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- 2301: Imperialism
- ... Period caused newly learned ideas to change the Japanese government, resulting in the more industrialized and prosperous country we see today. In the mid-1800s, interference by both Britain and France in Africa opened up great opportunities for all nations. Ali borrowed money from many European nations in order to better Egyptian society. With this money he created schools, irrigation, and a powerful military. This interference of European nations allowed France to build the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean and Red seas. Britain obtained control over Egypt and the canal because Egypt was going through a great financial crisis. This allowed European ships to pass through the canal and cut thousands of miles off their travel distance around Africa, bringing a great wealth of trade from Asia that helped all of Europe, especially Britain. This interference both improved the quality of life in Egypt and in the more powerful nations of Europe. It created a needed ...
- 2302: Scottish Nationalism and Devolution
- ... been an increased attention to their pasts and their history. Steiner says there is a heightened awareness when Scots move to London and their connection to their history and roots becomes greater. This has a great affect on the Scots politically. Now their nationalism will shine through and show great importance, and now the Scots are asking for more autonomy from the United Kingdom. To bar away from the subject of Scotland, Wales is also wanting to make more of a stand for themselves. They ... are unbelievably large. Almond states this has to do with their territory being taking over by England in the 1600s. A quick look at these numbers clearly shows that New Labor accounts for a great percentage of the majority with an average of 43.2% of the votes going to them. Conservatives rank second with an average of 30% of the vote going for them. Liberal Democrats drop to ...
- 2303: St. John The Evangelist
- ... of birth are unknown, but it is well known that he was one of the best followers and students of Jesus. St. John was the son of Zebedee, and the brother of St. James the Great with whom he was brought up to the trade of fishing. While Jesus was spreading his teachings and his miracles St. John entered public ministry. Then in his first year of public ministry our Lord ... especially his converts. The other two are short, and directed to particular persons, to Gaius and to local church. The Book of Revelation is also attributed to him. Writing a Gospel was not the only great challenge that St. John performed in his life. He became the "beloved disciple" and the only one of the Twelve who did not forsake the Savior in the hour of Jesus Passion. He proved it ... his mother. Together with his brother James and with Simon Peter, he formed a kind of inner circle of Three among the Twelve. In that those three were privileged to behold the miracle of the Great Catch of Fish, the healing of Peter's mother-in-law, the raising of the daughter of Jairus, the Transfiguration, and the Agony in Gethsemane. So St. John was surrounded with challenges and he ...
- 2304: Harris v. City of Zion/Kuhn v. City of Rolling Meadows
- Harris v. City of Zion/Kuhn v. City of Rolling Meadows Easterbrook, J. (Dissenting) It has been made clear to me that there is no such thing as "religious liberty" within this once great country of ours. We have completely fallen short of what our forefathers intended us to be. Foundations and religious beliefs, which were sacred, have fallen between the cracks of our now "post-modern" society. A ... have to, impartially look at the histories of these two fine cities. Without doing this, we are completely narrowing and restricting the scope of the "tests" used by the courts and judiciary officials of this great country of ours. When leaving out the histories we limit our options, and neglect a part of our own past by doing so. By not considering the historical and cultural implications of each noted city ... court were long well established before the three-prong attack of the Lemon test. Zion is a city, like stated before, which was founded with religious ends and suppositions in mind. The heritage of this great city has been completely overlooked and expelled from this entire case. The facts are, Zion was founded for the pursuit, if not the desire to establish a city that was religious, and faith-minded. ...
- 2305: Summary of Paine's Common Sense
- ... the true facts of the problem. The first few reasons magnified on how the colonies have been injured many times just by being connected to England. One of these reasons was about the enemies of Great Britain, always ending becoming Americas because of the fact that England was the parent country and all ties with her faced her problems. Another reason stated by Thomas was how trade and marketing with France and Spain were damaged due to the disagreements of Great Britain with the French and America being in between again. In the ending paragraphs, Thomas states Britain is the parent country is only true to a certain extent. This statement shows that even though Great Britain lend people for colonization of America, people from all over Europe also pitched in. Thomass last reason on the split of America and Great Britain is that even the distance between America ...
- 2306: Sophocles
- ... Dionysus in which new plays are presented all of the time. This was to show how successful Sophocles was in his acting career. During his first competition, Sophocles had the honor of competing against the great Aeschylus himself and defeated him taking first place. There would be many more plays to follow this accomplishment and Sophocles would walk home with nothing less than a second place. Sophocles, noted as being a ... time after that, Sophocles was the director of the Treasury. This was where Sophocles controlled the funds of the association of states which were to be known as the Delian Confederacy. Being one of the great innovators of the theatre, Sophocles was the first playwright to add a third actor to his plot. In doing this, he annulled the trilogic form. For example, Aeschylus used three tragedies to explain a single ... Although Oedipus can not escape his fate, he finally finds peace in the sequal, Oedipus at Colonus. Shortly after the production of the play Oedipus at Colonus, Sophocles passed away. He joined the other two great Greek playwrights Aeschylus and Euripides who had gone to their graves before him. This is to be the conclusion of the first great age of tragedy. Many modern scholars have considered Sophocles to be ...
- 2307: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- ... all of these stories, he finally became involved in writing all of his Sherlock Holmes novels and other short stories. The first Sherlock Holmes novel was A Study in Scarlet in 1887, which was a great accomplishment in the United States. The second Sherlock Holmes novel was The Sign of the Four. In 1888, the first book edition of A Study in Scarlet was published by Ward Lock. In December, The ... background for The Tragedy of Korosko. They traveled to South Africa during the Boer War in 1900, because Doyle was acting as a war correspondent. While in South Africa, Doyle published a novel called The Great Boer War in 1900. Then other short stories appeared in Cornhill Magazine, such as Some Military Lessons of War, in 1900.24 Following the end of the war, they returned home to Windlesham, Crowborough, Sussex ... very clumsy person, he was still a lover of sports, who played rugby and billiards like a paid professional. Doyle was a person everyone had doubted would ever turn out to be someone with a great deal of talent and use it to his ability. Doyle's life was similar to a mixture of all of his characters, because of his high drama talent, energy by the truckload, and a ...
- 2308: The Black Panther Party
- ... the people". This was a policy of going to the masses, living among them, sharing their burdens, and organizing the masses to implement their own solutions to the day to day problems that were of great concern to them. By organizing and implementing the desires of the masses, the BPP organized community programs ranging from free breakfast for children, to free health clinics, to rent strikes resulting in tenant ownership of ... most Black Nationalist organizations were demanding that the woman's role be in the home and/or one step behind the Black man, and at a time when the whole country was going through a great debate on the woman's liberation issue. 5. Propaganda Techniques: The BPP made significant contributions to the art of propaganda. It was very adept at spreading its message and ideas through its newspaper The Black ... means of building an independent economic foundation which could help break "outsiders" control of the Black community's economics, and move it toward economic self-reliance. 7. TV Mentality: The 60's were times of great flux. A significant segment of the U.S. population engaged in mass struggle. The Black Liberation, Native American, Puerto Rican, Asian, Chicano, Anti-War, White Revolutionary, and Woman's Liberation, Movements were all occurring ...
- 2309: Nature and Its Elements in Jane Eyre
- ... gaped ghastly. The cloven halves were not broken from each other, for the firm base and strong roots kept them unsundered below; though community of vitality was destroyed - the sap could flow no more: their great boughs on each side were dead, and next winter's tempests would be sure to fell one or both, to earth: as yet, however, they might be said to form one tree - a ruin; but ... signifies strength and solidity and this can be used to draw a comparison between the bonds they have built. We are first introduced to the devastation of the tree when Adele informs Jane of the "great horse-chestnut" tree at the bottom of the orchard that has been split in half by the lightning (vol. II chap.8). From the following chapter onwards we see a change in the relationship between ... the tree "unsundered". Similarly, it is their strong bond through love that provides the foundation for her return to Mr. Rochester at the end of the novel, when they reunite after Jane leaves him. "
their great boughs on each side were dead, and next winter's tempests would be sure to fell one or both, to earth: as yet, however, they might be said to form one tree - a ruin; ...
- 2310: General George Patton
- ... World War II. As a result of this action, Patton was promoted to first lieutenant. He also added two notches to his revolver, notches which he would later show to the King and Queen of Great Britain during World War II while recounting to them his adventures as a young officer. After the United States declared war on Germany, Gen. Pershing, who had been impressed with Patton in Mexico, promoted him ... never inspire confidence."' Patton's hard-nosed discipline and flamboyance succeeded in "waking up'' his men and won him their respect. He always wore his ivory-handled revolvers and medals, partly because he was a great showman, but primarily because having his men see all the trappings of rank let them know they were commanded by a fighting general. Patton also knew that loyalty to a leader would inspire men to ... the Germans were convinced he would lead an invasion of southern France. When he was sent to Cairo, they feared for an invasion through the Balkans. These diversions caused the Germans to tie down a great many troops to counter the Patton bogeyman. In January 1944, Patton was finally ordered to England to form his new 3rd Army which he would lead to glory during the campaign to liberate Europe. ...
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