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- 1261: The Industrial Revolution That Shaped The United States Into A Leading Econom
- The Industrial Revolution That Shaped The United States Into A Leading Economy During the beginning of the twentieth century, the United States launched an enormous industrial revolution that shaped the country into the world’s leading economy. On the day of President Roosevelt’s inauguration the depression had taken the country into economic chaos. He was forced to devise a plan that could restore the status of world power to the United States. The first step in Roosevelt’s social reform plan was to have the national resources maintained better. The next step was to secure Americans from unemployment, old age, and sickness ... Asia ablaze, President Roosevelt started giving special attention to foreign affairs. The President had a speech in Chicago in 1937 and he declared that all peace-keeping nations should "quarantine" from the aggressors. After the War began in Europe, he had Congress modify the Nuetrality Act and permit the sale of war products to other countries at war with Germany, Italy, and Japan. After war starts around the world, the ...
- 1262: A Review of Lord of the Flies
- ... The Spire, The Pyramid and Darkness Visible. His essay's were collected in The Hot Gates. About the book Allegorical presentation - why ? I think that the author compare this little abandoned island, with the real world. On the island there were war, peace, etc. just like in the real world. It`s not hard figuring out why there's war in the world, when abandoned kids on an deserted island can't make peace. The happenings on the island are something that the author ...
- 1263: All Quiet On The Western Front
- ... Western Front is a record of seven school chums that all enlist in the German Army after being urged by their school master Kantorek. These poor youth are forced to endure the debilitating effects of World War I, and represent the generation of men that were torn from youthfulness and serenity to face a world of survival horror. They become remnants of Europe s degenerate youth from that time period. Over the period of years, they are slowly killed off, their once bright and cheerful youthfulness has been ripped ...
- 1264: Australia's Future
- Australia's Future According as there was intellect or no intellect in individuals, will the general conclusion they make-out embody itself as a world-healing Truth and Wisdom, or as a baseless fateful Hallucination. Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Seeking relief from severe back pain, my spouse consulted a doctor who recommended a small back operation. A proposal that enraged ... that poses a threat to the tenure of our lands, if not our lives, and makes questions of our choice of constitution both an irrelevant and a dangerous diversion. Even if our place in the world was not threatened, our inability to manage our affairs is stagnating the economy. The national debt has now passed the $16 billion mark and shows no sign of reducing. Unemployment continues at the staggering official ... republicans saw much danger in what they were doing- but they were wrong. A mistake many paid for with their lives. The obscure token committee of public safety started a murder campaign that made the world reel in horror. Its unremarkable bespectacled chairman was so affected by his new authority that he discovered a blood lust and started an era known as "The Terror"; thousands of ordinary citizens suddenly discovered ...
- 1265: Chemical Warfare and Its Uses
- ... Mustard agent was produced for the first time in 1822 but its harmful effects were not discovered until 1860. Mustard agent was first used as a CW agent during the latter part of the First World War and caused lung and eye injuries to a very large number of soldiers. Many of them still suffered pain 30-40 years after they had been exposed, mainly as a result of injuries to the ... included among the CW agents causing general poisoning. There is no confirmed information on this substance being used in chemical warfare. However, it has been reported that hydrogen cyanide was used by Iraq in the war against Iran and against the Kurds in northern Iraq during the 1980's. Hydrogen cyanide has high toxicity and in sufficient concentrations it rapidly leads to death. During the Second World War, a form ...
- 1266: Evolution Of Canada
- ... the French and English and became an independent Commonwealth country with a federal system of government, in which the provinces enjoy a large measure of autonomy. Land and Economy. The 2nd-largest country in the world (after the USSR), Canada occupies the N half of the North American continent, stretching E and W from the Atlantic to Pacific oceans, N from the 49th parallel to the North Pole, including all the ... of once great mountain chains worn down and covered by the sea, contains valuable minerals--gold, silver, platinum, copper, nickel, cobalt, iron, and zinc--making Canada one of the most important mining countries in the world. The Shield's N portion is a treeless plain with permanently frozen subsoil; in its S section are forests. Extending from the Shield's W border to the Canadian Rockies are prairies more than 800mi ... settlers, the St Lawrence-Great Lakes area is the most populous section of Canada as well as its economic and political center. It contains over 60% of the population. Abundant minerals have made Canada the world leader in the production of silver, nickel, potash, and zinc; second in gypsum, asbestos, uranium, and sulfur; third in gold, lead, and platinum; fourth in magnesium and fifth in copper. Timber is also valuable, ...
- 1267: Cuban Missile Crisis
- ... the Soviet Union were to prevent any type of invasion by the United States and to stabilize the “balance of power.” Something that both the US and the Soviet Union shared was their fright of world war and even nuclear war. This is arguably the only time in history where the threat of nuclear war is possible. Things began to become very tense for both sides. President Kennedy became aware that the American army is ...
- 1268: Making The Corps
- ... since the Marines have been established, and the reason for that is because of American Society’s ignorance of military affairs. The military has led and played an important role in helping shape and win war victories for the United States, but the Marine Corps’ role today is questionable to many. Why? Because “For the first time in our history, we are maintaining a large military establishment during peace time” (p ... be a Marine is sufficient”. (pg238) Life after boot camp: -After boot camp and graduation many of the recruits find that they have been changed, but the real challenge is when they enter the real world and find out if that change is permanent. As these former recruits, now Marines, venture back into the outside world they realize how filthy their world’s used to be. While taking the train back home Hoover, who served in platoon 3086, notices that the whites are sitting with whites and the blacks with ...
- 1269: Transcendentalism
- Transcendentalism was a movement in philosophy, literature, and religion that emerged and was popular in the nineteenth century New England because of a need to redefine man and his place in the world in response to a new and changing society. The industrial revolution, universities, westward expansion, urbanization and immigration all made the life in a city like Boston full of novelty and turbulence. Transcendentalism was a reaction ... American Revolution and the Industrial Revolution, an American man emerged confident and energetic. However, with the release of nervous energy, an American was forced to look at a different angle at his place in the world and society. The world of the nineteenth century Boston was that of emergence of new currents of thought in response to the conservative atmosphere. The wealthy upper classes (the aristocracy) were conservative and suspicious of any innovations. They ...
- 1270: Could Gambling Save Science: Encouraging an Honest Consensus
- ... experiment said the chance was at most 0.1%. So they quietly bought bets against a high mass, moving the price down to 2.5% in the process. They then revealed their results to the world, and tried their best to convince people that their experiment was solid. After a few months they mostly succeeded, and when the price had dropped to 0.7% they began to sell the bets they had made. They made $500K off of the information they had created, which more than covered their expenses to get that information. If Gung Ho Labs had failed to convince the world of their results, they would have faced the difficult choice of quitting at a loss, or holding out for the long-term. A careful internal review would probably be conducted before making such a decision ... should receive the same sort of social credit now granted to "do-gooder" advocates who devote personal resources to changing current opinion on some important issue. Like Phileas Fogg, the hero of Vernes Around the World in Eighty Days, "a man who rather laid wagers for honor's sake than for the stake proposed" [Ve], these investors should not be treated as mere risk- loving gamblers. Social credit should also ...
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