While the product of a European ideology, it exemplified the hopes of millions as a cure for the detrimental poverty that was present in Latin America as well as the desire for change that lay dormant in the younger generations. ... While this was no simple feat and many people did die, it succeeded in breaking down the Batista regime in Cuba: 'But suddenly Batista was gone...taking with him much of the top echelon of his government. ... A few even trained in Cuba under Guevara and Castro, demonstrating the pair's desire for the revolution to spread and influence other countries. ...

• Word Count: 950
• Approx Pages: 4
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Many people who were frustrated with the socialist regime tried to escape; only a small number of them managed to make it through by digging tunnels, flying above it or even crashing trucks into the wall, while the majority of them died trying ("A World Divided"). ... The desire of native Germans started to gain popularity among both sides, eastern and western. ...

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Because of the United States desire for money and political power, we cannot call them neutrals. If a country says that it is just there to make sure that nobody dies, but during this it tries to get as much profit as it can, the country cannot be called nonaligned. ...

• Word Count: 854
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• Grade Level: High School

The film begins with a short sequence in modern-day France that shows one man visiting a particular grave in the sea of white crosses that marks the memorial to those who died liberating the country. ... Following this half-hour opening sequence, we learn that two of the four Ryan brothers died in this action, while a third perished elsewhere. ... This film is almost unique in its matter-of-fact approach, its desire to present itself as nothing more than a document of what war really, and simply, is. ...

• Word Count: 920
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Mostly what the scouts would look for was that desire for war and bloodshed. ... They, of coarse, would never speak to another individual again because they would either mysteriously disappear, or they would die in combat. ... The outcome of this was that one; a lot of people died and two, after the war, vast amounts of territory was redistributed amongst certain nations. ...

• Word Count: 1116
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School