America was all too comfortable with a naive sense "nothing can touch us and noting can hurt us." ... For example, World War II was thought of as the war "over there", "over seas", but the events that occurred on December 7,1941 at Pearl Harbor, noting at that point could compare to the awakening and the realization that America could be struck and struck hard. ... Because we give accused criminal a right to a fair trial. ... And that the United States has a weakness that gives hope to the underdog. ...

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"It was giving the creature, through its name, a permanent place in the world." Jim's innocence is highlighted in that he believes everything has a place in the world, and that "making a place for them was giving them existence in another form, recognizing their place in the landscape, or his stretch of it." ... "Abos," the girls said with cool disgust, as if the rituals being enacted, however violent were ordinary and not to be taken note of." ...

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Yet, with the evolvement of modernism in the 1930s and 1940s, Dylan Thomas tended to present tragic situations in his poems, often giving way to more disjoint and uncertainty. ... By explaining how the rest of the world barely took note of Icarus's splash, Auden is toying with the idea of human suffering - in a sense making light of the situation. ... Thomas, on the other hand, simply furthers the tragic cycle in his poem, giving way to more disillusion and confusion. ...

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They were denied citizenship in Christian countries because they would not give up their religion, and were forced to live in ghettos, separate from Christian communities. ... Using intimidation only, not actual force, they forced Austria to give up, and was it annexed into Germany. ... He tried to convince the Czechs to give the land up to him, but they refused. ...

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Secondly I would like to note that the inquiry method lays at the foundation of all our education programs. ... Educators ask students Why do you give flowers to your teacher? ... The way that we discuss the ANZAC Legend in this program using very concrete symbols and relating it back to their personal experience gives younger children an emotional and intellectual entry point into the Memorial. ...

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In the case of World War II, this would give Roosevelt the power to exercise complete military control without necessarily the immediate consent of congress if he deemed the danger to be "imminent" as stated before. ... It's important too to note that the historical context of this internment is that it followed the Niihau Incident, which caused the east coast to be hyperaware and fearful that any Japanese American could possibly betray the United States14. ...

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In a book about Japanese Internment, which was an effect of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the author briefly gives an explanation about the attack, "On December 7, 1941, Japanese war planes bombed the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii"(Stanley 1). ... One author notes the losses in ships as such: By the time the attack was over, every battleship in Pearl Harbor-The U.S.S. ...

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The authors note that if the Goebbls" had not known for certain that Hitler was dead, then they would not have taken their children's lives as well as their own. ... Also, it gives great insight into things that others had never discovered. ...

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When people came to the banks to take out their money the banks had no money to give them. ... But perhaps the most important effect was the chaos in the banking system, as banks tried to collect on loans made to stock market investors whose holding were now worth little or noting at all. ...

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It was unusually hot in Hiroshima on this late summer morning in 1945. People busily rushed through the streets, all starting their daily agendas around the same time. There were few people who took time out of their busy schedules to relax for a bit and look at the new morning sky. It would be thes...

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It's very ironic that such a great nation gives less then one percent of its money every year to foreign aid, but the majority of America's money is spent on a large military budget that "defends our freedom ". ... Changing the U.S. foreign policy to lower the risk of future terrorist attacks is not to be confused with "giving into terrorists ". ... Jensen notes how he used to be cynical and how he now has hope. ...

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Japan is one of the world's leading powers, second only to the United States in terms of economic and technological advancement. It is also a fascinating country with a long history, rich culture and a keen sense of global citizenship. Japan is a country that has evolved from an agricultural, sub...

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Japan was given an ultimatum, either stop trying to take over countries, or the Allies would stop giving them raw materials. ... The US army sent a last minute message to Lieutenant/General Walter Short and Admiral Husband Edward Kimmel about the note, which did not arrive to Hawaii until after hours of the assault on Pearl Harbor. ...

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Mutual distrust, suspicion, and misunderstandings can characterize the Cold War by two sides and their allies. The Cold War shortly followed the conference held between the leaders of the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain, which took place at the Black Sea resort of Yalta between th...

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Wilfred Owen wrote Dulce et Decorum Est about the first World War, in which he had personally fought. It was addressed to Jessie Pope, a writer of other poems concerning the War. Specifically he wrote the poem to counteract her poem "Who's For The Game?". Owen felt that Pope did not comprehend the s...

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"How many roads must a man walk down, Before you call him a man? How many seas must a white dove sail, Before she sleeps in the sand? Yes, how many times must the cannon balls fly, Before they're forever banned? The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind, The answer is blowin' in the wind. Yes, ho...

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