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- 2911: The Assassination of John F Kennedy
- ... prove that Lee Harvey Oswald is not the killer. The Warren Commission consisting of "various outstanding citizens" was created to "ascertain, evaluate and report upon the facts relating to the assassination ... and the subsequent violent death of the man charged with the assassination Lee Harvey Oswald. The purpose of the Commission was to examine the evidence developed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and any additional evidence that may hereafter come ... backed coup, against his express wishes, he was outraged. Kennedy was no fan of Diem's, but he did not want to see him murdered. General Maxwell Taylor wrote that upon learning of Diem's death JFK "leaped to his feet and rushed from the room with a look of shock and dismay on his face". Kennedy blamed the CIA for Diem's murder. Kennedy said he had to "do something ... mentioning again that E. Howard Hunt of the CIA was able to blackmail Nixon for a million dollars. What did Hunt know? As discussed earlier, several researchers have accused Hunt of complicity in Kennedy's death, and Hunt has given conflicting accounts of where he was on the day of the shooting. Also several of the people who were hired or considered for employment by the Nixon White House during ...
- 2912: The Atomic Bomb and Japan
- ... destruction of their nation could happen much quicker than the Japanese had planned and force them into unconditional surrender. Japan used several tactics which American troops would never use, such as Kamikazes and the Baaton Death March. The term Kamikaze referred to pilots who flew their aircraft, loaded with explosives, directly into U.S. naval vessels. Kamikaze pilots, who sacrificed their lives in a last ditch effort to stop the allied advance, sank about 40 U.S. ships. The Baaton Death March was when the U.S.-Filipino Army was captured by the Japanese and forced to march to a far away prison without food or water. Nearly 650 Americans as well as over 1000 Filipino soldiers died as a result. It was one of the greatest atrocities of the war. The Baaton Death March and the Kamikaze missions are two more examples of why Americans felt morally justified by dropping the bombs and ending the war. The Truman administration did not take the decision lightly. They formed ...
- 2913: World War I Propaganda
- ... were getting. These were all sent to keep the Germans thinking about all of their problems. The German officers obviously felt the effects of these leaflets because they made threats saying “there is an automatic death sentence to any soldier caught reading these pamphlets” referring to the American propaganda. When the American Intelligence heard of this penalty they made shorter messages with larger print. This provided less risk of getting caught for the Germans and Americans still got what they wanted out of it. For the most part the World War One ...
- 2914: Things Fall Apart A Tragedy
- ... 3. Wisdom gained - realized he must adapt, but cannot--so he hangs himself III. The pity aroused by Achebe A. The people do not like Okonkwo for his treatment of less successful men (26). B. Death of Ikemefuna (87) C. Okonkwo beats Nwoye, due to his attraction to the Christian faith.(148-153) IV. The fear aroused by Achebe A. When Okonkwo learns that Ikemefuna must die, the reader fears that ... ears that the elders of Umofia have declared that Ikemefuna must die (57). The old man who tells him this talks to him with a foreshadowing statement of "Do not bear a hand in his death" (57). This statement arouses fear in the reader, who wonders how, and if Ikemefuna will die, and whether or not Okonkwo will be the one to kill him. When Agbala "wishes to see" Enzima, the ... her. Fear is then provoked in the reader as to if Enzima will ever be seen again, alive! Between page 100-109, Ekwefi and Okonkwo go on an adventure to protect Enzima from almost certain death. Luckily, Chielo quenches all fears when she brings Enzima back, alive and well (111). The last aroused fear is of what Okonkwo's treatment to Nwoye will be when he finds out Nwoye has ...
- 2915: The Salem Witch Trials
- ... by the neck until dead” on the tenth of June, and on that day the sheriff took her in a cart to Salem’s Gallow’s Hill and so hanged her (Robbins 63). Following the death of Bridget Bishop, accusations of witchcraft escalated, but the trials were not unopposed. Several townspeople signed petitions on behalf of accused people they believed to be innocent (S.W.T. Chr. 6). A group of ... proving innocence. Although they later changed their minds and recounted their stories, two days later they accused her again. Moreover, other accused witches confirmed that Easty had been working with them. Easty was condemned to death (A. F. 3). “...if it be possible, no more innocent blood be shed... I am innocent of this sin.”(S.W.T. Chr. 8) On September 22, 1692, Martha Corey, Margaret Scott, Alice Parker, Ann ... intangible evidence no longer be allowed in trials (S.W.T. Chr. 7). Was this the end of the mass hysteria of 1692? Nineteen men and women had been hanged, one man was crushed to death, and seventeen had died in prison (S.W.M. Ed. 1). This incident was only part of several years of dread in Salem and other Massachusetts communities, during which almost anyone might be accused ...
- 2916: The Devils Of Loudun, By Aldou
- ... hypocrisy, malice and self denial, and expose some of the terrible results of those failings specific to the case: mutual temporary madness (or near madness) for nearly all concerned, and, when a scapegoat is found, death. Aldous Leonard Huxley was born on July 26, 1894, into an eminently academic family. His grandfather was T.H. Huxley, the nineteenth-century biologist and contemporary of Darwin, who was famous for popularising and defending ... three years before Maria died of cancer. It was adapted for the stage by John Whiting in 1961, and for the screen in 1971, by Ken Russell. He remarried a year after his wife s death, this time to Laura Archera, who was present by his bed when he died in 1963. Chapter one places a young man -who would later become curate at Loudun- in his social and historical context ... of committing was presiding over a Witch s Sabbath -a kind of Dionysian ritual involving orgies and bloody sacrifices. He was burnt at the stake and his ashes scattered to the four winds. After the death of Grandier, the exorcisms became a kind of local institution, with masters and novices all getting to grips with the demons in the convent. One of the priests asked to come and preside over ...
- 2917: Decision Of The Bomb: Drop It Or Not?
- ... days later, a 10,000 pound bomb, fat boy, was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, resulting in 60 to 80 thousand deaths. Although the most memorable effects of the atomic bomb were the mass amounts of death, the decision to drop the bomb has greatly influenced American history and the outcome of world war 2. If I were president back in 1945, I think that I too would’ve given instructions to ... been devastating, but it also had many after effects. Those who didn't die suffered severe burns. Acute radiation poisoning, which occurred directly after the explosion, caused nausea, vomiting, fatigue, diarrhea, hair loss, and even death in thousands of people for months. After effects of radiation such as keloids, leukemia, cancer, and birth defects still appear even today. Black Rain containing large amounts of nuclear fallout fell as much as 30 ... floating around in the atmosphere from the explosion that happened more than 50 years ago, possibly affecting countries all over the world. The load of guilt caused by me being the person responsible for the death of thousands of Japanese and being responsible for this huge tragic devastation would’ve deeply devastated me, given endless nightmares day after day; but the pride I would’ve felt of lavishing my duties ...
- 2918: Shakespeares Comedy Vs Tragedy
- ... This man hath bewitched the bosom of my child." Egeus tells the Duke that his daughter can marry Demetrius, not Lysander. Hermia replies ". . . If I refuse to wed Demetrius," Egeus replies "Either to die the death, or to abjure for ever the society of men." If Hermia does go against her father's wishes, and weds Lysander, she will either be put to death, or be forced to become a nun. Both pairs of lovers also seek help from another. Juliet and Romeo seek Friar Lawrence, and Lysander and Hermia seek Lysander's aunt, who lives in the woods ... friend, Mercutio. Things go continue to go wrong from here, until at the end of the play Romeo, thinking that Juliet is dead (she is in fact alive, she took a drug to fake her death), drinks poison, and when Juliet awakens from the spell of the drug, seeing her dead lover, stabs herself. If the families' pride had not been so great that they would murder one another, or ...
- 2919: The Dead By James Joyce
- ... after they have passed away. In the story The Dead, by James Joyce, it is clearly seen that Michael Furey, the ex-boyfriend of Gretta, has his greatest effect on Gretta from beyond the grave. Death shows man's greatest flaw and when people have a close brush with it, they are forced to come to the reality that they, too, will someday die. The realization that death is approaching yields decisions of change to make life more enjoyable and to prepare themselves for the life after. Gretta recalls the time that she spent with the first man she loved, and Michael Furey ... acts for Gretta left her with a nearly perfect man to compare all future boyfriends to. Because Michael had been such a great boyfriend in life, he left a lasting effect on Gretta in his death.
- 2920: E.E. Cummings
- ... he wrote, "for me, this poem means just what it says . . . and the ! which begins the poem is what might be called and emphatic (=very)." This poem is also concerns the cycle of birth, life, death, and renewal. This is derived from the '.' preceding the last letter. This shows that even though the poem is finished, the circle of life is not, and is ever cycling (Weg 144). Through the poem ... in contrast to the bright sky, it is not wrong to assume it means more. As stated above, the poem's theme is the cycle of life, and "black against white" could be indicating life death versus life. It shows that even though a leaf falling may be an indication of death, falling of leaves is an integral part of the whole life cycle of the tree (146). !blac may seem like a simple mess of words, but in reality is much more complex than that. ...
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