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- 271: Daddy
- ... a great feeling of hatred toward the author’s father. She begins by expressing her fears of her father and how he treated her. Subsequently she conveys her outlook on the wars being fought in Germany. She continues by explaining her life since her father and how it has related to him. In the first stanza the reader realizes that Sylvia Plath is scared of her father. It is quite clear ... background is because there are many towns with the same name. Therefore, she is unable to understand his upbringing, which developed his coldhearted character. As Sylvia gets older and begins to understand the wars in Germany, she relates her life to the many conflicts they bring with them. "The tongue stuck in my jaw. It stuck in a barbwire snare. Ich, ich, ich, ich, I could hardly speak." Again this describes ... and finally managed to leave the life that she knew behind. It is apparent that Sylvia wishes to introduce her readers to what life would have been like for the women and children within Nazi Germany. The upbringing and treatment was often harsh and mentally destructive. Being raised in a militarily based home, she was treated as if she were a burden to her father. She often relates her own ...
- 272: Law Does Not Drive Us, Reason Does
- ... it is morally justifiable in breaking the law; however the most convincing comes from Dr. Martin Luther King in his letter from a Birmingham Jail. " We can never forget what that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal..." (Classic Arguments 668). King went on in his letter to say that it would be against man made law to help a jew in Nazi Germany. What King said in his letter has to make a person think that not all laws are good for the group in society and morality is a justifiable excuse in breaking the law. Those who ... tricky part of morals, we just can not say that this is wrong or that is right because everyone will see it differently. When Dr. King said that he would aid a Jew in Nazi Germany, he said knowing that he would be breaking German law. He would be doing it because it is right and in the best interests of the masses and not the man made laws. Some ...
- 273: 20s And 30s
- ... so consumers would only buy American goods. Because Europe owed America money from the war debts, the Dawes Plan of 1924 was created to cancel them out. The U.S. would loan money overseas to Germany. Germany would use the money to pay the Allies. The Allies would in turn use that money to pay their war debts owed to America. The 1920s were one of the most prosperous periods in American ... it didn¡¦t. He went against his beliefs and offered a little relief, but the people cried for more. This killed the main idea of the Dawes Act. The U.S. pulled funds out of Germany, Germany couldn¡¦t pay the allies, and the allies couldn¡¦t pay the United States. Farmers in America were hurt by the dust bowl, and were forced out of their farms. The Depression would ...
- 274: Winston Churchill
- ... successful. Between 1929 and 1939 Churchill did not hold office. He disapproved violently of Baldwin's Indian policy, which pointed toward eventual self- government. At the same time he warned against the ambitions of Nazi Germany and urged that Britain should match Germany in air power. As World War II drew nearer, his warnings were seen to be justified. When general war broke out in September 1939, Churchill was offered his old post of first lord of the Admiralty by Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. Following the unsuccessfull allied attempt to "remove" the Germans from Norway (for which Churchill had large responsibility) Chamberlain determined to resign. Churchill replaced him as prime minister as Germany invaded the Low Countries on May 10, 1940. The prime minister Winston Churchill was largely responsible for many aspects of war policy. He established personal relations of the highest value with U.S. President ...
- 275: Benito Mussolini
- ... when he concluded the Lateran Treaty between Italy and the Holy See. This settled the 60-year controversy concerning the power of the Pope within the Italian State. In 1933 Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany and was greeted cautiously by the Italians. Hitler in turn expressed friendship for the Italian Fascist government. During Germany s annexation of Austria, Italy improved her French relations when she rushed 75,000 troops to the Italo-Austrian frontier announcing that she would intervene if Germany took overt action. Italy drew closer to he WWI allies in 1935 when she protested Germany s violations of the Treaty of Versailles. Adopting an aggressive foreign policy Italy defied the League of Nations ...
- 276: Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck-Schönhausen
- Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck-Schönhausen Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck-Schönhausen was a major player in the unification of Germany. This Prussian junker, or aristocrat, was a Prussian nationalist and later a German nationalist. As Chief Minister to Wilhelm I of Prussia, he devised and executed a "klein-deutsch" (excluding Austria) plan to unify Germany. It was Bismarck's goal to unite the German states in a strong, single German empire with Prussia at its center. To do this, Bismarck would need to support of a powerful Prussian army. Upon ... affairs, his goal was to make Prussia the dominant power in the German Empire and to establish that empire as the primary power in Europe. Without the determination and eagerness of Bismarck, the unification of Germany would not of occurred. His insights and great leadership abilities were the assets that help him accomplish his "master plan" of uniting Germany. It would be fair to say, that the Bismarck is most ...
- 277: Atomic Bomb
- ... off their jobs and set to work building the bomb. Roosevelt believed he was in a race with Hitler to develop this ultimate weapon. In the early 1940's rumors has gotten to Washington that Germany was building its own nuclear weapon. The Germans had taken over a heavy water plant in Norway. Heavy water is water that contains deuterium, a crucial ingredient in making the atomic bomb. American spies reported ... the bomb a "gadget" or a "gizmo" in casual conversation. The war in Europe took a dramatic turn in June 1944, when allied armies stormed the beaches of France and began a long march to Germany. Traveling with the frontline forces was a top-secret unit code named ALSOS. The ALSOS team investigated research sites in Europe where American scientists believed Germans were making nuclear weapons. The ALSOS investigation discovered shocking evidence that Germany was not actively working on a bomb at all. Early in the war Germany had shown interest in nuclear bombs, but it later shifted its goals toward making rockets and jet aircraft. Hitler himself ...
- 278: What Role Should the U.S. Play in World Defense?
- ... countries involved were the following: The Triple Entente was made up of Great Britain, France, and Russia. These were the “Good Guys”. The other major powers were known as the Triple Alliance, which consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. Because of the alliance system in Europe, war soon broke out. Many people of the day thought for sure that Great Britain, France and Russia would put a quick end to ... standing alone, it became clear who was winning the war. In 1917 the United States entered the war, mostly because the Germans were destroying U.S. ships headed for Britain. Was this action justified? Was Germany threatening the United States as a whole-of course not. It seems to me that the United States was dragged into the war, not because our national security was threatened, but because our allies needed ... of all wars, is of course World War II. This was the war that some people feel got the United States out of the Great Depression. The war began again in Europe in 1939 when Germany, under NAZI rule by Adolf Hitler, invaded Poland. Once again, because of the alliance system, another “World War” broke out. The Axis Powers consisted of Germany, Japan, and Italy, while the Allies consisted of ...
- 279: Ira Remsen
- The life of Ira Remsen Ira Remsen was born on February 10, 1846 in New York city. Even though he was born in the United States, he was educated in Germany. He received his M.D. at Columbia University in 1867 and he also earned a Ph.D. at the University of Munich and Göttingen in Germany. After receiving his degrees, Remsen began his investigation in pure chemistry at the University of Tübingen. It was in Germany and in Europe Remsen did most of his research. In 1876 he returned to the United States where his became one of the original faculty of Johns Hopkins University. There he founded the chemistry ...
- 280: Advertising And Promotion Camp
- ... no local stations. 6 Website Promotion As expected, Coca-Cola has not just a European website, but several websites for certain countries in the EC; the countries offering such sites are France, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Germany, and Norway. Upon examining these various sites, we concluded that they are another example of Coca-Cola's decentralized marketing campaign. Each country's management team has the freedom to market itself the way they ... Cola Great Britain. "The aim is to bring the brand's lively but laid back personality to life on shelf." TV advertising featuring the Lilt ladies will continue to support the brand throughout 1999.17 Germany Coca-Cola relaunches Cherry Coke in Germany; DMB&B Duesseldorf handles the estimated $5m TV ad campaign; Cherry Coke was launched in Germany in 1986 and taken off the market two years later.18 Spain In the face of complaints from ...
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