Two kinds of War Powers Legislation awaited final action in the Senate and the House in 1973. ... The other, more importantly, allowed Congress to use Congressional power to prevent the Executive from taking us into a third Indo-Chinese war. ... Then too, as with the undeclared war in Vietnam, this was a bi-partisan phenomenon. ... One difficulty was foreseeing the contingencies under which war may arise. ... Fore-shadowing the recent events in the Middle East, Fulbright feared that under these provisions a future President might cite secret or classified data "to justify almost any con...

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Although this rally was not one of the largest events for the counterculture it was one event that inspired the events of that summer which became known was the Summer of Love and the Human Be-In movement which took place in the Golden Gate Park as well. ... Although the traditional things associated with the hippies were present at this event it really did have a deeper and more important goal to bring together the political activists against the Vietnam War that were located at Berkley and the hippies which were not very interested in the politics. ... Another important part of the counter...

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Vietnam however, challenged that presumption. The Vietnam War had a deep impact on the United States' application of foreign policy, especially, relative to its relationship to the Russians. ... Additionally, the experience of Vietnam shattered the bipartisan accord on American foreign policy. ... This unlikely harmony among Congress had all but disintegrated consequent to Vietnam. The war cracked the campaign of ant-communism which had been the preeminent ideology throughout the cold war, and which was made clear in Kennedy's inaugural speech. ...

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The basic premises of the new alignment of the world developed in the final stages of the war. ... In addition, the United States played in the war, and as the largest creditor of the coalition, which after the war proved to be financially dependent on the United States. ... The establishment of the ruined economy of the country also participated huge army of prisoners of war. However, by 1945 the country was far from the pre-war economic indicators. ... The geographical position of the United States played an important role in the prosperity of America in the war years, in the new condition...

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Abstract Ravaged by war, violently pushed out of their home country, separated from their extended family and friends, and evacuated to a foreign country where they have no commonality, Vietnamese refugees faced the worst after the end of Vietnam War in 1975. ... Indeed, the end of the Vietnam War sparked the beginning of Little Saigons, with the great effort and contribution of the first wave refugees. ... In an interview with my grandfather, Binh Le, a marine in Vietnam War, he confides, [Little Saigon] has everything and [I go there because of the] Vietnamese people. ... I can feel the ...

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The artist and architect remembers herself as a 3"Class A nerd" with a 4"China Doll sort of syndrome" and an aversion to group events and extracurricular activities. ... She wants to impact the world while also successfully implementing her own artistic expression, goals which are seen to fruition throughout the entirety of her creations, yet are especially prevalent in the Vietnam War Memorial as well as in her earthwork A Fold in the Field. ­ ... " Her initial work known as the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, which also happens to be her most well-known creation, began ...

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The concept of an international "system" itself implies that events are not random, and units within the system are interrelated in some patterned way. ... However, more importantly than the all encompassing quadrangle, it is the strategic geometry within the quadrangle that is most interesting and illustrates best, the changes and nuances in the transition from Cold War to post Cold War. ... The most obvious and famous of the triangles linked the Soviet Union, China and the United States, but the Soviet-US- Japan triangle was also important. ... Indeed the others owed much of their dynamic to...

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He sentences former friends and prisoners of war to death, while giving the impression that he will show mercy; he never acknowledges that he holds any responsibility for the bloodshed he has initiated. ... To begin with, Henry comes across as almost a "boy" in a man's job as others easily sway him when the church (Canterbury and Ely) persuades him to go to war. ... He is ready for war after an unappreciated gift of tennis balls from the Dauphin, Henry states that whatever happens is because "the will of God" destined it. ... It would be very important to please her at the time. ...

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Introduction In today's society we are damaged with events considered "out of our control " which can result in a traumatic event. Traumatic events are experiences that cause physical, emotional, psychological distress, or harm; This event is perceived and experienced as a threat to one's safety or to the stability of one's world (University of Maryland Medical Center, 2014).Succeeding the experience or witnessing of serious events such as military combat, terrorist incidents, or physical or sexual assault in adult or childhood describes the psychiatric illness known as Posttrau...

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This sphere of interest became more specific and eventually led to a study of inconsistencies regarding historical justifications of Khrushchev's dismissal of war hero Marshall Zhukov. ... It was also an event for which no definite argument had been published, so it was optimal for this task. ... Common events to both histories include the Soviet 20th Party Congress and the de-Stalinization process which followed. ... Essay The context in which history is written influences its interpretation of the events. ... His writings on the Cultural Revolution are published amidst Western ch...

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After the war, the Bolsheviks renamed themselves the Communist Party, and declared Russia the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. ... Meanwhile, World War II was fast approaching. ... But he wanted to avoid war at all costs, and in 1939 he signed the Nazi- Soviet Pact, which pledged that the two dictatorships would not attack one another, and granted Stalin permission to take over the Baltic States and eastern Poland, and prosecute a war in Finland. ... The Cold War had begun. ... (It is important to note that Stalin stood directly behind these trials--he delegated respon...

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They discuss the important role that negotiations play in the UN missions. ... Intervention by troops is important because the innocent villagers view them, as a type of "savior" (Clark 4). ... Nevertheless, peacekeeping troops kept Communism from regaining control of North Vietnam and possibly spreading to the United States by containing it within the country (Lawson 121). ... In the same way, peacekeeping troops have started co-existent relationships, which provide companionship to the countries at war. ... It is important to remember that the locals in Africa, or any third world area do...

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This a wonderful advance because it guarantees that what happened during the Second World War will not happen; Jewish people seeking asylum from the Nazis were turned away from the United States and, unknowingly, sent to their deaths (World at War). ... This is important because it draws more attention to issues that the general public would otherwise be oblivious to. ... Since these events in the late 1980s, the Malaysian government has increased its "use of force to dismantle roadblocks and suppress indigenous activism" (Wilmer, 2000: 193). ...

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As stated by Schraeder, one of "two important developments" contributed to pressures for change US foreign Policy toward south Africa during the late 1950s was firstly, a growing civil rights movement striving for the political equality of African Americans ensured greater official attention to the issues of race in both domestic and international policies...Reverend Martin Luther King led a demonstration on December 10, 1957 to denounce apartheid and call attention to South Africa's refusal to sign the UN Declaration on Human Rights... An important aspect of such actions was that they c...

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By juxta posing these four events Gast is suggesting that the inclusion of Muhammad Ali and black jazz music will bring about a stop to the persecution of the Zairians and the African-Americans. ... The scene where Muhammad Ali is in the plane is very important; it shows Ali seemingly alone in a plane flying over Africa to get to Zaire. ... This is important for him as he states "this is the most free feeling I ever had in a long time". ... Firstly by selecting this shot ahead of others shows that the scene is important so must be recognised. ... The example of the montage is very important in...

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The storyline of a given horror film is equally important as its ability to agitate teenagers. ... Later, the government's mysterious tests of concept aircraft led to a UFO epidemic; an era of outer space-related movies was born during the Cold War. ... Ripe with scandal and failure (Nixon, Vietnam, The Beatles split-up, etc.), this decade was peculiarly keen on possessed or demonic young children, as shown in The Exorcist (1973). ... The inclusion of these sequels offers a more solid understanding of each director, as the beginning of a series tends to focus on generating hype while ig...

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After describing how gender violence became a human rights violation articulated in formal documents of international law, this chapter discusses one of the most important new issues in the gender violence and human rights field, that of the trafficking of sex workers. ... At the 1993 UN Conference on Human Rights in Vienna, sponsored by the High Commission on Human Rights, this issue became even more important (see Schuler 1992). ...

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This was brought to a halt by the First World War and the bout of anti-free trade protectionism that led to the Great Depression in 1930. ... The end of the Second World War brought another great expansion of capitalism with the development of multinational companies interested in producing and selling in the domestic markets of nations around the world. ... The fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union ended the cold war between the forces of capitalism and socialism with capitalism triumphant. ... The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was established in the wake of the Wor...

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Originally conceived as a vehicle for martial arts adept Bruce Lee, the series went to an actor with little physical ability, but with a knack for embodying a Hippie pacifism along with a reluctant, but devastating aggression On the lam from the law, Caine picked up where The Fugitive (1963-67) left off and added a topical resonance with the televised resistance to the war in Vietnam by living like a pacifist, draft-dodger as well as fighting guerilla-style like a Viet Cong, and, in all respects, getting the better of his Anglo-American opponents, while being white himself. ... Perhaps mo...

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY During one of his two combat tours in Vietnam, Federal Express CEO Frederick Smith got a quick lesson in survival from a crusty Marine sergeant. ... All these elements are just as important to some businesses and consumers as receiving a safe delivery. ... Additionally, FedEx has forecasted the important strategic trend of a continuously global shipping market. ... Fedex connects some of the most important areas of the world that make up 90% of the world's gross domestic product, some of the new hubs were built in the Philippines at Subic bay and in Europe at Charles...

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