The Iran Contra Affair was an action not actually approved by the U.S. Congress. Ronald Reagan put in his best efforts to keep communism to a minimum. So‚ he’s done everything in his power to keep helping Nicaragua‚ even though it’s going against American laws. He decides to support the Contras who are rebelling against the Cuban backed Sandinistas‚ which resulted in one of the most talked about scandals in the late 1900’s. In a report from the Public Broadcast Service‚ they mention that Reagan says
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Iran Hostage Crisis puts U.S on edge. “In the late 1970s the hostage crisis became a symbol of America’s inability to take decisive action in the face of pervasive problems‚” said David Brooks about the 1979 hostage crisis in the Middle East. If you ask an American that remembers this Iran hostage incident‚ they will say that it was a bad 3 years knowing that any day 66 lives could be lost in a blink of an eye. Even though 14 women‚ African Americans‚ and 1 ill were released after 2 years‚ 55 innocent
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Why is there conflict with Iran? 1950-70’s the US supported the ______ or emperor of Iran. He was anti-____________ but he was a harsh ruler to the everyday Iranian. This leads to resentment against the US. 1979 there is the Islamic ______________‚ led by _______________________. Iranian revolutionaries took over _____ American hostages and held them for almost a year and a half. This led to social and political conflict between the US and Iran. Iran used to be a great empire and they wish to
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CANCER Topic: Cancer INTRODUCTION Attention Getter: More than 1/2 million people are expected to die of cancer this year. That’s more than 1‚500 a day. An average of 1/2 of men and 1/3 of women will develop cancer. Purpose: To inform my audience about cancer. Importance to Audience: Cancer can affect anyone‚ so you can gain something from this speech by being informed about cancer‚ and how to prevent it Thesis Statement: Cancer is a serious disease that may be preventable and curable. Preview: I
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Woman of the Year: 1953-Queen Elizabeth II From the day she was born‚ the life of Queen Elizabeth II shows that she deserved to receive the title "Woman of the Year." She had practical intelligence since she was a kid and she respected peoples opinions. Queen Elizabeth II was born on April 21‚ 1926 at the London home of her mother’s parents‚ Lord and Lady Strathmore. She was baptized at Buckingham Palace and named Elizabeth Alexandra Mary five weeks later. Elizabeth’s father was Albert
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Iran Before and After the Revolution The Islamic Republic of Iran‚ formerly known as Iran or Persia‚ was crowded with a young generation looking for full freedom against the Shah. Persia‚ once as a powerful country with vast oil resources‚ soon became a vulnerable nation‚ ready to accept a new leader to guide them. The people were ready for change‚ but were the changes they got the changes they were looking for. The people wanted freedom against the shah‚ (For generations Iran was ruled
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Iran Country Research Report Executive Summary The Islamic Republic of Iran is a constitutional‚ theocratic republic in which Shia Muslim clergy and political leaders vetted by the clergy dominate the key power structures. Government legitimacy is based on the twin pillars of popular sovereignty--albeit restricted--and the rule of the supreme leader of the Islamic Revolution. The current supreme leader‚ Ayatollah Ali Khamenei‚ was chosen by a directly elected body of religious leaders‚ the
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Women in Post-Revolutionary Iran After the revolution and the instauration of the Islamic Republic in Iran‚ many new reforms were introduced in all spheres; political‚ social and economic. Thus‚ many of these changes placed women at the foremost part of politics. We have seen how women in the previous regime played an important role in the public sphere and now these same women were scrutinized under the Islamic Republic. One of the most radical change was the removal of Family Rights Act (FPA).
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Dream Interpretation With Heterosexual Dating Couples Dream Interpretation is the analysis of the elements within a patient’s reported dream formed a large part of Freud’s psychoanalytic method. Freud believed material often surfaced in dreams‚ although in a symbolic form. The manifest content of the dream of the dream was the actual dreams and its events‚ but the latent content was the hidden ‚symbolic meaning of those events that would ‚if correctly interpreted‚ reveal the unconscious conflicts
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The Iran Hostage Crisis was between the United States and Iran‚ which lasted from 1979-1981. It was the first time the United States was forced to deal with Islamic extremists. The crisis occurred because the United States allowed the Shah‚ who had been dismissed as ruler of Iran‚ to enter the United States for cancer treatment. The overthrow of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi of Iran by an Islamic revolutionary government earlier in the year had led to a steady deterioration in Iran-United States relations
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