1. Motives and Context: The primary source was an interview conducted by Henry Halem in 2000‚ who interviewed a former Kent State student named Rob Fox. Rob Fox witnessed the 1970 National Guard shootings at Kent State University in Ohio. He was a young student at the time who was really against the war in Vietnam and against Richard Nixon’s proposal of sending troops into Cambodia. This source was intended for a general audience‚ who wants to analyze and hear first-hand accounts of what really occurred
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nature of public interest (Yartey‚ 2014) 32:References to the so-called public interest appear with great frequency in contemporary political discourse. The principa question here is who decides what is in the public’s interest and who defines the public’s interest? Whose standards and what principles are used to determine the so-called public interest? Whose interests are we referring to when we talk about the public interest‚ the rulin political party’s interests. Or the interests of the majority
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The Boston Massacre- March‚ 5‚ 1770 Part One: Document | Author | Date | Purpose | Biases | The Legal Papers of John Adams‚ No. 64‚ Rex v Wemms | John Adams | 1755-1784 | To record what he heard and saw during the trial and how he defended for the British soldiers. | Despite the fact that most eyewitnesses’ testimonies denounced Captain Thomas Pretson ordering his men to fire upon the citizens‚ he believed these people were biased and words aren’t 100% reliable. | Anonymous account of the Boston
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Chapter 3 1. Identify whether your company has a competitive advantage or disadvantage in its primary industry. (Its primary industry is the one in which it has the most sales.) The competitive advantage which Audi has is technology; Audi is regarded as a pioneer in the development of LED technology and leads the competition by a large margin in this field. FSI and TFSI are Audi’s innovative‚ high performance petrol engines and TDI is Audi’s super-efficient diesel engine‚ more power‚ less fuel
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I. Introduction Homo economicus‚ the Economic Man‚ represents a rational human being formalized in certain social science models‚ especially in economics‚ who acts in self-interest to achieve in a goal-oriented manner. As John Kay puts it‚ "He is self interested‚ materialistic‚ and obsessed with calculating his worth." In the world of economics textbooks‚ "... he is the mainstay of economic life." The edifice of modern economics is built on the foundation of Homo economicus‚ where the behavior
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AIMS of SPANISH COLONIZATION 1. The PRIMARY AIM is to spread Christianity‚ the propagation of Roman Catholicism. 2. The second goal is to gain economic wealth- to generate income to support their government (imposed several forms of taxes and monopolized agricultural products. 3. Another aim is to acquire territories- Spain emerged as a mighty empire. 4. Lastly‚ Acquisition of Spices- which was expensive during those periods and used in preserving their foods. FERDINAND MAGELLAN: Little Known Facts
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Capitalism has proven to be the the premier economic system chosen by some of the most prominent leaders in history. Winston Churchill once said “The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries”(Churchill‚1945). Socialism is appealing to the present generation and society as it provides a promise of equality amongst all citizens. What many fail to consider is that the equality promised by socialism only gives equal
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Part of Gee’s primary discussion focuses on discourses‚ which are essentially the specific words or ways of thinking that people use when they are around certain groups of people (51). He explains how they apply to the ideologies of all cultures and communities‚ stating that the individuals use discourses every time they communicate with each other (54). Lastly‚ Gee highlights the differences between learning and acquiring knowledge and ties everything to his definition of literacy‚ which is
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It was a contention between the Allied Powers (France‚ Russia‚ Britain‚ Italy and the United States)‚ and the Central Powers (Germany‚ Austria Hungary and the Ottoman Empire). The three primary driver of the war were the death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ boundless militarism and monetary dominion. The primary reason for World War One occurred on June 28‚ 1914. Gavrilo Princip‚ a Bosnian Serb understudy‚ shot and executed Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ the beneficiary to the Austro-Hungarian royal position
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Fuselage The fuselage (/ˈfjuːzəlɑːʒ/; from the French fuselé "spindle-shaped") is an aircraft’s main body section that holds crew and passengers or cargo. In single-engine aircraft it will usually contain an engine‚ although in some amphibious aircraft the single engine is mounted on a pylon attached to the fuselage which in turn is used as a floating hull. The fuselage also serves to position control and stabilization surfaces in specific relationships to lifting surfaces‚ required for aircraft
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