily be turned against their creators and when that day comes, everyone will realize that the instruments once used to help fight wars and produce so much, were the same instruments that won the war to existence.
- 4695: Marijuana
- ... degenerate races" (Schaffer, pg. 86). Beginning in the 60's marijuana use saw a resurgence which may be attributed to many causes. One of the main causes was the rebellion of youth against the Vietnam War. They used marijuana as an escape from war to peace. It was easy at this time to depict marijuana as a beneficial and completely harmless substance whose effects were far less harmful than those of legal drugs such as alcohol and nicotine because ...
- 4696: Nature 3
- ... call of the wild, this was known as one of the best dog stories ever told. His stories had true meaning he knew what it went to survive in nature. He was correspondent in the war between Russia and Japan, and also helped in the Mexican revolution. Unlike many other American writers he was part of a war. Many weren t and just told stories of what they heard had happened. So after reading this passage what is nature and what does it have to do with classic American literature. Well the two ...
- 4697: Women in the Odyssey: Valued Beings or Forgotten Slaves?
- ... is she who protects Odysseus from harm. Homer writes: Pallas Athene, daughter of Zeus, who always stands Beside you and guards you in all sorts of troubles (page 181, lines 300-301). Up until World War II, women stood by the side and watched men go off to war and then waited hopefully for their return. But in the Odyssey, it is a woman who saves the day several times. The story starts with Athene interrupting the chief god, Zeus, and reminding him of ...
- 4698: The Journey of Odysseus and Telemachos
- ... the way the story is set up, stemming from the purpose of each characters journey, their personal challenges, and the difficulties that surround them. The story commences when Odysseus, a valiant hero of the Trojan war, journeys back home. Together with his courageous comrades, and a several vessels, he set sail for his homeland Ithaca. Fated to wander for a full ten years, Odysseuss ships were immediately blown to Thrace by ... may also presume that Homer had not intended for the Telemachos to be as great a hero as his father. This may be due to the fact that, for example, he never had a Trojan War to fight, his setting is in a time of peace unlike his fathers, and more notably- although matured, Telemachus never really learned true leadership or chivalry as did his father. Homer has presented the world ...
- 4699: Policy Profile Of Senator Dick
- ... promote prosperity and social progress through a free, open, and expanding market-oriented global economy." * "To work diplomatically to help resolve dangerous regional conflicts." * "To work to reduce and eventually eliminate the danger of nuclear war." Senator Lugar has made an ernest attempt to embrace these ideas and employ their definitions in most all areas of foreign policy. (Lugar, 28) During Lugar's career in the United States Senate he has ... Clinton, to take a proactive role in the the Bosnian conflict, making requests repeatedly for military involvement. Lugar insists that an effort by the U.S. is needed to ensure the peace process of the war stricken region. It is his opinion that the United States is only adding to its negative image by not becoming involved. America should step in to promote talks and maintain cease fire conditions to prolong ...
- 4700: David Guterson and His Use of the Theme of Nature
- ... some of the moral dilemmas that humans face throughout their lives. His first novel, Snow Falling on Cedars, narrates the trial of a Japanese man accused of murdering a white man in the post World War II era. Throughout his literary works, Guterson uses elements of nature: land, trees, water and especially snow, as literal and metaphorical tools to develop and resolve conflicts. David Guterson uses the same aspects and characteristics ... northern Washington. Guterson's descriptive words about the snow generally parallel the racism that dominates Kabuo's trial. Kabuo stands accused of murdering local fisherman, Carl Heine Jr., who fought against the Japanese in World War II. Outside, a winter storm is brewing... the snow quietly blankets the island- much like the silent prejudice that shrouds its five thousand damp souls'(Pate 106). From the very start of the trial Guterson ...
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