Roosevelt issued Executive Order, 9066, which directed the secretary of war to begin the mass evacuation of Japanese Residents from Washington, Oregon, and California"" (Gruenewald 21). ... From a Japanese American woman's perspective she quotes, "we stood helplessly when people, who we thought were our friends, came by and said, 'I'll give you $2 for your stove, $1.50 for your fridge'" "(Hansen 63). ... In this quote they are referring to the white privileged men and women who were not getting the job done the right way. ... There was racism still directed towards Japanese...

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The President had directed that Macarthur's attention be called to his order transmitted, and any further statements by Macarthur must be coordinated as prescribed in the order. The President had also directed that in the event Communist military leaders request an armistice in the field, Macarthur immediately report that fact to the Joint Chiefs of Staff for instructions. ...

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The message that Roosevelt was presenting, was directed towards the citizens of the United States.The purpose of the address was to inform American citizens of the problems the country faced and how he planned to solved them. ... He goes on with fear to what he is trying to elevate, with the famous quote"the only thing we have to fear is fear itself" . ... FDR uses fear, and this famous quote, to positively motivate the people of America. ...

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Churchill's speech was directed at the House of Commons, his newly appointed, and soon to be appointed Cabinet Members. ... This Speech was directed at the House of Commons and only the House of Commons: 1. ... Churchill was also placed in direct authority of his Chiefs of Staff Committee (Finer, 1941, 19). 2. ... Broad quotes James Maxton, as he talks about Churchill after his speech, "It was written in the book of fate, say, perhaps, on the battlefield of Blenheim, the he would one day be Prime Minister of this country, and, perhaps, it will be a comfort to us now." ...

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(P 139) This quote shows that the soldiers sense that death is a very real possibility and so they want to do everything that they can with their time. ... (b) One having authority to direct; a chief; a commander. ...

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This microcosm that Solzhenitsyn proposes within "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" is in direct comparison to the society of the USSR. ... One of Solzhenitsyn's most significant quotes against communism was, "You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from them. ...

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Devils in Disguise "Under idealism nothing exists except the mind. Whoever controls the mind controls everything. Therein lies the secret of absolute power- (Rapoport 1989) Has this method been used by most of the well known bloodiest dictators in history? The answer is most definitely "yes!- Ev...

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The authors call upon the opinion of one RCAF officer who believed that the Japanese were under the direct control of the consulate (Johnson and Granatstein 106). ... The authors utilize this quote form an unpublished paper. ...

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The great depression of the US not only affected people domestically, but internationally as well. It formed modern government in many countries, made drastic legislative changes, and even spurred a major war for many countries. The most influential event in world history after the 1900's is the gre...

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The aforementioned quote will satiate your thirst why we are concerned about history and why Huq has found history as the background of his finest creation, Agunpakhi. ... We find a concrete picture of World War II and its effect on the Indian sub-continent and of famine, one of the direct outcomes of that war and of the tumultuous partition which took away many lives through a first person narrative of a female character who gets maturation as the novel progresses towards the end, the penultimate partition and isolation. ... The famine of early '50's is the direct outcome of their...

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Historically, Huntington describes the transition from "the Peace of Westphalia" (Huntington, 1993) to the French Revolution, quoting R. ... Second, in a world made smaller by technology, there is more direct and indirect interaction with different civilizations, which helps to intensify the consciousness of ones' own corner of the world. ... Indeed, the first war in the Gulf was about oil and the potential impact to the US economy; the second was about a direct attack that did in fact damage the US economy. ...

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Oppenheimer directed the design and building of the bomb. ... The New York Times quoted President Truman as saying: "It was to spare the Japanese people from utter destruction that the ultimatum of July 26 was issued at Potsdam. ...

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"A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ," - John Steinbeck. This quote explains a lot about Steinbeck's life and his perspective on the time period in which he lived. The majority of the America at the time was sad, and it seemed easy for many to just give up. Steinbeck lived in a time period that ...

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Tito Transforms Yugoslavia Josip Broz (Tito) was a dynamic leader with an incredible ability to unite. Analyzing historical evidence makes it possible to understand the impact Josip Broz had on Yugoslavia. This investigation will first explore the life of Tito, and then discover how his action...

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Before chapter one even begins, Vonnegut quotes the Christmas carol Away in a Manger. ... There I was as the sacristan directed my attention to all of the ruins on every side, and laconically said, "That is what the enemy did!" ...

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Every war after the Kelogg-Briand Pact was put into action was started because of the direct opposite ideal the pact was striving for. ... By the time that World War Two ended the United States had grown from isolationist to "Big Brother", most of the decisions were created by them, and as it said in the quote "to create democratic institutions of their own choice", which will be monitored closely by who other then "Big Brother" himself. ...

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Kennedy's under lying sentiments in his speech on Russia's Gibson II nuclear stance around the world in the first week in October 1962 could have been the catalyst to have changed the out come of the Cuban missile crisis, the above quote was what set Russia to end the diplomatic stale mate and launch against the united sates and we to retaliate in the same. Now as the missiles began to fly, the book changed over from a direct dialog of the events to follow to slightly more speculative text as we don't really know what the exact ramifications will or would be if nuclear war we...

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The holocaust denial is a theory that basically insists that 6 million Jews weren't killed. "In fact, as a general rule Holocaust deniers claim that roughly around 300,000 to 1.5 million were killed (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 1) ". Countless accounts have proved otherwise, in this essa...

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As Nayan, the wonder boy from the story "Nayan Rahasya" by Satyajit Ray comes out safe and sound in the climax, Feluda, the iconic private detective smiles slightly since it is he who has ensured the safety of the boy, while the audience heaved sighs of relief and cries of joy. Nevertheless leaving the world of Feluda and entering Tintin's does not really alter the feeling of anticipation since Tintin almost does something similar in the story "Land of the Black Gold". The story revolves around Tintin investigating contaminated petrol which if used does not only cause ...

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" This is a direct quote from the preamble of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) which was formulated to create a standard that every nation should meet in regards to the human rights of their citizens. ...

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The All Purpose ANZAC Legend - Museums Australia Conference 1 What I would like to talk about this afternoon is how our education programs introduce the ANZAC Legend and how it lends itself to learning about different things for different age groups. All museums and cultural institutions have to ...

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Historians are quoted as saying that although World War I was not inevitable; World War II was due to the unresolved tension between nations. ... World War II officially began in September of 1939 when Britain and France declared war on Germany following its direct violation of the Munich Pact by invading Poland. ...

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