The new respect could bring more rights and a better life after the war for all Native Americans. ... The U.S. government and voice of mainstream white America had taken away Jeanne's normal American life in a matter of days. ... Much like Jeanne, the bombing of Pearl Harbor changed Ira Hay's quiet life in Arizona. ... After the daily World War Two report was over, the students sang the anthems of the Army, Navy, and Marines. ... Ira became filled with national pride; devoted to serving his country until either the end of the war, or the end of his life. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

He and many others were ripped out their daily routines because of the war. ... Some mental stresses the soldiers experienced were the loneliness or the feeling of solitude, the risk of death, the taking of another man's life, the sheer amount of death they saw, and irregular routines. ... The death covered front lines were compared to life in Paris as, "hell to heaven.... "Foot-soldiers seemed to worry about very practical matters: their overall mental and physical health, fear of wounds or death" Most soldiers dealt with these fears daily. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The World Conference on Human Rights took place over two weeks in June of 1993. The Conference was held in Vienna, Austria. In attendance were 171 states committed to strengthening human rights throughout the world and to presenting an international plan to accomplish this goal. Also in attendanc...

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During that time, people believed in the Enlightenment, and industrial developments and scientific breakthroughs were a daily reality apparent in the rising standard of living. ... It plunged society in an age of anxiety and uncertainty in almost every area of human life. ... They also doubted that life would ever return to normal, as it had been before the war. ... Increasing numbers of thinkers and writers expressed their somber views about the new reality of life. ... This was not an easy task, as it involved the total subordination of the individual to the state, and the strict control ...

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It is all-encompassing in that, more than any other international crisis yet seen it affects a multiplicity of life's levels, political, economic, cultural and psychological. ... These people arrive daily from Washington, D.C. and its suburbs over approximately 30 miles of access highways, including express bus lanes and one of the newest subway systems in our country. ... Over 200,000 telephone calls are made daily through phones connected by 100,000 miles of telephone cable. ...

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Hitler wastes no time and on the very first page of his book mentions the "moral right to acquire foreign soil and territory" and continued: "The sword is then the plow, and from the tears of war there grows the daily bread of generations to come." (1) This statement falls completely in line with his racial dogma and shows quite clearly that Hitler had always deemed expansion was necessary. Especially continental expansion from which daily bread could be found. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Canadians, to an extent, have lived a life of sheltered ignorance when compared to the lives experienced by those in other nations. The problems that the greater part of the world faces daily, and expects in the future, are inconceivable to those in wealthy nations. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

1. In "Homo Loquens"," Marshall Poe describes his theories on speech communication. Within his ideas, he points out disadvantages in speech, and how society tends to interpret it. One disadvantage that Poe pointed out was the idea of privacy, and how with speech, nothing can ever be private. "You ha...

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Some of his daily duties were on the front lines and at headquarters, He was wounded in the leg in 1916 and gassed in 1918. Hitler believed that he was making a better life for himself and was proud to serve in the German army of which he admired so much. ... Being gassed during a British attack had a significant impact on Hitler's life. ... He then made a statement that would forever change his life and the lives of people throughout the world... Hitler's ideologies were derived from the ideas of Social Darwinism (the struggle for life governs the relationship of both indiv...

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• Grade Level: High School

He joined the army and began selling articles to the Daily Graphic. ... "Entering Parliament in 1901, he rose in the course of a very few years to a position in which every major event in England's affairs was part of his life story" (Coolidge 1). ... He once said that, "Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result" Six months later he left the army to begin politics again. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

But on the battlefield, the DEROS date was revered and looked upon as a day that will take everything from the war away, and life would return to normal (Goodwin 1989). ... Those with the shortest time left in the country were praised by others and would lead their peers on a fantasy excursion of how wonderful and carefree life would be as soon as they returned home. For many, this became an almost daily ritual. ...

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"4 Some scholars such as Seymour Lipset state that exceptionalism refers only to America as a unique nation but not necessarily a better one.5 Whereas others such as Ceaser feel that packed into exceptionalism is the belief that the American people have a mission to better the world and spread their greater way of life.6 For my essay I went with the definition provided by Ian Tyrell ; "American exceptionalism refers to the special character of the United States as a uniquely free nation based on democratic ideals and personal liberty.... When developing my research I came across th...

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The Americans had intercepted messages from the Foreign Minister Togo, to Ambassador Sato expressing the desires of the Emperor for a peaceful end to the war, "[h]is Majesty the Emperor, mindful of the fact that the present war daily brings greaterevil and sacrifice upon the peoples of all belligerent powers, desires from his heart thatit may be quickly terminated" (Alperovitz 23). ... Due to the effective air, sea, and land blockade that was in progress, Japan was unable to " maintain their industry, maintain their shipbuilding, and carry on their commercial life-(Alp 327). ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

After the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the word "terrorism" took on a new meaning. Before the attacks, terrorism was certainly taken seriously but after the tragedy on 9/11, the term became synonymous with fear and anger. The word "terrorism" is reflected in the free world's attitude towards security and protection. Millions of people are more fearful, anticipating another attack and wondering if they or a loved one are in danger. Officials who oversee public places such as malls, subways, airports, bus stations, churches and government buildings have taken preca...

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By the end of the nineteenth century the pre-industrial economy and way of life had almost disappeared. ... His poems are largely traditional in theme, form, and structure, and show a continuity with the Wordsworthian art of recording the impact of ordinary daily events on an individual and sensitive mind. ...

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