The relations between Bismarck and the Center party continued to improve, and the chancellor turned his consideration near the socialists, who had improved their power in the Reichstag, mostly after the fusion of the LaSalle and Marxian socialists. ... With the help of the liberals Bismarck initiated the social security law. The laws were passed providing for sickness, accident, and old age insurance. ... At first Bismarck worked with the liberals to get through with his social plans of the security law after that he turned around completely to work with the socialists. ... In his chancello...

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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on Oct. 2, 1869, in Porbandar, near Bombay When I was 19 I WENT abroad to study. I studied law at University College in London. . ... I declared I would go to jail or even die before obeying an anti-Asian law. ...

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Another way Canadians planned to gain money near the end of the twenties was with the stock market. ... Canadian courts actually tried to defend racism; in one case they ruled that it was okay not to serve black people, "because there was no law saying it was illegal- (Newman 187). ... Some people fought for anti-discrimination laws, and though they weren't passed until 1940, people raised the sense of awareness of discrimination a lot earlier. ... On June 17, 1919, Bloody Saturday, the strike turned violent, demonstrators stopped a streetcar near city hall and set it on fire, after stre...

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After graduation from Princeton (then the College of New Jersey) and the University of Virginia Law School, Wilson earned his doctorate at Johns Hopkins University and entered upon an academic career. ... The Treaty of Paris was one of the most important treaties signed at or near Paris. ... After World War I severeal treaties were signed (1919-20) in or near Paris, the most important of which was the Treaty of Versailles After World War II separate treaties were signed (1947) by the Allies at or near Paris with Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Finland. ... The offensive ...

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Directed labour was also introduced, and this included the implementation of the Patriotic Auxillary Service Law, under which men aged 17-60 were liable to be called for labour service. ... A consequence of this was that Britain was able to gain an advantage and this is exemplified in its production and use of tanks near the end of the war, a leading factor in the nation's eventual victory. ... Rationing began in 1916 under the War Food Office, however regulations were taken to extremes, with 258 laws in existance to control the supply and distribution of supplies. ...

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After the saw mill closed Fredrick and his brother-in law leased a lumber yard and saw mill here the original. When trees began to become scarce he and his brother-in law went north to find wood. ... However, I was no where near prepared for what happen this summer. ...

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Despite all these facts, professional athletes are overpaid people who believe they are above the law and better than anyone else. ... For example, his alibi was fishy, a glove and clothes were found near his house and a motive was also put in place. ... Overpaid athletes truly are above the law. ...

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Like many European nations, Italy emerged from the First World War as a democracy in distress. Italy was on the winning side, but the war had cost nearly 700,000 Italian lives and over $15 billion. Moreover, Italy had received secret promises of specific territorial gains during the war, only to fin...

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Introduction: The Weimar Republic was created after World War I with Germany in a state of near-anarchy. ... But the problem became even worse when in 1923 French and Belgian troops invaded the Ruhr which was a heavy industrial area for Germany, the French and Belgians were perfectly within the law to do this under the conditions of the Treaty of Versailles since Germany had been late in making a payment. ...

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