mostly due to the vast differences in technology and weaponry. The fighting armies back then didn’t have the ability for fast communications and effective reconnaissance to assist their ground troops in coordinating effective attacks and counter-offensives. The Battle of Verdun started with Chief of the German General Staff‚ Erich von Falkenhayn’s goal to
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Among thousands of them‚ Lunar New Year (or Tet) stands the first in the list - it is a sacred festival of every Vietnamese. Extracts below are major events which we have gathered and edited notably. Lunar New Year (Tet Nguyen Dan) Tet falls on a time when the old year is over and the New Year comes by lunar calendar. This is also the time when the cycle of the universe finishes: winter ends and spring‚ the season of birth of all living things‚ comes. Tet is an occasion for pilgrims and family reunions
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The President of 1960 John F. Kennedy On November 22‚ 1963‚ when he was hardly past his first thousand days in office‚ John F. Kennedy was killed by an assassin’s bullets as his car wound through Dallas‚ Texas. Kennedy was the youngest man elected President; he was the youngest to die. Of Irish descent‚ he was born in Brookline‚ Massachusetts‚ on May 29‚ 1917. Graduating from Harvard in 1940‚ he entered the Navy. In 1943‚ when his PT boat was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer‚ Kennedy‚
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Culture of VIETNAM ORIENTATION Identification. The name Vietnam originated in 1803 when envoys from the newly founded Nguyen dynasty traveled to Beijing to establish diplomatic relations with the Chinese court. The new emperor had chosen the name Nam Viet for his kingdom. The word Viet he derived from the traditional name for the Vietnamese imperial domain and its people in what is now northern and central Vietnam. Nam (south) had been added to acknowledge the expansion of the dynasty’s domain
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Current Events from 1968 to 1974 This is an account of the “current” U.S. events between the years 1968 and 1974. Since the book Jaws was written in 1975‚ these historical occurrences should serve as a background for what was happening in the years leading up to the book’s publication. These occurrences were no doubt instrumental in Peter Benchley’s writing‚ as I’m sure they served as a possible inspiration for some of the content in the book‚ as well as perhaps a metaphor for some of
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breakfast bowls and other breakfast items from Mother. Start your morning off with a famous coffee‚ soy latte‚ fig tree smoothie‚ or a ginger lemon chia juice. Many options available to get your day started right. TÊT and Elephant‚ Crocodile‚ Monkey is a two-in-one restaurant. TÊT is the lunch restaurant‚ serving Vietnamese dishes. You can order everything from soup‚ deep-fried spring rolls with banana ketchup‚ to noodles and barbecued pork. Elephant‚ Crocodile‚ Monkey is the upscale night restaurant
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Offer An offer sets out the terms upon which an individual is willing to enter into a binding contractual relationship with another person. It is a promise to be bound on particular terms‚ which is capable of acceptance. The essential factor to emphasise about an offer is that it may‚ through acceptance by the offeree‚ result in a legally enforceable contract. The person who makes the offer is the offeror; the person who receives the offer is the offeree. Offers‚ once accepted‚ may be legally
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The Cold War Chinese Perspective In the Cold War China was the weakest of the big Five. They had the weakest economy‚ second weakest military‚ no United Nations seat‚ and no ability to participate in the Olympics. Several things that happened in the simulation and in the real world kept China in this weak state. Our simulation beginning in the fifties contained many things that actually happened in real life‚ and many things that did not. Also China started with being involved in 3 wars.
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I. Reform and Protest in the 1960s A. Cold War Tensions Thaw 1. Buoyed by the rapidly expanding economy of the postwar era‚ the political consensus in western Europe shifted to the left. 2. In Britain‚ the Labour Party returned to power in 1964. 3. In the Scandinavian countries of Denmark‚ Norway‚ and Sweden‚ Social Democratic parties maintained a leading role throughout the period. 4. In West Germany‚ Willy Brandt (1913–1992) became the first Social Democratic West German chancellor
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It was a tiny booklet filled with products‚ which allowed a quarter of a pound of food for every nine days such as meat‚ sugar‚ or water. In 1968‚ a law passed‚ called the “Revolutionary Offensive”‚ which allowed the government to take over all private businesses. “It was the rapid deterioration of Cuba‚ which started poverty.”‚ Jorge said. “Cuba as a country can not go forward. That’s why it feels like you’re going
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