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- 1681: The Aids Crisis
- ... They did not know where it came from and how people acquired the disease. This not only added to their fears but put them in more danger. They lived in the middle of the sexual revolution and it was almost like a way of life for these people. Moreover, because they were ignorant, it put them in more danger of getting the disease. This ignorance was finally abated in 1986 when ... something bad is going to happen to them. They always think it will happen to the next person or a bad person. Yet, people realized that the accepted life style during their time, the sexual revolution, was dangerous. The broadcast also tried to deal with the ostracizement of certain individuals because of general stereotypes that related their beliefs or lifestyles to the AIDS virus. However, human nature is not that easy ...
- 1682: Civil War
- ... substantial enough to win the war. Jefferson Davis’ strategy was to take a defensive position rather then an offensive one. "The basic war aim of the confederacy, like that of the United States in the revolution was to defend a new nation from conquest. ." Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era, James McPherson, (p. 314). Davis reasoned just as Washington did during the revolution, that retreating against a stronger enemy is not bad all the time. It gave time to regroup your forces and build a counterattack against the enemy. Although the south did try this tactic at the ...
- 1683: History Of Coca-Cola
- ... war ended, he moved to Atlanta, Georgia and kept up his pharmacy business at home. He created such patent medicines as Globe flower Cough Syrup, Extract of Stillingia, Triple Liver Pills, Lemon & Orange Elixer, and French wine of Coca. The latter, being very similar to the "Vin Mariani" created by a private industrialist, Angelo Mariani, was inevitably the biggest seller. The "Vin Mariani" was a cocaine laced Bordeaux wine, popular throughout the world.4. French Wine of coca included cocaine as well as caffeine from the kola nut found in a tree from Africa. It was sold as a cure for nervous disorders, disturbances of internal plumbing and impotency.5 ...
- 1684: Peter The Great
- ... of Sankt Piterburkh, Jean-Baptiste Alexander LeBlond was recruited as the new Architectural General of Russia. He arrived in Sankt Piterburkh in 1716, with his wife and 6-year-old, and a Grand Embassy of French talent. It was because of LeBlond that Peter began immensely loving gardens. He said that his gardens should be ”better than the king of France¹s,“ and ”open to all people.“ he imported gardening books ... over Russia, many of which were hand-planted by Peter himself (4:102-103). Due to the fact that so many people came to Sankt Piterburkh, there became a major cultural clash in Russia. Germans, French, Danish, and Scottish soon became known as the new Russians, making their homes primarily in Sankt Piterburkh. Sankt Piterburkh was Russia¹s graceful international offspring of the 18th century (4:104). It was at Mon ...
- 1685: J.D. Salinger
- ... how much was contributed anonymously to this book, Salinger signed a three-stanza poetic tribute that has since been set to music and is still sung by the cadets at their last formation before graduation" (French 22). Working under his sheets by flashlight, Salinger began writing short stories during this time. Salinger graduated from Valley Forge Military Academy in June of 1936. After his graduation he attended a summer session at ... 1950 Salinger makes his movie appearance, with "Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut." "The Samuel Goldwyn studios had converted "Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut," to "My Foolish Heart," an "adult" romance staring popular Susan Hayward, and Dana Andrews."(French 27). The following year was also a landmark for Salinger with the July 16 publication of The Catcher in the Rye. "In contsast to the selfless hero, Salinger has created a selfless heroine."(Belcher and ...
- 1686: The Arab's Responsibility For The Arab-Israel Conflict
- ... of the Aswân High Dam. Israel scored a quick victory, seizing the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula within a few days. As Israeli forces reached the banks of the Suez Canal, the British and French started their attack. The UN halted the fighting after a few days, and a UN Emergency Force (UNEF) was sent to supervise the cease-fire in the Canal Zone. UN forces the three invading countries ... UNEF) to leave Sinai and Gaza. That Led Israel to attack Egypt, Jordan, and Syria simultaneously on June 5 of that year. The war ended six days later with a decisive Israeli victory. Israel's French-equipped air force wiped out the air power of its opposition in the destruction of the Arab armies. The Six-Day War left Israel in possession of Gaza and the Sinai Peninsula, which it took ...
- 1687: Invasion Of Normandy
- ... needed to close off the north western part of France. They attacked from every direction to close off Hitler¹s empire. the Normandy invasion got the north and west. On June 6 in Italy the French troops attacked and took over Tivoili to attack from the south. Russia attacked from the east. So you can see that the allies were attacking from every direction. So you can really see why the ... the Russians defeated Hitler was by taking out the supply routes for the troops in the north. Another way the Russians stopped the Germans was burning there own houses. That was also used against the French in the 18th century. That was called The Scorched Earth Policy Without food in sub zero temperatures and no place to stay they froze and later had to retreat. Now the German had another enemy ...
- 1688: Morocco
- ... every one is trying to make money. People try to make money on the sidewalks. There are some kids that sell cigarette to adults, so they can help support their family. They learn to speak French in school. Well the lucky ones don't really do anything. The just eat and enjoy themselves. They have servants to live with them to do all their work. They get married pretty young. It ... arts. Most of the people wear robes called djellaba. Spain gave the Western Sahara to them. Other foods they eat like soup is Harira. They cook a famous meal with meat and vegetables call couscous. French food is only serve only in wealthy homes. The usually drink tea. In Morocco the people never miss a soccer game. They go crazy after a win. They get in a van and play music ...
- 1689: Jeremy Rifkin's "The End of Work"
- ... re-engineering and replacing human labour with labour saving technologies. Rifkin gives us a better understanding of the development of the cause of this problem by examining the three industrial revolutions. In the first industrial revolution, Rifkin identifies steam power as the major tool used by industrial and manufacturing sectors. In the second industrial revolutions the electrical innovation effected the manufacturing, agricultural and transport industries by further reducing the global labour force. Unlike the past, two industrial revolutions where industrial technologies replace the physical power of human labour, the third revolution (The Information Age), at present, is contributing new computer based technology which are involving into thinking machines. These thinking machines will evolve to the extent that eventual the human mind will be replaced in all ...
- 1690: Religion In Japan
- ... focus of Buddhism, not the individual, people participate in Buddhism as a family in the home. Today in Japan, Buddhism’s main lasting influences are in funerals and weddings. Buddhism left Japan in a political revolution to make way for Confucianism. Confucianism is really more of a philosophical way of living, rather than an organized religion. It was all started by a man with the name of... who else but, Confucius ... and employers. The religion that most of us here in the United states are most familiar with is Christianity. It spread into Japan in the sixteenth century, but was stomped out by the same political revolution that ended Buddhism. Christianity saw a re-emergence in the late nineteenth century when missionaries opened in the country. Today in Japan Christian values are respected and well known, although few call themselves truly Christian ...
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