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    Russia’s defeat in the Crimean War was the last straw that broke the camel’s back and started the demise of the old to spark the new modernization of Russia in both a social and economic way. The Crimean War lasted from 1853-1856 and was caused by a breakdown of the balance of power in Europe. Factors that also caused the conflict were the competition for land in the middle east and Russia’s desires to expand into the European territories then controlled by the Ottoman Empire. The war was devastating

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    College of Basic Education Researchers Journal Vol. (12)‚ No.(1)‚ (2012) The Impact of Inflection on Translating Some Verses in the Glorious Qur ’ n into English Lecturer Yasir Younis Abdulwahid Department of Political College of Political Science / University of Mosul Received: 6/3/2012 ; Accepted: 7/6/2012 Abstract: This research investigates the impact of inflections on translating some Qur ’ nic verses into English. It attempts to show how translators deal with the verses in which

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    So you would think people would get over Germany’s defeat during WWII? Nope. At that time‚ there was a chance for a new leader‚ Adolf Hitler‚ and his part ( Nazi Party ). Hitler was a great speaker who grab anyone’s attention to be honest. Hitler promised a specific group of people a better life; those who weren’t Jewish or gypsies. The Nazi’s were appealing; in the elections for Reichstag elections‚ in November of 1932‚ the Nazi’s lost by a lot of votes from the elections in July. Nazi Germany had

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    Assess the significance of the air wars to the defeat of Germany. The significance of the air wars played a vast role in the defeat of Germany and it demonstrated that Germany/Nazism could be defeated. On May 10‚ 1940 Britain’s PM resigned from office the day the low countries fell. He was replaced by Winston Churchill‚ who was an advocate for attacking Hitler. In late May 1940‚ Churchill had ordered the evacuation of British troops in France‚ back to England. Remarkably‚ Hitler had aided the British

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    terror on Banquo‚ Lady Macduff and her household as well as others he realizes that there is no turning back or repentance in his future. Macbeth is left alone to receive the consequence of his horrible actions and meet with his true destiny which is defeat and death by the hands of Macduff after Lady Macbeth‚ who is taunted by the guilt of her evil‚ dies. After Macbeth learns from Rosse that he is the Thane of Cawdor he reflects on the prophecy of the evil witches. Macbeth begins to conceive his evil

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    Early philosopher Rene Descartes aimed to defeat skepticism with his strategy of doubting everything. In the matter of perception‚ Descartes believed that nothing should be believed to hold any truth unless it undoubtedly‚ clearly‚ consistently proved to be. He even went as far as stating that the only thing he was certain existed was himself‚ or rather‚ his mind and rationality. This was in fact his first rule to acquiring knowledge. His goal was to challenge anything and everything that he was

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    destroyed him in Antietam (that battle was unquestionably a Union victory‚ it wasn’t even close. If you wish to argue that point‚ first‚ name the different phases of the battle‚ then tell me which of those phases the South won. Second‚ running away in defeat doesn’t count as a win when the enemy has the power to destroy you utterly‚ but doesn’t because he is a good person). There are many battles which are claimed to be Southern victories‚ because they held the field - meanwhile the Union armies marched

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    Sir Arthur Wellesley the 1st Duke of Wellington‚ often called the ‘Iron Duke’ because of his iron will and demeanour‚ was an Anglo-Irish military leader and statesman that rose to prominence in a time of great upheaval in Europe‚ the Napoleonic wars. This was a time when all the major kingdoms in Europe were either subjugated to Napoleon Bonaparte or to afraid to fight against him. He gained his title as the duke of wellington after (some say during) the peninsular campaign‚ because of his exemplary

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    Crosby Defeats his Enemy One cold and gloomy day in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania a guy named Sidney Crosby was just having a normal day. Crosby was a enormous and thick guy. He didn’t like it when people would get bullied. His dream was to play professional hockey for the Pittsburgh Penguins. He was always practicing hockey to be as good as he possibly could. He played on a little league team that had won their league five seasons in a row. Sidney’s enemy was a fella named Shady McCoy. They play each

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    MASS UPRISING DEFEATS CIA COUP IN VENEZUELA By Andy McInerney The revolutionary process underway in Venezuela passed a decisive test over the weekend of April 13-14. Hundreds of thousands of workers and peasants across the country rose up to defeat a U.S.-backed coup attempt organized by the Venezuelan capitalist class against President Hugo Chávez. It was a genuine victory of people’s power in the first open clash of social classes in the oil-rich South American  country. But the victory also

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