WORLD WAR 1 A. MAJOR ALLIANCES FORMED DURING WW1 * Started by Germany * Triple Alliance/Central Powers: Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and Italy / Turkey & Bulgaria * Triple Entente (treaty of friendship‚ not yet an alliance): Britain‚ France and Russia * Allies: Britain‚ France‚ Russia‚ Italy‚ Serbia‚ USA B. MILITARISM * Attitude of powerful class of military leaders on their countries’ policies * Glorification of war and urged the build up of weapons and
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talk about sports‚ it is common to talk about the teams or athletes or how enjoyable the game was. But what people often overlook is the serious issue of Performance-Enhancing Drugs‚ or PEDs‚ that give great athletes an advantage. PEDs are drugs that can give athletes an advantage in a sport and are often abused by many athletes for this reason. However‚ PEDs can be dangerous because of the harm that it can cause to the athletes that use steroids. Performance-Enhancing Drugs should be banned from
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Science Opinions Should plastic bags be banned from grocery stores? YES 51%of members Voice Your Opinion * My New Year’s Resolution is to say no to plastic bags! Plastic bags should be banned from grocery stores. I often go to the store and buy 1 or 2 items and I am given so many bags. I feel that we have become an extremely wasteful society. If we could just say no to plastic bags we would be slowing down the waste in landfills. It takes a little more effort to remember to carry
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Should smoking be banned in public places? Yes Firstly‚ being in High School and being surrounded by smoke after school isn’t even a little bit pleasant. All of the older kids smoke so the younger kids like to be influenced by the juniors and seniors. They will eventually start and get into the habit of smoking. It’s also very unhealthy. Secondly‚ being in a restaurant and having to smell that smoke while eating is not only disrespectful but also disturbing and once again not healthy. I respect
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Football is a very violent sport ‚but should not be banned. Football is America’s sport that most of the American population enjoys watching. Football isn’t plalyed in as many countries. The countries that play football are Canada‚Mexico‚Japan‚Austria‚France‚ and the United States.There are a lot of people calling for football to be banned such as doctors and other health physicians.Football was created in America and should be allowed to play the high school level. First of all‚ football teaches
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Spare Us Smokers There has been much debate recently in Trinidad and Tobago on whether smoking should be banned totally. The Minister of Health and the Cancer Society have‚ on separate occasions‚ promoted this call while tobacco companies rebutted vociferously in the media as well. The focus of this article is to prove that smoking should not be banned. To begin‚ the smoking of cigarettes and tobacco has been ‘linked’ by researchers to heart disease and cancer. The word ‘link’ is important
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Facts about World War 1 World War 1 invokes impressions of a horrific slaughtering that took place in the trenches of the Western Front. While this gruesome picture surely leaves many with nausea‚ there are many World War 1 facts that most of us have no knowledge of. The spark that initiated the war was the assassination of Austria’s Archduke Ferdinand on 28 June 1914. Austria-Hungary blamed Serbia for the assassination and threatened war unless Serbia followed a harsh set of demands. Germany backed
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Dear Editor‚ I agree with the article “Testing times for NAPLAN” that the NAPLAN testing in which a million students in years 3‚5‚7 and 9 undertake numeracy and literacy tests should be banned . NAPLAN constricts teaching and learning‚ stifles creativity‚ pressurises kids and schools ‚leads to comparison with other schools and does nothing to improve the students learning . NAPLAN will not improve Australia’s education system‚ indeed it is making it worse. Teachers do not get the chance to see
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plant called cannabis‚ and it’s the illegal in most areas around the world. It’s usually smoked as a cigarette or in a pipe. Many people believe that marijuana should be banned because it has bad effects on brain and body. However‚ others think that everybody deserves the freedom to use marijuana. Whether or not marijuana should be banned is one of the most controversial topics. First of all‚ many people argue that marijuana can be use as a type of medicine to treat cancer or AIDS. However‚ marijuana
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For many years‚ the will to win has driven many athletes to take unscrupulous measures towards earning that gold medal. It’s not unheard of for people to resort to the use of steroids as a gap closer between them and their goal. It’s this case that should allow former dopers to have another shot at taking home a trophy after undergoing penalties. Making a mistake is an experience‚ and having been offered redemption towards these mistakes offers time to learn over not being able to at all. The pressure
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