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- 2201: Cuban And Chinese Revolution C
- ... people, and while they may have been wonderful in changing their society, these people are not always the best leaders. Absolute power corrupts absolutely, and it always does. Both Castro and Mao Zedong brought a short period of prosperity to their respective societies, but they could not keep it up. They got lazy, they became pampered, and soon they forgot about doing what was best for their country. They became accustomed ... help the community, not for the money. This system has no rewards for work well done except for a good pat on the back. The communist government may seem to be working well for a short time. The poor are given money and food, standards of living slightly improve, and the thrill of winning is all over the place. However, running a government is much different than taking over one. First ...
- 2202: Crazy Horse
- 36 Years of Crazy Horse and His People When I think back to the stories about how the Native American Indians were driven from their land and forced to live on the reservations, one particular event comes to my mind. That event is the Battle of the Little BigHorn. This was one of the few times that the Oglala Sioux made history as being the victors of a battle. When stories are told, or when the media dares to tamper with history, it is usually the American Indians who are looked upon as the bad guys. They are portrayed as savages who spent their time raiding ...
- 2203: Comprehensive New Orleans
- ... followed by the Negroes. Throughout American history Europeans gave repetitive attempts on the Africans to convert them to Christian religions, but a few maintained the pagan beliefs from their homelands. The Africans also experienced many short lived religions that were avidly followed, but fizzled after a few short months. The Africans began attending Catholic churches in New Orleans. At the height of their passion a group called the Free Negro Elite emerged in the Catholic setting. This group believed themselves to be above ...
- 2204: Christa Wolf
- ... the East Berlin committee of the GDR Writers' Union in 1976 after joining in protest against the withdrawal of citizenship from dissident singer Wolf Biermann. Wolf's controversial novel Was bleibt (What Remains and Other Stories, 1995), written in 1979 but not published until 1990, includes an account of being under surveillance by the Stasi, the GDR's security service. In Auf dem Weg nach Tabou (1994; Parting from Phantoms, 1997 ... reflected on German society after the reunification of East and West Germany and on her involvement with the Stasi. Her other works include Unter den Linden: Drei unwahrscheinliche Geschichten (Under the Linden Trees: Three Improbable Stories, 1974) and Kein Ort Nirgends (1979; No Place on Earth, 1982). Wolf's works of nonfiction include Lesen und Schreiben (1972; The Reader and the Writer, 1977), a collection of essays on the form and ...
- 2205: Chernobyl
- ... addition, early in the course of the accident there was little information available and considerable political pressure, partially based on the public perception of the radiation danger. Within the territory of the former Soviet Union, short-term countermeasures were massive and, in general, reasonably timely and effective. However, difficulties emerged when the authorities tried to establish criteria for the management of the contaminated areas on the long term and the associated ... not only to its severity but especially to the presence of ionizing radiation, had a significant impact on human society. Not only it produced severe health consequences and physical, industrial and economic damage in the short term, but, also, its long-term consequences in terms of social, economic disruption, psychological stress and damaged image of nuclear energy, are expected to be long standing. However, the international community has demonstrated a remarkable ...
- 2206: Chechoslovakia And Hungary
- ... deep-rooted antagonism towards Soviet domination in the Eastern Europe in the post-war era. A continuous political and cultural suppression by Soviet dictatorial policies, obviously linked with economic constraints, coalesced to provoke robust insurrections. Short-term reasons are of no less importance in the analysis of these events. In the case of Hungary, Khrushchev s speech on the 20th Part Congress - which discredited Stalinist rule and encouraged a policy of ... only the nature of the changes in Hungarian communism, but also the value of a Communist system; society commenced debating on the possibility of achieving democracy in a Communist state. Nagy s plans were cut short by the fall of his Soviet Protector, Malenkov, in February 1955. Rakosi seized the opportunity to regain leadership over both the state and the party, re-instituting a Stalinist hard line. Nagy gave in without ...
- 2207: Camelot Kennedy Lagacy
- ... a few chosen voters that remember that time well. The following are some of the responses I received: The first question that was asked was about what Kennedy accomplished during his term in office. The stories and memories did not differ for the most part. The most common accomplishment that was mentioned was the Cuban Missile Crisis. The memories of the Cuban Missile Crisis were very clear. As one voter said ... the president. The people were in awe of the president Americans were proud to be Americans, willing to do anything for their country." The next question that was asked was about all of the negative stories that were being told about the Kennedy's. The comments about the negative aspects of the presidency were also alike. "The Bay of Pigs was one of the most popular downfalls of the presidency, the ...
- 2208: Caesar 2
- ... his defeat of the Belgic tribes in the north and the submission of the maritime tribes on the Atlantic seaboard, he believed that the task had all but been accomplished. Caesar decided to make two short reconnaissance expeditions, one across the Rhine and the other across the Straits of Dover to Britain. In a longer and more serious invasion of Britain he crossed the Thames and received the submission of the ... arrangements he still had time to meet and fall in love with Calpurnia. That same year he married her. The following year, Caesar was appointed governor of Roman Gaul. He returned to Rome for a short time in 47 BC, but then left for Africa to crush his opponents. Caesar became increasingly interested in public affairs, and tried to gain the favor of the people. In 65 BC, he was elected ...
- 2209: Britain In Africa
- ... Trade and Christianize the blacks. In 1871 Dr. Livingstone is found in Africa by journalist Harry Stanley. Stanley traveled along with Livingstone, who had been living in Africa for almost 30 years, and begins writing stories about Livingstone's life and aspirations to end slavery and spread Christianity. When Stanley published his stories about Livingstone, it aroused a great deal of support among the British people, and it began Britain's movement to abolish the slave trade. In 1875 with the strong urging of the British Government, Zanzibar ...
- 2210: Boom Towns Of The Amazon
- ... rapid clearing of the largest tropical rainforest in the world, which has over shadowed the genesis of new urban centers. The prototypical urban community in contemporary Amozonia is a bustling boomtown, a dynamic and sometimes short-lived frontier settlement. The change of the region s landscape occurs in the social area of conflicts involving Indians, agricultural colonists and activists clergy, cattle ranchers miners, timber interest, governmental agents and others. These conflicts ... the labor required for resource extraction but after that the migrants disperse. Classic frontier models, based on autonomous rural communities, do not predict the demographic influx associated with Amazonian conditions. Frontier expansions so far entail short-term appropriation of wealth, but not necessarily in the Amazon. The continued development of towns in this region is dependent on economic diversification aimed at providing a steady livelihood for the many migrants still entering ...
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