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- 5181: Warren G. Harding
- ... he found "a very pleasant place." An Ohio admirer, Harry Daugherty, began to promote Harding for the 1920 Republican nomination because, he later explained, "He looked like a President." Thus a group of Senators, taking control of the 1920 Republican Convention when the principal candidates deadlocked, turned to Harding. He won the Presidential election by an unprecedented landslide of 60 percent of the popular vote. Republicans in Congress easily got the ...
- 5182: Letter Regarding Young Offenders and Threat of Public Exposure
- ... public exposure will encourage young offenders to face up to the effects of their crimes.This will also have, hopefully, some effect on the parents too, who will be forced to be more strict and control their children because, as the ministers believe, parents are the key to reforming youngsters' behaviour.And that has to be done before they grow up, because there will be no conrolling them then.So no ...
- 5183: William Bradford
- ... and daily life. Also in his books he interprets the Mayflower Compact, an important document which was a rough base of their ultimate goal- freedom. Although initially the purpose of the Mayflower Compact was to "control renegades aboard the Mayflower who were threatening to go their own way when the ship reached land," the Mayflower Compact succeeded in keeping the Pilgrims united as one. The Mayflower Compact endorsed the right of ...
- 5184: Illegal Drugs
- ... person is cought selling a drug than they may be sentenced no more than a year and or a fine of 3,000 In 1970, the U.S. congress passed the Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act. this new act created five catagoriess of different drugs depending on how dangerous they were. It also made drug laws tougher than they were in the past. In 1981 the U.S. declared war ...
- 5185: Civil War
- ... each side began to train its troops and to plan strategy for the war. There were differences between both side's strategies. Much of the North's strategy depended on geography and they wanted to control over Mississippi River because it would enable the North to penetrate deep into the South and keep the Confederacy from resupplying its western forces. The South planned to capture Washington, D.C., capital of the ...
- 5186: The Social Plague of Crime and Criminals
- ... problems we endured for centuries in the past. Earthquakes shake the earth, floods destroy cities, and crime is more serious than ever. Some of our most serious problems are natural occurrences which we can not control. Crime and criminals are a societal plague that we can at least attempt to alter. If a crime is committed the justice system can punish the offender. That sounds logical enough. Punishment is implemented to ...
- 5187: International Law
- ... Without the support, the wealth and the material assistance of national governments, the UN is incapable of effective sanctions. The resistance of governments to a financially independent UN arises principally on their insistence on maintaining control over sanctioning processes in international politics. Despite sweeping language regarding "threats to peace, breaches of the peace, and acts of aggression", the role of the United Nationsin the enforcement of international law is quite limited ...
- 5188: William Butler Yeats
- ... find it strange that e used a lyrical style of writing. To a Squirrel at Kyle-na-no Come play with me; Why should you run Through the shaking tree As though I’d a gun To strike you dead? When all I would do Is scratch your head And let you go. Yeats wrote this poem between 1919 and 1928. I think that this poem has more meaning than just ...
- 5189: William Sherman
- ... Union army at Cumberland in July 1862, Sherman and Grant were able to take over Vicksburg, one of Confederate most import city. The capture of Vicksburg gave the North many advantages. The North was in control of the Mississippi River and the South power was split among East and West. In the spring of 1864, Sherman was made supreme leader of the West. Sherman toke with him 98,747 troops and ...
- 5190: The JFK Assassination: Conspiracy or Single-Gunman?
- ... of course, I opened the door and prepared to get out of the car. In the instant that my left foot touched the ground, I heard two more bangs and realized that they must be gun shots." Lastly, when Miss Willis, a witness, was asked if she heard any shots, she testified, "Yes; I heard one. Then there was a little bit of time, and then there were two real fast ...
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