On the beach in front of the village hundreds of natives waited with gifts, and when Cook stepped from his boat they fell to the ground and lay face down until he encouraged them to get up. ... The natives were never exposed to the western world's diseases, which they has little immunity to. ... In the article, "The chiefs, wanting more and more Western goods, started to accept these goods before they had the sandalwood to pay for them, so they paid with promises of future deliveries. ... "Very soon the chiefs were competing avidly for Western possessions, at first nails, tools...

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Thesis Statement - The dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima at the end of WWII, was not a way to intimidate the Soviet Union of our military force we could possibly use against them I evaluated the documents of the military diplomatic history from 1939 through 1947. From this information I cam...

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I consider the following facts to be most unsettling and therefore worthy of the highest considerations: Through the seizure of the Netherlands and France in the summer of last year, Germany now has complete control over the economic resources of Western and Central Europe. ... Once this happens, combined with their occupation of a large portion of Eastern Asia, Japan will have decisive control over the Western Pacific, control that extends dangerously close to American and other Allied colonies. ... It is clear that the Japanese army, through their newly enforced bases that extend farther...

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Farmers on the Western frontier needed the Mississippi River to get their goods to markets on the East Coast. ... President Jefferson attacked this problem on two fronts: 1) He sent James Monroe to England to seek a military alliance to help with the protecting of American interests. 2) He instructed James Monroe to tell Robert Livingston (the American Minister to France) to offer France 2 million dollars for New Orleans or least get a guarantee of free passage on the river for American ships. ...

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By late 1944, Germany had been pushed back to its borders by the Soviets in the East, and the Western Allies in the West and South. ... He chose the Western front for this offensive and selected the lightly defended area of the Ardennes Forest of the German border with France, Luxembourg, and Belgium. ... However, it still depended on the soldiers in the front line. ... They were fighting on stationary fronts for days and weeks on end without proper winter gear, little food, and low ammunition. ... The soldiers on the front line did not have nearly that much, and were also wet from melti...

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Other nations in the western hemisphere were also part of the target and felt the burden of this attack. ... By hurting the Western economies these attacks were a huge success for Al Qaeda. "A strategy of Al Qaeda is to hurt the Western world by attacking economic nodes and avenues of commerce. ... " (Nanto, 2004) However, to better understand the impact the attacks had on the global front, it is vital to keep in mind the historical and contemporary causes. ... However, it goes on to show that this was a simplistic view since there is little record of Madrassa graduates carrying ou...

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Until 1920, wind power was a major form of energy in the western United States, essential to development. ... Large banks do not like to pay for such large investments up front, slowing the development of wind power. ...

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This caused the Soviets to join the British and American side and led the advance on Germany from two fronts. ... Up until this point the Soviet sphere of influence did not reach into the Western Hemisphere except for the spies. ...

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From watching the movie All Quiet on the Western Front I learned a lot about how bad the war really was for the soldiers sitting on the front line. ... Secondly, the conditions under which the soldiers were living on the front lines were hideous. ...

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It is an example of how a celebration has impacted Western views on immigrants. ... Children often show their respect by kneeling in front of their elders, in return they get red envelopes with money to spend as they wish. ... Red cloths are placed on the front of businesses as an offer as they reopen. ...

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The Battle of Yorktown in 1781 marked the end of the Revolutionary War with Britain. In December 1782, the British ordered a cessation of hostilities in the United States, and the Treaty of Paris was finally signed on September 3, 1783. In this treaty, the British recognized American inde...

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From subtle favoritism in the Western world to the outright extreme cases documented in many Asian nations (China, India, South Korea), many families are under pressure from various fronts, whether it be religious, cultural, or social, to believe that a son (or sons) in the family bring true happiness that daughters cannot. ...

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In many schools across the southern and mid-western United States white kids were exhibiting behaviors which we would call outrageous today. ... For example, Rosa P0arks may not have sat down in the front of that bus without courage instilled by MLK. ...

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Up until All quiet on the western Front movies showed me that most people that go to war turn out okay and lead happy and normal lives. ... For instance they viewed a mother be killed in front of her child because she would not stop screaming for help from the American soldiers. ...

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. @ Vichy o Led by Marshall Henri Petain (WW1 war hero) May 26-June 4, 1940 Allies successfully evacuate 350,000 of the 400,000 trapped by the German defeat of France (blitzkrieg) o Among the evacuated is Charles De Gaulle Forms the basis for a Free French government-in-exile July 10, 1940 Beginning of the BATTLE OF BRITAIN o Hitler attempts to bomb England into submission in preparation for his planned invasion o After 6 months Hitler abandons his plans to invade due to his losses inflicted by the RAF o He mistakenly concentrated his air force upon London and other population...

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" preached a crazy lady who lives on the rural Western Slope of Colorado. ... Movies like Wall-E depict people who abandoned Earth, on which they destroyed by polluting it so badly, now sit in a chair in front of a screen all day. ... With this technology in front of them, they aren't forced to be creative. ...

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He made his money through the illegal sale of alcohol or "bootlegging" He learned the business form Dan Cody when he moved east from western United States. ... When Gatsby meets with Daisy, he wears his best outfit. . . . the front door opens nervously and Gatsby in a white flannel suit, silver shirt and gold colored tie hurried in.4 To Gatsby his clothes create a vision of power and happiness, that his money can buy. ... See how the whole front of it catches the light."5 he thinks that when Daisy see's his home that she will choose him over her husband , Tom. ...

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The war planners were faced with planning a two-front war against Germany, Italy, and Japan. ... The Americans would take the Western flank closest to Cherbourg while the British operated to the east on the approaches of Caen-Alencon, France. ...

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Following almost a century of alliance, Americans and Russians disagreement came to the front line when in 1917 the Communists seized power, and established the Soviet Union. ... The U.S. showed no remorse in its plan to end communism, especially when it entered the western hemisphere. ...

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Soon the racist western media labels terrorists as Arabs: young, male, and unintelligent. So the middle aged female chemist fills her car with intricately homemade explosives and complex bombs and drives to the front of an embassy. ...

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In the past year the "war on terrorism" has been on the forefronts of our national and international agenda. This "war on terrorism" was largely motivated by the horrific attacks that terrorists perpetrated on September 11 against the US. The attack was terrible and those responsible for it should...

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" 'I can swim, and do sports and go to restaurants and wear what I want, but not in front of men. ... It is Western women, they say, who have been manipulated into becoming the toys of men" (176). ...

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Sadam thinks differently; He would think of it as a great gain to hurt the Western Civilization because it would prove how vulnerable we are. ... America over in Iraq is not only stopping terrorism on the home front but also stopping it overseas also. ...

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On top of being a poor woman, social mobility puts even more obstacles in front of a poor minority woman, or any minority, for that matter. ... Studies have shown that American society tends to be even more unequal than most other Western societies. ...

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In over 40 years as an artist, Joe had painted portraits, sports art, landscapes, still life, western art, cultural art, and comtempory southwestern art. Among his many exhibit shows, he is also the first Latino native to unveil a 6" x 8" painting in front of the Alamo depicting the Battle of the Alamo. ...

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