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- 2701: Eleanor Roosevelt
- ... not want to see anyone. Shortly after receiving that letter, Mr. Roosevelt lapsed into a drunken coma, and died. After her aunts broke her the news, Eleanor cried and cried, and retorted into a dream world to live in. Eleanor was taught her lessons by private tutors, up until she turned fifteen. Her mother had wanted her to receive part of her education in Europe, so granting her daughters wish, Ms ... became very close Mlle. Souvestre. She traveled to many different places with as her companion. Eleanor contributed Marie Souvestre with changing her life forever. When she returned home, she faced having to enter the social world. To add to her pressure, she had the past lives of her grandmother and her mother to deal with. They both had been considered some of the most beautiful women in there times. Eleanor knew ... and her children by herself, so she finally hired a social secretary named Lucy Mercer. Lucy soon became a good friend of the family. On April 6, 1917, the United States was entered in to World War I. Eleanor took this time of war to get back involved with her volunteer work. She would spend three days a week in the canteens at the naval yards, and two days a ...
- 2702: Facing Reality
- Facing Reality Are we all aware of the uses of technologies we are helping to create? "If there is war we shall all die"(Weizenbuaum 716). These are pretty strong words that he suggests. Weizenbaum wants us all to consider if our daily work contributes to the "insanity of further armament"(716) or to the ... And the threat of soviet attacks that they must live with everyday are uncomprehending. He says the United States is no more distant from catastrophe than the Germans, for he states that Americans experience of war in the past has created an attitude of "it can't happen here" to grow. Weizenbaum tries to say the military is not an evil or technology is not evil because it has been adopted ... used for guided missiles to destroy other humans, families, and their homes but to monitor our earth's atmosphere for changing weather conditions and incoming events. The system is also our means for connecting the world together in a mass network of communications to promote the possibilities of peace. Furthermore it is used to explore our universe and its inhabitants to teach scientists a little more about the world in ...
- 2703: Terrorism In The United States
- ... is thought to be the Apocalypse. Satan, the Christian version of the Devil, and its counterparts are prophesized to roam the earth after the Apocalypse. Some terrorists think that they are trying to prepare this world for them. Even though this group numbers few, the destruction its members cause is quite large-scale. Currently, there are over 90 major terrorist organizations worldwide, making terrorism a very urgent ever-growing problem. However ... are some exceptions to this generalization though. Israel and Thailand both have high-tech SOFs that are very successful at their designated tasks. This generalization is also not true of the United States and other world powers, such as Great Britian, Russia, and China. In the United States, there are eight major SOF units. They are: the U.S. Navy Special Warfare Units; the U.S. Army Special Operations Units, the ... violent response will not portray the U.S. as a weak state but a non-active one will. However, if retaliatory violence is used, it will lead to further attacks and extents as drastic as war. Osama bin Laden is very treacherous and will be extremely dangerous in the years to come. The U.S. should not wait for him to launch another attack but rather should attack his forces ...
- 2704: The Political And Religious Wi
- ... Cromwell affected the people of that time, shows the Child of Hope, shows the shift in winds of religion, compares and contrasts Absolutism and Constitutionalism, shows how the influence of the English people on the world, and shows a new era being heralded in without which we would not exist. The seventeenth century, started with the Ascension of Charles I to the throne of his father James II. It was a relatively stable period under Charles I, yet it soon became engrossed in a civil war, of which. Oliver Cromwell and Dissenters led. They formed an improvised republic, which later collapsed. This led to restoration of Charles II, whose new models of government helped to change ideals in religion not only in Europe, but also in the world. James I handed the reigns of the commonwealth to his only male heir Charles, who at the age of 25 still had no wife, and therefore was not bringing any legitimate heirs to the ...
- 2705: Adilf Hitler
- ... the night of broken glass". Jewish stores and houses were attacked, synagogues burned, and many Jews were sent to concentration camps. During this time, there were a few countries that would accept Jews. Hitler launched World War 2 by marching into Poland in 1939. Most of Western Europe then fell into the Fόhrer (Hitler), who had personal command of the troops. Germany invaded the soviet Union in 1941, but Hitler, Crazed with ... power, had lost his military judgement. His failure to Capture Stalingrad, 1942 - 1943, was the turning point; unable to cope with defeat, he refused to recognize it or negotiate for peace. As the tide of war turned against him, his mass annhiliation of Jews, socialists, gypsies, and others was excelerated. After the Second World War had began in 1939, the Nazi's dropped all restrictions they had previously made towards ...
- 2706: Consequences And Cause Of Refu
- Refugees are persons who have fled their country or been expelled from it and cannot or will not return, because of natural catastrophe, war or military occupation, or fear of religious, racial, or political persecution. Although refugees have existed throughout human history, the problem has assumed more importance in the 20th century. It is estimated that more than one hundred million persons have left their home country, since the outbreak of World War II. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for refugees, the outstanding world refugee total exceeded twenty-six million in 1996. Deprived of the protection of their state, often detached from their families and ...
- 2707: History of the Computer Industry in America
- ... an enormous step forwards; they provided a means of input, output, and memory storage on a massive scale. For more than 50 years following their first use, punched-card machines did the bulk of the world's business computing and a good portion of the computing work in science (Chposky, 73). By the late 1930's punched-card machine techniques had become so well established and reliable that Howard Hathaway Aiken ... by card punch and electric typewriter. It was slow, requiring 3 to 5 seconds for a multiplication, but it was fully automatic and could complete long computations without human intervention (Chposky, 103). The outbreak of World War II produced a desperate need for computing capability, especially for the military. New weapons' systems were produced which needed trajectory tables and other essential data. In 1942, John P. Eckert, John W. Mauchley, and ...
- 2708: Corporate Control
- ... provides us with an excellent case to back that point of view. Perhaps one of the biggest stories of this decade has been the tobacco industry. We saw them stand before Congress and tell the world that cigarettes were not addictive. The industry was able to lawyer its way out of trouble time and time again. They essentially used legal maneuvers, and certainly money, to keep the truth from the American ... of Americans sit down and watch the nightly news or read the paper. We know that we will be told all the days news, that we will be educated about what is happening in the world around us. We also know that we will be updated on issues that we care about as individuals and a society. Another delivery mechanism for information is television magazine shows like 60 Minutes. People know ... what was happening within those companies. If they did something wrong, they could simply not publish it. Our faith in the news would be a sham. As we look at the news, we see the war against big business being waged. In Seattle, protestors are declaring war on the World Trade Organization. Our courts have decided that Microsoft is a monopoly, and they are siding against big business one class- ...
- 2709: African - American Civil Rights
- African - American Civil Rights Returning from the second world war, black Americans, just as those three decades prior, expected to find America a land of equality for all people and specifically a land endowed with increased black civil rights. Although the late 1940's and 1950's are not generally considered a period social advancement for blacks due to the volatility and revolution of the 1960's, the decade and a half after World War II ultimately proved to be a very significant chapter in the history of black civil rights and a pivotal stepping stone for the drastic social uproar of the next decade. In 1950, America ...
- 2710: The Importance of Gender Conflicts Literature to Society Past and Present
- ... society itself. At one time in American society, women were not permitted to own property, were discouraged from seeking higher education and were relegated to home and hearth. Men were hunter and women were gatherers. World War II and the subsequent Industrial Revolution put women into the American workforce, not only in large numbers, but also for the first time in American history, in jobs that were traditionally male dominated positions. The war effort actively recruited the women due to lack of males available for these factory positions in large part because most of the healthy males were engaged in active military service. It was during this ...
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