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- 4541: A New Generation
- ... doubts on this issue, which he did not express, but agreed to go through with it. The invasion on April 17, 1961 was based on the idea that "because communism was totalitarian, the people who lived under it yearned for freedom and would revolt at the first opportunity" (Burner 72). This was not the case, which shows that if Kennedy had more substance, he would have expressed his doubts and thought ...
- 4542: Automation
- ... was already the worlds most successful automobile company, but their great reputation would soon decline. Fords $5/day plan for all employees signified the overwhelming success of the company. Many believed this success was short-lived with the new policies dealing with the workers which soon followed. With the need to increase production and lower costs, in the mid 30 s Ford cut all Ford worker s wages in half. Workers ...
- 4543: Overpopulation
- ... of oil ever jumped significantly. Natural gas, for example, is likely to replace oil as the primary source of energy for the future sometime in the next century. In 1994 one of every two people lived in the city, while only one in ten did so in 1900. For hundreds of thousands of years the human population was growing at a low but steadily increasing rate. Then in less than 200 ...
- 4544: Origins Of Communism
- ... Peasants War of 1524-1525 threw a radical Protestant, Thomas Münzer, into the public eye. He preached of Heaven on earth; a world without private property or power. Münzer’s realization was short lived though. Anabaptist communities in Germany drew attention away from Münzer. By the mid-1600’s, communism resurfaced in England, spawning the creation of The Law of Freedom in a Platform by Gerrand Winstanley, a ...
- 4545: Oskar Schindler
- ... in the person's heart. We can also be dead while alive if we do not do something to be remembered and appreciated. Giving is the only way to live forever. Otherwise, the words "He lived and died, but no one knows who he was", will be read in our epitaph.
- 4546: Was Andrew Jackson A Good Pres
- ... joined a regiment. He and his brother were both captured and imprisoned together by the British. Their mother got them released, but his brother died on the long trip home. During his independent days, he lived in a tavern with other students. He gained a reputation for charisma, and wildness and hooliganism (Morris, Introduction). After practicing law for a few years in North Carolina, he took up a job as public ...
- 4547: WWII
- ... they heard the news. She remembers just being scared to death. She was worried that grandpa would have to go. They were living in the two-story farmhouse outside of Chapman, KS. She had still lived there until last year when she moved in to a retirement home. They were told to grow certain crops but she doesn't just remember exactly which ones. They didn't really help with any ...
- 4548: WW
- ... They fought for colonies and other lands. Finally, governments clouded international relations by carrying on secret diplomacy. On June 28 1914 the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand triggered the war. Gavrilo Princip, a student who lived in Serbia, fired the shots that killed Ferdinand. On July 28, 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia to start World War 1. On June 29 Russia order general mobilization. August 1 Germany came into ...
- 4549: Vincent Van Gogh
- ... not have been farther from the truth. Many of the letters written from Vincent and Theo have now become such an extraordinary source of knowledge to Van Gogh life. From 1881 to 1885 van Gogh lived in the Netherlands. In keeping with his humanitarian outlook he painted peasants and workers, the most famous picture from this period being The Potato Eaters (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; 1885). Of this he wrote to ...
- 4550: Utopian Communes
- ... and each person over school age worked at assigned tasks in the kitchens, fields, factories ro shops. This proves to me that every member of the commune totally excepted their way of life and basically lived by it. If I was told where to work and what age I had to work, their definetly would have been some rebelling in the community. It seems that all good things come to an ...
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