The Russian revolution progressed in much the same way, and its causes are rooted deep in Russian history. ... The Seven Years War economically drained the country and her losses were considerable in human and territorial terms. ... As with France, the Russian revolution began as a protest against tyranny. ... In Russia, many experienced revolutionaries set about spreading their message to the people. ... Therefore, the statement presented is accurate to both the French and Russian revolutions. ...

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He killed many thousands innocent people and exiled hundreds more. ... Killing or exiling thousands of millions of people for simple mistakes. ... As Russian wasn't Joseph's first language, he learnt it by the time he was nine. ... To kick start the industrial and agricultural revolution he made the Five Year Plan. ... Even though USSR and Germany were on peace terms, he knew that an attack was inevitable. ...

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LENIN"S ROLE IN THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION. ... The 2 factions demarcated themselves in terms of their ideologies, strategies and tactics. ... "(6) The news that Russia was in a state of revolution in 1917 caught Lenin by surprise... "This first stage of the revolution born of war will neither be the last, nor confined to Russia." ... People were worried about the arrival of Kornilov's troops and what they would do. ...

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World War ended between Russia and Germany with Russia surrendering because it could not take the cost of war any more .Germany and Russia signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk,which ended the war between them, which required Russia to surrender lands to Germany. ... The guiding idea behind these points was self -determination (allowing people to decide for themselves under what government they wished to live. ... The treaty with Germany , in particular the "war guilt" clause left bitterness and hatred in the hearts if German people . ... All sides in World War One (western socie...

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Rogers, "Some people believe that women soldiers will not be deployed in the event of hostilities that they are only to be part-time soldier. ... Technically, women are barred by law/ policy from what is defined in narrow terms as direct combat. ... Russia was reported as using military women on the front lines. ... Polls and statistics have shown that there is a clear tendency toward liberalization in terms of women's roles. ... "Women in the Military" An Unfinished Revolution Schneider, Dorothy & Carol J. ...

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He helped launch the San Francisco renaissance and is considered a leader of the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s and 1970s. ... During the 1940s there was some confusion, some growing awareness of "beat" or "furtive" terms that described the times. ... After the Russians launched "Sputnik" in 1958, a journalist coined the condescending term "beatnik" when writing about a party in North Beach. ... Gary Snyder was one of the original Beat poets, and along with Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and Alan Watts helped to shape modern poetry and to fuel the cultural revolution of the 1960's. ......

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Eventually the price of the dollar in terms of yen would fall, until on average, the value of goods that the Japanese could buy from the United States in terms of dollars euqled the dollar value of goods that the United states could buy from Japan. ... Hong Kong on the other hand has a population of more than 6 million people jammed into a miniscule area with an alarming population density of more than 255 times the United States, and has no natural resources other than a great harbor and skills of its people. ... "Legalizing drugs would reduce enormously the number of victims of drug use...

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The French revolution was the beginning of the end to the Monarchy and absolute rule. The revolution came about for a number of reasons. ... What is considered by many historians to be the turning point in the revolutions is the storming of the Bastille. ... Although the Assembly wanted all people to be equal before the law, they quickly defined their terms. ... At the outset of the revolution, Napoleon returned to Corsica in September of 1789 and organized the National Guard. ...

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Also, they have fought in both the American Revolution and the Civil war. ... He served two terms in the state senate, and one of his main priorities throughout his terms was education. ... He would serve only one term as governor, because at this time Georgia governors were not allowed to serve two consecutive terms back to back. ... At this time he still wasn't very well known, and most people did not expect him to have much of a chance of winning the election. ... One of the most recognizable events from the Carter Presidency was the boycott of the 1980 Olympic games in Moscow, Rus...

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In terms of the evolution of the human race in its present form, Europe appears to have been late in the field. ... Europe was not a particularly hospitable environment for this agricultural revolution. ... It was westward to this agricultural society "but also south-eastwards through Iran to India "that several millennia later successive waves of a people, whom we call Indo-Europeans, migrated from the steppes of southern Russia. Each of these waves brought with it another variant of this people's language "some seven or eight variants in all. ... It may have been the Indo...

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Hitler believed that the history of mankind was really only a struggle for space among peoples, and that the strong survived by gaining the necessary living space from which they could continue to grow numerically, and in terms of racial quality. ... On July 27, 1920, in line with his racial dogma Hitler stated: "An alliance between Russia and Germany can only come into existence if the Jews are removed from power." ... Despite the enmity of the war Hitler said on December 10, 1919: "As a people the Englishman has reason to be proud." Though he had only a year earlier been fighting...

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By 1979, however, Saddam Hussein had clawed his way to the top of the ruling junta of Iraq and took advantage of the chaos unleashed by the recent Iranian Revolution to shift the disputed border back in Iraq's favor, with the excuse being that the predominantly Arab population of this region would prefer being part of the predominantly Arab state of Iraq. ... Before the Iranian revolution, the distinction between the countries was less religious than ideological. ... The Iraqi leadership became more of an issue after the Iranian revolution, when Ayatollah Khomeini, who had spent part of h...

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In 1910 Japan annexed Korea, installing a harsh rule over its people. ... The USSR then claimed that helping South Korea was illegal because the USSR and the People's Republic of China were not present during the voting. ... There was much skepticism that Rhee would actually abide by the terms of the armistice even after it was signed. ...

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Seward, Secretary of State under Lincoln and Johnson, purchased Alaska from Russia. ... Their conviction that they were not equals with the United States in the Union was strengthened when the American government directly interfered with a revolution in Chile in 1891 and a trade dispute in Brazil in 1893. ... Bunau-Varilla engineered a revolution and U.S. warships prevented Colombia from stopping Panama's attempt to break away. (In 1921, the U.S. paid an indemnity to Colombia in recognition of the U.S. role in the Panamanian revolution). ... Years later, President Roosevelt said that the ...

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It is a movie about the Russian Revolution and involves love affairs between a character Lara and her mother's lover and then she marries a young man who abandons her and then she meets Doctor Zhivago who is married but is driven to the love affair by the war that they are involved in. ... Ed Norton, in jail, learns that he was wrong to "hate" anybody and comes to terms with his former hatred and comes out of jail as a new person. As much as Ed Norton has turned around his former thoughts, his younger brother has gone that much deeper into the hatred of black people. ...

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Because of his strong personality Roosevelt was elected for two more terms. ... Unlike other Presidents felt that he should do anything as long as it helped the people, unless it was strictly forbidden by the Constitution. ... In 1903, when negotiations with Colombia for a canal zone lease broke down, Roosevelt quietly supported a revolution in that country. The US recognized it independence and Panama rapidly agreed to American terms on a canal zone lease, and the US Army Corps of Engineers began digging the following year. Then when Japan went to war with Russia over control of Manchuria...

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She is of both Russian and Iranian descent and follows the Russian Orthodox Christian faith. ... Marina believes that her religion of Russian Orthodox Christianity is just as valid a form of worship as the Muslim religion. ... She simply wants to live her life on her own terms, to find love and to discover what happiness is to her. ... Who are these people in this conflict? ... We have to protect Islam, God's law, and God's people from the evil forces that are at work against them....

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When we speak of industrialized nations, we think of the US, Britain, Germany, France, Russia, Japan. ... Religion is a total way of life to the Muslim, and the system of goverance of a Muslim people should incorporate religious laws. ... The people of these societies believed that the golden age was in the past, that the next generation might be likely to have less than the current one, and education should be focused not on new inventions and moving forward, but hanging on to what now exists. ...

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This represents the end to the older regime, the initial revolution. ... Obviously a pig like this could be used by the right people (animals). ... In Russian terms, the gun may represent the Soviet decision to begin making nuclear weapons to later use on the United States. ... First Mollie, who never was too fond of the whole idea of revolution since it meant she wouldn't have any more sugar lumps, is seen talking to a neighbor man and letting him stroke her nose. ...

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Woodrow Wilson President Woodrow Wilson regarded himself as the personal representative of the people. ... In 1935, Adolf Hitler unilaterally abrogated most of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. ... The Treaty of 1814 was concluded between France on the one hand and Britain, Russia, Austria, and Prussia on the other after the first abdication of NApoleon I. ... Below his country, the Mexican Revolution was in full swing. ... Presidents don't win elections by telling the people what they don't want to hear. ...

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Because of his strong personality Roosevelt was elected for two more terms. ... Unlike other Presidents, Roosevelt felt that he should do anything as long as it helped the people, unless it was strictly forbidden by the Constitution. ... In 1903, when negotiations with Colombia for a Canal Zone lease broke down, Roosevelt quietly supported a revolution in that country. The US recognized it independence and Panama rapidly agreed to American terms on a Canal Zone lease, and the US Army Corps of Engineers began digging the following year. Then when Japan went to war with Russia over control of Ma...

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Because of his strong personality Roosevelt was elected for two more terms. ... Unlike other Presidents, Roosevelt felt that he should do anything as long as it helped the people, unless it was strictly forbidden by the Constitution. ... In 1903, when negotiations with Colombia for a Canal Zone lease broke down, Roosevelt quietly supported a revolution in that country. The US recognized it independence and Panama rapidly agreed to American terms on a Canal Zone lease, and the US Army Corps of Engineers began digging the following year. Then when Japan went to war with Russia over control of Ma...

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1 Let us go then, you and I, 2 When the evening is spread out against the sky 3 Like a patient etherized upon a table; 4 Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, 5 The muttering retreats 6 Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels 7 And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells: 8 Streets that follow like a tedious argument 9 Of insidious intent 10 To lead you to an overwhelming question ... 11 Oh, do not ask, "What is it?" 12 Let us go and make our visit. 13 In the room the women come and go 14 Talking of Michelangelo. 15 ...

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