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- 5471: Cyril Falls, "The Great War"
- ... At the beginning the Germans not really tried to engage British forces directly, but it was shown very early the big strength of Britain and that this country can be proud of her navy. Britain`s navy played a major role in this war, because of the blockade that weakened Germany. The British navy was always on alert and they did the job by keeping the High Sea Fleet out of ... Italy joined the war in May 23, 1915 with 875,000 men. Chapter V, The War at Sea, 1915: Britain was and would be the dominant power at oversea fleets. In this year Germany didn`t try to challenge the Grand Fleet, instead they used submarines to attack merchants ships in British waters. This submarine war was ended when the United States treated to join the war against the Germans. In ... excluding Dardanelles) went to victory. First, In Caucasia the Russians had a crushing victory. Second, the victory in Egypt and third the campaign in Mesopotamian. Chapter VII, How they fared at home: The war didn`t affect the people at home directly, but indirectly. Work that was done by men couldn`t get done, because they were dying at the front. Also at the Central Powers not enough food could ...
- 5472: A Piece Of My Heart (book)
- ... exposed to a nonstop flow of casualties from the field. The landing of a Chinook with mass casualties on board had become a standard to Christine Schneider, a nurse in Da Nang. Practically every nurse s story described the hospital scenes in Vietnam as "busy." Jill Mishkel explained that she experienced a minimum of at least one death per day. As Ms. Schneider described, "There was just too much death" (46 ... Nurses described situations such as little boys with their intestines hanging out, men with half their faces blown off, men missing their legs from a grenade explosion, paraplegics, quadriplegics, and in one case pulling someone s shoe off and having the foot come with it. In addition, the soldiers they were treating were only eighteen or nineteen. As Ms. Mishkel said, "They were young, healthy, good-looking men that could ve ... Vietnam War had a lot of trying emotional stress that they had to deal with. All of these emotional traumas that women had to experience day after day had a notable impact upon the women s moral concept of the value of human life. Ms. Miller mad a very interesting statement, saying, "I am a professional committed to the concept that before anyone can administer to the health needs of ...
- 5473: The Darling
- ... Olga was quite a darling. She was quiet, compassionate, plump, and always had an ingenious smile connecting her two rosy cheeks. What was not to love? Unfortunately, she had a major personality glitch. She didn’t have one of her own. In the beginning, as Kukin was complaining about the rain on his garden, he said, “That’s our life for you Olga...You work, do your very best, always thinking how to make it better---and what happens? The public doesn’t come...but I still have to pay the rent (Chekov, 46).” In reality, this is symbolizing Olga’s personality, and simply foreshadowing what will happen when he dies. She worked hard at taking on ...
- 5474: Smoking
- ... meet the literacy level of female subjects of the lower socioeconomic level. The questionnaire was given to smokers "in prenatal, family planning, and well-child health clinics" (p. 498). The stages of Prochaska and Diclemente's were expanded to ensure sensitivity because most of the women of low SES fell into the first category; precontemplation (no intent to quit smoking in the next 6 months). The experimenters, therefore, "were interested in ... successful in their attempt or fell prey to relapse, were kept in contact with the experimenters through telephone or personal interviews to monitor the subjects status and to ask questions concerning their difficulties. The study's baseline measured the subjects on many variables, such as; level of motivation, confidence, and psychological stress. It also observed personal variables like, the smoker's history, demographics, environment and lifestyle. An interview schedule in conjunction with various tests (ex., Smoking Test Patterns, Russel, et al., 1974) and electronic equipment to measure carbonmonoxide levels were used to generate the baseline ...
- 5475: Doc Holliday
- ... in history have been as notorious as the late John"Doc" Holliday. Part of the reason Doc has enjoyed such a famedhistory is because of the overall descent man he was, that is when hewasn’t gambling, drinking, and gunslinging. When Doc died he mighthave had a handkerchief, a pocket knife, a deck of poker cards, a flaskhalf full of whiskey, and a small essay entitled "My Friend DocHolliday" by Wyatt ... of these are true of Doc, but these people had barely scratched the surface. As a young man Doc attended Valdosta institute where he became knowledgeable of the Greek, Latin, and French languages. Amazingly Doc’s favorite subject was rhetoric, his teachers claimed that Doc had a way with words unsurpassed by anyone in his class. All of these factors may have contributed to Doc having a handkerchief with him on ... dentist by trade helped Doc develop amazing skills with cutlery. Doc was famous mostly for his gunrunnig, but could rarely be found without a pocket knife. Aside from his amazing ability to carve, came Doc’s need to have a concealed weapon at all times. Doc was masterful with a gun, but a man in his position needed to be packing more than just a .22, he needed a back ...
- 5476: The Ontoligical Argument
- ... that if the premises that are put into the argument are true, then the conclusion must be true. Thus, Anselm tends to base his argument on the definitions and the terms that he used. Anselm s first form of the argument is that God is "that than which none greater can be conceived" (45) . Firstly, it must be emphasised that Anselm s definition does not limit God to being the "greatest" but Anselem makes it known that nothing greater can be thought than God himself. Therefore, God should not in any way be linked to terms such ... that Because God is something and can be perceived, God must exist. Another way of stating this is that: God is perfect so he must exist because he would not be perfect if he didn't exist. Anselm uses the example of "the fool" to prove his point on God s existence. He says that when "the fool" says that "There is no God" in the Psalms, he must therefore ...
- 5477: ON Doc Hollidays Death Bed
- ... in history have been as notorious as the late John“Doc” Holliday. Part of the reason Doc has enjoyed such a famedhistory is because of the overall descent man he was, that is when hewasn’t gambling, drinking, and gunslinging. When Doc died he mighthave had a handkerchief, a pocket knife, a deck of poker cards, a flaskhalf full of whiskey, and a small essay entitled “My Friend DocHolliday” by Wyatt ... of these are true of Doc, but these people had barely scratched the surface. As a young man Doc attended Valdosta institute where he became knowledgeable of the Greek, Latin, and French languages. Amazingly Doc’s favorite subject was rhetoric, his teachers claimed that Doc had a way with words unsurpassed by anyone in his class. All of these factors may have contributed to Doc having a handkerchief with him on ... dentist by trade helped Doc develop amazing skills with cutlery. Doc was famous mostly for his gunrunnig, but could rarely be found without a pocket knife. Aside from his amazing ability to carve, came Doc’s need to have a concealed weapon at all times. Doc was masterful with a gun, but a man in his position needed to be packing more than just a .22, he needed a back ...
- 5478: The Ku Klux Klan
- The Ku Klux Klan The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is one of America's oldest and most feared groups. Driven by the dream of a world with only one master race, the KKK often uses violence and moves above the law to promote their cause. They didn't start of violent, or to promote white supremacy. They have been in the shadows for over 130 years and continue to thrive in America's society today. The Ku Klux Klan began almost accidentally during the reconstruction period after the civil war in the Southern United States. The southern people had suffered greatly from the effects of the great ...
- 5479: The War On Tobacco
- ... run, causes cancer and other diseases associated with the lungs. Now, this deadly cancer causing drug is one of the leading causes of death in America today. Some may argue that it is a person¹s choice to smoke and that the tobacco companies are innocent because of this. In actuality, the tobacco companies are to blame for toying with the lives of millions of Americans. For many years, the tobacco ... of cigarette smoking causing our older generations¹ deaths. The tobacco companies now have warning labels on packs of cigarettes and are seeking another generation to kill by aiming their campaign at young teens that don¹t read labels. They are increasing the potency of the nicotine to ³hook² more smokers as well. In the years 1950-1968, the tobacco industries knew that their product was harmful and didn¹t decide to warn the American public until the year 1969. Because of the tobacco companies irresponsibility, our older generations are enduring painful, inevitable deaths. The tobacco companies have been arguing for years that no ...
- 5480: Of Mice and Men: Friendship
- ... and Men, John Steinbeck paints a good picture of the friendship between two men. One named George and a disabled man named Lennie. Throughout the book, Steinbeck paints a vivid picture of George and Lennie’s dream, which also happens to be the common American Dream. The American Dream is to have a house, some land, money, and maybe kids. This was their dream, except for the kids. Throughout the book ... do. The dream that they had was so simple and old fashioned. Since George had spent so much time taking care of Lennie, it may have felt like raising a child; and George probably didn’t want anymore conflict in his life. Their dream was like that of an older person who had worked and lived a fulfilling life and wanted to spend the rest of his days relaxing. George contradicts ... himself during the novel. He talks about the dream he and Lennie share, but his dream is totally different. Many times during the novel, George states how easy his life would be if he didn’t have to look over Lennie. He says; “God a’mighty, if I was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an’ work, an’ no trouble. No mess at all, ...
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