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- 2571: The United Nations
- ... observers have remained in the area, helping to defuse tension. A peace-keeping force, the UN Emergency Force, was created in 1956 at the time of the Suez crisis. It oversaw the withdrawal of British, French and Israeli troops and contributed to peace and stability in the region. After the 1973 war, two peace-keeping forces were dispatched to the Middle East. The second UN Emergency Force remained in the Sinai ...
- 2572: The Triple E Senate of Canada
- ... concentrated within its borders, protection of the interests of the minority group can be established through specially weighted representation of the political units in the second chamber. It was because of this reason that the French-speaking Fathers of Confederation sought equal representation in the Senate for the three original regions (Quebec, Ontario and the Maritimes). This would balance out the House of Commons where there was no guarantee of proportional ...
- 2573: J.P. Morgan
- ... reorganized the Morgan and Drexel firms two years later. The New York based Drexel Morgan became J. P Morgan & Co. Drexel, Harjes & Company was Drexel's prominent Paris-based invest banking business. Morgan's new French connection was renamed Morgan, Harjes & Co. Pierpont was now at the head of houses in New York, Philadelphia, London and Paris. He was the commanding figure in international finance. Pierpont Morgan was an imposing figure ...
- 2574: James Boswell
- ... seat of piety and learning; and surely it would be very acceptable to all those who are curious either in the original of nations, or the affinities of languages, to be further informed of the revolution of a people so ancient, and once so illustrious. "What relation there is between the Welsh and Irish language, or between the language of Ireland and that of Biscay, deserves enquiry. Of these provincial and ...
- 2575: The Bush Administration's Relation With Iraq Prior to Iraq's Invasion of Kuwait: Credibility and Misperception
- ... out conflict with Iran only years earlier. SETTING THE AMERICAN TRAP FOR HUSSEIN "The Americans were determined to go to war from the start," and Saddam Hussein "walked into a trap" according to the former French foreign minister Claude Cheysson (IHT March 11). "State Department officials...led Saddam Hussein to think he could get away with grabbing Kuwait....Bush and Co. gave him no reason to think otherwise" (New York Daily ...
- 2576: Apartheid In South Africa
- ... for illegally exiting the country in 1962, for which he recieved a sentence of five years. Whilst serving this sentence, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for 'sabotage' and 'conspiracy to overthrow the government by revolution'. This was extremely unjust, as he was charged with these offences under the Suppression of Communism Act, and Mandella favoured a Westminster type democracy. Finally, after years of international pressure, Mandella was released in February ...
- 2577: AROMTHERAPY
- ... until the end of the seventeenth century was the distinction between perfumes and aromatics made clear, with alchemy giving way to chemistry as more and more became understood about the nature of matter. The scientific revolution of the early nineteenth century saw the birth of the modern drug industry. During the twentieth century, essential oils were moved away from therapeutic use into perfumes, cosmetics. Aromatherapy is one of a number of ...
- 2578: Aircraft Law: Liability
- ... character. The latter is the most outstanding feature of the industry which allowed "every part of the world [to be reached] within a few hours of every other and, in doing so … brought about a revolution in world trade, in business contacts, and in methods of diplomacy." (1) The principles of air law have been evolving at a rapid pace since the beginning of the Twenty-first Century, however, they also ...
- 2579: The Role of The Emperor in Meiji Japan
- ... Imperial Rescript on Education.Footnote17 This document put the emphasis of the Japanese education system on a moral education from 1882 onward. Previous to 1880 the Japanese education system was modeled on that of the French education system. After 1880 the Japanese briefly modeled their education system on the American system.Footnote18 However, starting with the Yogaku Koyo in 1882 and ending with the 1885 reorganization of the department of Education ...
- 2580: James Fenimore Cooper
- ... book featuring Bumppo, The Last of the Mohicans written in 1826, quickly became the most widely read work of the day, solidifying Cooper's popularity in the U.S. and in Europe. Set during the French and Indian War, The Last of the Mohicans chronicles the massacre of the colonial garrison at Fort William Henry and a fictional kidnapping of two pioneer sisters. Cooper knew few Indians, so he drew on ...
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