Churchill wanted the House's approval of the new government and cooperation in the war against Nazi Germany. ... On entering the chamber, Chamberlain received more cheers than the new Prime Minister (Cannadine, 1989, 147). The men who sat in the seats of the House of Commons are supposed to represent the people. ... If he did not have the experiences that he had with the military, he probably would not have been the new Prime Minister, and if he did still become the new Prime Minister, his speech would not have been as affective. ... The new Prime Minister spoke simply and somberly ...

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Jack declares himself the leader of the new tribe, and organizes the violent slaughtering of a pig to celebrate. ... "There was a stillness about Ralph as he sat that marked him out: there was his size, and attractive appearance; and most obscurely, yet most powerful, there was the conch" (p. 24). ... He began to feel lost in his island environment and was inadaptable to the new freedom he was experiencing. ...

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The World's powers sat a Geneva Conference to decide the state of Vietnam and the country was split into two at the 17th parallel, southern was democratic and northern was communist. ... Anti-Communist forces were: South Vietnam, United States, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Khmer Republic and the Kingdom of Laos. ... Also Australia signed two major alliances in the early 50's, the ANZUS (Australia, New Zealand, United States) and SEATO (South-east Asia Treaty Organization) which were signed for protection and safety by becoming allies with U.S.A. ...

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Thus, he decided to go to Paris with his new wife Hadley, where he knew there was a more cosmopolitan lifestyle that for centuries had been a haven for aspiring writers (Meyers 42). ... Nick sat there, his head in his hands. ... Hemingway became close to these authors and after Gertrude Stein said to Hemingway "You are all a lost generation" a new term was coined and they thus were referred to as "The Lost Generation" (Lost Generation 4). ...

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To make thinks worse, the Christian communities that believed Hitler to be wrong, refused to appose him and instead sat and watched as their friends and neighbors disappeared one family at a time. ... This became the new definition of jihad, and the people followed. ...

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The following year the three western powers issued a new currency to end inflation and the black market. Russia issued a new currency, which caused trouble in Berlin. ... The new government had no intention of changing the Federal Republic Governments policy towards the East. ... While millions sat in front of their televisions and watched people in Berlin dance together on top of the wall and embrace each other on the street and destroy the ugly barrier. ...

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The Worcester diner, as seen in figure 2, first look of a new style came with their roofline approach. ... This became a trademark Brill dinner touch and began using marketing techniques to tease customers to buying more food while they sat there and starred at their delicious treats. ... Covered in neon, the windmill sat above the retail bakery of the diner and attracted viewers from miles away. ... Unlike before the war, diners were now faced with a new challenge. ... This new change in society led to several key architectural developments in the upcoming years. ...

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So now we have a new and inflamed "war" on terrorism escalated by the Bush, Jr. administration. ... It can be infered that if we help the people of Afghanistan overthrow the Taliban and set up a new government, we will in turn gain the support and blessing of those people to have reign over this pipleine. ... Looking back on World War II, we sat and waited until the war was brought to us to help the world. ...

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Children were forced to adapt to living in harsh conditions while living there with new people. ... A SS officer reported, "They sat down on the benches all around and were cheerful and happy that they had been for once allowed out of Neuengamme. ...

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Nevertheless, the Guomindang were able to seize power in 1919 and Chiang Kai-shek was installed as the new leader of China. ... The Seeds of Distrust The appearance of a new Communist country in the Far East alarmed many western countries, namely the United States (2). ... For months, the world watched as both countries sat on the brink of nuclear war. ... A new joint military is created, which will destroy any country that dare stand in their way all of this, under the auspices of communism. ...

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This form of business infrastructure is relatively new and therefore makes it difficult to compare the methods by which the economy was once structured to that of our current global economy. ... Incomparable to past production methods, these new TNCs are no longer restricted to previous limitations of time and space. ... This form of post-Ford capitalism takes advantage of all feasible methods of creating the lowest possible production costs, and the highest possible productivity, "creating what has become known as a new international division of labour (NIDL)" (Wright, 69). ... Though i...

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The book that I read for my quarter project was Fireweed by Jill Paton Walsh. This Story took place in the 1940's during World War II in London.The author discuses the life of a young man named Bill and a young women name Julie who lived on the streets and managed to make it on their own. The bo...

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After fighting, and the death of 617,000 Americans, the Civil War came to a close, and began a new era for African Americans. ... Woolworth store and quietly sat down at the lunch counter (Memory). ...

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Nonetheless there the Chemical Weapons Convention which first sat in 1972 during the Cold War bans the use stockpile, development, production, and sale of these weapons; this has been ratified by more than seventy nations. ... The U.S. government point of view has been that the new ABM system will be focused on shooting down limited attacks from "rogue- nuclear states, considered to be North Korea, Iran#. ... For instance, with this new ABM system, the United States would have a distinct advantage in the nuclear arms division. ... With the new ABM system set up, the United States could (hypot...

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Japan was left with little and was forced to acquire new resources from China. ... Yamaoto's weapon Yamamoto relied on Japan's new weapon, the aircraft carrier. 355 planes would take off from 6 aircraft carriers: the first time in history this sort of tactic was used. ... Since this sort of attack was new to the Japanese, Yamamoto was a little uneasy. ... They were released in the early morning and sat at the bottom until the battle began. ...

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I find it sad that until recently the majority of my knowledge of Spain's Civil War came from Ernest Hemingway's "For Whom the Bell Tolls." Not that Hemingway wasn't a great writer, he was and was very knowledgeable of Spain, my knowledge of Spain, however should come from something more factual. ...

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I sat back and enjoyed my first trip to Europe. ... We had to take the whole gun down, screw the barrel off, put a new barrel on, then loosen it three clicks, it was a pain. ... A new plan was drafted. ... These conclusions, with their notes of pessimism, were not shared by the bomber commanders, and were echoes of a new problem of immense significance. ...

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Introduction When I first sat down and researched into American exceptionalism I discovered an idea that was complex in not just its definition but also its understanding. ... When developing my research I came across this cartoon from the New York Times in 1949.8 The message is clearly that coming from an American point of view it has to hold up the world through a globalisation of its ideas and way of life, in order to keep the world out of the hands of the USSR and Stalin. ... Heralding John Winthrop's famous metaphor as the new state being a "City upon a hill"9 the puritan ...

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When the boys are isolated with no adults present, they are the beginning of civilization on the island and have to create a new society, just like how the bible says that Adam and Eve are the start of the human race and its civilization. ...

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Many new political pressures arose during the rise of the New Social Movements and the level of comfort that the world had gotten used to by living under the old world order would be drastically changed by new social reformatory ideas with radical and lively leaders steering them into the 21st century. ... Such exposure to new democratic ideals during the war put the old European empires under constant tension that would eventually lead to their collapse in the 21st century. Out of these collapses rose many new social movements that were shadowed by the aftermath of the First World War and w...

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