Our society must recognize these issues and learn not to make the same mistakes in the future. ... Once in power, he was quick to remove all opposition and strictly govern the country through fear. ... Once Mussolini and his government gained power, they yearned for expansion outside the political sphere and wanted a totalitarian regime to control all aspects of life. ... Bush's ethnocentric views, and ignorance of other ways of life, will only hurt the Americans in the future and needs to be resolved before more innocent soldiers and civilians are killed. ...

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McCumber stated, "We need a fair treaty to prevent future wars as horrible as the Great War was. After the war, the central powers composed the Treaty of Versailles to create the League of Nations in an attempt to ward off future conflicts. ... I believe, because of that, that we need a fair treaty, equal to all its members, that will restrict the use of new weapons, and prevent future wars from breaking out. " (McCumber) In addition, Senator Gilbert Hitchcock, who preceded Henry Cabot Lodge as the Senate Majority Leader, stated, "The trouble with Senators who oppose the League of Nations is t...

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This greatly impacts the future of the nation than if we did not get involved, and it is much more fair if we let a nation resolve it's own conflicts by itself, and this involvement creates much unneeded resent and enemies. ... We had very recently assisted them in the fight to receive independence from the control of Spain, and we had promised them that once winning the war they would achieve independence in due time. However, once Cuba became free of Spanish control, we attempted to impose control over the nation, and after much fighting and protest from the Cuban citizens, we eventuall...

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The irony in the poem is that it is based around a veteran that fell for a lie of a promise for glory, as he was a victim of propaganda, and in thinking that he would achieve fame and glory by securing his country's future, he instead gave up his own to experience rejection from his people, isolation from the society he was once part of, loss of his limbs and a profusion of time to reflect on the horrors of his past and the dreams he had had back then of how beautiful life would be once he is back home, another tragic outcome for a man full of youth, happiness and life. ... He waits...

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Once the empire collapses a vacuum is created and new political alliances and new countries eventually emerge. ... The history of both countries illustrates very clearly how the creation of national boundaries based on political horse trading and ignoring the wishes of the people involved can sow the seeds of future disaster. ...

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"I always hear Caesar did, Caesar conquered. Was not there at least a cook along?" "Bertolt Brecht In 1914, the world witnessed one of the most terrible and bloody wars in the history of mankind to that date. World War One, at that time entitled the Great War, began as a result of the conflict ...

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The Russian provisional government was put into place after the long Tsarist regime in 1917, but was ousted after only eight months, once the Bolsheviks took power after the October Revolution. ... As the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin was one of the leaders of this new party and was viewed by many as a tyrant who would significantly influence future Russian political parties. ... Once the viewers left the theatre, Vertov hoped the audience would start to take action to improve themselves and their surroundings. ...

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Such exorbitant reparations had a disturbing effect on the economy, and the Germans once again looked for a scapegoat to blame for their diminished economic situation. ... Where once the German mark was worth 4.5 to the American Dollar, by November 1923 a dollar brought 4.2 billion marks! ...

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Once Germany had been defeated in 1945 the war time allies between the USA, UK and the USSR began to break up. ... Joseph Stalin once stated: "One cannot forget the following fact: the Germans carried out an invasion of the U.S.S.R. through Finland, Poland, Rumania, Bulgaria, and Hungary....One can ask, therefore, what can be surprising in the fact that the Soviet Union, in a desire to ensure its security for the future, tries to achieve that these countries should have governments whose relations to the Soviet Union are loyal?". ...

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Before the First World War, rising living standards, increased education, and general progress, gave people an extremely optimistic view of their future and the world around them. ... They are that all the beliefs that once seemed grounded and determinable, such as the existence of God, the use of logic and reason to find solutions, and the notion of general human improvement, are now irrational and have no merit. ...

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The last point which called for a League of Nations would be backed by peace seeking nations that would oversee world affairs and try and prevent any future conflicts. ... Thus immigration within the US would once again increase dramatically as it did before the war. ...

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The Archduke was targeted due to the general feeling amongst Serbians that, once appointed to the throne, Ferdinand would continue the persecution of Serbs living within the borders of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. ...

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Nancy Pelosi once said "Women are leaders everywhere you look-from the CEO who runs a Fortune 500 company to the housewife who raises her children and heads her household. ... She provided him with a draft of the future terms of reference and also a list of women who might've served on the commission ("Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada", n.d.). ...

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Nonetheless there is however a general consensus amongst historians that the frightful events of world war one, distilled a sense of fear and regret amongst British society, and consequently Britain strived to prevent any future war, through whatever means necessary. ... This was an attempt to pay tribute to those heroes lost in the war and to act as a subtle reminder of the devastation caused by the war in a bid to prevent any future conflict. ...

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Woodrow Thomas Wilson, twenty-eighth president of the United States, might have suffered from dyslexia. He never could read easily, but developed a strong power of concentration and a near-photographic memory. By 1912 times were good for most Americans. Farmers were enjoying their most prosperous period in living memory, the cost of living rose slightly, unemployment was lower than it had been for several years, and working conditions were improving. By 1913 when Wilson was inaugurated, American industries were in a flood of consumer goods, including automobiles, telephones, and movies. ...

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