When he was asked to evaluate how many troops were available if and when the United States would get involved, the army could only gather an amount of one hundred thousand, when the French, Russian, and Japanese armies numbered in millions. ... In the early stages of the war American Ambassador to London was quoted saying "It's the end of the world, the end of everything." ... America was building a battleship for Stalin, aero-engines for France." ...

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Maya Angelou Maya Angelou is a very triumphant woman. She has written many books and poems that have given her great success. If one would talk to her, he or she would think she has lead a normal, happy life. Her life is blissful now, but it wasn't always perfect. Maya Angelou's sorrowful li...

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John Quincy attended some of the finest schools during his stay in Europe, learning much French and continuing reading extensively. ... His administration was generally regarded as a complete failure, but Mary Hargreaves argues otherwise, saying "Adams established the federal government as guardian of the general interest." ...

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Roosevelt eventually undercut the conference by saying that he had little interest in currency stabilization and by announcing that he would work for economic recovery in other ways. ... In the spring of 1940, after Germany had conquered Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France Roosevelt convened a special session of Congress and asked it to lift the embargo on the sale of weapons, a provision that primarily hurt the European countries opposed to Hitler and Germany, known as the Allies. ...

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Lance writes: A fascinating example of how these work routines affect news content was discovered by Timothy Cook in a study of Gulf crisis coverage in the United States and France. ... By contrast, French reporters (who do not operate on U.S....

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The Supreme Court blocked the execution saying that "The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times and under all circumstances" (Savage, A5). ... She goes on to say "France and other countries have found it politic to release some militants in order to make a separate peace with terrorist groups" (Bravin, A3). ... Most Americans aren't saying much about it because a lot of people want to support our country in times of war, but the ones who are speaking up are ...

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"Men say he [Teddy Roosevelt] is not safe. He is not safe for the men who wish to prosecute selfish schemes to the public detriment . . . who wish government to be conducted with greater reference to campaign contributions than to the public good . . . who wish to draw the President of the United States into a corner and make whispered arrangements which they dare not have known by their constituents." Elihu Root, 1904. Teddy Roosevelt devoted his adult life to civil service in order to make life for American citizens better. He was a man with a large collection of interests; a man who poss...

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Rap on the other hand I don't like maybe it's because I can't understand what they"re saying half of the time." 9. ... With everything focused on Vietnam there were new tactics and advancements; we even copied the French a little bit by using H-21 helicopters, which are kind of like banana shaped helicopters. ... "All the time I was saying no that's the president, and no not my president there's no way this could be true. ...

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At this time, the movement lost one of its strongest champions, Inez Milholland Boissevain, who passed away after saying, "Mr. ... On July fourteenth, Bastille Day in France sixteen women marched in single file to take their own "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" to the White House gates. ...

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