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- 2671: Is it Glorious to Die for your Country?
- ... When the signal was given the thousands of soldiers would all try to run across the no-man's land to attempt the breach of the enemies trench. This charge would be under constant machine gun fire and mortar shelling by the enemy. These kind of attacks usually failed maily due to the fact the odds were already stacked against the attacking party. The distances the charging men had to run to get to the enemies trench was far enough for the enemy to use it's constant shelling and it's machine gun fire to dwindle the attacking army significant enough for the attacking army to retreat. Counter attacks were quickly attempted after the attacks. The counter attacks were similiar to the actual attacks except the difference was ...
- 2672: Assassination Of Caesar
- ... that the people thought the Senate was corrupt. Their love for Octavin gave him more dictatorial power than they would have given Caesar. (The Roman Emperors, 10) With the power Octavin possessed, his ability to control Rome could prove to be prosperous or dangerous. For Octavin, he used his power the same way Julius Caesar used his dictatorial power. In every branch of his empire he created a new Roman Peace ... to be successful for a short time and slowed down this effect, but the inevitable was eventually going to happen, this being the fall of the Rome. Leaders after Octavin were left with an overwhelming control of power that they could not handle, thus abusing it for their own enjoyment. With the fall of Rome and the lasting impact of Julius Caesar, many leaders of today follow his path of prosperity ...
- 2673: The Cybernetic Plot of Ulysses
- ... the Greek word kubernitiz (ky-ber-NEE-tis) meaning steersman. It has been invented because there is not in the literature any adequate term describing the general study of communication and the related study of control in both machines and in living beings. In this paper, I mean by cybernetics those activities and ideas that have to do with the sending, carrying, and receiving of information. My thesis is that there ... happy ending to a cybernetic allegory in which character, action, and text all come through, finally, loud and clear. The book, that is, enacted a Joycean design over which Joyce himself could have had little control, for the book itself recapitulate d the Odyssean journey across perilous seas. Pirates, monstrous one-eyed censors, Procrustean editors kept mangling a Protean text. And yet here it is, home free, safely harbored in our ...
- 2674: The Last Gentleman By Walker P
- ... a silent recognition permeates the scene; perhaps the priest was sent by God as a messenger with a task. Will not only ends up perhaps saving Jamie's soul, but he regains a sense of control and importance not experienced with his father. The baptism and death of Jamie cause Will and Sutter to work together; the aftermath parallels the circumstances which had led to Will's father's suicide. Despite ... sense of normalcy and purpose in life. When Will succeeded in his mission to get Jamie baptized, he not only improved Jamie's last moments on earth, but he gained some sense of power and control in his own life. Will now knows who he is, and since he feels he mattered in Jamie's life, he feels he can make a difference in Sutter's as well. Making himself vulnerable ...
- 2675: Assyrian Crisis
- ... land. God s promise was fulfilled, and Judah soon returned to their normacy. Relating this to my life, I could be assured that whatever trials I encounter, that God is always in complete and total control, and that He will restore me. The second evidence of His grace is seen in Hezekiah s illness. When Hezekiah turned to God in fervent prayer for healing, God responded to his prayer by allowing ... the Southern Kingdom (Judah). For 130 years, Israel endures the succession of evil rulers, until the are conquered by Assyrian and led into captivity. The evil kings were short-sighted, and they thought they could control their nations destinies by importing other religions with their idols, forming alliances with heathen nations, and cenriching themselves. Of all the kings in both the north and south, only two are called good. The good ...
- 2676: The Vikings
- ... The baby was given a gift because for naming the name. Once the baby got his first tooth it would receive another gift that would be a nickname. The Vikings strong political system helped them control and please the people in the Viking culture. There were three different classes in the society, but they all looked upon as equals. This is what pleased the people and made them enjoy the Viking ... as much land and power as the kings. Even though the kings had more power than the earls, many were very powerful and sometimes had a rivalry with the king. Laws kept the Vikings under control and in safe communities. The people knew the laws from the passing down of the them in the family. They came up with the laws from traditions and the opinions of the people. The people ...
- 2677: George Bush
- ... Time magazine saying, Im proud to be a compassionate conservative. I welcome this label, and on this ground, will make my stand (Duffy). According to the Washington Posts Governors Guide strong families, local control, individual responsibility, and limited responsibility are principles guiding Governor Bushs major initiatives. He continually states the importance of family and education in society. He says that education is his number one priority. He believes ... must first teach children to read and comprehend. According to this page he says, Government is necessary, but not necessarily government. His staff knows that any proposal brought before him must encourage personal responsibility, local control, and fiscal responsibility. He has encouraged a voluntary clean up program for companies and individuals to participate in that has brought back $170 million dollars in property and has created 3,000 jobs (Gov.George ...
- 2678: Contrasting Apollo & Dionysus
- ... and when they didn't, things often happened for the worst. He is also associated with intellect. The followers of Apollo would consist of those who strongly believed in the things he was thought to control. These people would believe in logic, they would believe in reason, and they would also pay attention to the power of the human mind. Another thing Apollo is associated with is music, so he would also be worshipped by music lovers. Apollo is worshipped in religion to provide his followers with logical thought and a good intellect. As for Greek thought, he was also very in control of this. The Oracle at Delphi, mentioned in, but not only in, Sophocles' Oedipus Rex. The Oracle was there to bestow knowledge from Apollo onto those who came to it. Another reason people looked to ...
- 2679: The Micmac V.S. The Iroquois
- ... force. The Iroquois confederacy was formalized by a constitution, recorded on wampum belts to preserve the understanding for all generations to follow. Each nation retained its own council and managed its own local affairs. General control was to be lodged in a federal senate, composed of representatives elected by each nation, holding office during good behavior, and acknowledged as ruling chiefs throughout the whole confederacy. Every nation was further subdivided into ... force. The Iroquois confederacy was formalized by a constitution, recorded on wampum belts to preserve the understanding for all generations to follow. Each nation retained its own council and managed its own local affairs. General control was to be lodged in a federal senate, composed of representatives elected by each nation, holding office during good behavior, and acknowledged as ruling chiefs throughout the whole confederacy. Every nation was further subdivided into ...
- 2680: Asia 2
- ... known civilizations arose in the great river valleys of Southwest Asia, northwest India, and northern China before 3000 BC. All were agricultural societies that developed advanced social and political structures to maintain irrigation and flood-control systems. Raiding nomadic herders forced the populations to live in walled cities for defense and to entrust their protection to an aristocratic class of leaders. Eventually artisans provided trade items, which brought exchanges between cultures ... from China to the Middle East and the edges of Europe. Meanwhile, Japan was strongly influenced by Chinese culture, in both government and socioeconomic ideas. As the provincial nobility grew stronger, the Fujiwara clan gained control (794-1185) until the Minamoto clan seized power, ruling through military dictators called shogunshogunsmperors remained powerless figureheads (1185-1333). The Mongols failed to conquer Japan. After the Mongols were overthrown by the Ming dynasty (1368 ...
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