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- 581: Cold War
- ... introduced reforms into the Soviet Union. Critics argued however, that the reforms were to radical, and they said that they were introduced too quickly. As a result to this, and of the re-unification of Germany on the 3rd of October 1989, the whole eastern bloc could be seen to move into a more liberal direction; the Soviet Union started to disintegrate. Several states declared their independence from mother Russia, for ... of the USA in the UN. It is argued that several other states should have a permanent membership on the UN security council with the right to veto a decision, since several other states (notably Germany and Japan) are economically much stronger than the USA (although not militarily). To reform this it will however take at least ten more years (or a major crises). The post-Cold War "new world order ...
- 582: Business And The Economy
- ... and the United States). Another example is acid rain caused by burning fossil fuels without capturing or burning off the chemicals that cause acid rain, for example, UKs industrial plants affecting the forests of Germany and Scandinavia. Chemical pollution has no boundaries, dumping chemical in the North Sea by the northern European countries not only destroys the food chain in that area, but, with tidal and ocean currents, this pollution ... of disposal is limited and helps the environmental factor of other countries that do not have this process and have to resort to landfills or burning the waste at dangerously low temperatures like, America and Germany. 7. In the eighties many articles on "green" companies and industries featured Rechem 8. Rechem were praised by the Minister for the Environment at the time as "true friends of the earth" 9. Rechem were ...
- 583: Satire Essay Mayor Rudolph Giu
- Satire Essay: Mayor Rudolph Giuliani In the mid 1930's Germany was run by the Nazi's. The country was a police state. Police were everywhere - escorting people, putting people into groups, and putting people into jail. People were orderly finally this amazing way of running a state has had a rebirth . Mayor Giuliani of New York City is now running New York City just like a Hitler did in Germany and it is wonderful. Today Mayor Giuliani is running New York like a Nazi would and it is keeping New York in tiptop orderly shape. There are three distinct ways our Nazi (Giuliani) keeps New ...
- 584: Breakup Of The Soviet Union An
- ... called for fundamental changes to rescue the economy. In June, elections took place where the union won seats and n July, Jaruzelski moved into the new seat of president (Glasnost and Perestroika). Furthermore, Hungry, East Germany, and Czechoslovakia all followed Poland and changed their government, establishing new order. Although it was good that relations were getting stronger continually, this did not ease the lives of citizens. Thus, Russia itself befell to ... nothing to replace it. He was guilty of criminal irresponsibility . Gorbachev was always a prophet more acclaimed abroad than at home. For ending the Cold War, he received the Nobel Peace Prize. His policies united Germany, let communism die in Eastern Europe and stopped arms support for wars in Angola, Cambodia, and Nicaragua (Bedard). Even Time magazine named him Man of the Decade . However, at home, the republics that made up ...
- 585: Concentration Camps
- ... including Kotlas and Vorkuta; (3) the Karaganda in Kazakhstan; (4) the Tayshet-Komsomol'sk-na-Amure in the Lake Baikal-Amur River region; and (5) the Dalstroy in the Magadan-Kolyma region. Nazi Camps In Germany, the Nazis established concentration camps almost immediately after assuming power on January 30, 1933. A decree in February removed the constitutional protection against arbitrary arrest. The security police had the authority to arrest anyone and ... opponents in island camps; and in the 1970s the military regime in Argentina operated secret detention camps. Contributed by: Henry Friedlander Taken from Microsoft Encarta 1996 Nearly right after the Nazis took control of Germany on January 30, 1933, they began to establish concentration camps. In February, they removed the constitutional protection against arbitrary arrest. The Nazi Police (or Gestapo) placed what they called protective custody on several groups of ...
- 586: Richard The Lion Hearted
- ... in Austria home of Leopold, and"their Richard had angered by actions during the crusade. Leopold capture King Richard and imprisoned him in his castle. Eager for a piece of the action the Emperor of Germany offered Leopold 75,000 marks for Richard taking him into custody in Germany. Rumors ran quickly throughout England over the missing king. There is a legend that the troubadour Blondel heard his king singing in a castle and responded with a song that the both of them were ...
- 587: Bolshevik Revolution
- ... superiority remained to be resolved and the Government's decrees were not accepted as binding. " This precarious position was further exacerbated by the Constituent assembly, which was subsequently dissolved by Lenin, the threat posed by Germany, the Civil war and War Communism. A Constituent assembly had been promised under the Provisional Government and all though reluctant, Lenin permitted elections to go ahead, the result was a resounding victory for the Right ... remove them from power. These included landowners and the surviving nobility of the previous Tsarist regime, Socialist revolutionaries who refused Bolshevik leadership, Kadets, Mensheviks and international forces who wished to continue Russia's war with Germany, these enemies were collectively known as "Whites." Trotsky was appointed Commissar of war and formed a red workers and peasants army, which grew to 5 million men by 1921. The ultimate Bolshevik success in the ...
- 588: Existentialism
- ... known for the "Theatre engage" or Theatre 'commited', which is supposedly commited to social and/or political action. On of the major playwrights during this period was Jean-Paul Sartre. Sartre had been imprisoned in Germany in 1940 but managed to escape, and become one of the leaders of the Existential movement. Other popular playwrights were Albert Camus, and Jean Anouilh. Just like Anouilh, Camus accidentally became the spokesman for the ... popularized a new form of surrealistic theatre called "Theatre of the Absurd". Many historians contribute the sudden popularity of absurdism in France to the gruesome revelations of gas chambers and war atrocities coming out of Germany after the war. The main idea of The Theatre of the Absurd was to point out man's helplessness and pointless existance in a world without purpose. As Richard Coe described it "It is the ...
- 589: Berlin Wall 2
- After World War II, the Yalta Conference confirmed that Germany was to be divided into four sectors:the American, British, and French in the west, and the Soviet Union in the east. From June 24, 1948 to May 12, 1949, the Soviets blockaded Berlin's ... the public for free travel of private parties only. So-called "wall-woodpeckers" hammered pieces of the wall out, that were sold as suveniers. Later, larger segments and chunks were donated to sold.In 1990, Germany is reunited, the Berlin Wall is completely torn down. The allies controling the contries all declared their freedom, but the Soviets didnt declare the Soviet Sectors independence until 1991. In 1997, a large red line ...
- 590: Bauhaus
- Bauhaus Post World War I Germany set the stage for the most organized art movement in art history. The Bauhaus movement was a reaction to the social changes the Germans were facing. The country had been crushed in the war. Their ... was only opened for a year until the Nazis raided the school searching the communist documents. Several students were arrested for not having proper identification papers. The school was closed for the final time in Germany (Brodie). Many of the Bauhaus artist migrated to the United States to flee the Nazi suppression. Gropius was made the Dean of the School of Architecture at Harvard. This gave the American architects a new ...
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