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- 1671: Indonesia Crisis As An Example
- ... communists, the Indonesian military steadily asserted itself, and under the leadership of then-Gen. Suharto, the legacy of Indonesia s founder Sukarno steadily diminished. The PLA intervened to crush the Mao-inspired Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. The PLA s intervention not only stabilized a China that was oscillating out of control and moving toward chaos, but it created the framework that led to the victory of Deng Xiaoping over Maoist forces ... to achieve the same end. Thus, the Indonesian and Chinese armies had a more intimate understanding of technology and a more efficient means of organizing production than other institutions. In a China, where the Cultural Revolution had torn out the heart of the nation s managerial class, and an Indonesia in which the managerial class had either been Dutch or had emigrated, turning to the military to facilitate economic development was ...
- 1672: British Society
- The nineteenth (19th) century was a period of great change and accompanying social unrest in the British Isles. Most outstanding among the changes was the industrial revolution. As everything in life, it brought good, but it also brought evil. The industrial revolution combined with the expansion of the British Empire made the United Kingdom, the richest and most powerful country in the world. Some of the islanders became unbelievably wealthy, but others, unfortunately, became unbelievably poor. Writers ...
- 1673: Hobbes Leviathan
- ... there is no pretense of force. Force is only to be used when he cannot appeal. The right to resistance, even in the face of continuously manifest acts of tyranny will not immediately usher in revolution, because resistance remains on an individual level. Only when illegal acts extend to the majority, or are perceived to be a threat to the majority, will collective defense result. Collective defense against the government is ... the right to individual self-defense they continue to live in their natural conditionwar. Collective defense against the sovereign is an attempt at civil war. Under Hobbes ideal government, that is a hereditary monarchy, revolution, the introduction of civil war should not be possible. A sovereigns inability to provide protection is the only occasion on which the sovereign power reverts to the people, and this marks a return to ...
- 1674: Hitler And Gleichchaltung
- ... the right by law "to see the observance of the policy guidelines set by the Reich Chancellor," and, in addition, to appoint and dismiss members of the state governments. During the first weeks of the revolution from below' in March- April, 1933, many officials in local and regional governments were forced to resign and were replaced by Party men. The initiative was often by the local Party organizations with little or ... the right by law "to see the observance of the policy guidelines set by the Reich Chancellor," and, in addition, to appoint and dismiss members of the state governments. During the first weeks of the revolution from below' in March- April, 1933, many officials in local and regional governments were forced to resign and were replaced by Party men. The initiative was often by the local Party organizations with little or ...
- 1675: The Raid of Dieppe
- The Raid of Dieppe "On August 19th, 1942, at a small port on the French coast between LeHarve and Boulogne the Allied forces staged a raid". The Dieppe Raid was a waste of life as well as equipment, which in the end accomplished little. " There were many reasons for this ... but at a high price. For, the Dieppe Raid was a waste of life as well as equipment, that in the end accomplished very little. " On August 19th, 1942, at a small port on the French coast between LeHarve and Boulogne the Allied forces staged a raid". The Dieppe Raid was a waste of life as well as equipment, which in the end accomplished little. " There were many reasons for this ...
- 1676: Articles Of Confederation
- ... with foreign nations. With this power, Congress was able to make the Articles of Confederation look good by signing the Treaty of Paris in 1783. This treaty, signed along with Great Britain, concluded the American Revolution. By its terms, Great Britain recognized the thirteen colonies as the free and independent United States of America. However, the most important power was that Congress had the right to obtain territory and control development ... give the government the money it needed, and they engaged in tariff wars with one another, bringing interstate trading to a halt. The government could not pay off the debts it had incurred during the revolution, including paying soldiers who had fought in the war and citizens who had provided supplies to the cause. (Doc C) In addition, the new nation was unable to defend its borders from British and Spanish ...
- 1677: Vincent Van Gogh 2
- ... Holland. He was the eldest son of six children in the family, and his father was a Dutch Protestant pastor. By the age of 27 he had been a salesman in an art gallery, a French tutor, a theological student, and a preacher among the miners at Wasmes in Belgium. When he was twelve to sixteen years old, he went to a boarding school, and the next year he started working ... to Paris to live with his brother Theo van Gogh, an art dealer, and became familiar with the new art movements developing at the time. Until 1886, he had only known the Dutch painters and French landscape painters including Millet. Now influenced by the work of the impressionists and Japanese printmakers, van Gogh begam to experiment with current techniques and color. Paris opened his eyes to the senses and beauty of ...
- 1678: The Advantages Of Creatine For
- THE ADVANTAGES OF CREATINE FOR ENHANCING ATHLETIC PREFORMANCE. OUTLINE I. General information of Creatine A. The Discovery of Creatine 1. French scientist named Chevreul (1832) 2. Creatine the Greek word for flesh B. Compound naturally made in our bodies 1. "Methylguanido-acid" 2. three amino acids a. Argntine, methioine, and glycogen II. how Creatine works A ... effective on athletes, "Creatine is the safest, most effective supplement out on the market today."(48) Most importantly the effect it has on athletes in today's standards on enhancing athletic performance. In 1832, a French scientist named Chevreul, identified a naturally occurring organic compound in meat and than was later found to be manufactured by the liver, kidneys and pancreas using three amino acids. The scientist named the compound Creatine ...
- 1679: History Of Photography
- ... Daguerreotype and the Collotype, general ways to make pictures were introduced to the public. Both were able to make pictures quickly, easily and with no skill or training. The inventor of the Daguerreotype was a French man named Louis Jacques Mande Dqguerre. The Daguerreotypes were literally mirror images. A silvered copper plate was buffed to bring a polish an then put over the tope of a box containing a few participles ... implication, the literal truth of the image(Practical Photograph 1346).During the first decades of the twentieth century, Stieglitz reversed his position and claimed an expressive role of straightforward photography. At the same time the French photographer, Eugene Atget, acquired a similar point of view. His point of view was the same as Stieglitz but was from an opposite direction. It represented that a picture was not identical to the subject ...
- 1680: The Canada Goose
- ... and refusal to give up. Over the years the Canada Goose has picked up many slang names, some of these are: Canadian Goose, Canadian Honker, Honker, Honker Goose, Big Honker, Old Honker, Boy Goose, Bernache (French for Barnacle Goose), Big Mexican Goose, Blackee, Blacknecked Goose, Brant, French Goose, Northern Goose, Reef Goose, Ringneck, Wavy, and White-cheeked Goose (Wormer). The Canada Goose has excellent eyesight which makes it difficult to hunt because the Goose can see the hunter well before the hunter ...
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